UNKNOWN ARTISTS

 1933

                    
Plays: Kyôfu  (恐怖)
Performance Place: Tsukiji Shogekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/05-21/33
Print Date: 05/1933?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                    
Program: Ginza he Modotta Otoko Kokusai Toshi Kôkyôgaku Dai Ippen
(銀座へ戻った男 國際都市交響樂・第一篇); Varaete Ajia Ajia (ヴアラエテ 亞細亞—亞細亞);
Mizoroki Ikka Jûrokunin (溝呂木一家十六人); Watsunatsu to Ichigo (初夏と苺)
Performance Place: Mûranrûju Shinjuku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/26/33
Print Date: 05/1933?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note:  This cover design was reused for various performances during 1933.  I
have only included one such cover for one particular bill, which changed regularly.
 
 
 

Plays: Hototogisu Date no Kikigaki (早苗鳥伊達聞書); Shizuka (静); Taiheiki Chûshin Kôshaku
(太平記忠臣講釈); Tatakai wa Korekarada (戦はこれからだ); Otokodate Bayari (男達ばやり)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/01/33
Print Date: 05/1933?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 
 

                    
Program: Hototogisu Date no Kikigaki (早苗鳥伊達聞書); Shizuka (静); Taiheiki Chûshin Kôshaku
(太平記忠臣講釈); Tatakai wa Korekarada (戦はこれからだ); Otokodate Bayari (男達ばやり)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/01/33
Print Date: 05/1933?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 
 

Plays: Jyogakusei Nikki (女學生日記); Manhattan Madonesu (マンハッタンマドネス);
[A Midsummer's Night Dream] Manatsu no Yo no Yume (眞夏の夜の夢)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/27/33 - 06/04/33
Print Date: 05/1933?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
Note: Performed by the Shôchiku Shôjo Kageki.

                    
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (市村羽左衛門) as Tamiya Iemon (民谷伊右衛門)
 
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Oiwa (房お岩)
 
Plays: Katamigusa Yotsuya Kaidan (形見草四谷怪談); Michiyuki Tabi no Hanamuko (道行旅路の花婿);
Kokoro no Yami no Kawanari (心闇軒蝙蝠)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  07/03/33
Print Date: 07/1933?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 
 

                    
Program: Kakkatomomo no Ki (閣下と桃の木); Varaete Tsuki to Mukashi no Musashino
(ヴアラエテ 月とむかしの武藏野); Seishun to Daraku Karasawa Sensei to Denwa Kara no Hanashi
(青春と墮落 唐澤先生と電話からの話); Kutsushitadome to Pairotto (靴下止めと操縦士)
Performance Place: Mûranrûju Shinjuku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  09/09/33
Print Date: 09/1933?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
Note:  This cover design was reused for various performances during 1933.  I
have only included one such cover for one particular bill, which changed regularly.
 
 
 

                    
Program:  [Don Quixote] Don Kihôte (ドン・キホーテ)
Performance Place: Tsukiji Shogekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/02-03/33
Print Date: 12/1933?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                    
Program:  [Don Quixote] Don Kihôte (ドン・キホーテ)
Performance Place: Tsukiji Shogekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/02-03/33
Print Date: 12/1933?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? pamphlet cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 
 

                    
Program:  [Don Quixote] Don Kihôte (ドン・キホーテ)
Performance Place: Tsukiji Shogekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/02-03/33
Print Date: 12/1933?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? flyer art
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                    
Plays: Bijin Tou Manin  (美人島満員); Uta wo Wasureta Kanariya (歌を忘れたカナリヤ);
[Viennese Waltz] Uin'na Warutsu (ウインナ・ワルツ)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/20-29/33
Print Date: 12/1933?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
Note: Performed by the Shôchiku Shôjo Kageki.
 
 
 

Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo
(悪七兵衛景清)
           
Play: Kagekiyo (景清)
Date: 1933
Medium: Woodblock printed
matchbook cover
Image courtesy of Gary
Christenson
 
                      

         
          ?

          Play: ?
          Date: 1933
          Medium: Woodblock printed
          matchbook cover
          Image courtesy of Gary
          Christenson
 
          Note: This possibly depicts
          Yuki-hime (雪姫) in Kinkakuji
          (金閣寺), Act IV of Gion Sairei
          Shikûki (祇園祭礼信仰記)
 
 
          
        

            
            Yamanba (山姥)

            Play: Yamanba (山姥)
            Date: 1933
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            matchbook cover
            Image courtesy of Gary
            Christenson
                     
         

            
            Shishi (獅子)

            Play: Shakkyô (石橋)
            Date: 1933
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            matchbook cover
            Image courtesy of Gary
            Christenson
                       
         

            
            ?

            Play: ?
            Date: 1933
            Medium: Woodblock printed
            matchbook cover
            Image courtesy of Gary
            Christenson
 
 

         
         Tamamo-no-Mae (玉藻前)
  
         Play: Tamamo-no-mae Asahi
         no Tamoto (玉藻前曦袂)
         Date: 1933
         Medium: Woodblock printed
         matchbook cover
         Image courtesy of Gary
         Christenson
                      

?
           
Play: ?
Date: 1933
Medium: Woodblock printed
matchbook cover
Image courtesy of Gary
Christenson
 
                      

Miyamoto Musashi (宮本武三四)
       
Play:  ?
Date: 1933
Medium: Woodblock printed
matchbook cover
Image courtesy of Gary
Christenson