UNKNOWN ARTISTS

UNDATED MATCHBOOK COVERS c. 1933


Note: Several of the matchbook covers acquired in this set appear
on one page of a 1933 triptych where the artists are identified.  Those
artists consist of Tanaka Kôka (田中耕花); Machida Shian (町田紫庵); 
Takarada Nao (宝田直); *mi Tashushi (*見立志); Kitada Haruhiko
(北田晴彦); Inoue Matsuyoshi (井上松芳);  Uchikawa Eihô (内川英峰);
Tsuda Kôraku (津田行楽);  Higuchi Soyama (樋口蘇山);  Shirai
Kôyuki (白井皎雪);  Mitamura Kaoru (三田村薫);  and Minami
Kichijirô (南吉次郎). It is possible that one of more of the prints
below were designed by one of those artists.

 
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          Otokonosuke (男之助)

           Play: Meiboku Sendai Hagi
           (伽羅先代萩)
           Medium: Woodblock printed
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          Shibaroku (芝六)

          Play: Imoseyama Onna
          Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓)
          Medium: Woodblock printed
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            Matsuômaru (松王丸)

            Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai
            Kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑)
            Medium: Woodblock printed
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          Sanemori (実盛)

           Play: Genpei Nunobiki no Taki
           (源平布引瀧)
           Medium: Woodblock printed
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          Princess Sayo (佐代姫)

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            Utô Bunji (善知鳥文治)

            Play: Ôshû Adachi-ga-Hara
            (奥州安達原)
            Medium: Woodblock printed
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