UNKNOWN THEATER SCENES


c. 1887-1888

                   
The New Play

Print Date: 1887 or 1888
Artist: Mortimer Menpes
Medium: Etching and drypoint
Image courtesy of Koriyama City Museum of Art
 
Note: This etching shows a crowd of people entering a theatre in Osaka.
 
 
 



SPRING 1898

                
Appendix Sheet to Volume 1
[Nô Stage Illustration] Nôbutai no Zu (能舞臺の図)

Play: ?
Print Date: Spring 1898
Artist: Tsukioka Kôgyo (月岡耕漁)
Series: [Picture of Noh Plays] Nôgaku Zue (能楽図絵) [#2]
Image courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh
 
 

 

1900


[A Theatre Teashouse aka In Front of a Theater in Tokyo]
Ein Theater-Theehaus (aka Vor dem Theater in Tokio)

Print Date: 1900
Artist: Emil Orlik
Medium: Color lithograph
Series: Plate 4 of the Aus Japan portfolio
Personal Collection (#48/50)



               


[Japanese Magician on the Stage] 
Taschenspieler (Japanischer Zauberer auf der Buhne)

Print Date: 1900
Artist: Emil Orlik
Personal Collection
 
 
 
 


NOVEMBER 1909


[Female Play] Jyo Shibai (女芝居)
 
Print Date: 11/10/09
Artist: Ishii Hakutei (石井柏亭)
Published in Hôsun (方寸), Vol. 3, No. 8 (November 10, 1909)
Medium: Lithograph
Image courtesy of the British Museum
 
 
 


    

               
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c. 1912-1913

                   
Watching the Play

Print Date: 1912 or 1913
Artist: Mortimer Menpes
Medium: Drypoint
Personal Collection
 
Note: Based on a contemporary inscription on one impression, the location is likely Kyoto.
 
 
 



1914


Between The Acts

Print Date:  1914
Artist: Kaburagi Kiyokata (鏑木清方)
*Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art
 
 
 
 


    

c. 1915-1916

                   
Entrance to the Theatre

Print Date: 1915 or 1916
Artist: Mortimer Menpes
Medium: Drypoint
Image courtesy of the Art Gallery of South Australia
 
 
 



                   
A Little Audience

Print Date: 1915 or 1916
Artist: Mortimer Menpes
Medium: Etching and drypoint
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



1920

                   
[Theater Going] Kangeki (観劇)

Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: 1920?
Print Date: 07/1920
Artist: Oda Kazuma (織田一磨)
Series: Sekiban yoru saku hana to hanga no kai-ten (Shiseidô)
( 夜咲く花と版画の会展(資生堂))
Medium: Stone lithograph
Image Courtesy of the University of Michigan Museum of Art
 
 


1925

                   
Makuai [Interval] (幕間)

Print Date: 05/1925
Artist: Itô Shinsui (伊東深水)
*Image courtesy of the Minneapolis Institute of Art

Note: Although this appears to be a conventional bijin
print, the title indicates that the woman is attending a
theatrical performance.  Moreover, the publisher
subsequently issued a May 1926 print by Kawase Hasui
 entitled "Kabuki-za (歌舞伎座)" to be a companion
print to this design.
 
 
 
 


JUNE 1929

                 
Untitled

Print Date: 06/20/29
Artist: Kanno Risuke (菅野利助)
Published in Satoporo (さとぽろ), No. 28
 
 
 
 



UNKNOWN MONTH 1929

                 
[One Time at the Theatre]
Gekijô no Arutoki  (劇場ノ或ル時)

Print Date: 1929
Artist: Daidô Tôru (大道寺達)
Published in Katana (刀), No. 4
 
 






JANUARY 1933


[Stage Concept] Kan'nen-tekina Butai (観念的な舞臺)

Artist: Ono Tadashige (小野忠重)
Published in Shin Hanga (新版画), Vol. 7
(January 1, 1933)
Image courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art,
Kamakura & Hayama
 
 
 
 


              


[Ballet Stage Composition] Barê Butai Komupojishon
(バレー舞臺コムポジシヨン)

Artist: Yoshihara Masamichi (吉原正道)
Published in Shin Hanga (新版画), Vol. 7
(January 1, 1933)
Image courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art,
Kamakura & Hayama
 
 
 
 
 


              

JULY 1933


[Festival Night] Matsuri no Yoru (祭の夜)

Play: ?
Publication:  Yukari (ゆうかり), 第 15 - 16 号
Date: 07/05/33
Artist: Ogawa Tatsuhiko (小川龍彦)
 
Note: Although the image is in black and white, the print is in color.
 
 

 

 

UNKNOWN MONTH 1933


[Theatre] Gekijô (劇場)

Artist: Ono Tadashige (小野忠重)
Image courtesy Hanga-do.com
 
 

 

1934


[A Stage] Aru Butai (或る舞台)

Artist: Suzuki Takeo (鈴木健夫)
Published in Shin Hanga (新版画), Vol. 12 (April 10, 1934)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 


    

1958


[Meiji Era Vaudeville] Meiji Jidai no Yose (明治時代の寄席)
 
Date: 1958
Artist: Itô Seiu (伊藤晴雨)
Image courtesy of https://www.edohakuarchives.jp
 
 
 

               

               

1964

            
Stage

Print Date: 1964 (ed. 50)
Artist: Tajima Hiroyuki (田嶋宏行)
*Image courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art
 
 
 
 

 
 

UNKNOWN DATES        


[Theater] Shibai (芝居)

Date: ?
Artist: Ikeda Terukata (池田輝方)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 


    

       
        [Theatre] Yose (寄席)
 
        Print Date: ?I
        Artist: Ikezumi Kiyoshi (生悦住喜由)
        Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 

 
 
     
 
 
 
 

       

                     
    [Performance] Ensô (演奏)

    Print Date: ?
``Artist: Kawanishi Hide (川西英)
 
    Note: It is unclear if this print was issued in color or not.




               
[Audience and Stage]
 
Publication Date: ?
Artist: Kawanishi Hide (川西英)
Image courtesy of the Saru Gallery
 
 
 




[Red Stage] Akai Butai ( 赤い舞台)

Date: ?
Artist: Saitô Shinichi (斎藤真一)
Medium: Lithograph
Image courtesy of Yamada Shoten
 
 


              

                 
[Theater Scene]

Print Date: ?
Artist: Tomioka Eisen (富岡永洗)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: It is possible that this print was made prior to 1900.