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
)
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.
[Theatre] Gekijô (劇場)
Artist: Ono Tadashige (小野忠重)
Image courtesy Hanga-do.com
[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.