謹賀新年

大正十四年元旦

演藝春秋社 同人

編輯部 一同

印刷部 一同

支局 一同

New Year's Greetings

New Year's Day, Taishō 14 (1925)

From all of us at Engei shunjūsha 

Editorial department

Printing department

Branch Offices

口繪 三十六家選 (その一)

尾上菊五郞の曽我五郎時致

Frontispiece (color lithograph)

Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 1)

Onoe Kikugorō [VI] as Soga Gorō Tokimune 

artist: Natori Shunsen 名取春仙 (1886-1960), signed 春仙 Shunsen with 名 na seal

邦樂座十二月興行

(お七吉三) 

吉祥寺本堂の塲

Hōgakuzā [Asakusa, Tokyo] December performance

(Oshichi and Kichiza)
Scene at the main hall of Kichijō-ji Temple

長田秀雄氏新作

A new play by Hideo Nagata [1885-1949]

 尾上榮三郎 — 八百屋娘お七

Onoe Eizaburō [VII] as Oshichi, the greengrocer’s daughter

市川男女藏  — 寺小姓吉三
Ichikawa Omezō [IV] as Kichiza, the temple page

當世人氣俳優 (そ の 八)

中村魁車丈

Contemporary Popular Actors (No. 8) - 

Mr. Nakamura Kaisha [1876-1945]

The brief biography below the photo tells us that he made his stage debut at the age of six and that as he matured he performed a wide range of roles, from elderly characters to prominent female roles, demonstrating his versatility and skill.

[Kaisha was to meet a tragic death during the Osaka air raids on March 13-14, 1945, perishing in the air raid shelter at his home while holding his grandson.]

浪花座十二月狂言

December performance at the Naniwa-za

(廓文章)

(Kuruwa bunshō - Love letters from the pleasure quarters)

常盤津連中

長唄連中

竹本連中

Tokiwazu Company*, Nagauta Company*, Takemoto Company*

*musical ensembles that accompany the performance

片岡我童 — 藤屋伊左衛門

Kataoka Gadō [IV] as Fujiya Izaemon

中村扇雀 — 扇屋夕霧

Nakamura Senjaku [I] as Ogiya Yūgiri

帝劇師走狂言

(賢き馬鹿 [かしこきばか])

December performance at the Imperial Theater (Kashikoki baka - The wise fool)

太郎冠者氏作

A work by Tarōkaja

[Masuda Tarōkaja 益田太郎冠 1875-1953]

from left to right:

友右衛門 春野文雄

Tomoemon as Haruno Fumio?

[Ōtani Tomoemon VI 大谷友右衛門]

律子 夫人喜美代  

Ritsuko as Mrs. Kimiyo

[Mori Ritsuko 森律子 (1890-1961)]

幸四郎 實業家加藤

Kōshirō as  the industrialist Katō

[Matsumoto Kōshirō VII 松本幸四郎]

升藏 伯〓中井

Masuzō as Count ? Nakai 

[Ichikawa Masuzō IV 市川升蔵 (1897-1985)]

邦樂座十二月興行

(棒しばり) (文七元結)

 Hōgaku-za December performance
([right] Bō shibari) ([left] Bunshichi mottoi)

岡村柿紅氏作 所作事 長唄囃子連中

Dance play (choreography) by

Mr. Okamura Shikō [1881-1925]

Accompanied by Nagauta Hayashi musicians

菊五郎 — 次郎冠者

[right] Kikugorō as Jirō Kaja

[Onoe Kikugorō VI 尾上菊五郎]

菊五郎 — 左官長五郎

[left] Kikugorō as Sakan Chōgorō

[Onoe Kikugorō VI 尾上菊五郎]

京都南座師走東西合同大一座興行

(色彩間刈豆)

Kyoto Minami-za December East-West Combined Grand Performance

(Iromoyō chotto karimame - Sensual colors, going to cut beans)

清元連中所作劇

[Music] performed by the Kiyomoto renjū 

與右衛門 — 市村羽左衛門

Ichimura Uzaemon [XV] as Yoemon

Right margin commentary: Kōjinyama

(edited partial translation)

The raid at Kōjinyama from Shimizu jirōchō no uchi was presented with the usual exhilarating flair characteristic of the Shinkokugeki style. Additionally, the works Kaeriuchi by Oka Eiichirō 岡榮一郎 (1890-1966) and Ren'aibyō kanja by Kikuchi Kan 菊池寛 (1888-1948) were performed. 

常磐座師走興行同志座

(高野の義人)

Tokiwa-za December performance, Dōshi-za Theater Troupe*

(Kōya no gijin – The virtuous man of Kōya) 

中里介山氏原作  清見陸郎氏脚色

Original Work by Nakazato Kaizan (1885-1944)

Adapted by Kiyomi Rokurō (1896-?)

娘雪野** [芳野] — 岡田嘉子

Okada Yoshiko [1918-1986] as Yoshino

〓良春** [良道] — 山田隆彌

Yamada Takaya [1890-1978] as Ryōshun [Ryōdō]

* Dōshi-za was a short-lived theater (and film) troupe established in September 1924 and dissolved in late 1926. Founders included Yamada Takaya 山田隆弥, Sasaki Tsumoru 佐々木積 (1885-1945), Okada Yoshiko 岡田嘉子 and Tanaka Keiji 田中介二 [1886-1962]

[source: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%8C%E5%BF%97%E5%BA%A7]

** The characters being played by the actors are incorrect, likely a misprint. The character being played by Okada Yoshiko is 芳野 Yoshino, the fiancée of Shinemon’s son Shinkurō, and the character being played by Yamada Takaya is the monk in training Ryōdō as is written in the commentary in the left margin. (See Commentary following)

Synopsis of the novel

Kōya no Gijin

source: 近代日本における自己探求と国家意識 : 北村透谷・石川啄木・中里介山 by Kodera Masatoshi, Osaka University, 2013 https://hdl.handle.net/11094/24952 [accessed 11-19-24]

In The virtuous man of Kōya, the story interweaves the actions of Totani Shin’emon, a headman of temple lands who petitions against the oppressive governance of Mount Kōya during the Kyōhō era, and the support he receives from the wandering samurai Yokokawa Sanae. Alongside this are the romantic elements involving the corrupt monk Ryōshun, the love between Shin’emon’s son Shinkurō and his betrothed Yoshino, and the eventual union of Sanae with Okane from Sakura chaya. Shin’emon petitions directly to Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune, but he is ultimately sent back to Mount Kōya, where he is executed by being crushed under stones. However, the shogunate’s secret investigation progresses quietly, and the villainous monk Gakudō, who believed he had won, eventually falls from grace. The story concludes with Shinkurō succeeding his late father as the headman, bringing about a satisfying resolution.

常盤座十二月興行同志座

(高野の義人)

Tokiwa-za December performance, Dōshi-za Theater Troupe

(Kōya no gijin – The virtuous man of Kōya)

中里介山氏原作  清見陸郎氏脚色

Original Work by Nakazato Kaizan (1885-1944)

Adapted by Kiyomi Rokurō (1896-?)

Right to left:

櫻茶屋のお兼 — 六條浪子

Rokujō Namiko [1902-1982] as Okane of Sakura Chaya

鄉士戶谷新右衛門 — 金井謹之助

Kanai Kin'nosuke [?-?] as Country Samurai [the village headman] Toya Shinemon

伜新九郎 — 田中介二

Tanaka Keiji [1886-1962] as [Shinemon’s] Son Shinkurō

浪人橫川早苗 — 森英次郎 [森英治郎]

Mori Eijirō [1887-1945] as Rōnin Yokokawa Sanae

花形集 

Collection of Star Actors

Colophon and Notes to Readers

Back cover

The flower-hat dance from Musume Dojoji

Hanako, a shirabyōshi, wears a large circular hat and in each hand she holds a furidashigasha, a slightly smaller replica of the circular hat she wears, but each furidashigasha turns out to be three linked hats which she flings out while dancing a kasaodori (flower hat dance). 

口繪 三十六家選 (その二)

実川延若の梅の由兵衛

Frontispiece (color lithograph)

Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 2)

Jitsukawa Enjaku [II]  as Ume no Yoshibei

artist: Natori Shunsen 名取春仙 (1886-1960), signed 春仙画 Shunsen ga with paulownia seal

歌舞伎座一月狂言 (連獅子)

河竹默阿彌作

Kabuki-za January performance (Renjishi)
Written by Kawatake Mokuami

親獅子 — 市村羽左衛門

Parent Lion — Ichimura Uzaemon [XV]

子獅子 —  市村家橘

Child Lion — Ichimura Kakitsu [VII]

當世人氣俳優 (その九 )

市川壽美藏 丈

Contemporary Popular Actors (No. 9) - 

Mr. Ichikawa Sumizō [VI (1886-1971]

大阪中座一月狂言

(戀飛脚大和往來 [恋飛脚大和往来]) 

Osaka Naka-za January performance (Koibikyaku Yamato orai [Koi no tayori Yamato orai] - The courier of love on the Yamato highway*) 

井筒屋庭口の塲

Scene: Izutsuya garden entrance

遊女梅川 — 魁車

Courtesan Umegawa — Kaisha

[Nakamura Kaisha 中村魁車]

龜屋忠兵衛 — 雁治郎

Kameya Chūbei — Ganjirō

[Nakamura Ganjirô I 中村鴈治郎]

*also seen translated as The money courier from hell

新築の歌舞伎座外觀と同座一月狂言

(家康の入國)

Exterior of the newly constructed Kabuki-za and Kabuki-za January performance

(Ieyasu no nyūkoku - Ieyasu's arrival) 

小田原徳川陣所の場

Scene: Odawara Tokugawa encampment

松居松翁氏舞臺監督

Stage Direction by: Matsui Shōō [1870-1933]

岡本綺堂氏作

Written by: Kido Okamoto [1872-1939]

德川家康 — 中村歌右衛門

Tokugawa Ieyasu — Nakamura Utaemon [V]

榊原小平太康政 — 市川壽美藏

Sakakibara Koheita Yasumasa — Ichikawa Sumizō [VI]

帝國劇場一月狂言 (桂川連理柵) (奴凧廓春風)

Imperial Theatre January performance
(Katsuragawa renri no shigarami - The Katsura River and the eternal bonds of love / Yakko dako sato no Harukaze – A kite shaped like a footman

虎石町帶屋の場 / 空中の場

Scene at the obi shop in Toraishi town / Scene in the air

帶屋長右衛門 — 幸四郎

Obiya Chōemon — Kōshirō

[Matsumoto Kōshirō VII 松本幸四郎]

信濃屋お半 — 宗十郎

Shinanoya Ohan — Sōjūrō

[Sawamura Sōjūrō VII 澤村宗十郎]

奴凧 — 勘彌

Yakko dako (footman) — Kan'ya

[Morita Kan’ya 森田勘彌 XIII]

Left margin commentary

(translation and transcription)

[Nakamura] Ganjirō played Matsuō, while Fukusuke portrayed Chiyō. As always, Fukusuke delivered a polished performance, embodying both grace and charm, making him an excellent Chiyō. Kaisha’s portrayal of Umekawa was also stunning, with beauty and exceptional skill in his acting, leaving nothing to be desired. Fukusuke’s performance as Oen was effortless, capturing the character’s good-natured personality with ease, leaving the audience deeply moved.

松王の鴈治郎に、福助が千代を演た。毎々手馴れ切った役とて品もあり色氣もあり上々の千代役者、魁車の梅川も奇麗て演る事も達者此上なし。福助のおえんに到つてはお茶の子さい〱の氣の良い役とて、胸のす〱観がある。

松竹座一月興行

(保名) (太功記) (鈴ヶ森)

Shōchiku-za January performance
(Yasuna) (Taikōki) (Suzugamori)

久吉 — 三升

Hisayoshi — Sanshō

[Ichikawa Sanshō V 市川三升]

保名 — 莚升

Yasuna — Enshō

[Ichikawa Enshō III (1894-1947) 市川莚升]

光秀 — 中車

Mitsuhide — Chūsha

[Ichikawa Chūsha VII 市川中車]

長兵衛 — 左團次

Chōbei — Sadanji

[Ichikawa Sadanji II 市川左團次]

浪花座新聲劇一月狂言 (國定忠次)

Naniwa-za Shinsei Theater Group [Shinsei geki] January performance
(Kunisada Chūji)

角座一月狂言 (小ゆき)

Kado-za January program
(Koyuki)

國定忠次 — 中田

Kunisada Chūji — Nakata

[Nakata Shōzō 中田正造 (1893-1945) - leader of the Shinsei Theater Group]

お徳 — 富士野

Otoku — Fujino

[Fujino Tsutae 富士野蔦枝 (?-?)]

日光圓蔵[藏] — 山口

Nikkō Enzō — Yamaguchi

[Yamaguchi Toshio 山口俊雄 (1897-1945)]

山田仁作 — 梅島

Yamada Jinsaku — Umejima

[Umejima Noboru (1887-1943) 梅島昇]

小ゆき — 花柳

Koyuki — Hanayagi

[Hanayagi Shōtarō 花柳章太郎 (1894-1965)]

新春各座順禮 (その 一)

New Year's Pilgrimage to Theaters (Part one)

一、熊谷 — 吉右衛門(市村)

1. Kichiemon [Nakamura Kichiemon I 中村吉右衛門]

as Kumagai at the Ichimura-za

二、風間八郎 — 羽左衛門(歌舞伎)

2. Uzaemon [Ichimura Uzaemon XV 市村羽左衛門]

as Kazama Hachirō at the Kabuki-za

三、羽柴秀吉 — 幸四郎(帝劇)

3. Kōshirō [Matsumoto Kōshirō VII 松本幸四郎]

as Hashiba Hideyoshi at the Imperial Theater (Teigeki)

四、福島正則 — 勘彌(帝劇)

4. Kan'ya  [Morita Kanya XIII 守田勘彌]

as Fukushima Masanori at the Imperial Theater (Teigeki)

五、野州の富藏 — 菊五郎(市村)

5. Kikugorō  [Onoe Kikugorō VI 尾上菊五郎]

as Yashū no Tomizō at the Ichimura-za

六、梅津長門 — 伊井(本郷)

6. Ii [Yōhō Ii 伊井蓉峰] as Umezu Nagato at the Hongō-za

七、十次郎 — 三津五郎、初菊 — 芝鶴(松竹)

7. Mitsugorō [Bando Mitsugorō VII 坂東三津五郎]

as Jūjirō and Shikaku [Nakamura Shikaku II 中村芝鶴] as Hatsukiku at the Shōchiku-za

八、紫香改め霞仙と雁治郎の口上(中座)

8. Shikō’s [Nakamura Shikō’s 中村紫香] renaming to Kasen [Nakamura Kasen II 中村霞仙] and Ganjirō’s [Nakamura Ganjirō I 中村雁治郎]  announcement at the Naka-za

九、浦里 — 我童、時次耶 — 右團次(辨天)

9. Gadō [Kataoka Gadō IV 片岡我童] as Urasato and Udanji [Ichikawa Udanji II 市川右團次]

as Tokijirō at the Benten-za

十、赤格子 — 中田、數馬 — 山口(浪花)

10. Nakata [Nakata Shōzō 中田正造 - leader of the Shinsei Theater Group] as Akagōshi and Yamaguchi [Yamaguchi Toshio 山口俊雄] as Kazuma at the Naniwa-za

邦樂座一月曾我廼家劇

(四海波 [しかいなみ]) (片破れ月[かたやれづき])

Hōgakuza January Soganoya* production
(Shikai nami) (Katayabure tsuki)

高砂賴母 — 五郎

Takasago Raimo? — [Soganoya] Gorō

息女浪路 — 大磯

Daughter Nami-ji — [Soganoya] Ōiso

運轉手西山 — 五郎

Driver Nishiyama — [Soganoya] Gorō

助手山田 — 蝶六

Assistant Yamada — [Soganoya] Chōroku

Right margin commentary

This classic-style play, written by Gorō himself and previously performed to great acclaim, tells the story of Raimo, a man who discovers that Nami-ji, the woman he intends to marry, far surpasses him in martial arts. Determined to improve, he sets out for training, returns to challenge her, loses, and departs again. Over ten or twenty years, as the couple repeatedly competes, they grow older with each match. The play skillfully portrays their changing strength and emotions in an elegant storyline. Eventually, like the old couple in the Noh play Takasago, the husband finally wins, leading to a joyous conclusion in "Shikai nami."

"Katayabure tsuki" serves as the opening play of this program. Based on a script by Hanai Rojin of Kyoto and further adapted by Gorō, the story unfolds as a late-night incident by the seaside. It features an automobile driver, Imai (Ichirō), and his assistant, Sawa (Chōshichi), with Gorō and Chōroku excelling in these roles. The cast also includes the businessman Kojirō Andō and the geisha Shuya (Ōiso), whose sincere performances brought humor and entertainment, as is customary for the troupe.

*Go to "Soganoya Comedy Troupe" for more information on the Soganoya Troupe

Colophon and Notes to Readers

Back cover

The flower-hat dance from Musume Dojoji 

Hanako, a shirabyōshi, wears a large circular hat and in each hand she holds a furidashigasha, a slightly smaller replica of the circular hat she wears, but each furidashigasha turns out to be three linked hats which she flings out while dancing a kasaodori (flower hat dance). 

口繪 三十六家選 (その三)

市村羽左衛門の花川戶助六

Frontispiece (color lithograph)

Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 3)

Ichimura Uzaemon [XV]  as Hanakawado Sukeroku

artist: Natori Shunsen 名取春仙 (1886-1960), signed 春仙画 Shunsen ga with paulownia seal

帝國劇場二月狂言

(布施太子の入山)

The Imperial Theater February performance

(Fuse Taishi no nyūzan - Prince Fuse enters the monastery)

倉田百三氏作

Written by Kurata Hyakuzō

布施太子 — 守田勘彌

Prince Fuse — Morita Kan'ya [XIII]

妃 —  河村菊江

Princess: Kawamura Kikue [1890-1972]

當世人氣俳優 (その十)

松本幸四郎丈

Contemporary Popular Actors (No. 10) - 

Mr. Matsumoto Kōshirō [VII (1870-1949)]

中座二月狂言 (栗山大膳)

Naka-za February performance

(Kuriyama Daizen)

 愛妾お秀の方 — 中村魁車

Aishō Ohide no kata — Nakamura Kaisha

毛谷主水 — 中村福助

Keya Mondo — Nakamura Fukusuke [IV]

Left margin commentary:

 A dramatization of the famous Kuroda Disturbance from storytelling tradition. With [Nakamura] Ganjirō as Daizen, Fukusuke as Mondo, and Kaisha as Aishō Ohide no kata, the production is strikingly elegant and refined. It’s a splendid and beautifully composed piece, sweet and relaxed, making it a top-notch performance that's hard to replicate in Tokyo.

講談種の黒田騒動、鴈次郎の大膳に福助の主水、魁車のお秀の方、立派奇麗づくめで甘いけれど肩の凝らぬ一番目もの、東京では一寸この氣分は出し難い。

歌舞伎座二月狂言

(尼將軍 [尼将軍])

Kabuki-za February performance

(Ama shōgun - The nun shogun)

大森痴雪氏作

Written by Ōmori Chisetsu [1877-1936]

持蘭尼 — 秀調

Jōran-ni [The nun Jōran] — Shūchō

[Bandō Shūchō III 坂東秀調 (1880-1935)]

政子 [平政子] —  歌右衛門

Masako [Taira no Masako, the nun shogun] — Utaemon

[Nakamura Utaemon V 中村歌右衛門 (1865-1940)]

平妙子 —  福助

Myōko? — Fukusuke

[Nakamura Fukusuki V 中村福助 (1900-1933)]

泰時 — 市藏

Yasutoki [Hōjō Yasutoki] —  Ichizō

[Ichikawa Ichizō 市川市蔵 IV (1868-1944) or, possibly, Kataoka Ichizō IV 片岡市蔵 (1880-1926)]

歌舞伎座二月狂言

(助六由緣江戶櫻)

Kabuki-za February performance

(Sukeroku yukari no Edo zakura - Sukeroku: The flower of Edo)

歌舞伎十八番の内 河東節十寸見會連中

One of the Eighteen Best Kabuki Plays (Kabuki jūhachiban), performed in collaboration with the Katōbushi* Masumikai Troupe.

 花川戸の助六實は會我五郎時致 — 市村羽左衛門

Hanakawado no Sukeroku, who is actually Soga Gorō Tokimune — Ichimura Uzaemon

[Ichimura Uzaemon XV 市村羽左衛門]

*An elegant style of narrative shamisen music, developed in the early 18th century by Masumi Katō, the son of an Edo fishmonger. In contrast to more popular styles like Tokiwazu or Shinnai, Katōbushi was appreciated largely by the intelligentsia. Today, the music survives in just one play - Sukeroku, the Flower of Edo (Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura). Whenever the play is acted by a member of the Ichikawa family, amateur Katōbushi musicians are invited to perform. Since it was the hobby of the old elite, the actor playing Sukeroku will always address the musicians respectfully.

[source: http://www.naritaya.jp/english/compendium/dictionary_04.html#05 - accessed 12/14/2024]

本鄉座二月狂言 (鎌倉三代記)

Hongō-za February performance (Kamakura sandaiki - Three generations of Kamakura)

三浦閑居の場

Scene: Miura's Secluded Cottage*

時姬 — 松蔦

Princess Toki — Shōchō

[Ichikawa Shōchō II 市川松蔦 (1886-1940)]

三浦之助 — 宗十郎

Miuranosuke — Sōjūrō

[Sawamura Sōjūrō VII 澤村宗十郎 (1875-1949)]

おくる — 芝鶴

Okuru — Shikaku

[Nakamura Shikaku II 中村芝鶴 (1900-1981)] 

佐々木高綱 — 延若

Sasaki Takatsuna — Enjaku

[Jitsukawa Enjaku II (1877-1951) 実川延若]

* This scene is commonly referred to as Kinugawa-mura Kankyo - Living in seclusion in Kinugawa Village, the only scene in this ten act play still performed.

中座二月興行

(乘合船惠方萬歲) (三人片輪)

Naka-za February performance
(Noriaibune ehō manzai - Manzai entertainers on a ferry boat) (Sannin katawa - The three disabled persons)

大切常盤津所作事

Grand finale performance: Tokiwazu dance drama

中幕所作狂言

Middle act performance: Comedic drama

萬歲鶴太夫 — 福助

Manzai Tsurutayū — Fukusuke

[Nakamura Fukusuke IV 中村福助]

才造龜吉 — 長三郎

Saizō Kamekichi — Chōzaburō

[Sawamura Chōzaburō 澤村長三郎]

啞女おまき ― 扇雀

Mute Girl Omaki — Senjaku

[Nakamura Senjaku I 中村扇雀]

帝國劇場二月狂言 (布施太子の入山)

Imperial Theater February performance
Fuse Taishi no nyūzan - Prince Fuse enters the monastery)

倉田百三氏作

Written by Kurata Hyakuzō [1891-1943]

婆羅門丁 — 鶴藏

Brahman Tei — Tsuruzō

[likely Nakamura Tsuruzō III 中村鶴蔵 (1884-1932)]

同乙 [婆羅門乙]— 彌五郎

Brahman Otsu  — Yagorō

[likely Bandō Yagorō 坂東彌五郎 (1909-1999)]

布施太子 — 勘彌

Prince Fuse — Kan'ya

[Morita Kan'ya XIII 守田勘彌 (1885-1932)]

妃曼坻— 菊江

Crown Princess — Kikue

[Kawamura Kikue 河村菊江 (1890-1972)]

市村座二月興行 中幕 (鏡獅子)

Ichimura-za February program
Middle act performance (Kagami jishi – The mirror lion [the lion dance])

柳營お廣敷の場

Scene: The Imperial Palace's Grand Hall

お子姓彌生 — 尾上菊五郎
Okosho Yayoi — Onoe Kikugorō [VI]

Left margin commentary (in part)

From the New Kabuki Eighteen Famous Plays, this is a celebrated piece of choreography accompanied by Nagauta Hayashi music ensembles. Originally passed down by the ninth generation Danjūrō, it has been further polished by the sixth generation [Kikugorō], making it an unparalleled masterpiece of dance.

Right margin commentary: Murai Chōan

The titled play, Murai Chōan: Takumi no yaregasa, is a five-act sewamono drama. The storyline progresses much like a kōdan narrative, featuring the matters of Sayogoromo and Sentarō, Hayanori Sanji (played by Kodayū [Ichikawa Kodayū II]), the astute judgment of Ōoka Echizen-no-Kami (played by Murata Masao II), and the loyalty of the head clerk Kyūhachi (a dual role by Ennosuke), who becomes a scrap peddler. It unfolds as an extended narrative with intricate developments.

花とりどり

A variety of flowers

Colophon and Notes to Readers

March theatrical scene 

Back cover

The flower-hat dance from Musume Dojoji

Hanako, a shirabyōshi, wears a large circular hat and in each hand she holds a furidashigasha, a slightly smaller replica of the circular hat she wears, but each furidashigasha turns out to be three linked hats which she flings out while dancing a kasaodori (flower hat dance). 

社告

Company announcement

口繪 三十六家選 (その五)

尾上梅幸 おとみ 

Frontispiece (color lithograph)

Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 5)

Onoe Baikō [VI] as Otomi

artist: Natori Shunsen 名取春仙 (1886-1960), signed 春仙 Shunsen with paulownia seal

當世人氣俳優 (その十二)

市川右團次丈

Contemporary Popular Actors (No. 12) - 

Mr. Ichikawa Udanji [II} (1881-1936)]

Lithographic reproduction of an original woodblock print by Utagawa Toyokuni I 歌川豊国 (1769–1825), The Actor Nakamura Nakazo II as Kudo Suketsune in the play "Furiwakegami aoyagi Soga,” 1796 

歌舞伎座四月興行

(歌舞伎十八番 暫)

Kabuki-za April performance
(Kabuki jūhachiban: Shibaraku)

新鹿島社頭の場  大薩摩連中

Scene at the front of Shin Kashima Shrine - Ōsatsuma Troupe

上ハ舞台面 下ハ市村羽左衛門の金剛丸

The upper section features the stage setting, while the lower section showcases Ichimura Uzaemon as Kongōmaru

辨天座四月興行

(義經千本櫻 [義経千本桜])

Benten-za April performance

(Yoshitsune senbon zakura - Yoshitsune and the thousand cherry trees)

吉野村釣瓶鮨屋の場

Scene: The Yoshino village Tsurube sushi shop

いがみの權太 ― 尾上卯三郎

Igami no Gonta — Onoe Usaburō [II (1860-1928)]

Left margin commentary:

On page 25 of this magazine, there is also a summary of "Ishikiri Kajiwara," which is being performed at the Kyoto Minami-za by Nakamura Senjaku. It is commendable to see how he is gradually moving from the framework modeled after his father, [Nakamura] Ganjirō, to developing an art form that is distinctly his own. Let us hope for even greater efforts from him in the future. 

松竹座四月興行

(佐々木高綱)

Shochiku-za April performance

(Sasaki Takatsuna)

岡本綺堂作 松莚戯曲十種の内

From Shoen gikyoku jisshu no uchi -  

Ten shoen plays by Okamoto Kido [1872-1939]

佐々木高綱 — 市川左團次
Sasaki Takatsuna — Ichikawa Sadanji [II]

歌舞伎座四月一番目狂言

(關ヶ原)

Kabuki-za April first performance

(Sekigahara)

高安月郊氏作 松居松翁氏 舞臺監督

Written by: Takayasu Gekkō [1868-1944]
Stage Director: Matsui Shōō [1870-1933]

淀君 — 歌右衞門

Yodogimi — Utaemon

[Nakamura Utaemon V 中村歌右衛門]

石田三成 — 左團次

Ishida Mitsunari — Sadanji

[Ichikawa Sadanji II 市川左團次]

歌舞伎座四月興行 (歌舞伎十八番 暫)

Kabuki-za April performance
(Kabuki Jūhachiban: Shibaraku)

新鹿島社頭の場

Scene: At the New Kashima Shrine

金剛丸 — 羽左衛門

Kongōmaru — Uzaemon

 [Ichimura Uzaemon XV 市村羽左衛門]

 女鯰 — 秀調

Onna Namazu - Sūchō

[Bandō Sūchō III 坂東秀調]

帝劇四月二段目 (與話情浮名横櫛)

Imperial Theatre April performance, act two (Yowa nasake ukina no yokogushi - Assignations of Otomi and Yosaburō)

 玄冶店の場

Scene: At Genyadana

切られ與三 — 羽左衛門

Kirare Yosaburo — Utaemon

[Nakamura Utaemon V 中村歌右衛門]

番頭藤八 — 幸蔵

Bantō [clerk] Tōhachi — Kōzō

[Onoe Kōzō II 尾上幸蔵]

おとみ — 梅幸

Otomi — Baikō

[Onoe Baikō VI 尾上梅幸

蝙蝠安 — 松助

Kōmori Yasu — Matsusuke

[Onoe Matsusuke IV 尾上松助]

辨天座四月狂言 (義經千本櫻)

Benten-za April performance (Yoshitsune senbon zakura - Yoshitsune and the thousand cherry trees)

吉野村すしやの場

吉野山道行の場

Scene [right]: At the sushi shop in Yoshino village
Scene [left]: Mount Yoshino michiyuki

源義經 — 荒太郎

Minamoto no Yoshitsune — Aratarō

[Ichikawa Aratarō II 市川荒太郎 (1892- December 1925)]

彌助實は維盛 — 霞仙

Yasuke [adopted son of Yazaemon], actually Koremori [the Taira general] — Kasen

[Nakamura Kasen I 中村霞仙 (1868-1903)]

お里 — 福太郎

Osato — Fukutarō

[Nakamura Fukutarō 中村福太郎 (1898-1970)] 

靜御前 — 粂三郎

Shizuka Gozen — Kumesabuō

[Iwai Kumesabuō V 岩井粂三郎 (1882-1945)

right margin commentary:

How adorable Fukutarō's Osato is, one might mistake her for the younger sister of Kumesaburō’s Shizuka Gozen.

本鄉座四月興行 (天竺物語)

Hongō-za April performance (Tenjiku monogatari - The tale of Tenjiku)

足立欽一氏作

Written by: Adachi Kin'ichi [1893-1953]

邦枝完二氏監督

Directed by: Kunieda Kanji [1892-1956]

太田雅光氏裝置

Stage Design: Ōta Masamitsu [woodblock print artist, 1892-1975]

摩伽陀國宮城の廣間

Grand Hall of the Magadha Kingdom Palace

韋提希夫人 — 石川

Kosala Devi [Queen consort of Magadha]: Ishikawa

[Ishikawa Aramizu 石川 新水 (1885?-?)]

頻婆娑羅王 — 伊井

King [of Magadha] Bimbisara: Ii

[Yōhō Ii 伊井蓉峰 (1871-1932)]  

優陀耶 — 小堀計作

[Ajatashatru's son] Udaya: Keisaku Kobori [(?-?)]

公園劇場四月興行

(惡太郎) (白浪五人男)

[Asakusa] Koen Theater April performance
(Akutarō - Bad boy/ Shiranami gonin otoko - The five thieves)

河竹默阿彌翁作 岡村柿紅氏作

Written by Kawatake Mokuami [1816-1893] and Okamura Shikō [1881-1925]

惡太郎 — 猿之助

Akutarō: played by Ennosuke

[Ichikawa Ennosuke II 市川猿之助]

辨天小僧 — 傳次郎

Benten Kozō: played by Denjirō

[Sawmura Denjirō 澤村傳次郎]

神田劇場と末廣座の四月興行

April performances at Kanda Theater and Suehiro-za [Nagoya]

(保名狂亂)

(Yasuna kyōran - The madness of Yasuna)

(忠節女夫松)

(Chūsetsu meōto no matsu - The faithful man and wife pines)

(小川隆一黨劇 — 次郎吉の戀)

(Jirōkichi no koi - The romance of Jirōkichi - performed by Ogawa Takashi’s Troupe)

保名 — 長十郎

Yasuna: played by Chōjurō

[Sawamura Chōjurō VII]

淺岡 — 百之助

Asaoka: played by Hyakunosuke

[Sawamura Hyakunosuke III 澤村百之助]

千代松 — 錦魚

Chiyomatsu: played by Kinyo?

[possibly Matsumo Kinyo? (?-?)]

伊達綱宗 — 友三郎

Date Tsunamune: played by Tomosaburo

[Otani Tomosaburo 大谷友三郎 (1899? - ?)

愛妾お高の方 — 薪車

Beloved concubine Otaka no Kata: played by Shinsha

[Bandō Shinsha II 坂東薪車]

次郎吉 — 小川隆

Jirōkichi: played by Ogawa Takashi

[Ogawa Takashi (1891-?)]

おれん — 二條晶子

Oren: played by Nijō Akiko?

[actress associated with Shōchiku Kyoto Shimogamo studio]

Colophon

劇壇縱橫記

A Chronicle of the Theater World

Newly published books by the entertainment department of Taishō tsūsinsha

Back cover

Advertisements for publications by the  Taiheiyo [Pacific] News Agency (Taiheiyō tsūshinsha 太平洋通信社) and the Taishō News Agency (Taishō tsūshinsha 大正通信社)

口繪 三十六家選 (其六)

中村鴈治郎  曾我十郎祐成

Frontispiece (color lithograph)

Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 6)

Nakamura Ganjirō [I] as Soga no Juro Sukenari

artist: Natori Shunsen 名取春仙 (1886-1960), signed 春仙 Shunsen with paulownia seal

當世人氣俳優 (その十三)

市川男女藏丈

Contemporary Popular Actors (No. 13) - 

Mr. Ichikawa Omezō [IV

(1898-1969)]

Lithographic reproduction of an original woodblock print by Katsukawa Shun'ei  勝川春英 (1762–1819), Actor Ichikawa Komazo III as Ono Sadakuro in the play Chuko ryogoku ori 

大阪中座五月狂言 (積戀雪關扉)

Osaka Naka-za May performance (Tsumoru koi yuki no seki no to -  The snowbound barrier)

逢坂山新關の場

Scene: Ōsaka yama shinseki no ba - The new barrier at Mount Ōsaka

櫻の精黑染 [墨染櫻の精] — 福助

Spirit of the black cherry blossom — Fukusuke

[Nakamura Fukusuke IV 中村福助]

關守關兵衛實は大伴の黑主 ― 幸四郎

Barrier guard Sekibei (in reality, Ōtomo no Kuronushi) — Kōshirō

[Matsumoto Kōshirō VII 松本幸四郎]

大阪浪花座五月興行 (新撰組)

Osaka Naniwa-za May performance (Shinsengumi)

サンデー毎日所載

白井喬二氏作

行友李風氏脚色

Published in the Sunday Mainichi [serialized from 1924 to 1925]
Written by Kyoji Shirai [1889-1980]
Adapted by Rifū Yukitomo

寶田芳太郎 — 壽三郎

Takarada Yoshitarō— Jusaburō

[Bandō Jusaburō (1886-1954)]

近江屋お蝶 — 新升

Omiya Ochō — Shinshō

[Ichikawa Shinshō IV 市川新升 (act.1885-1935)]

娘お香代 — 霞仙

Musume Okayo [Takurada’s daughter] — Kasen

[Nakamura Kasen II 中村霞仙 (1893-1969)]

但馬流織之助 — 延若
Tajima Ryū Orinosuke — Enjaku

[Jitsukawa Enjaku II (1877-1951)

歌舞伎座五月狂言 (ーツ家)

Kabuki-za May performance (Hitotsuya - The lonely house)

新古演劇十種の内

From the "collection of ten new and old plays"

淺茅ヶ原一つ家の場

Scene: Asajigahara hitotsuya no ba -The Lonely House in Asajigahara

娘淺茅 — 中村福助

Daughter Asaji — Nakamura Fukusuke [V] 

新橋演舞場五月興行 (宮古路豊後縁)

Shimbashi Enbujo Theater May performance (Miyakoji bungo no jō)

清見陸郎氏作

小村雪岱氏舞臺裝置

Written by Kiyomi Rikurō [1896-?]

Stage Design by Komura Settai [(1887-1949) shin hanga artist and set designer]

弟子市四郎 — 男女藏

Disciple Ichiro — Omezō [Ichikawa Omezō IV 市川男女蔵 (1898-1969)]

水茶屋娘おそよ ― 福之亟
Water Teahouse Daughter Osoyo — Fukunojō [Ichikawa Fukunojō 市川福之亟 II?]

歌舞伎座五月興行

(勢平家物語)

Kabuki-za May performance

(Ikioi Heike monogatari)

山崎紫紅氏作

Written by Yamazaki Shikō [1875-1939]

成親卿 — 歌右衛門

Narichika — Utaemon

[Nakamura Utaemon V 中村歌右衛門]

俊寬僧都 — 鶴蔵

Shunkan — Tsuruzō

[Nakamura Tsuruzō 中村鶴蔵 (1884-1932)]

成經 — 龜蔵

Naritsune — Kamezō

[Ichimura Kamezō III 市村龜蔵 (1890-1935)]

康賴 — 九蔵

Yasuyori — Kūzō

[Ichikawa Kuzō IV 市川九蔵 (1882-1966)]

西光法師 — 左團次

Saikō the Monk — Sadanji

[Ichikawa Sadanji II 市川左團次 (1880-1940)

平清盛 — 中車

[inset] Taira no Kiyomori — Chūsha

[Ichikawa Chūsha VII 市川中車 (1860-1936)]

西光法師 — 左團次

[inset] Saikō the Monk — Sadanji

[Ichikawa Sadanji II 市川左團次 (1880-1940)]

歌舞伎座五月狂言

(ーツ家) (文ひろげ)

Kabuki-za May performance

(Hitotsuya – The lonely house) (Fumi Hiroge - Lunacy, unrolling letters)

淺茅ヶ原一ッ家の場 五條橋狂亂の場

Scenes: The lonely house in Asajigahara, Madness at Gojō Bridge

老婆茨 — 梅幸

Old Woman Ibara — Baikō

[Onoe Baikō VI 尾上梅幸]

娘淺茅 — 福助

Daughter Asaji — Fukusuke

[Nakamura Fukusuke V 中村福助]

花若丸 實は 觀世音の化身 ― 龜蔵

Hanawakamaru, revealed as the Incarnation of Kannon — Kamezō

[Ichimura Kamezō III 市村龜蔵 (1890-1935)]

狂女千代 — 梅幸

Madwoman Chiyo — Baikō

[Onoe Baikō VI 尾上梅幸]

歌舞伎座五月狂言

(本朝二十四孝)

Kabuki-za May performances

(Honchō nijūshikō - The twenty-four examples of filial piety)

十種香の場

Scene: Jūshukō - Ten types of incense (the incense burning)

白須賀六郎 — 家橘

Shirasuka Rokurō — Kakitsu

[Ichimura Kakitsu VII 市村家橘]

八重垣姫 — 歌右衛門

Princess Yaegaki — Utaemon

[Nakamura Utaemon 中村歌右衛門]

武田勝賴 — 羽左衛門

Takeda Katsuyori — Uzaemon

[Ichimura Uzaemon 市村羽左衛門]

濡衣 — 梅幸

Nureginu — Baikō

[Onoe Baikō VI 尾上梅幸]

大阪中座五月興行 『大阪陣』

Osaka Naka-za May performance
(Ōsaka no jin - The Siege of Ōsaka)

高安月郊氏作

Written by Takayasu Gekkō [1869-1944]

芦田曲輪の場

Scene: Ashida-kuruwa no ba - The Ashida fortified enclosure

淀君 — 中村魁車

Yodo-dono (Yodogimi) — Nakamura Kaisha [1875-1945]

豐臣秀賴 — 片岡千代之助

Toyotomi Hideyori — Kataoka Chiyonosuke [1903-1994]

本鄕座二番目

近頃河原の達引

Hongō-za second program
Chikagoro kawara no tatehiki - The tragic love of Oshun and Denbei

猿廻し與次郎内の場

Scene: Sarumawashi Yojirō uchi no ba - The monkey trainer Yojirō’s home

丹波屋おしゆん ― 福助

[right] Oshun of the Tambaya — Fukusuke [Nakamura Fukusuke V 中村福助 (1900-1933)]

猿廻し與次郎 ― 吉右衛門

[2nd from left] [Sarumawashi] Yojirō, the Monkey Trainer — Kichiemon

[Nakamura Kichiemon I 中村吉右衛門 (1886-1954)]

稽古娘おつる ― 又五郎

[left] Otsuru, the Apprentice Girl — Matagorō [Nakamura Matagorō II 中村又五郎 (1914-2009)]

井筒屋傳兵衛 [井筒屋伝兵衛] ― 時蔵

[2nd from right] Izutsuya Denbei — Tokizō

[Nakamura Tokizō III 中村時蔵(1895-1959)]

Right margin commentary: Ono ga tsumi

Ono ga tsumi, is a play that has been so well-known,  alongside works like Hototogisu [The Cuckoo] and Konjiki Yasha [The Gold Demon], that there is no need to elaborate on the plot here.

In this production, Kitamura’s portrayal of Tamaki was undoubtedly the standout performance. Additionally, Saori delivered a solid and reliable performance as Viscount Sakurado, while the veteran Fukui Mohei skillfully played the role of Minowa Denzō.

大阪角座五月狂言

『己ヶ罪 [己ヶ罪]』

Osaka Kado-za May performance

Ono ga tsumi - My sin

カフェー・イセの場

Scene: Café Ise

牧師モリソン ― 小織桂一郎

Pastor/Teacher? Morrison — Saori Keiichirō [1870-1943]

虔三の妻お島 ― 高田亘

Oshima, Kenzō's Fiancée — Takada Wataru

塚口虔三 — 都築文男

Tsukaguchi Kenzō — Tsuzuki Fumio (1883-1946)

新橋演舞場五月狂言 〔息子〕

Shinbashi Enbujō May performance
(Musuko - The son)

小山内薰氏作 田中良氏舞臺裝置

Written by Osanai Kaoru (1881-1928)
Stage design by Tanaka Ryō (1886-1974)

息子金次郎 — 尾上菊五郎

The Son, Kinjirō — Onoe Kikugorō VI

火の番の爺 — 尾上松助

The Old Fire Watchman — Onoe Matsusuke V

名古屋末廣座五月狂言

『大地は微笑む』

Nagoya Suehiro-za May performance
Daichi wa hohoemu - The earth smiles

朝日新聞懸賞一等當選映畵劇

A prize-winning film script, awarded first place by the Asahi Shimbun

村田慶一 — 梅島昇

Murata Keiichi — Umejima Noboru [1887-1943] 

秋蓮 — 花柳章太郎

[Daughter] Shūren — Hanayagi Shōtarō [1894-1965]

Idle talk (むだごと): The arrival of early summer is marked by the goldfish sellers making their rounds, and the cheerful sight of signs like “Summer Hats Special Offers” appearing in hat shops. Yet, curiously enough, this month’s theater productions seem to have unanimously decided to feature snow.

To begin with, at the Kabuki-za, they boast of using a whopping 24 kan (approximately 90 kilograms) of snow per day for "Yuki Kureyo Iriya no Azemichi" (Snowy Evening Path in Iriya). Meanwhile, over at the Shinbashi Enbujō, the middle act...

Respectful Notice (謹告): Announcement of merger of Taishō tsūsinsha, Engei shunjūsha, and Kansai bungeisha.

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Advertisements for publications by the  Taiheiyo [Pacific] News Agency (Taiheiyō tsūshinsha 太平洋通信社) and the Taishō News Agency (Taishō tsūshinsha 大正通信社)

七月號 目次

Table of Contents and Preface*

*See above for a translation of the first section of the preface.

Frontispiece foldout: Offset press printing of a lithographic reproduction of an Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) 1860 woodblock print depicting the scene "Hatsu yagura uwasa no takashima" in the play "Sannin Kichisa kuruwa no Hatsugai" 三人吉三廓初買   (The Three Kichisas and the New Year's First Visit to the Pleasure Quarters) with Iwai Kumesaburō III in the role of the thief Ojō Kichisa disguised as a woman.

This print is the top print of an ōban tate-e diptych, the bottom print of which was reproduced in the next month's issue Volume 4, Number 8 shown below.

當世人氣俳優 (その十四)

梅島昇氏

Contemporary Popular Actors (No. 14) - 

Mr. Umejima Noboru [1887-1943]

[Best known as an actor in "new theater" shingeki]

口繪 三十六家撰 (その七)

市川左團次の和尙吉三

三人吉三巴白浪

Frontispiece (color lithograph)

Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 7)

Ichikawa Sadanji [II] as Oshō Kichisa in the play Sannin Kichisa kuruwa no hatsugai

artist: Natori Shunsen 名取春仙 (1886-1960), signed 春仙筆 Shunsen hitsu with paulownia pattern seal

帝國劇場六月狂言 (戾橋 [もどりばし])

Imperial Theater, June performance (Modori bashi – The bridge of return)

黙阿彌翁作 新古演劇十種の内

Written by the venerable Mokuami [1816-1893]

One of [Onoe Kikugorō V's] collection of ten new old-style plays [shin koengeki jisshu]

北野廻廓屋上の場

Scene: On the rooftop of the corridor of the Kitano Shrine

扇折小百合實は愛宕山鬼女 — 梅幸

Ōgiuri Sayuri, revealed to be the demoness of Atago Mountain — Baikō

[Onoe Baikō VI 尾上梅幸 (1870-1934)]

渡邊網 — 幸四郎

Watanabe no Tsuna — Kōshirō

[Matsumoto Kōshirō VII 松本幸四郎 (1870-1949)]

中座六月狂言 (安宅の關)

Naka-za June performance (Ataka no seki - The Ataka barrier)

近松翁原作 榎本虎彥氏脚色

Original Work by the venerable Chikamatsu [1653-1724]
Adaptation by Enomoto Torahiko [1866-1916]

新關の場

Scene: The new barrier

富樫左衛門 — 福助

Togashi Saemon — Fukusuke

[Nakamura Fukusuke IV 中村福助 (1875-1948)]

武藏坊辨慶 — 中車

Musashibō Benkei — Chūsha

[Ichikawa Chūsha 市川中車 VII (1860-1936)

中座六月狂言

(心中紙屋治兵衛)

Naka-za June performance

(Shinjū Kamiya Jihei)

大阪都新聞當選狂言 近松半二作

Osaka Miyako Shimbun selected play*

 Written by Chikamatsu Hanji [1725-1783]

河庄の場

Scene: Kawashō no ba - At Kawashō

紀伊國屋小春 [紀ノ伊国屋小春] — 魁車

Kinokuniya Koharu — Kaisha

[Nakamura Kaisha 中村魁車 (1876-1945)]

紙屋治兵衛 — 雁治郎

Kamiya Jihei — Ganjirō

[Nakamura Ganjirō I 中村雁治郎 (1860-1935)]

粉屋孫右衛門 — 中車

Koya Magoemon — Chūsha

[Ichikawa Chūsha 市川中車 VII (1860-1936)

*this is likely a reference to one of the popularity contests run by the paper

帝國劇場六月狂言

(名工柿右衛門)

Imperial Theater June performance

(Meikō Kakiemon - Master craftsman Kakiemon)

榎本虎彥氏作

Written by Enomoto Torahiko [1866-1916]

酒井田柿右衛門 — 仁左衛門

Sakaida Kakiemon — Nizaemon

[Kataoka Nizaemon XI (1857-1934)] 

歌舞伎座六月狂言

(三人吉三巴白浪)

Kabuki-za June performance

(San'nin Kichisa tomoe no shiranami – Three thieves named Kichisa)

河竹默阿彌翁作

Written by Kawatake Mokuami [1816-1893]

大川端庚申堂の場

Scene: At Ōkawabata near the Kōshin Shrine

お坊吉三 — 吉右衛門

Obō Kichisa — Kichiemon

[Nakamura Kichiemon (1886-1954)]

和尙吉三 — 左團次

Oshō Kichisa — Sadanji

[Ichikawa Sadanji II 市川左團次 (1880-1940)]

お孃吉三 — 羽左衛門

Ojō Kichisa — Uzaemon

[Ichimura Uzaemon XV 市村羽左衛門 (1874-1945)]

浪花座六月狂言 (雁のたより)

Naniwa-za June performance

(Kari no tayori - Letter)

髮結床の場

Scene: At the hairdresser’s shop

髮結三二五郎七實は朝香與一郎 — 延若

Hairdresser [kamiyui] Sanni Goroshichi (revealed to be Asaka Yoichirō) — Enjaku

[Jitsukawa Enjaku II 實川延若 (1877-1951)]

Left margin commentary on Resurrection

This play is an adaptation by Seto Eiichi, painstakingly transformed into six acts and ten scenes from the popular novel by Tokuda Shūsei, which was serialized to great acclaim in both the Osaka Mainichi and Tokyo Nichinichi newspapers.

In Dōtonbori, Ii Yōhō made a much-anticipated return to the stage after nearly a year, accompanied by Kobori Makoto (小堀誠), marking his second appearance after a period of obscurity. The addition of Mizutani Yaeko (水谷八重子) to the cast further elevated the production, which was a major undertaking with day and night dual performances. This ambitious effort led to an unusually large audience turnout for the Shinpa genre in recent times.

Ii's portrayal of Sunaga, Hanabusa's Tokiko, Yaeko's Yōko, and Kobori's Arai all delivered commendable performances, showcasing exceptional artistry. 

新橋演舞場六月狂言 (保名)

Shinbashi Enbujō June performance (Yasuna)

四代目鶴屋南北作

延壽太夫出演

Written by Tsuruya Nanboku IV [1755-1829]

Featuring Enjudayū [jōruri] 

小袖物狂の場

Scene: Kosode monogurui – Short sleeved madness

安倍保名 — 尾上菊五郎

Abe no Yasuna — Onoe Kikugorō [VI]

Left margin commentary: 

Separated by death from his beloved Sakaki no mae, unable to obtain the Kinu Gyokuto [secrets of spell casting] manuscript, and overwhelmed by grief, Abe no Yasuna loses his sanity. Clutching the keepsake kosode of his lover, longing for its lingering fragrance, he chases butterflies fluttering over fields of rapeseed, trampling the young grass amidst the shimmering mirage of the spring plains, wandering aimlessly. This performance was, as always, a masterpiece, showcasing the artistry of Kikugorō, the foremost figure in contemporary dance, paired with the vocal brilliance of Enjudayū.

歌舞伎座六月狂言

(沓手鳥孤城落月)

Kabuki-za June performance

(Hototogisu kojō no rakugetsu - A sinking moon over the lonely castle where the cuckoo cries – or- The setting moon and the fall of Ōsaka Castle)

櫻御所の場の舞臺面と糒庫の場

Scenes: The Sakura Imperial Palace and The rice storehouse

正榮尼 一 紅若

[The nun] Shōeiin — Kōjaku

[Ichikawa Kōjaku IV 市川紅若]

淀の方 — 歌右衛門

Yodo-no-kata [Yodogimi] — Utaemon

[Nakamura Utaemon V (1865-1940)]

秀賴— 羽左衛門

Hideyori [Toyotomi’s heir] — Uzaemon

[Ichikawa Uzaemon XV 中村歌右衛門 (1874-1945)] 

片桐孝利 — 壽美蔵

Katagiri Takatoshi — Sumizō

[Ichikawa Sumizō VI 市川壽美蔵 (1886-1971)]

片桐且元 — 左團次

Katagiri Katsumoto — Sadanji

[Ichikawa Sadanji II 市川左團次 (1880-1940)]

饗庭の局 一 時蔵

Aeba no Tsubone — Tokizō

[Nakamura Tokizō III 中村時蔵 (1895-1959)]

大蔵の局 一 左升

Ōkurakyo no Tsubone — Sashō

[Ichikawa Sashō II 市川左升 (1872-1943)]

片桐の臣十兵衞 — 荒次郎

Katagiri's Retainer Jūbei — Arajirō

[Ichikawa Arajirō II 市川荒次郎 (1889-1957)]

家康 — 歌右衛門

[Tokugawa] Ieyasu — Utaemon

[Nakamura Utaemon V (1865-1940)]

歌舞伎座六月狂言 (三人吉三巴白浪)

Kabuki-za June performance
(Sannin Kichisa tomoe no shiranami - Three thieves named Kichisa)

吉祥院墓所殺しの場

Scene: Kisshōin bosho koroshi - The killing at the Kisshōin graveyard

十三郎 — 時蔵

Jūzaburō [Oshō’s brother] — Tokizō

[Nakamura Tokizo III 中村時蔵 (1895-1959)]

和尚吉三 — 左團次

Oshō Kichisa [a priest] — Sadanji

[Ichikawa Sadanji II 市川佐團次 (1880-1940)]

おとせ — 福助

Otose [Oshō’s sister] — Fukusuke

[Nakamura Fukusuke V 中村福助 (1900-1933)]

歌舞伎座六月狂言 (三人吉三巴白浪)

Kabuki-za June performance
(Sannin Kichisa tomoe no shiranami - Three thieves named Kichisa)

お坊吉三 一 吉右衛門

Obō Kichisa 一 Kichiemon

[Nakamura Kichiemon I 中村吉右衛門 (1886-1954)]

土左衛門傳吉 — 松助

Dozaemon Denkichi — Matsusuki

[Onoe Matsusuke IV 尾上松助 (1843-1928)

お嬢吉三 — 羽左衛門

Ojō Kichisa - Uzaemon

[Ichimura Uzaemon XV 市村羽左衛門 (1874-1945)

浪花座六月狂言 (石川五右衛門)

Naniwa-za June performance
(Ishikawa Goemon)

捕物の場の舞臺面

Stage setting for the arrest [of Goemon] scene

五右衛門 一 延若

Goemon 一 Enjaku

[Jitsukawa Enjaku II (1877-1951) 實川延若 ]

 伜五良市 [伜五郎市]一みのる

[Goemon’s] son Gorōshi 一 Minoru

[unidentified child actor, possibly Jitsukawa Minoru (?-?) 実川みのる]

辨天座六月狂言 (四谷怪談)

Benten-za June performance
(Yotsuya kaidan - Ghost story of Yotsuya)

お岩 — 右團治

Oiwa – Udanji

[Ichikawa Udanji II  市川右團次 (1881-1936)]

民谷伊右衛門 — 巖笑

Tamiya Iemon — Ganshō

[Arashi Ganshō 嵐巌笑 (1862-1930)]

按摩宅悅 — 大吉

Anma Takuetsu — Daikichi

[Bandō Daikichi II 坂東大吉 (?-?) 

松竹座六月狂言

(壺坂靈驗記)

Shōchiku-za June performance
(Tsubosaka reigenki - The miracle at Tsubosaka)

谷底利益の場

Scene: The ravine of salvation

觀世音 — 又五郎

Kannon (Goddess of Mercy) — Matagorō [Nakamura Matagorō II 中村又五郎 (1914-2009)]

澤市 — 三津五郎

Sawaichi — Mitsugorō

[Bandō Mitsugorō VII 坂東三津五郎 (1882-1961)]

お里 — 松蔦

Osato — Shōchō

[Ichikawa Shōchō II 市川松蔦 (1886-1940)

Colophon and announcements to readers

(see Colophon Details for publishing information in left margin)

top: A further explanation to "esteemed members" about how the coupon redemption works to receive the "Thirty-Six Actor Autograph Album."

bottom: Mourning the Death of Murata Masao 村田正雄 (1871-June 7, 1925) - stage and screen actor

Back cover

Advertisements for publications by the  Taiheiyo [Pacific] News Agency (Taiheiyō tsūshinsha 太平洋通信社) and the Taishō News Agency (Taishō tsūshinsha 大正通信社)

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Editor's Notes:

We received an overwhelming response to the July issue of this magazine, and within a few days of its release, the first edition was sold out. The second edition also sold out on the same day, even before it could be fully bound. Consequently, a third edition had to be issued due to its immense popularity. This success is entirely thanks to the support of our readers, for which all of us on the editorial team express our deepest gratitude.

口繪 三十六家撰 (その八) 片岡我童の福岡貢Frontispiece (color lithograph): Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 8) Kataoka Gadō as Fukuoka Mitsugi

名取春仙筆

Designed by Natori Shunsen 名取春仙 (1886-1960)

當世人氣俳優 (その十五)

市村家橘丈

Contemporary Popular Actors (No. 15) - 

Mr. Ichimura Kakitsu [VII (1904-1952)]

"His portrait is a true representation of his refined taste and dignity." 

Frontispiece foldout: Offset press printing of a lithographic reproduction of an Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) 1860 woodblock print depicting the scene "Hatsu yagura uwasa no takashima" in the play "Sannin Kichisa kuruwa no Hatsugai" 三人吉三廓初買   (The Three Kichisas and the New Year's First Visit to the Pleasure Quarters) with Ichikawa Kodanji IV in the role of Oshō Kichisa, a priest, and Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I in the role of Obō Kichisa, a ronin.

This print is the bottom print of an oban tate-e diptych, the top print of which was reproduced in the previous month's issue Volume 4, Number 7 shown above.  

隠亡堀の場: 東海道四谷怪談

Onbōbori no ba: Tōkaidō Yotsuya kaidan (Ghost stories at Yotsuya on the Tōkaidō, the scene at the Onbō canal)

歌舞伎座

Playing at the Kabuki-za

鳥居清忠氏筆

by Torii Kiyotada (Torii VII) 鳥居清忠 (七代目) (1875-1941)

放送を終へて

六月二十八日(日曜日)午後二時半から、雁治郎一派の巨頭連は、大阪放送局に於て、得意の「熊谷陣屋」を放送し、大太阪の市民を驚 喜せしめました。JOBKで放送の終った後、可愛いゝ嬢ちあん達から花束を贈られてゐる一同。

After the broadcast

 On Sunday, June 28th, at 2:30 PM, the leading members of the Kanjirō troupe performed their signature play "Kumagai Jin'ya" at the Osaka Broadcasting Station, delighting and surprising the citizens of Osaka. After the broadcast on JOBK, the group was presented with bouquets from the lovely young ladies.

歌舞伎座 (江戸育お祭佐七)

Kabuki-za (Edo-sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi -

Edo-raised Omatsuri Sashichi) 

三世河竹新七氏作

Written by Kawatake Shinshichi III [1842-1901]

柳原土手殺しの場

Scene: Yanagihara dote koroshi -The Yanagihara dike murder

お祭佐七 ― 市村羽左衛門

[The fireman] Omatsuri Sashichi ― Ichimura Uzaemon [XV] 

藝者小糸 — 尾上梅幸

Courtesan Koito: Played by Onoe Baikō [VI]