Engei shashinchō Volume 5, 1926

新年號 目次

New Year’s issue, table of contents

口絵

三十六家撰 (その十三) 尾上菊五郎の鏡獅子

伊東深水氏筆

Frontispiece (color lithograph):

Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 13), Onoe Kikugorō [VI] [as the maiden Yayoi] in Kagamijishi

Drawn by Itō Shinsui 伊東深水 (1898-1972)

當世人氣俳優 (その二十)

市川小太夫丈

Contemporary Popular Actors (No. 20)

Mr. Ichikawa Kodayū [II]

歌舞伎座十二月狂言 (戻橋)

Kabuki-za December performance (Modoribashi)

新古演劇十種の内

From the Ten Varieties of Classical and Modern Plays

渡邊源次綱 — 市藏

Watanabe no Genji Tsuna — Ichizō

[Ichikawa Ichizō IV 市川市蔵]

扇折小百合實は愛宕山の鬼女 ― 福助

 Ōgiori no Sayuri (in reality, the demoness of Mt. Atago) — Fukusuke

[Nakamura Fukusuke V 中村福助]

京都南座顔見世狂言

(文ひろげ)

Kyoto Minami-za kaomise performance (Fumi Hiroge [Lunacy, unrolling letters])

五條橋狂亂の場

Scene: Madness at Gojō Bridge

狂女千代——梅幸

Madwoman Ochiyo — Baikō

[Onoe Baikō VI 尾上梅幸]

文賣與作 — 魁車

 Letter seller Yosaku — Kaisha

[Nakamura Kaisha 中村魁車]

d帝國劇場十二月狂言 (戰國時代史の一頁)

Imperial Theatre December performance

(A Page from the history of the Warring States period)

邦枝完二氏作 

林和氏舞臺監督

Written by Kunieda Kanji [1892-1956]

Stage direction by Im Hwa* [1908-1953]

本多平八郎 — 田之助

Honda Heihachirō — Tanosuke

[Sawamura Tanosuke V 澤村田之助]

高坂彈正 — 松助

Kōsaka Danjō — Matsusuke

[Onoe Matsusuke IV 尾上松助 (1843-1928)]

小姓東馬實は小宰相 — 菊江

Koshō Tōma (in reality, Kozaishō) — Kikue

[Kawamura Kikue 河村菊江 (1890-1972)]

* Korean poet, film and literary critic, actor, director

歌舞伎座 (研辰の討たれ)

Kabuki-za (Togitatsu no utare - The revenge on Togitatsu)

木村錦花氏原作 竹柴兼三氏脚色

Original story by Kimura Kinka [1877-1960] Adapted by Takeshiba Kenzō

 [Hirata Kenzō (1894-1976)]

河竹繁俊氏 舞臺監督

Stage direction by Kawatake Shigetoshi [1889-1967]

研尾辰次* [研屋辰次] — 市川猿之助
Togiya Tatsuji [the sword sharpener] — Ichikawa Ennosuke

[Ichikawa Ennosuke II (1888-1963)]

*"研尾辰次" note typographical error in character's name on page. It should read "研屋辰次"

帝國劇場十二月狂言

(忠臣蔵年中行事)

Imperial Theatre December performance (Chūshingura: Annual Event)

三世河竹新七氏作 烏居清忠氏舞臺裝置

Written by Kawatake Shinshichi III

Stage design by Torii Kiyotada

殿中松の間の場

Scene: The Pine Room in the Palace

淺野長矩 — 宗十郎

Asano Naganori — Sōjūrō

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

吉良上野介 — 松助
Kira Yoshinaka — Matsusuke

[Onoe Matsusuke IV 尾上松助 (1843-1928)]

京都南座顔見世狂言 (紙屋治兵衛時雨炬燵)

Kyoto Minami-za kaomise performance (Kamiya Jihei [Kamiya Jihei: Shigure no kotatsu] - Winter rain and the kotatsu)

紙屋の場

Scene: The paper seller's shop

紙屋治兵衛 — 雁治郎

Kamiya Jihei — Ganjirō

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

女房おさん ― 福助
Wife Osan — Fukusuke

[Nakamura Fukusuke IV 中村福助]

淺草松竹座十二月狂言(夕霧阿波鳴渡)

Asakusa Shōchiku-za December performance (Yūgiri: Awa no Naruto - [Yūgiri and the Straits of Naruto])

上本町平岡左近宅の場

Scene: Hiraoka Sakon’s residence in Uehonmachi

夕霧 ― 静田

Yugiri — Shizuta

[possibly Shizuta Fumio 静田二三夫 (1918-?)]

左近子息源之助實ㇵ伊左衛一門子 ― 小堀

Sakon’s son Gennosuke (actually, a member of Izaemon’s family) — Kobori?

[unknown child actor]

駕籠舁實ㇵ藤屋伊左衛門 ― 伊井
Palanquin bearer (actually, Fujiya Izaemon) — Ii

[Yōhō Ii 伊井蓉峰 (1871-1932)]

Fukusuke's [Nakamura Fukusuke V] [wedding] reception at the Imperial Hotel.

See translation of text in right margin.

Colophon and messages to readers

(see Colophon Details for publishing information in left margin)

▲ New Year's Greeting▼ 

As we bid farewell to the eventful Taishō 14 (1925) and welcome the new year of 1926, filled with hope, what first comes to our minds is the remarkable growth of our magazine over the past year. Currently, our Engei shashincho occupies the top spot in sales among similar publications, and despite the economic downturn, the increased printing each month has truly become a marvel in the printing and publishing world.

This new prosperity is undoubtedly due to the dedicated efforts of our branches and offices scattered throughout the country, whose sincere activities have been instrumental in our success. However, the ultimate source and fundamental reason for this achievement lies in the generous support of our members. As the staff of our business and editorial departments renew their gratitude for this overwhelming support, we are all determined to redouble our efforts this year, exceeding last year’s achievements.

おめでたう

映画 写真通信

omedetō (congratulations)

"Cinema" [and]  "Shashin tsūshin"

二月號 目次

February issue, table of contents

口絵 三十六家撰 (その十四) 松本幸四郎の關兵衛

松田青風氏筆

Frontispiece (color lithograph):

Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 14), Matsumoto Kōshirō [VII] as Sekibei [in Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To*]

Drawn by Matsuda Seifū 松田青風 (1892-1941) 

* final act of the second part (nibanme) of the drama Jūni Hitoe Komachi Zakura.

當世人氣俳優 (その廿一)

阪東志うかの丈

Contemporary Popular Actors (No. 21)

Mr. Bandō Shūka [III]

片岡仁左衛門の名工柿右衛門

田中紫光氏筆

 Kataoka Nizaemon [XI] as the Master Craftsman Kakiemon

Drawn by Tanaka Shikō

本鄉座初春狂言 (樓門五三桐)

Hongō-za New Year performance (Sanmon Gosan no Kiri [The Golden Gate and  the Paulownia Crest])

南禪寺山門の場

Scene at the Sanmon Gate of Nanzenji Temple

石川五右衛門 — 中車

Ishikawa Goemon — Chūsha

[Ichikawa Chūsha VII 市川中車]

真柴秀吉 — 吉右衛門
Mashiba Hisayoshi — Kichiemon

[Nakamura Kichiemon I (the new line) 中村吉右衛門]

中座初春狂言 (あじろ舟)

Naka-za New Year performance (The Wicker Boat [coracle])

大坂日々新聞所載 高安月郊氏作

Published in the Osaka Daily News, written by Takayasu Gekkō [1869-1944]

網代屋津之助 — 雁治郎

Ajiroya Tsunosuke — Ganjirō

[Nakamura Ganjirō 中村鴈治郎]

女房おたね ― 福助

His wife Otane — Fukusuke

[Nakamura Fukusuke V 中村福助]

歌舞伎座初春狂言(桐大内藏)と(鳴神)

Kabuki-za New Year performance (Kiri Okura) and (Narukami)

歌舞伎太夫桐大藏 — 歌右衛門

Kabuki tayū [narrator] Kiri Okura — Utaemon

[Nakamura Utaemon V 中村歌右衛門]

雲の絶間姫 — 松蔦

Kumo no Taemahime (Princess Taema of the Clouds) — Shōchō

[Ichikawa Shōchō II 市川松蔦]

鳴神上人 ― 左團次
Narukami Shōnin (Priest Narukami) — Sadanji

[Ichikawa Sadanji II 市川左團次]

角座一月狂言(巷談籠釣瓶)

Kado-za January performance (Kōdan kagotsurube)

岡鬼太郎氏作

Written by Oka Onitarō [1872-1943]

遊女八橋 — 花柳

Courtesan Yatsuhashi — Hanayagi

[Hanayagi Shōtarō 花柳章太郎 (1894-1965)]

佐野屋治郞左衛門 — 壽三郎
Sanoya Jirōzaemon — Jusaburō

[Bandō Jusaburō III 阪東壽三郎]

淺草松竹座初春狂言 (御所櫻堀川夜討)

Asakusa Shōchiku-za early spring performance (Gosho zakura Horikawa youchi [The night attack on the Horikawa Palace])

侍從館の場

Scene: The Lord's Residence

武藏坊辨慶 — 市藏

Musashibō Benkei — Ichizō

[Ichikawa Ichizō IV 市川市蔵]

針妙おわさ ― 延若
Shinmyō Owasa — Enjaku

[Jitsukawa Enjaku II 実川延若]

歌舞伎座初春狂言 (神明惠和合取組)

Kabuki-za early spring performance (Kami no megumi Wagō no Torikumi)

竹柴其水氏作

Written by Takeshiba Kisui [1847-1923]

高輪八ッ山下の場

Scene: Below Yatsuyama at Takanawa

辰五郎 — 羽左衛門

Tatsugorō — Uzaemon

[Ichimura Uzaemon XV 市村羽左衛門]

喜三郎 — 中車

Kisaburō — Chūsha

[Ichikawa Chūsha 市川中車]

四ッ車大八 — 延若
Yotsuguruma Daihachi — Enjaku

[Jitsukawa Enjaku 実川延若]

中座初春狂言(大石良雄)

Naka-za early spring performance (Ōishi Yoshio)

大阪朝日新聞所載

Published in the Osaka Asahi Newspaper

渡邊霞亭氏作

Written by Watanabe Katei [1864-1926]

墨染の刺客の場

Scene: The Assassin in Sumizome

池田久右衛門實ㇵ大石內藏之助 — 雁治郞

Ikeda Kyūemon (Ōishi Kuranosuke) — Ganjirō

[Nakamura Ganjirō I 中村鴈治郎]

浮橋太夫 — 雀右衛門
Ukihashi Tayū — Jakuemon

[Nakamura Jakuemon IV 中村雀右衛門]

帝國劇場一月狂言 (積戀雪關扉)

Imperial Theater January performance (Tsumoru koi yuki no seki no to -  The snowbound barrier)

逢阪山の場

Scene: Mount Ōsaka

關守關兵衛實は大伴黑主 — 幸四郎

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

[Matsumoto Kōshirō VII 松本幸四郎]

小町姫 — 榮三郎

Princess [Ono] Komachi — Eizaburō

[Onoe Eizaburō VII 尾上榮三郎]

四位少將宗貞 — 勘彌

Shii no Shōshō Munesada — Kan'ya

[Morita Kan'ya XIII 森田勘彌]

邦樂座初春狂言 (白野辨十郎) (天の岩戸)

Hōgaku-za early spring performance (Shirano Benjūrō) (Ama no Iwato)*

*See translations of the commentaries appearing in the right margin.

白野辨十郎 — 澤田

Shirano Benjūrō — Sawada

[Sawada Shōjirō 澤田正二郎 (1892-1929) - founder of Shinkoku-geki, actor and playwright]

千種 — 久松

Chigusa — Hisamatsu

[Hisamatsu Kiyoko 久松喜世子 (1886-1977?)]

鈿女命 — 山路

Uzume no Mikoto —  Yamaji

[Yamaji Chieko 山路千枝子（1897-1942）]

淺草松竹座初春狂言 (遠山政談) (阿波の鳴戸)

Asakusa Shōchiku-za early spring performance (Tōyama Seidan) (Awa no Naruto)

生田角太夫 — 猿之助

Ikuta Kakudayū — Ennosuke

[Ichikawa Ennosuke II 市川猿之助]

おつる ― 又五郎
Otsuru — Matagorō

[Nakamura Matagorō II 中村又五郎 (1914-2009)]

角座初春夜の部一番目 (小夜子)

Kado-za early spring evening program, first performance (Sayoko)

菊池幽芳氏原作

中井泰孝氏脚色

Original work by Kikuchi Yūhō [1870-1947]

Adaptation by Nakai Yasutaka

小夜子 — 成太郎

Sayoko — Naritarō

[Nakamura Naritarō II  (1900-1980) 中村成太郎]

照代 — 花柳

Teruyo — Played by Hanayagi

[Hanayagi Shōtarō 花柳章太郎 (1894-1965)]

Colophon (see Colophon Details for publishing information in left margin)

Advertisement for a photo book of legendary actors titled 名優集 故人の俤 (Kojin no omokage: meiyūshū)

◀東西各座初春狂言一覽表▶

First lunar month performances at various theaters in the east and west

寫眞通信 [写真通信]

Shashin tsūshin

"From beginning to end, standing out from the crowd, with the finest materials, exquisite printing, and the most affordable prices, praised throughout the world." 

演藝寫真帖三月號 目次

Engei shashincho

March issue, table of contents

口絵 三十六家撰 (その十五)

尾上榮三郎の浅妻

松田青風氏筆

Frontispiece (color lithograph):

Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 15),

Onoe Eizaburō [VII] as Asatsuma

Drawn by Matsuda Seifū 松田青風 (1892-1941) 

當世人氣俳優 (その廿二)

中村福助丈

Contemporary Popular Actors (No. 22)

Mr. Nakamura Fukusuke [V]

帝國劇場二月狂言 (唐人塚)

Imperial Theatre February performance (Tōjinzuka [the legend of Chen Jinsha]

岡本綺堂氏作

Written by Kido Okamoto [1872-1939]

島居清忠氏舞臺裝置

Stage design by Torii Kiyotada

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

陳仁謝 — 猿之助

Chen Jinsha [Ch'ên Jên-hsieh] — Ennosuke  [Ichikawa Ennosuke II 市川猿之助]

長四郎 — 勘彌

Chōshirō — Kanya

[Morita Kan’ya XIII 森田勘彌]

遊女連山 — 嘉久子

Courtesan Renzan — Kakuko

[Murata Kakuo 村田嘉久子 (1893-1969)]

本鄉座二月狂言

(松竹梅湯島掛額)

Hongō-za February performance

(Shōchikubai Yushima no kakegaku [Pine, bamboo and plum: The framed painting at Yushima Shrine])

河竹默阿彌翁作

Written by Kawatake Mokuami [1816-1893]

八百屋お七 ― 中村福助
Yaoya Oshichi — Nakamura Fukusuke

[Nakamura Fukusuke V 中村福助]

帝國劇場二月狂言 (夜叉丸)

Imperial Theatre February performance (Yashamaru)

島村民藏氏作

Written by Shimamura Tamizō [1888-?]

林和氏舞臺監督

Stage director: Im Hwa* [1908-1953]

島居忠清氏舞臺裝置

Stage design by Torii Tadakiyo

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

金山八郞左衛門邦武 — 猿之助

Kanayama Hachirōuzaemon Kunitake — Ennosuke [Ichikawa Ennosuke II 市川猿之助]

千草の方實は妙 ― 菊江

Chigusa no Kata, in reality Myō — Kikue [Kawamura Kikue 河村菊江 (1890-1972)] 

* Korean poet, film and literary critic, actor, director

新橋演舞場二月狂言 (半七捕物帳)

Shinbashi Enbujō Theater February performance (Hanshichi Torimono-chō [Hanshichi's arrest records])

岡本綺堂氏作

Written by  Okamoto Kidō [1872-1939]

三河町の半七 — 尾上菊五郎
Hanshichi of Mikawachō — Onoe Kikugorō [VI]

歌舞伎座二月狂言 (神霊矢口渡)

Kabuki-za February performance (Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi [Miracle at the Yaguchi Ferry])

矢口頓兵衛住家の場

Scene: The Home of Yaguchi Tonbei

渡守頓兵衛 — 延若

Ferryman Tonbei — Enjaku

[Jitsukawa Enjaku II 實川延若]

娘お舟 — 宗十郎
Daughter Osatsu — Sōjūrō

[Sawamura Sōjūrō VII 沢村宗十郎]

中座二月狂言 (菅原傳授手習鑑)

Naka-za February performance (Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami [Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy])

吉田社頭車曳の場

Scene: Kurumabiki no dan (The Cart Pulling at Yoshida Shrine)

梅王丸 — 幸四郎

Umeōmaru — Kōshirō

[Matsumoto Kōshirō VII 松本幸四郎]

松王丸 — 中車

Matsuōmaru — Chūsha

[Ichikawa Chūsha 市川中車]

桜丸 — 雁治郞

Sakuramaru — Ganjirō

[Nakamura  Ganjirō I 中村鴈治郎]

角座二月狂言 (友僊職人の家)

Kado-za February performance

(Yūzen Shokunin no Ie)

幸太郎 — 壽三郎

Kōtarō — Jusaburō

[Bandō Jusaburō III 阪東壽三郎]

清兵衛 — 大吉

Seibei — Daikichi

[Bandō Daikichi II 坂東大吉]

鶴松 — 橘三郎

Tsurumatsu — Kitsusaburō

[Arashi Kitsusaburō V 嵐橘三郎]

旅藝人お力 — 成太郎

Traveling Performer Oriki — Naritarō

 [Nakamura Naritarō II 中村成太郎 (1900-1980)]

淺草松竹座二月狂言(藤十郎の戀)

Asakusa Shōchiku-za February performance (Tōjūrō no koi [Tōjūrō's love])

菊池寬氏作

Written by Kan Kikuchi [1888-1948]

都萬太夫座樂屋の場 [都万太夫座樂屋の場]

Scene: The dressing room of the Miyako Mandayū theater

坂田藤十郎 — 延若

Sakata Tōjūrō — Enjaku

[Jitsukawa Enjaku II 實川延若]

お梶 — 松蔦
Okaji — Shōchō

[Ichikawa Shōchō II 市川松蔦]

帝國劇場二月女優劇 (樂屋口)

Imperial Theater February actress performance (Stage Door)

門弟 — 日出子

Disciple — Hideko

[Hideko Higashi 東日出子 (?-?)]

門弟 — 福子

Disciple — Fukuko

[Sayo Fukuko 小夜福子 (1909-1989)]

門弟 — 美禰子

Disciple — Mineko

[Haruyama Mineko 春山美禰子 (?-?)]

合娘薰子 — 延子

Young Lady Kuniko — Nobuko

[Kobayashi Nobuko 小林延子 (?-?)]

河合富造 — 高助

Kawai Tomizō — Takasuke

[Suketakaya Takasuke V 助高屋高助 (1900-1962)]

女優萬里子 — 律子

Actress Mariko — Ritsuko

 [Mori Ritsuko 森律子 (1890-1961)]

中座二月所作事 (羽衣)

Naka-za February Performance (Hagoromo [Heavenly maiden])

常盤津長唄連中

Performed by the Tokiwazu Nagauta Troupe

天津乙女 一 中村福助
Amatsu Otome — Nakamura Fukusuke

[Nakamura Fukusuke V 中村福助]

松竹座二月狂言 (河內山)

Shōchiku-za February performance (Kochiyama)

河竹默阿彌翁作

Written by Kawatake Mokuami [1816-1893]

使僧北谷道海實ハ河内山宗俊 — 市川左團次
Monk Kitadani Dōkai?, true identity

  Kōchiyama Sōshun — Ichikawa Sadanji [II]

Colophon (see Colophon Details for publishing information in left margin)

Advertisement for a photo book of legendary [deceased] actors titled 名優集 故人の俤 (Kojin no omokage: meiyūshū)

◀東西各座梅見月狂言一覽表▶

Second lunar month performances at various theaters in the east and west

寫眞通信 [写真通信]

Shashin tsūshin

"From beginning to end, standing out from the crowd, with the finest materials, exquisite printing, and the most affordable prices, praised throughout the world." 

演藝寫真帖六月號 目次

Engei shashincho

June issue, table of contents

Announcement of the death of Onoe Eizaburō VII 尾上榮三郎

(See above translation)

口絵 三十六家撰 (その十八)

河合武雄の「紅燈新話」の藝妓染次

松田青風氏筆

Frontispiece (color lithograph):

Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 18),

Takeo Kawai as Geisha Someji in Kōtō shinwa [New stories of the red lantern]

Drawn by Matsuda Seifū 松田青風 (1892-1941) 

當世人氣俳優 (その廿五)

市川八百藏

Contemporary Popular Actors (No. 25)

Ichikawa Yaozō [VIII]

市村座五月中幕 (助六曲輪菊)

Ichimura-za, May program (Sukeroku Kuruwa no Momoyogusa)

Lower right: 髯の意休 ― 彦三郎

Ikyū the bearded — Hikosaburō

[Bandō Hikosaburō VI 坂東彦三郎]

Lower center: 花川戶助六 — 菊五郎

Hanakawado Sukeroku — Kikugorō

[Onoe Kikugorō VI 尾上菊五郎]

Lower left: 三浦屋揚卷 — 梅幸

 [Courtesan] Miuraya Agemaki — Baikō

[Onoe Baikō VI 尾上梅幸]

Upper right: 白酒賣 — 男女藏

The Sake (Shirozake) Seller [Shinbei] — Omezō

[Ichikawa Omezō IV 市川男女蔵]

Upper left: 福山 — 右近

Fukuyama [Shinkichi] — Ukon

[Onoe Ukon I 尾上右近 in his acting debut]

歌舞伎座五月一番目 (楠正成)

Kabuki-za, May first program (Kusunoki Masashige)

松居松翁氏作並舞臺監督

小村雪岱氏舞臺裝置

Written and directed by Matsui Shōyō (1870-1933), with stage design by Komura Settai (1887-1949) [shin hanga artist and set designer]

攝津國櫻井の驛の場

Scene: Sakurai Station in Settsu Province

楠判官正成 一 左團次

Kusunoki Hangan Masashige — Sadanji

[Ichikawa Sadanji II 市川左團次

嫡男庄五郎正行 一兒太郎

His eldest son, Shōgoro Masatsura — Kotarō

[Nakamura Kotarō III 中村児太郎]

正成妻お久の方 一 松蔦
Masashige's wife, Lady Ohisa — Shōchō

[Ichikawa Shōchō 市川松蔦]

帝國劇場五月女優劇一番目

(茨木屋幸齋)

Imperial Theater, May leading actress production, first performance (Ibarakiya Kōsai)

池田大伍氏作

Written by Ikeda Daigo [1885-1942]

林和氏舞臺監督

Stage direction by Hayashi Kazu

鳥居言人氏舞臺裝置

Stage design by Torii Kotondo [鳥居言人 (1900-1976)]

茨木屋幸齋 一 友右衛門

Ibarakiya Kōsai — Tomoemon

[Ōtani Tomoemon VI 大谷友右衛門]

枠太四郎 一 志うか

Wakuta Shirō — Shūka

[Bandō Shūka III 坂東志うか]

深見吉三 一 勘彌

Fukami Kichizō — Kan’ya

[Morita Kan’ya XIII 森田勘彌]

傾城白妙 一 浪子

Courtesan Shiratae — Namiko

[Namiko Hatsuse 初瀬浪子 (1889-1951)]

淺草松竹座五月狂言

(名作左小刀)

Asakusa Shōchiku-za May production

(Meisaku hidari kogatana - The famous play of the left-handed short sword)

甚五郎内の場

Scene: Inside Jingorō's House

京人形小車太夫 — 家橘

Kyoto doll Oguruma Dayū — Kakitsu

[Ichimura Kakitsu VII 市村家橘]

左甚五郎 — 三津五郎
[Dollmaker] Hidari Jingorō — Mitsugorō

[Bandō Mitsugorō VII 坂東三津五郎]

歌舞伎座五月中幕 (玉菊)

Kabuki-za May performance (Tamagiku)

木村富子夫人作

Written by Mrs. Kimura Tomiko [1890-1944]

中萬字屋玉菊部屋の場

Scene: Tamagiku's room at the Yoshiwara Nakamanjiya

遊女玉菊 歌右衛門

Courtesan Tamagiku — Utaemon

[Nakamura Utaemon V 中村歌右衛門]

伊勢屋與之助 壽美藏

 Iseya Yonosuke — Sumizō

[Ichikawa Sumizō VI 市川壽美蔵]

角座新舊合同劇 (孔雀の光)

Kado-za, combined new and old production (Kujaku no hikari)

前田曙山氏原作

Original story by Maeda Shozan [1872-1941]

中川涼明氏脚色

Adapted by Nakagawa Ryomei?

八重姬 — 成太郎

Yaehime — Naritarō

[Nakamura Naritarō II 中村成太郎]

お節 — 花柳

[Lady’s maid] Osetsu — Hanayagi

[Hanayagi Jusuke II 花柳壽輔]

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歌舞伎 玉菊

Kabuki-za - Tamagiku

歌石衛門の中萬字屋玉菊

Utaemon [Nakamura Utaemon V 中村歌右衛門] as Nakamanjiya Tamagiku

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大阪中座 假名手本忠臣藏

Kyoto Naka-za - Kanadehon Chūshingura

鷹治郎の勘平

 Ganjirō [Nakamura Ganjirō I 中村鴈治郎] as Kanpei

魁車のおかる

Kaisha [Nakamura Kaisha 中村魁車] as Okaru

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大阪中座 假名手本忠臣藏

Kyoto Naka-za - Kanadehon Chūshingura

  延若の高野師直

Enjaku [Jitsukawa Enjaku II 実川延若] as Ko no Moronao]

 福助の塩谷判官

Fukusuke [Nakamura Fukusuke IV 中村福助] as Enya Hangan

市村座五月二番目 (お化師匠) 

Ichimura-za, May second performance

(Obake Shishō - The Ghost Teacher)*

水木宅小座敷內變死の場

Scene: Sudden death in the small sitting room of Mizuki's residence

半七 一 菊五郎

[Inspector] Hanshichi — Kikugorō

[Onoe Kikugorō VI 尾上菊五郎]

歌女壽 一 梅幸

[Mizuki] Kameju — Baikō

[Onoe Baikō VI 尾上梅幸]

家主 作兵衛 — 松助

Landlord Sashibei — Matsusuke

[Onoe Matsusuke IV 尾上松助 (1843-1928)]

*One of the stories in The Curious Casebook of Inspector Hanshichi 半七捕物帳 by Kidō Okamoto 岡本綺堂 (1872-1929)

一○○◀評時壇劇▶○○一

Current Drama Review

Funeral of Ono Eizaburō VII

Performance of Chinese theater troupe

Colophon (see Colophon Details for publishing information in left margin)

◀東西各座早苗月狂言一覽表▶

Fifth lunar month performances at various theaters in the east and west

大正通信社の四大画報

The Four Major Illustrated News Magazines of the Taishō Tsūshinsha (Taisho News Agency) 

國際画報

Kokusai gahō (The International pictorial)

[list price] 立価¥1.20

[annual subscription prince] 年極¥1.00

写真通信

Shashin tsūshin

立価¥0.60 年極¥0.50

映画

Screen Pioneer

立価¥0.60

演藝写眞帖

Engei shashinchō

立価¥0.60 年極¥0.50

演藝寫真帖七月號 目次

Engei shashincho

July issue, table of contents

口絵 三十六家撰 (その十九 )

阪東彦三郎の貞國

Frontispiece (color lithograph):

Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 19),

Bandō Hikosaburō VI as Sadakuni 

松田青風氏筆

artist: Matsuda Seifū 松田青風 (1892-1941)

當世人氣俳優 (その廿六 )

曽我廼家蝶六

Contemporary Popular Actors (No. 26)

Soganoya Chōroku

歌舞伎座六月一番目

(淸正誠忠錄)

Kabuki-za June first performance

(Kiyomasa Seichūroku - Record of Kiyomasa's loyalty)

三世河竹新七作

Written by Kawatake Shinshichi III [1842-1901]

大阪城内書院の場の舞臺面

Stage setting of the scene inside the drawing room of Osaka Castle 

母堂淀の方 ― 中村時藏

Lady Yodo (Yodo no kata) —  Nakamura Tokizō [III]

加藤清正 — 中村吉右衛門
Katō Kiyomasa — Nakamura Kichiemon [I, the new line]

浪花座六月狂言

(壇浦兜軍記)

Naniwa-za June Performance (Dan-no-Ura kabuto gunki – Chronicle of the Battle of Dan-no-ura)

白河問注所の場

Scene: Shirakawa Monchūjo (Shirakawa court of inquiry)

秩父庄司次郎重忠 — 巖笑

Chichibu Shōji Jirō Shigetada — Ganshō

[Arashi Ganshō 嵐巌笑]

遊君阿古屋 — 我童
Courtesan Akoya — Gadō

[Kataoka Gadō IV 片岡我童]

帝國劇場六月 一 番目

(江島生島)

Imperial Theatre June first performance

(Ejima Ikushima)

右田寅彥氏作

Written by Migita Nobuhiko (1866-1920)

伊坂梅雪氏舞臺監督

Stage direction by Isaka Baisetsu (1872-1949)

鳥居清忠氏舞臺裝置

Stage design by Torii Kiyotada [(Torii VII) 鳥居清忠 (七代目) (1875-1941)]

表年寄江島 — 梅幸

Senior Lady-in-Waiting Ejima — Baikō

[Onoe Baikō VI 尾上梅幸]

生島新五郎 — 宗十郎

 Ikushima Shingorō — Sōjurō

[Sawamura Sōjūrō VII 澤村宗十郎]

帝國劇塲六月中幕

(三國無双瓢軍配 [三国無双瓢軍扇])

Imperial Theater June mid-month performance (Sangoku busō hisago no gunbai)

大德寺焼香の場

Scene: Incense offering at Daitoku-ji Temple

柴田修理之助勝家 — 幸四郎

Shibata Shuri no Sukekatsuie — Kōshirō

[Matsumoto Kōshirō VII 松本幸四郎]

羽柴柴前守秀吉 - 羽左衛門

Hashiba Chikuzen-no-kami Hideyoshi — Uzaemon

[Ichimura Uzaemon XV 市村羽左衛門]

浪花座六月狂言

(切子曙)

Naniwa-za June performance

(Kiriko Akebono)

大森痴雪氏改作

Adapted by Ōmori Chisetsu [1877-1936]

若黨里見伊助 — 右團治

Retainer Satomi Isuke — Udanji

[Ichikawa Udanji II 市川右團次]

樽屋の娘おせん ― 扇雀
Taruya's daughter Osen — Senjaku

[Nakamura Senjaku I 中村扇雀]

新橋演舞場六月一番目

(二蓋笠柳生實記)

Shinbashi Enbujō June performance

 (Nikai-gasa Yagyū Jikki)

磯端萬藏閑居の場

Scene at Isobata Manzō’s Retreat

磯端萬藏嚴信 [磯端萬蔵閑居] — 中車

Isobata Manzō Gonshin — Chūsha

[Ichikawa Chūsha VII 市川中車]

柳生又十郎宗冬——延若

Yagyū Matajūrō Munefuyu — Enjaku

[Jitsukawa Enjaku II 実川延若]

歌舞伎座六月二番目

(安政奇聞佃夜嵐)

Kabuki-za June, second performance

(Ansei kibun Tsukuda no yoarashi  - Strange news in the Ansei Era: night storm at Tsukuda)*

佃島構外島脱けの場

Outside the Boundaries, Escape from the Tsukuda Island labor camp

神谷玄藏 — 吉右衛門

Kamiya Genzō — Kichiemon

[Nakamura Kichiemon I (the new line) 中村吉右衛門]

青木貞次郎 — 菊五郎

Aoki Teijirō — Kikugorō

[Onoe Kikugorō VI 尾上菊五郎]

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中座

「桐一葉」

Naka-za

Kirihitoha - Falling paulownia leaf

 片岡仁左衛門

の片桐市正旦元

Kataoka Nizaemon [XI]

as Katagiri Ichi-no-kami Katsumoto

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gravure edition

中座

「娘道成寺」

Naka-za

Musume Dōjōji - The Maiden at Dōjōji temple

中村福助の自拍子花子

Nakamura Fukusuke [IV] as Hanako the Shirabyōshi dancer

グラヴユア版

gravure edition

歌舞伎座

「安政奇聞佃夜嵐」

Kabuki-za

 Ansei kibun Tsukuda no yoarashi - Strange news in the Ansei Era: night storm at Tsukuda

尾上菊五郎の青木貞次郎

Onoe Kikugorō [VI] as Aoki Teijirō

中村吉右衛門の神谷玄蔵

Nakamura Kichiemon [I - the new line] as Kamiya Genzō

歌舞伎座六月二番目

(安政奇聞佃夜嵐)

Kabuki-za June second program

(Ansei kibun Tsukuda no yoarashi - Strange news in the Ansei Era: night storm at Tsukuda)

甲州一里塚出會の場

Scene: The encounter at the Kōshū stone marker

百姓男畑七實は神谷玄藏 — 吉右衛門

Farmer’s servant Nanami? (actually Kamiya Genzō) — Kichiemon

[Nakamura Kichiemon I 中村吉右衛門, (the new line)]

所化西念実は青木貞次郎 — 菊五郎
Shoke [trainee priest] Sainen? (actually Aoki Teijirō) — Kikugorō

[Onoe Kikugorō VI 尾上菊五郎] 

浪花座六月狂言

(仇討煩惱)

(噂の曾根崎 [曾根崎心中])

Naniwa-za June performance:

(Adauchi bonnō - Vengeance and desires)

 (Uwasa no Sonezaki [Sonezaki shinjū] - The Love Suicides at Sonezaki)

娘おゆき ― 霞仙

Daughter Oyuki — Kasen

[Nakamura Kasen II 中村霞仙]

小見山專太郎 一 扇雀

Komiyama Sentarō — Senjaku

[Nakamura Senjaku I 中村扇雀]

天滿屋お初 - 霞仙

Tenmaya Ohatsu — Kasen

[Nakamura Kasen II 中村霞仙]

平野屋德兵衛 一 長三郎

Hiranoya Tokubei — Chōsaburō

[Hayashi Chōsaburō 林長三郎 (1893-1966)]

淺草松竹座六月狂言

(都會片影)

Asakusa Shōchiku Theater June performance:

 (Tokai hen’ei - City shadows)

社長小郡省 一 井上正夫

President Ogori Shō? 一 Masao Inoue [1881-1950]

タイピスト花宮靜子 一 岡村文子

Typist Hanamiya Shizuko 一 Fumiko Okamura [1898-1976]

省一の甥澤島陸四郎 一 正邦宏

Shō's nephew Sawashima Kugashirō? 一 Masakuni Hiroshi [1896-1928]

In the president’s office of a certain trading company, a minor incident involving the president, two typists, the president’s nephew, other employees, and a detective occurs. It’s the kind of incident that might commonly happen around Marunouchi, making one think, ‘Indeed, this is a snapshot of the city.’  [The actors] handle their roles efficiently in a cinematic manner.

角座六月の四狂言

(心中ケ丘)

(嬰兒殺し)

 (時今也桔梗旗舉)

(おこよ源三郎)

The four plays at the Kadogawa Theater in June:

(Shinchū gaoka - Love Suicides at Gaoka)

(Eijigoroshi - Killing of a Child)

(Tokiwa Ima kikyō no hataage)   

(Okoyo Genzaburō)

Colophon (see Colophon Details for publishing information in left margin)

◀東西各座水無月狂言一覽表▶

Sixth lunar month performances at various theaters in the east and west

難病根治の靈藥

Miraculous medicines for the complete cure

of difficult diseases

オートゲン autogen – for glandular diseases including suppurative disease 

ラヂオカルク rajiokaruku - radiocalcium is a natural substance discovered in the mountains of Hokkaido. It has such intense radioactivity that it can even heal internal diseases within the body. Available in a powder or ointment.

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新刊發賣

New publications for sale

東海道五十三次全集

Complete Collection of the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō

近江八景全集發賣

Complete Collection of the Eight Views of Ōmi

大植物圖鑑全

Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of Plants

演藝寫真帖八月號 目次

Engei shashincho

August issue, table of contents

▽編輯雜記△

▽Editorial Notes△

口絵 三十六家撰 (その廿)

中村扇雀の「碁盤太平記」の大石主稅

Frontispiece (color lithograph):

Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 20),

Nakamura Senjaku [I] as Ōishi Chikara in Goban Taiheiki (Chronicle of great peace played on a chessboard)

松田青風氏筆

artist: Matsuda Seifū 松田青風 (1892-1941)

當世人氣俳優 (その廿七)

藤村秀夫

Contemporary Popular Actors (No. 27)

Fujimura Hideo

歌舞伎座七月一番目

(楓橋雪夜譚)

Kabuki-za, July performance

(Fūkyō yuki no yobanashi - Tale of a snowy night on Maple Bridge)

松居松翁 [松井松翁]氏作並舞臺監督

Written and directed by Matsui Shōō [1870-1933]

[roles and actors from right to left]

優伶花旦 一 十三旦

Youling Huadan – Jūsantan [Peking Opera actress]

華雲香 一 松蔦

Hua Yunxiang? – Shōchō

[Ichikawa Shōchō II 市川松蔦]

華雲香の父陳伯伍 一 羽左衛門

Hua Yunxiang's father, Chen Bowu? – Uzaemon

 [Ichimura Uzaemon XV 市村羽左衛門]

田瑞鄉實は金崎三郎 一 羽左衛門

Tian Ruixiang?, actually Kanazaki Saburō? – Uzaemon [Ichimura Uzaemon XV 市村羽左衛門]

隙炳泉實は石田太 一 壽美藏

Xi Bingquan?, actually Ishida Tarō? – Sumizō [Ichikawa Sumizō VI 市川壽美蔵]

新橋演舞場七月一番目

(佐倉義民傳)

Shinbashi Enbujō, July's first performance

(Sakura giminden - The tale of the martyr of sakura)

東叡山直訴の場の舞臺面
Stage setting for the scene of the direct petition at Tōeizan

帝國劇場七月女優劇第一

(名月八幡祭)

Imperial Theater, July - first joyūgeki* (actress play) 

(Meigetsu hachiman matsuri - Full moon over the Hachiman festival)

*A popular genre performed at the Imperial Theatre was joyūgeki (actress play), a series of satirical comedies in which actresses portrayed the main roles

仲町美代吉家の場

Scene at Miyokichi's house in Naka chō

美代吉母およしー 房子

Miyokichi's mother, Oyoshi 一 Fusako

[Fusako Fujima 藤間房子 (1882-1954)]

美代吉一 菊江

Miyokichi [high ranking geisha] 一 Kikue

[Kawamura Kikue 河村菊江 (1890-1972)]

縮屋新助一宗十郎
Shinshuke, the cloth dealer 一 Sōjūrō

[Sawamura Sōjūrō [VII] 沢村宗十郎]

歌舞伎座七月中幕下

(鳥邊山心中)

Kabuki-za, July, second play (Toribeyama shinju - The love suicide at Toribeyama)

祇園花菱屋の場

Scene at Gion Hanabishi yanoba

お染 一 松蔦

Osome 一 Shōchō

[Ichikawa Shōchō II 市川]

菊地半九郎 一 左團次

Kikuchi Hankurō 一 Sadanji

[Ichikawa Sadanji II 市川左團次]

坂田市之助 一 猿之助

Sakata Ichinosuke 一 Ennosuke

[Ichikawa Ennosuke II 市川猿之助]

坂田源三郎 一 壽美藏
Sakata Genzaburō [Ichinosuke’s younger brother] 一 Sumizō

[Ichikawa Sumizō VI 市川壽美蔵]

帝國劇塲七月女優劇第ニ

(和田の酒盛)

Imperial Theater, July - second joyūgeki* (actress play)

(Wada no sakamori - Wada's banquet)

*A popular genre performed at the Imperial Theatre was joyūgeki (actress play), a series of satirical comedies in which actresses portrayed the main roles

松居松翁 [松井松翁] 氏作並舞臺監督

小村雪岱氏舞臺裝置

Written and directed by Matsui Shōō (1870-1933), with stage design by Komura Settai (1887-1949) [shin hanga artist and set designer]

大磯の虎 一 浪子

Ōiso no Tora 一 Namiko

[Namiko Hatsuse 初瀬浪子 (1889-1951)]

曾我十郎祐成 一 田之助

Soga Jūrō Sukenari 一 Tanosuke

[Sawamura Tanosuke V 澤村田之助]

和歌山辨天座・大阪港座

(道行初音の旅路)

Wakayama Benten-za ・ Osaka Minato-za (Michiyuki Hatsune no tabiji)

吉野山の場

Scene at Mount Yoshino

靜御前 — 扇雀

Shizuka Gozen — Senjaku

[Nakamura Senjaku I 中村扇雀]

狐忠信 — 長三郎
Kitsune [Fox] Tadanobu — Chōzaburō

[Sawamura Chōzaburō 澤村長三郎]

グラヴユア版

gravure edition

歌舞伎座「楓橋雪夜譚」

Kabuki-za Theater - Fūkyō yuki no yobanashi (Tale of a snowy night on Maple Bridge)

市村羽左衛門の志士金崎三郎

Ichimura Uzaemon [XV] as the imperial loyalist Kanezaki Saburō

グラヴユア版

gravure edition

淺草松竹座「磔茂左衛門」

Asakusa Shōchiku-za - Haritsuke Mozaemon (Crucified Mozaemon)

井上正夫の茂左衛門
Inoue Masao [1881-1950] as Mozaemon

グラヴユア版

gravure edition

帝國劇場「和田の酒盛」

Imperial Theater – Wada no sakamori (Wada's banquet)

助高屋高助の曾我五郎時致

Suketakaya Takasuke [V] as Soga Gorō Tokimune

澤村宗十郎の朝日奈三郎義秀

Sawamura Sōjūrō [VII] as Asahina Saburō Yoshihide

新橋演舞塲七月一番目

(佐倉義民傳)

Shinbashi Enbujō July first program

(Sakura giminden - The tale of the martyr of sakura)

印旛沼渡舟の場

Scene: Crossing the Inbanuma by Boat

木内宗吾 — 菊五郎

Kiuchi Sōgo — Kikugorō

[Onoe Kikugorō VI 尾上菊五郎]

渡し守甚兵衛 — 友右衛門
Ferryman Jinbei — Tomouemon

[Ōtani Tomoemon VI 大谷友右衛門]

歌舞伎座七月一番目

(楓橋雪夜譚)

Kabuki Theater, July's first performance

(Fūkyō yuki no yobanashi – Tale of a snowy night on Maple Bridge)

華雲香書寓の場 [こわうんかう やかた]

Scene: The Kowaunkō? mansion

大阪角座成美團

(侠艶錄)

Osaka Kado-za, Seibidan troupe

(Kyōenroku - Chronicle of passion

[by Satō Kōroku 佐藤紅緑 (1874-1949)]

重の井 — 喜多村

Shigenoi — Kitamura

[Kitamura Rokurō 喜多村綠郎 - founder of Seibidan troupe]

馬追ひ三吉 — みのる

Umaoi Sankichi? — Minoru

[unknown child actor]

梅代 — 英

Umeyo — Hanabusa

[Hanabusa Tarō I 英太郎 (ハナブサ タウ) (1885-1972)]

力枝 — 喜多村

Rikie — Kitamura

[Kitamura Rokurō 喜多村綠郎 - founder of Seibidan troupe]

瀬尾 — 都築
Seo — Tsuzuki

[Tsuzuki Fumio 都築文男 (1883-1946)]

帝國劇場七月女優劇

(高速度喜劇)

Imperial Theater, July joyūgeki (actress play)

(Haisupido komedisu - High-speed comedy) 

セレリタス作

Written by Celeritas*

[Masuda Tarōkaja 益田太郎冠 1875-1953]

*a pen name used by Masuda for this work.

薄拙太郎舞臺装置

Stage design by Hakusetsu Tarō

四谷大國座

(花井お梅)

Yotsuya Daikoku-za

(Hanai Oume)

箱丁峯吉 — 藤岡

Hakoya Minekichi — Fujioka

花井お梅 — 華嬢
Hanai Oume — Kajō

[Kajiwara Kajō 梶原華嬢]

Colophon (see Colophon Details for publishing information in left margin)

◀東西各座葉月狂言一覽表▶

Eighth lunar month performances at various theaters in the east and west

難病根治の靈藥

Miraculous medicines for the complete cure

of difficult diseases

オートゲン autogen – for glandular diseases including suppurative disease 

ラヂオカルク rajiokaruku - radiocalcium is a natural substance discovered in the mountains of Hokkaido. It has such intense radioactivity that it can even heal internal diseases within the body. Available in a powder or ointment.

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新刊發賣

New publications for sale

東海道五十三次全集

Complete Collection of the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō

近江八景全集發賣

Complete Collection of the Eight Views of Ōmi

大植物圖鑑全

Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of Plants

演藝寫真帖九月號 目次

Engei shashincho

September issue, table of contents

口絵 三十六家撰 (その廿一)

澤村源之助の切られお富

Frontispiece (color lithograph):

Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 21),

Sawamura Gennosuke [IV] as Kirare Otomi

松田青風氏筆

artist: Matsuda Seifū 松田青風 (1892-1941)

當世人氣俳優 (その廿八)

中田正造

Contemporary Popular Actors (No. 28)

Nakata Shōzō

帝國劇場八月新國劇

(道化役者 [どうけやくしゃ])

Imperial Theatre August performance by the Shinkoku-geki* company

(Dōke yakusha** - The Clown Actor) 

○市ㇹテル内の一室

A room inside the ○ city hotel

未亡人 一 浪子

Widow - Namiko

 [Namiko Hatsuse 初瀬浪子 (1889-1951)]

杉森勇吉 一 澤田

Sugimori Yōkichi? - Sawada

[Sawada Shōjirō 澤田正二郎 (1892–1929)]

黒田春枝 一 菊江

Kuroda Harue? - Kikue

[Kawamura Kikue 河村菊江 (1890-1972)]

**Dōke yakusha[1] was written by Nakamura Kichizō 中村吉蔵 (1877-1941). In the preface to a collection of his works published in 1926 containing this play, the author writes, "The play 'The Clown Actor' at the beginning of this collection is a 'modern play' in multiple acts, written after about a ten-year hiatus. Of course, during that time, I continued to write multiple-act 'historical plays' and single-act 'modern plays,' and many of these works have enjoyed the spotlight. However, my long-standing desire has always been to create a series of multi-act 'modern plays.' I am overjoyed that this goal has finally started to come to fruition."[2]

[1] It is unclear why a "?" is printed next to the play's title in the photograph.

[2] Dōke yakusha : gikyokushū / Nakamura Kichizō cho (道化役者： 戯曲集 / 中村吉蔵著) This work can be found on the HathiTrust website https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3402266&seq=17

大阪辨天座同志劇

(籠釣瓶)

Osaka Benten-za Dōshi geki* play

(Kagotsurube – The Haunted Sword)

兵庫屋八ッ橋部屋の場

Scene: Yatsuhashi’s room at the Hyōgoya

野次郎左衛門 一 小川

Ono Jirōzaemon [silk merchant from the countryside] 一 Ogawa

[Ogawa Takashi 小川隆 (1891-?)]

八ッ橋太夫 一 常盤 

Yatsuhashi Tayū [oiran] 一 Tokiwa

[Tokiwa Misako 常盤操子（1897-1959)

繁山榮之亟 一 水木

 Shigeyama Einojō [Yatsuhashi’s lover] 一 Mizuki)

[unkown actor]

*Dōshi-za 同志座 – Doshi theater company

歌舞伎八月狂言 (猪八戒)

Kabuki-za August performance (Zhu Bajie - Journey to the West)

靈感大王廓の場

Scene at the Castle of King Ling gan

沙悟淨 一 小太夫

Sha Wujing 一 Senjaku

Nakamura Senjaku [I] (1902-1983)

靈感大王 一 友右衛門

King Ling gan [Great King of Numinous Power] 一 Tomoemon

[Ōtani Tomoemon VI 大谷友右衛門]

豬八戒 一 猿之助

Zhu Bajie 一 Ennosuke

[Ichikawa Ennosuke 川猿之助]

孫悟空 一 八百藏

Sun Wukong [the Monkey King] 一 Yaozō

[Ichikawa Yaozō VII 市川八百藏]

大阪松竹座新装記念興行

(玉篋兩浦島)

Osaka Shōchiku-za Grand Reopening Commemorative Performance

(Tamakushige futari Urashima - The Jeweled Casket and the Two Urashimas)

[by Mori Ōgai 森林太郎 (1862-1922)]

乙姫 一 香椎園子

Otohime 一 Kashii Sonoko

浦島 一 長三郎

Urashima 一 Chōsaburō

[Sawamura Chōzaburō 澤村長三郎]

後浦島 一 扇雀

Urashima (later): Senjaku

[Nakamura Senjaku I 中村扇雀]

浦島 一 長三郎

Urashima 一 Chōsaburō

[Sawamura Chōzaburō 澤村長三郎]

帝國劇場八月新國劇

(仇討出世譚)

Imperial Theatre August production by the Shinkoku-geki company

(Adauchi shussetan - The tale of revenge and success)

[by Kikuchi Kan 菊池寛 (1888-1948)]

但馬出石郊外森の奥の場

Scene: Deep in the forest outside the suburbs of Izushi, Tajima

久志小左衛門 一 鳥居

Hisashi Kozaemon? 一 Torii

[Tadashi Torii 鳥居正 (1899-?)

立石伊織 一 澤田

Tachii Iori? 一 Sawada

[Sawada Shōjirō 澤田正二郎 (1892-1929)- founder of Shinkoku-geki, actor and playwright]

 葉田與七郎 [葉田与七郎] 一 鬼頭

Hada Yoshiro? 一 Kitō

[Kitō Zenichiro 鬼頭善一郎 (?-?]

小伴新四郎 一 上田

Koban Shinshiro 一 Kichijirō

[Kichijirō Ueda 上田吉二郎 (1904-1972)]

グラヴユア版

gravure edition

[先代]五代目尾上菊五郎氏の張飛

Onoe Kikugorō V [1844-1903, the previous generation] as Zhang Fei

グラヴユア版

gravure edition

先代市川左團次氏の佐野次郎左衛門

Ichikawa Sadanji I [1842-1904, the previous generation] as Sano Jirōzaemon

帝國劇場新國劇八月狂言

Imperial Theatre, August performance, by the Shinkoku-geki company

澤田正二郎の森の石松

Sawada Shōjirō as Mori no Ishimatsu

[Sawada Shōjirō - founder and leader of Shinkoku-geki]

淺草松竹座の「殉死」

Junshi at Asakusa Shōchiku-za

井上正夫氏の石川主税

Inoue Masao [1881-1950] as Ishikawa Chikara

神戸松竹劇場八月狂言

(堀部妙海尼)

August Program at Kobe Shōchiku Theater

(Horibe Myōkaini)

幸四郎 一 兵馬

Kōshirō as Hyōma?

[Matsumoto Kōshirō VII 松本幸四郎]

梅幸 一 妙海

Baikō as Myōkai 

[Onoe Baikō 尾上梅幸 VI]

大阪自由座八月狂言

(晴衣)

August Program at Osaka Jiyū-za*

(Haregi)

宇田六平[うだりくへい]氏作

Written by Uda Rikuhei? 

鈴木啓三郎 一 藤村

 Fujimura as Suzuki Keizaburō

[Fujimura Hideo 藤村秀夫 (1889-1968)]

松井文子 一 英

Hanabusa as Matsui Ayako

[Hanabusa Tarō I 英太郎 (ハナブサ タウ) (1885-1972)]

澤田由之助 — 都築

Tsuzuki as Sawada Yunosuke

[Tsuzuki Fumio 都築文男 (1883-1946)]

大和屋女中おまさ ― 東

Azuma as Maid Omasa at the Yamato-ya

[Azuma Eiko 東栄子 (1903-1975)]

中座三狂言

(親の油 [おやのあぶら])

(秋の夜話[アキノヨバナシ])

(村境 [むらざかい])

Nakaza Three Plays:

Oya no abura - The Parent's Oil

Akino yobanashi - Autumn Night Tales

Murazakai - The Village Border

一堺漁人氏作

Written by Mr. Ikkai Gyojin

[pen name of Soganoya Gorō 曾我廼家五郎 (1877–1948)]

樂天地八月狂言

(月形半平太)

[Osaka] Rakutenchi August Kyogen Performance

(Tsukigata Hanpeita)

月形半平太 — 金井 [かなね]

Tsukigata Hanpeita — Kanai

[Kanai Shū 金井修 (かない しゅう) (1897-1963)]

藝者染八 — 永井 [ながゐ]

Geisha Somehachi — Nagai

[unknown onnagata or actress]

浪花座伎藝座八月

Naniwa-za Gigei-za* - August

酒屋娘お三輪  ひとし

Sakaya Musume Omiwa - Hitoshi

[unknown child actor in a scene from Imoseyama]

橘姫  幸の丸

Princess Hime - Yukinomaru?

[unknown child actor in a scene from Imoseyama]

知盛の靈  政治郞

Tomomori’s Ghost – Seijirō

[unknown child actor in a scene from Funa Benkei]

*Note in the right margin: The Gigeiza 伎藝座 was established to reward the talents of the children of Osaka's great kabuki actors. They received guidance on stage presence and direction, and then performed at Naniwa-za. Being children of well-known performers like Fukusuke 中村福助 and Gadō 我童, they displayed impressive skills.

Colophon (see Colophon Details for publishing information in left margin)

◀東西各座長月狂言一覽表▶

September performances at various theaters in the east and west

Right: advertisement for a special woodblock print of a work by Kamishita Shūhō 神下周峰 and theater related items from the Jugeisha Publishing Department 聚藝社出版部

Left:たぬきやの造花

秋の草花が出来摘ひました

 Tanukiya's Artificial Flowers

The autumn flowers have been picked and arranged

演藝寫真帖十二月號 目次

Engei shashincho

December issue, table of contents

口絵 三十六家撰 (その廿四)阪東秀調のお石

Frontispiece (color lithograph):

Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 24),

Bandō Shūchō [III] as [Ōboshi’s wife] Oishi

川瀬巴水氏筆

artist: Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水 (1883-1957)

[signed: 巴水画 Hasui ga; sealed: stylized red 水 "sui" seal]

當世人氣俳優 (その卅一)

片岡千代之助

Contemporary Popular Actors (No. 31)

Kataoka Chiyonosuke

帝國劇場十一月狂言中幕

(白縫譚)

Imperial Theatre's November Performance, middle act [nakamaku]

(Shiranui monogatari 一 The tale of Shiranui)

鳥山豊後之介館能舞臺の場

Scene: the stage at Toriyama Bungonosuke’s mansion

from right to left:

鳥山豊後之介 – 幸四郎

Toriyama Bungonosuke – played by Kōshirō

[Matsumoto Kōshirō 松本小四郎VII]

龍川小文次 – 勘彌

Takigawa Kobunji – played by Kan'ya

[Morita Kan’ya 森田勘弥 XIII]

乳母秋篠 – 梅幸

The nanny [uba] Akishino – played by Baikō

[Onoe Baikō 尾上梅幸 VI] 

秋作照忠 – 宗十郎

Akisaku Terutada – played by Sōjūrō

[Sawamura Sōjūrō 沢村宗十郎 VII]

歌舞伎座十二月狂言

(戀飛脚大和往來)

Kabuki-za December Performance

(Kōbikiyaku Yamato Ōrai 一 The Money courier from hell)

新町井筒屋の塲

Scene: Izutsuyauchi

槌屋梅川 – 福助

Tsuchiya Umegawa – played by Fukusuke

[Nakamura Fukusuke 中村福助 IV (Takasagoya)]

龜屋忠兵衛 – 鴈次郎

Kameya Chūbei – played by Ganjirō

[Jitsukawa Ganjirō I 実川鴈次郎]

淺草松竹座十一月狸言

(天綱島時雨炬燵)

November Performance at the Asakusa Shōchiku-za (Ten no Amijima Shigure no kotatsu 一 The love suicides at Amijima, the coverlet drenched with tears)

紙屋內炬燵の場

Scene: The kotatsu at Kamiya's House

紙屋治兵衛 – 我童

Kamiya Jihei – played by Gadō

[Kataoka Gadō IV 片岡我童]

治兵衛女房おさん – 秀調

Jihei's Wife Osan – played by Shūchō

[Bandō Shūchō II 坂東秀調]

天滿八千代座十一月狂言

(義經千本櫻)

Tenma Yachiyo-za, November Performance (Yoshitsune senbon zakura 一 Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees)

すしやの場

Scene: The Sushi Shop (Sushiya)

娘おさと– 扇雀

Daughter Osato – played by Senjaku

[Nakamura Senjaku I 中村扇雀]

 彌助實は維盛 – 魁車

Yasuke [adopted son of Yazaemon], actually Koremori [the Taira general] – played by Kaisha

[Nakmura Kaisha I 中村魁車]

大阪角座十一月狂言

(吹雪の町)

November Performances at Osaka Kado-za 

(Fubuki no machi 一 Town of Snowstorms)

藤井真澄氏作

田中總一郎 演出

Written by Fujii Masumi (1889-1962)

Directed by Tanaka Sōichirō (?-?)

酌婦お豊 – 花柳

Barmaid Otoyo – played by Hanayagi

[Hanayagi Shōtarō 花柳章太郎 (1894-1965)]

主人およね – 喜多村

Proprietess Oyone – played by Kitamura [Kitamura Rokurō 喜多村綠郎 (1871-1961)]

職工里見 – 柳

Worker Satomi – played by Yanagi

[Yanagi Eijiro 柳永二郎 (1895-1984)]

歌舞伎座十二月中幕

(女楠)

Middle act (nakamaku) of the December performances at the Kabuki-za

(Onna Kusunoki 一 The female Kusunoki)

松井松翁[松居松翁]氏作並舞台監督

Written and stage directed by

Matsui Shōō (1870–1933)

小村雪岱民舞台裝置

Stage design by Komura Settai (1887-1949)

[shin hanga artist and set designer]

お久の方 一 歌右衛門

Lady Ohisa – played by Utaemon

[Nakamura Utaemon V 中村歌右衛門]

庄五郎正行 一 兒太郎

[Kusunoki] Shōgorō Masayuki – played by Kotarō

[Nakamura Kotarō III 中村兒太郎]

竹童丸 一 福助

Tamonmaru – played by Fukusuke

[Nakamura Fukusuke V (Narikomaya) 中村福助]

* In this scene the fox Kuzunoha realizes she must leave and return to her former state, telling her son she must treat the real Kuzunoha as his mother. Before she leaves she writes a waka poem, pen in mouth, on a sliding screen which reads, "If you love me, you will seek me in Izumi's Shinoda Forest."

大阪中座十一月狂言

(佐倉義民傳)

"November Performances at Osaka Naka-za (Sakura giminden - The tale of the martyr of Sakura)

直訴の場

Scene: The direct petition [at Tōeizan]

將軍家綱 — 友右衛門

 Shōgun Ietsuna — played by Tomoemon

[Ōtani Tomoemon VI 大谷友右衛門]

伊豆守 — 三津五郎

Izu no Kami — played by Mitsugorō

[Bandō Mitsugorō VII 坂東三津五郎]

木內宗吾 — 吉右衛門
Kiuchi Sōgo — played by Kichiemon

[Nakamura Kichiemon I (the new line) 中村吉右衛門]

新橋演舞場澤正一座

(復活)

"Shinbashi Enbujō Sawashō [Sawada Shōjirō] Troupe

(Resurrection)

島村抱月再脚色

Re-adaption by Shimamura Hōgetsu (1871-1918)

トルストイ原作

Original work by Tolstoy

カチユー シヤー塲面
Katya's courtroom scene

グラヴユア版

gravure edition

[河内山]

[Kōchiyama]

帝國劇場「松江邸廣間の場」

Imperial Theatre – Scene in the reception hall at the Matsue residence

松江出雲守 — 宗十郎

Matsue Izumo-no-kami — played by Sōjūrō

[Sawamura Sōjūrō VII 澤村宗十郎]

宮崎數馬 — 田之助

Miyazaki Kazuma — played by Tanosuke