KIGEN NISEN ROPPYAKU NEN
(紀元二千六百年)

                   
 
Title:  Kigen Nisen Roppyaku Nen Omoide no Tôhô : Katei Kyôraku Sugoroku
(紀元二千六百年思い出の東宝 : 家庭共楽双六)
Print Date: 1940
Medium: Sugoroku Lithograph
Personal Collection
 
Note:  This print depicts the popular movies and theater plays of that period in twelve segments for twelve months of and also contains
some textual information on the performances. "Kigen Nisen Roppyaku Nen" (紀元二千六百年, 2600 Years Since the Founding) is a
Japanese song commemorating 1940. It was written in 1939 by Yoshio Masuda and composed by Gihachirō Mori.
 
 
 

                   
The back of the sugoroku has the map of theaters and movie theaters in Tokyo, run by Tôkyô Takarazuka Gekijô and is titled
"Kabushiki Gaisha Tôkyo Takarazuka Gekijô chokuei gekijô (株式会社東京宝塚劇場直営劇場)."  The map contains the photographs of
those theaters and a list of related theaters in other regions.