UNKNOWN ARTISTS 

 1920


JANUARY 1920

                 
 
Plays: Haru no Mura (春の村); Satsuma Kôbai (薩摩紅梅); Saiai Tsuma (最愛の妻)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  01/01/20
Print Date: 01/1920?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 













FEBRUARY 1920


Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Izayoi (十六夜)

Play:  Sato no Harugi Aazami Ironui
(柳巷春着薊色縫)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/07/20
Print Date: 02/1920?
Medium: Woodblock printed postcard
Personal Collection
 
Note: During the relevant time period
when the print could have been made,
Baikô VI also performed this role at
the Hongô-za in June 1924 and at the
Teikoku Gekijô in June 1926.  It is
possible that this print reflects one of
those performances.
 
 
 
 

               

                 
 
Plays: Waka Fûfu (若夫婦); Iro Megane (色眼鏡); Hairyô no Monbuku (拜領の紋服); Shingô (信號);
Aoi no Miwata (葵の御旗)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  02/14/20
Print Date: 02/1920?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 




 





 

MARCH 1920


 
 
 



                 
 
Plays: Zangetsu (殘月); Kabareria Rusutikana (カバレリア、ルスティカナ); Yukioto (雪おと)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  02/28/20
Print Date: 02/1920?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 



                 
 
Plays: Umi no Yûsha (海の勇者); Futatsu no Shi (二つの死); Matsuri no Asa (祭の朝)
Performance Place: Yûraku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  03/31/20
Print Date: 03/1920?
Medium: Woodblock printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum





APRIL 1920

                    
Cover of play outline (sujigaki)

Play: Kanaya Koume (仮名屋小梅)
Performance Place: Minami--za, Kyoto
Performance Date: 04/08/20
Print Date: 04/1920
Medium: Offset printed sujigaki
Personal Collection 
 
Note: Most of the cast previously appeared in a
production at the Shintomi-za in Tokyo, which opened
on November 11, 1919.   In addition to Kawai Takeo,
who played Kanaya Koume, the cast in Kyoto included
Kinoshita (木下), Murata Shikibu (村田式部), Takemura
Shin (武村新), Umejima Noboru (梅島昇), Nagoshi
Senzaemon (名越仙左衛門), Takashima Umetarô
(高島梅太郎), Matsumoto Yôjirô (松本要次郎),  and
Shimoda Mô  (下田猛).
 
 








MAY 1920

                 

Plays: Nagori no Hoshi Zukiyo (名残の星月夜); Chiriyuku Hana Sannin Warai (散花三人笑);
Gozonji Suzu-ga-Mori (御存鈴ヶ森); Shin Nanatsu Men ( 新七ツ面)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/03/20
Print Date: 05/1920?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani  Library
 
 
 




 
Play: Chôgonka (長恨歌)
Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
Performance Date:  05/09/20
Print Date: 05/1920?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the ARC Research Center


 
Play: Chôgonka (長恨歌)
Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
Performance Date:  05/09/20
Print Date: 05/1920?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the ARC Research Center
 
 




AUGUST 1920


 
 



                 
 
Plays: [J.M. Equestrian Troupe] Jei, Emu, Kyokubadan (J、M、曲馬團);
[Apache Dance] Apasshu Dansu (アパッシュダンス); [Heaven and Hell] Tengoku to Jigoku (天國と地獄)
Performance Place: Hongô-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  08/09/20
Print Date: 08/1920?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 




OCTOBER 1920

                 
 
Plays: Ezo no Yoshitsune (蝦夷の義經); Biwa no Nadokoro Yuki no Kagekiyo (琵琶名所月景清);
Gengobê Oman Imayô Satsuma Uta (源五兵衛おまん今様薩摩歌); Kioi Jishi (勢獅子)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/02/20
Print Date: 10/1920?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 





 
 




 
Plays: Rokuhara Eiga Monogatari (六波羅栄華物語); Yoshitsune Senbon Sakura (義経千本桜);
Yamomegarasu (病鴉); Fujitomoe (藤鞆絵); Kiku Jidô (菊慈童); Echigo Jishi (越後獅子)
Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
Performance Date:  10/05/20
Print Date: 10/1920?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the ARC Research Center


 
Plays: Rokuhara Eiga Monogatari (六波羅栄華物語); Yoshitsune Senbon Sakura (義経千本桜);
Yamomegarasu (病鴉); Fujitomoe (藤鞆絵); Kiku Jidô (菊慈童); Echigo Jishi (越後獅子)
Performance Place: Naka-za, Osaka
Performance Date:  10/05/20
Print Date: 10/1920?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the ARC Research Center
 
 




NOVEMBER 1920

 
 



                 
 
Plays: Yuki (雪); Shinjufujin (真珠夫人)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  11/11/20
Print Date: 11/1920?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani  Library
 
 




DECEMBER 1920


 
 



                 
 
Plays: Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki (一谷嫩軍記); Iro Moyô Chotto Karimame (色彩間苅豆);
Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi (彦山権現誓助剣; 彦山権現誓助剱); Jôruri Monogatari
(浄瑠璃物語); Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi (與話情浮名横櫛); Ninin Dôjôji (二人道成寺)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  12/03/20
Print Date: 12/1920?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani  Library