UNKNOWN ARTIST
1932
JANUARY
Play: Akai Megahon (赤いメガホン)
Performance Place: Tsukiji Shogekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/31/31 - 01/20/32
Print Date: 12/1931?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Play: Akai Megahon (赤いメガホン)
Performance Place: Tsukiji Shogekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/31/31 - 01/20/32
Print Date: 12/1931?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? flyer art
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Program: Nigawarai no Jinsei (苦笑ひの人生); Renai Gakkô Sankanki
(戀愛學校參觀記);
Machi no Hi (街の灯); Kôta Karumen (こうた・かるめん)
Performance Place: Mûranrûju Shinjuku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/1932
Print Date: 01/1932?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: This cover design was reused for various performances
during 1932. I have only included
one such cover for one particular bill, which changed regularly.
Plays: Nakoso no Seki (なこその関); Na mo Tachibana Homare no Ishikiri
(名橘誉石切);
Funa Benkei (船弁慶); Kozaru Shichinosuke (小猿七之助)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/32
Print Date: 01/1932?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
Plays: Nakoso no Seki (なこその関); Na mo Tachibana Homare no Ishikiri
(名橘誉石切);
Funa Benkei (船弁慶); Kozaru Shichinosuke (小猿七之助)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 01/02/32
Print Date: 01/1932?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
FEBRUARY
Plays: Niguruma (荷車); Bunka Kyoku Badan (文化曲馬團); Aoi Yunifômu
(青いユニフォーム);
Puro Saiban (プロ裁判); Manin (満員); Akai Hibana no Hitobito (赤い火花の人々)
Performance Place: Tsukiji Shogekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/13-23/32
Print Date: 02/1932?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? flyer cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
MARCH
Plays: Mekura Nagaya Ume no Kagatobi (盲長屋梅加賀鳶); Kishiyanagi Oboro
Hitokage
(岸柳朧人影); Iro Moyô Chotto Karimame (色彩間苅豆); Nikudan Sanyûshi
(肉弾三勇士)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/06/32
Print Date: 03/1932?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
Plays: Mekura Nagaya Ume no Kagatobi (盲長屋梅加賀鳶); Kishiyanagi Oboro
Hitokage
(岸柳朧人影); Iro Moyô Chotto Karimame (色彩間苅豆); Nikudan Sanyûshi
(肉弾三勇士)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 03/06/32
Print Date: 03/1932?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
MAY
Plays: Hen na Kikai (變な機械); Ôsatomura (大里村)
Performance Place: Tsukiji Shogekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01-20/32
Print Date: 05/1932?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: This was a joint production between the Sayoku Gekijô and
the Shin Tsukiji Gekidan.
Plays: Hen na Kikai (變な機械); Ôsatomura (大里村)
Performance Place: Tsukiji Shogekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/01-20/32
Print Date: 05/1932?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? flyer art
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: This was a joint production between the Sayoku Gekijô and
the Shin Tsukiji Gekidan.
Program: ?
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/28/32
Print Date: 05/1932?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
Note: This was a Shôchiku Grand Revue.
JUNE
Play: Pan (パン)
Performance Place: Tsukiji Shogekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/01-19/32
Print Date: 06/1932?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
JULY
Program: Rinkai Gakkô (臨海学校); Burû Hawai (ブルーハワイ); Kare, Kanojyo,
Hyakkaten
(彼、彼女、百貨店); Bakudatsuto no Tôzoku (バクダツトの盗賊)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 07/27/32 - 08/02/32
Print Date: 07/1932?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
Note: This was a Shôchiku Grand Revue.
AUGUST
Plays: Ryôshu to Kikori (領主と樵夫); Hatsushima Shinjû (初島心中);
Oshû Hizakurige (奥州膝栗毛)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/04/32
Print Date: 08/1932?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
Plays: Ryôshu to Kikori (領主と樵夫); Hatsushima Shinjû (初島心中);
Oshû Hizakurige (奥州膝栗毛)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 08/04/32
Print Date: 08/1932?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
OCTOBER
Plays: Zôho Momoyama Monogatari (増補桃山譚); Kurozuka (黒塚);
Shutsujin Emaki (出陣絵巻);
Tôkyô no Mukashi Banashi (東京の昔話)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/02/32
Print Date: 10/1932?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
Plays: Zôho Momoyama Monogatari (増補桃山譚); Kurozuka (黒塚);
Shutsujin Emaki (出陣絵巻);
Tôkyô no Mukashi Banashi (東京の昔話)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/02/32
Print Date: 10/1932?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
NOVEMBER
Program: Kaikoteki Rebyû Koi ha Inamono (懐古的レビュー 戀は異なもの); Variete
(ヴアリエテ);
Supesharu Suriru Sukaato Kenjô Sanningumi Shiriizu Daini Hen
(スペシャル・スリル スカアト獻上 三人組シリイズ第二篇);
Sukurôru Shô Iwami Shigetarô Tabinikki Natsukashi no Mushashugyô
(スクロール・ショウ 岩見重太郎旅日記 懐しの武者修行)
Performance Place: Mûranrûju Shinjuku-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/19/1932
Print Date: 11/1932?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Note: This cover design was reused for various performances
during the 1932-1933 period. I
have only included one such cover for one particular bill, which
changed regularly.
Play: Sakadatsu Rêru (逆立つレール)
Performance Place: Tsukiji Shogekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 11/10-25/32
Print Date: 11/1932?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
UNKNOWN MONTH

Cover of an Old Book in the Family
Collection, Ehon Mibu Kyōgen Sugata
in Monkey Suits)
Play: ?
Performance Place: ?
Performance Date: ?
Print Date: 1932
Artist: ?
Medium: Lithographic postcard
Image courtesy of the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts