Engei Shashin / Engei Shashinchō

演藝寫眞 [演芸写真] / 演藝寫真帖 [演芸写真帖] 

(Performing Arts Photographic / Performing Arts Photographic Album)

A WORK IN PROGRESS - DRAFT

Assistance and Reference sources:

Assistance

With thanks to the Asian Art Forum and, in particular, I. Nagy for assistance in deciphering little known artist signatures and seals.

Artificial Intelligence tools for translation assistance*: Chat GPT, Gemini, Microsoft CoPilot

*As a general rule, all proper nouns were double checked and corrected as necessary. 

Books and Articles

The Bunraku Handbook, Hironaga Shūzaburō, Maison des Arts - Tokyo, 1987 

The Kabuki Handbook, Aubrey S. & Giovanna M. Halford, Charles E. Tuttle Company, 12th printing 1981 

New Kabuki Encyclopedia: A Revised Adaptation of Kabuki Jiten, Samuel Leiter, Greenwood Press, 1997

"View of Deafness: On the Socially Constructed Meanings of Deafness in Japan," Shigeyuki Tsuzuki and Angela Miyuki Nonaka, appearing in the Bulletin of the National Institute of Multimedia Education, No. 12, 1995, p. 234-235.

Online 

"Chronology of Japanese Cinema" http://eiga9.altervista.org/chronology.html [accessed 8-16-24]

Japan Arts Council Cultural Digital Library https://www2.ntj.jac.go.jp/dglib/ [accessed 11-9-24]

Japan Arts Council Bromide Search https://www2.ntj.jac.go.jp/dglib/collections/submenu?division=collections&class=bromide [accessed 8-16-24]

Kabuki 21 website https://www.kabuki21.com/ [accessed 8-16-24]

Shibusawa Shashi Database ("50 Years of the Imperial Theater") https://shashi.shibusawa.or.jp/details_basic.php?sid=14940 [accessed 8-16-24]

Shōchiku Movie Database https://www.shochiku.co.jp/cinema/database/ [accessed 11-9-24]

Shōwakan Digital Archive 昭和館デジタルアーカイブについて https://search.showakan.go.jp/ [accessed 11-9-24]

Waseda University Cultural Resources Database - Theatre Museum https://archive.waseda.jp/archive/?arg={%22advanced_search%22:false,%22institute_id%22:%223%22}&lang=en [accessed 11-9-24]

Waseda University Cultural Resources Database - Contemporary Theatrical Performance Records https://archive.waseda.jp/archive/subDB-search.html?arg={%22item_per_page%22:20,%22sortby%22:[%22%22,%22ASC%22],%22view%22:%22display-simple%22,%22pagination%22:{%22page%22:1},%22subDB_id%22:%2237%22,%22id%22:%221078521;18%22,%22advanced_search%22:false,%22search_key%22:%22%E6%A3%AE%E8%8B%B1%E6%AC%A1%E9%83%8E%22}# [accessed 11-19-24]

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