Entertainment Pictorial - Entertainment Pictorial

A theater magazine. First published in January 1907 (Meiji 40). Published by Engei Gahosha. Edited by Nakata Tatsusaburo. The first issue featured an art edition on the frontispiece, followed by scripts, opinions, novels, and miscellaneous notes, and was primarily entertainment-oriented, but it gradually began to include research-based material such as critiques, theater reviews, and performance records, as well as enjoyable reading material by cultural figures, politicians, and business people, making it a magazine for everyone. With a focus on Kabuki, the magazine features stage photos and theater reviews from theaters in the east and west each month, making it a valuable source of theater information, and the actors' discussions on the arts are also often useful. After the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 (Taisho 12), Atsumi Seitaro and Abe Yutaka took over as editors, and the magazine was discontinued in 1943 (Showa 18) during World War II due to the merger of theater magazines. There are 439 issues in total. 69 issues from the Meiji era were reprinted by San'ichi Shobo in 1978 (Showa 53). In addition, the three volumes of the "Engei Gaho General Index" compiled by the National Theatre Performing Arts Research Office - the Personality Edition, the Works Edition, and the General Edition (1974-77, Heibonsha) - are essential books for viewing "Engei Gaho."

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演劇雑誌。1907年（明治40）1月創刊。発行所は演芸画報社。編集は中田辰三郎。創刊号は口絵アート版に続き、脚本、意見、小説、雑録を掲載、娯楽本位であったが、しだいに評論、劇評、演出記録などの研究的なものを収め、かつ一方には文化人や政財界人による楽しい読み物もあるという、万人向きの雑誌となった。歌舞伎(かぶき)を中心に、毎月東西各劇場の舞台写真や劇評を載せているのは演劇資料として貴重であり、また俳優の芸談も参考になることが多い。23年（大正12）関東大震災以後は渥美清太郎(あつみせいたろう)と安部豊(あべゆたか)が編集を担当し、第二次世界大戦中の43年（昭和18）に演劇雑誌の統合により廃刊した。全439冊。78年（昭和53）三一書房から明治年間の69冊が復刻された。また、国立劇場芸能調査室が編集した『演芸画報総索引』全3冊、人物編・作品編・一般編（1974～77・平凡社）は、『演芸画報』閲覧などに必携の書である。

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