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- 役者絵)
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1840s
1820-25 Kunisada Uzaemon shoki
The Fifth Month (
Satsuki
皐月): Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Shōki (市村羽左衛門の鐘馗) from the series: The Twelve Months (
Junitsuki no uchi
- 十二月之内)
1820c Kunisada P1048.jpg
Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) as Toneri Matsuō (舎人松王) coming through the wall, Arashi Izaburō II (嵐猪三郎) as 土師の兵衛 in the center, while on the left is Sawamura Tosshō I (澤村訥升) as the real-life Sakuramaru (まれ世 実ハ桜丸), from the play
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
[菅原伝授手習鑑]
1830-35 Kunisada 2 of a tripty
Bandō Hikosaburō IV (坂東彦三郎) on right as Ryoshi Tsunazō (猟師綱蔵) and Onoe Tamizō II (尾上多見蔵) as a long necked monster disguised as the
koshimoto
Otsuru ( 腰元おつる) - from the play
Kasane Ōgi Chiyo no Matsuwaka
(重扇寿松若)
1830 Kunisada bird awning
Sawamura Tosshō I (沢村訥升) as Kumagai Naozane (熊谷直実) with Iwai Tojaku (岩井杜若) as his wife (
nyōbō
) Sagami (女房さがみ) from the play
Ichinotani Futaba Gunki
(一谷嫩軍記) - the center and left panels of a triptych
1830 Kunisada Shoki
Ichimura Uzaemon XII (市村羽左衛門) as Shōki (鍾馗) and Nakamura Utaemon IV (中村歌右衛門) as Ao Oni (青鬼), the Blue Demon, from the series The Twelve Months (
Junitsuki no uchi
十二月之内), here the Fifth Month (
Satsuki
皐月)
1830c Kuniyoshi bando
Bandō Hikosaburō IV (坂東彦三郎) as 経政実ハしゆんくはんのぼうこん, a ghost and Onoe Eizaburō III (尾上栄三郎) as the cowering princess Chidori-hime (千鳥姫) - from the play
Tsumagasane Sugata no Hana Kurabe
(嬲容顔花競 - 'Tsumagasane, the comparison of what you see)- center panel of a triptych
1832-34c Kunisada iwai shijaku
Iwai Shijaku I (岩井紫若) as the
koshimoto
Chidori (the chambermaid Chidori - 腰元千鳥) from Act II,
The Disinheriting of Genta
(
Genta kando
- 源太勘当) from the play
Hiragana seisuiki
(ひらがな盛衰記)
1837 Kuniyoshi Ebizo V
Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) as the pirate captain Kezori Kuemon (毛剃九右衛門) in the play
Koi minata Hakata no hitouchi
(aka
Hakata Kojōrō makura
) or 'Love at Sea'
1840c Hirosada actor drape
Nakamura Shikan III [中村芝翫] as Danshichi Kurobei (団七九郎兵衛) - the title cartouche reads: 古今甬人記 - from the play
Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami
(夏祭浪花鑑)
1840s Sadayoshi barge
Scene from a kabuki play performed by Kataoka Ichizō I (斤岡市蔵) as Katō Masakiyo (加藤正清)
1841 Toyohide
Kataoka Gadō II (片岡我童) as Chishima Kanja Yoshihiro (千島冠者義広) in the play
Keisei Satsumagushi
[けいせい挟妻櫛] ('A Pledge of Affection and a Wife's Comb')
1842 Kuniyoshi Ichikawa Kyuzo
Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) as Daifukuya Soroku (大黒屋惣六) carrying a
tobaccobon
- left panel of a diptych from the play
Iwao no Hananami no Shiraishi
(岩藤浪白石)
1847-48 Kuniyoshi daruma
"Zazenmame" from the series Daruma's buffonery (
Dōke Daruma asobi
- 道化達磨あそび?)
1847-48 Kuniyoshi giant rat.jp
Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Arajishi Otokonosuke (荒獅子男之助) beating a man disguised as a giant rat
1847-50 Kunisada kaidomaru ani
Yamauba (山姥) on the left, Kaidōmaru (怪童丸) in the center, and Mita no shi (三田仕) on the right - with acrobatic men dressed as animals - possibly from a
shosagoto
[所作事] performance
1847-52 Kuniyoshi asakusa dipt
Left sheet of a diptych: Nakamura Tsuruzō I as Ryōshi Ganzō (猟師鴈蔵) and Seki Sanjūrō III as Yokoyama Daizō (横山大蔵); right sheet: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Otaka Tonomo (大高主殿) in the play 'A true account of Takagi Oriemon' (高木織右武実録)
1847-52 Kuniyoshi asakusa duo
Seki Sanjūrō III (right) as Yokoyama Daizō (横山大蔵) and Nakamura Utaemon IV (left) as Otaka Tonomo (大高主殿)
1847-52 Kuniyoshi hand play
Ken game of Three Countries -
Sangoku ken
(三国拳)
1847-52c Kuniyoshi seppuku
Nakamura Utaemon IV as Ōtaka Tonomo (大高主殿) and Nakamura Tsuruzō I as the fisherman Ganzō (漁師贋蔵) from the play
Takagi Oriemon Budō Jitsuroku
[高木織右武実録]
1847 Kuniyoshi 08
Ōtsu Pictures for the Times: A Rare Thing You've Been Waiting For
(
Tokini Ōtsu-e kitai no maremono
- 流行逢都絵希代稀物)
1847 Kuniyoshi actor geese
Sawamura Sōjūrō V (五代目沢村宗十郎) as Shiratsuka Jūemon (白柄十右衛門) - this is the left panel of a diptych in a scene from the play
Onoe Kikugorō Ichidai Banashi
(尾上梅寿一代噺)
1847 Kuniyoshi Benkei diptych
Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Musashibō Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Minamoto Ushiwakamaru (源牛若丸) [in
Shiki utsushi tosa-e no futsutsuka
(四季写士佐画拙)]
1847 Kuniyoshi cat witch
Sawamura Sōjūrō V as Teranishi Kanshin (寺西閑心) on the left, Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Inabanosuke (因幡之助) in the center, and Onoe Kikugorō III as Usugomo with the cat-gost Okabe on the right in
The Lifetime of Onoe Kikugorō III
(
Onoe Kikugorō ichidai banashi
- 尾上梅寿一代噺)
1847 Kuniyoshi Diptych Bush Cl
Iwai Kumesaburō III (岩井粂三郎) as the Buddhist nun Seigen (清玄尼) on the left and Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII (市川団十郎) as Matsuwakamaru (松若丸) from the play 'Butai no Hana Yayoi no Irotoki'
1847 Kuniyoshi okaji & seshich
Danshichi’s wife Okaji [おかぢ] and the clerk Seishichi [手代清七]
1847 Shusho shikan gado
Nakamura Shikan III as Ume no Yoshibei (梅ノ由衛) and Kataoka Gadō II as the
decchi
(apprentice - でっち) Chōkichi (長吉) in
The Mirror of Loyalty and Filial Piety
(
Chūkō kagami
- 忠孝鏡) - a possible
mitate
1847c Kuniyoshi flame ghost
Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the ghost of Hōkaibō (法界坊ぼうこん) from the play
Sumida River Ghost Story
(
Kaidan Sumidagawa
- 怪談隅田川) - this is the right-hand panel of a diptych
1848-51c Kuniyoshi pine painti
Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII on the right as Kanō Motonobu (狩野四郎次郎元信) and Bandō Shūka I as the Shōgun's daughter Omatsu (将監娘おみつ)
1848 Hirosada Gompachi
Ōkawa Hashizō I as Shirai Gonpachi from the suicide scene in the play
Ume tabiji gojusan eki
or '53 Stages of the Plum Tree Journey' 梅旅路五十三驛
1848 Kiyosada yojiro
Jitsukawa Enzaburō I [実川延三郎] as the monkey trainer Yojirō [与次郎] in the play
Sarumawashi Kadodeno Hitofushi
[猿廻し門途の一節]
1848 Kuniyoshi double bust
Nakamura Utaemon IV as Ōtaka Tonomo (大高主殿) biting on a cloth as he performs ritual
seppuku
and Nakamura Tsuruzō I as Ryōshi Ganzō (猟師鴈蔵)
1848 Kuniyoshi flame ghost
Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the ghost of Hōkaibō (法界坊ぼうこん) on right with Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Shimobe Gunsuke (下部軍助)
1848c Kuniyoshi Daruma on scro
Nakamura Utaemon IV [四代中村歌右衛門] as Daruma portrayed on a hanging scroll -
Ni Daruma no ichijiku
(似達磨の一軸)
1849-52 Kunisada kumesaburo
Iwai Kumesaburō III as Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八郎) on the right; Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Nippondaemon (日本駄右衛門) in the middle; and Seki Sanjūrō III as Banzui Chōbei (幡ずゐ長兵衛) on the left
1849-53ca Kunisada album a
Night scene with Chūbei (忠兵衛), Umekawa (梅川) and Magoemon (孫右衛門)
1849 Hirosada
Mimasu Inemaru I as Otowa (おとわ) in the play
Sekitori Sen Ryō Nobori
[関取千両幟] or 'Rise of the 1,000 Ryō Wrestler'
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