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Yūrei-zu
(幽霊図 - ghosts demons monsters and spirits)
person:
actor prints (
yakusha-e
- 役者絵)
1800c Kunihisa Onoe Matsusuke
Onoe Matsusuke I (尾上松助) as the ghost of the wet-nurse Iohata (‘Iohata bokon’) in the play
Tenjiku Tokubei ikoku banashi
(天竺徳兵衛韓噺)
1800c Toyokuni I lantern ghost
Onoe Matsusuke I (尾上松助) as both the ghost of Kohada Koheiji (小鰭小平次) and Koheiji's wife - from the play
Iroiri Otogi Zōshi
1804 Kunihisa ghost
Onoe Matsusuke I (尾上松助) as the ghost of Iohata (いおはた...) and Iwai Kiyotarō II (岩井喜世太郎) as a boatman Tokubei (せんどう徳兵衛)
1810c Kuninao snow sword
Masumoto Kōshirō V (五代目松本幸四郎) on the left as 藤部伊賀の守 and Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (七代目市川 團十郎) as 藤部太郎, two brothers struggling over a precious sword - two panels of a triptych from the play
Hana to Fubuki Wagō Taiheiki
(花雪和合太平記)
1812c Kunisada Baiko
Onoe Shōroku I (尾上松緑) as the ghost of Princess Osakabe (刑部姫) haunting Hayakawa Takakage on the battlements of Himeji Castle (姫路城) -
Osakabe henka Onoe Shōroku
(おさかべ変化尾上松緑) - this is the top half of a vertical diptych
1813 Ashiyuki kitsusaburo
Arashi Kitsusaburō I (嵐橘三郎) as Minamoto no Yorimasa (源三位頼政), the legendary warrior holding a flaming brand while his assistant kills the
Nue
monster
1820 Kuniyoshi oiwa diptych
Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Satō Yomoshichi (与茂七) on the left and Oiwa (お岩ぼふこん) on the right and Seki Sanjūrō II (関三十郎) as Tamiya Iemon (伊右衛門) also on the right
1821 Hokushu pentaptych
Right to left: Nakamura Sankō I (中村三光) as the fox Kojorō (小女郎狐); Kataoka Nizaemon VII (片岡仁左衛門) as Sengoku Gonpei (仙石権平); Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Takechi Samanosuke (武智左馬之助); Arashi Koroku IV (あらし小六) as Izumo no Okuni (いつものおくに); & Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Nagoya Sanza (名古屋山三)
1823 Toyokuni mirror ghost
Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) as the ghost of Akushichbyōei Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景清) reflected in a mirror from the series
Modern Mirror of Actors
(
Yakusha Tosei Kagami
- 役者當世鏡)
1825 yoshikuni tamamo no mae
Nakamura Utaemon III (中むら歌右ヱ門) as Lady Tamamo no Mae in the Dance of Nine Changes (
Kokono bake no uchi
- 九変化ノ内,
Tamamo no mae
- 玉藻ノ前) in the play
Yosete Arata ni Kokonobake
[日本新玉九尾化]
1825c Kunisada Ebizo Kinsaku
Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) as the Shōgun Tarō Yoshikado (将軍太郎良門) and Yamashita Kinsaku III (山下金作) as Hashidate (橋立), wife of Yasumasa (保昌)
1826 Hokuei Oiwa diptych
Asao Takumi I (浅尾内匠) as Naosuke Gonbei (直介権兵へ) and Ichikawa Sukejūrō IV (市川助十郎) as Hamiya Iemon (羽宮伊右衛門) on the right, and Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Satō Yomoshichi (佐藤与茂七) on the left in the play 'Ghost Story along the Eastern Sea Road at Yotsuya' (
Azumakaido Yotsuya Kaidan
東海道四谷怪談)
1826 Hokushu Oiwa
Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as the ghost of Oiwa in the play
Irohagana Yotsuya Kaidan
(伊呂波四谷怪談) second state of this print
1828c Kunisada Baiko II
Onoe Baikō III (尾上梅幸) as the ghost of Kasane [かさねゆうこん] in the play
Kuruwa Kuruwa Date no Ōyose
[曲輪来伊達大寄] - the upper half of a vertical diptych
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 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
1830c Kuniyoshi Oiwa
Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as the ghost of Kasane in the play Kasane kiku Kinugawa-zome (かさね菊絹川染)
1830c Kuniyoshi snag oiwa
Onbō canal scene from the
Tōkaidō Yotsuya Kaidan
with Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) on the left as Kamiya Iemon (神谷伊右衛門), Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) as Naosuke (直助), Iemon's assistant, Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Oiwa floating in the river, and Onoe Eizaburō III (尾上栄三郎) on the right as Oyumi (お弓)
1830s Kunisada cat witch
Diptych: Tamamo no Mae with Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井半四郎) as Mikuniya Kojorō (三国屋小女郎) on the left and Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Tamaya Shimbei (三浦屋新兵へ) on the right in the play
Shinjū to tare mo yūdachi
(心中誰夕立)
1832 Hokuei shikan II
Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) as Tawara Tōda Hidesato (俵藤太秀郷) - left-hand of a diptych - from
What Men? A Female Masakado
(
Otoko narikeri onna Masakado
男哉婦将門)
1834c Hokuei Ebijuro oiwa
Asao Takumi I (浅尾内匠) as Naosuke Gonbei (直介権兵へ) and Ichikawa Sukejūrō IV (市川助十郎) as Hamiya Iemon (羽宮伊右衛門) in the play
Azumakaido Yotsuya Kaidan
1836 Kuniyoshi Kikugoro Oiwa
Onoe Kikugorō III (三代目尾上菊五郎) as the ghost of Oiwa (お岩亡霊) in
Yotsuya Kaidan
(四谷怪談)
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)
1847-52c 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 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)
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 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)
1849 Hirosada 0001
Okiwa Hashizō I as the ghost of Oiwa (お岩) dripping blood with Ichikawa Sukejūrō II (?) as Takuetsu (宅悦) cowering behind her - from the play
Azumakaidō Yotsuya Kaidan
(東海道四谷怪談)
1850 Kunisada triptych ghosts
From the play
Iro moyo chotto karimame
(色彩間苅豆) Bandō Hikosaburō IV [坂東彦三郎] as Kinoshita Yoemon [木下川与右衛門] on the left, in the middle are Ichikawa Dannosuke V [市川団之助] as Inaka musume Oriki (田舎娘おりさ) and Nakamura Shibajaku I [中村芝雀] as Yūnen Shōnin (祐念上人) and Onoe Kikujirō II [尾上菊次郎] on the right as the ghost of Kasane [累ゆうこん]
1852-53 Kunisada 36 poets no 1
Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as the ghost of Yasukata (
Yasukata no bōrei
- 安方ノ亡霊) from the series
Comparisons for Thirty-six Selected Poems
(
Mitate sanjūrokkasen no uchi
- 見立三十六歌撰之内)
1856 Kunisada wi
The Syllable Wi (ゐ) for Revenge of the Cripple (
Izari no adauchi
- ゐさりの仇うち): Iwai Kumesaburō III as Hatsuhana and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Katsugorō from the series
Seven Calligraphic Models for Each Character in the Kana Syllabary
(
Seisho nanatsu iroha
- 清書七伊呂波)
1858c Toyokuni Frog Actors
The Syllable Ma（ま）as in Masakado (まさかど): Iwai Kumesaburō III (岩井粂三郎) as Takiyasha-hime (瀧夜叉姫) and Nakamura Fukusuke I (初代中村福助ヵ) as Ōtaku Tarō (大屋太郎) from the series
Seven Calligraphic Models for Each Character in the Kana Syllabary
(
Seisho nanatsu iroha
- 清書七伊呂波)
1860c Hironobu diptych
[Ichikawa Ebizō V] as Tainohata Kanobei (田井畑此兵衛) and Nakayama Nanshi II (中山南枝) as the ghost of Matsukaze (松風亡霊) in the play
Yukihira Sonare no Matsu
[行平磯馴松] (
Yukihira and windswept pines along the seashore
)
1860s Konobu competition
Competition of Powerful Magicians (
Goketsu Kijutsushi Kurabe
- 豪傑奇術競)
1861c Kunisada Q979
Triptych of Nakamura Jakunosuke (中村雀之助) as Arakoma Kotarō (荒駒小太郎) on the left; Sawamura Tanosuke III (沢村田之助) as
ryōshi
Onami (漁師おなみ); Ichimura Uzaemon XIII (市村羽左衛門) as Neko no Chunori (猫の中のり) the cat monster; Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) as Suwa Kazuemon (頂波数右衛門) from the play
Tōkaidō Iroha Nikki
[東駅いろは日記]
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