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Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) / Toyokuni III (三代豊国)
person:
actor prints (
yakusha-e
- 役者絵)
medium:
Japanese color woodblock print
1811-15c Kunisada Utaemon
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Sukematsu no Kazue (助松かづえ) - center panel of a triptych based on the play
Five Chivalrous Women of the Yoshiwara
(
Otokodate iromo Yoshiwara
- 男作女吉原)
1812c Kunisada Hanshiro V
Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井半四郎) as Seitaka Dōji (せいたかの童子 [制吒迦童子]) from
Yuki mo Yoshino Kigoto no Kaomise
(雪芳野来入顔鏡 - ゆきもよしのきごとのかおみせ)
1813 Kunisada Koshiro boatman
Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) as a boatman (按摩取梶の長庵?) in the play
Imaori Hakata no Irifune
(新織博多縞入船)
1813c Kunisada Asao Yujiro
Asao Yūjirō I (浅尾勇次郎) holding an umbrella in the play
Tsuma Gasane Uwasa ni Kikuzuki
- left panel of a diptych
1815c Kunisada Dancer.jpg
Nakamura Utaemon III (三代目中村歌右衛門) as a dancer from the series
The Dance of the Nine Changes
or
Kyū henge no uchi
(九へん化の内) from the play
Sono Kokonoe Saishiki-zakura
1818c Kunisada Actor p985
Mimasu Gennosuke I (三枡源之助) as Ikazuchi Tsurunosuke (雷鶴之助) - left panel of a triptych from the play 'Maples and Deer: The Long Sleeves of the Soga Brothers' (
Momiji ni shika furisode Soga
-紅葉鹿振袖曽我)
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)
1820s Kunisada gennosuke
Mimasu Gennosuke I (三枡源之助) in the role of the
sumō
wrestler Izutsu Menosuke (角力取井筒女之助)
1825c Kunisada bijin bridge
Bijin
near the foot of a bridge
1828c Kunisada Butterfly.jpg
Actors with multiple
mon
as a backdrop: Bandō Mitsugorō IV (坂東三津五郎) as Kudō Suketsune on the right; in the center is Sawamura Tosshō I (澤村訥升) as Soga Jūrō and Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) playing Soga Gorō on the left
1830-35 Kunisada boat warrior
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川団十郎) as Matsuwakamaru (松若丸) disguised as a fisherman peasant - probably from the play
Sumidagawa hana no goshozome
("The Sumida River Adorned with Cherry Blossoms" -隅田川花御所染) - right-hand panel of a triptych
1830 Kunisada Koshiro Goemon
Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) as the robber Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門) in the play
Sanmon gosan no kiri
[楼門五三桐]
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 Kunisada Crabs
Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) as a figure wearing a robe decorated with crabs
1830c Kunisada onnagata
Onoe Kikujirō II (尾上菊次郎) as Oishi (お石), the wife of Ōboshi Yuranosuke, in Act IX the
Kanadehon Chūshingura
('Copybook of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers': 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
1832c Kunisada six jewel 1
Yamatoya Baiga (大和屋梅我) at Chidori no Tamagawa (千鳥の玉川) in Mutsu Province from the series 'Actors with Six Jewel Faces' (
Haiyū mutama-gao
- 俳優六玉顔)
1832c Kunisada six jewel 2
Bandō Hikosaburō IV as Otowaya Baikō (音羽屋梅幸) in Yamashiro no kuni meisho (山城の国名所) from the series 'Actors with Six Jewel Faces' (
Haiyū mutama-gao
- 俳優六玉顔)
1832c Kunisada six jewel 3
Nakamura Shikan II as Narikomaya in the series 'Actors with Six Jewel Faces' (
Haiyū mutama-gao
- 俳優六玉顔)
1832c Kunisada six jewel 4
Bandō Mitsugorō IV (坂東三津五郎) as Yamatoya Shuchō (大和屋秀調) and the Noji no Tamagawa (野路の玉川), a famous place in Omi Province (近江の名所) from the series 'Actors with Six Jewel Faces' (
Haiyū mutama-gao
- 俳優六玉顔)
1833c Kunisada Tosei genin oto
Bandō Mitsugorō IV (坂東三津五郎) as Gokuin Sen'emon (極印せん右衛門), No. 4 (四) from the series
Five Manly Men of the Present Day
(
Tōsei gonin otoko
- 当世五人男)
1833c Kunisada Tosei genin oto
Bandō Mitsugorō IV (坂東三津五郎) as Gokuin Sen'emon (極印せん右衛門), No. 4 (四) from the series
Five Manly Men of the Present Day
(Tōsei gonin otoko - 当世五人男)
1847-52 Kunisada actor 2954
Arashi Rikan III (嵐璃寛) as Hanaregoma no Chōkichi (放駒乃長吉) - right panel of a triptych
1847-52 Kunisada actors animal
Imaginary performance (a
mitate
): actors as Sadatō's wife (
tsuma
) Sodehagi (貞任妻袖萩) played by Bandō Shūka I on the right, Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Abe Sadatō (阿部貞任) in the center, Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Hachiman Tarō Yoshiie (八幡太郎義家) on the left and with a supporting cast as a lion, tiger and elephant
1848c Kunisada tanzaku 1
Double portrait of Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) as Toneri Matsuōmaru (舎人松王丸) on the right and Ichikawa Gangyoku I (市川眼玉) as Shundō Genba (春藤玄蕃) on the left from an untitled series of paired actors on poem slips (
tanzaku
)
1848c Kunisada tanzaku 2
Two actors from an untitled series of paired actors on poem slips (
tanzaku
)
1848c Kunisada tanzaku 3
Bandō Shūka I (坂東しうか) as Seigen ama (清玄尼) and Nakayama Bungorō II (中山文五郎) as the yakko Yodohira (奴淀平) from an untitled series of paired actors on poem slips (
tanzaku
)
1850-53 Kunisada Raiden
Naritayama Fudō Myōō (成田山不動明王) is flanked by his attendants, Kongara Dōji (l矜迦羅童子) on the left and Seitaka Dōji (制吒迦童子) on the right as he rescues Hiranoya Tokubei (平のや徳兵衛), later Honchōmaru Tsunagorō (本朝丸綱五郎), from the sea - from the play
Genji moyō furisode hinagata
(源氏模様娘雛形)
1850 Kunisada actor diptych
Morita Kan'ya XI as Shihei-Kō (時平公) with Arashi Rikaku II as Matsuomaru (松王丸) on the right and Seki Sanjurō III as Umeōmaru (梅王丸) with Onoe Kikujirō II as Sakuramaru (桜丸) on the left in the
Kuruma biki
or 'Pulling the carriage apart' scene
1850 Kunisada danshichi
Nakamura Fukusuke I (中村福助) as Danshichi Kurobei (團七九郎兵衛) from the series
Matches for Thirty-six Selected Poems
(
Mitate sanjūrokkusen
- 見立三十六句撰) - the inset at the upper left is by Miyagi Gengyo
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)
1852 Kunisada fudo kongoro
Ichikawa Ebizō V as the Mystical Image (
Reizō
- 霊像) of Fudō Myōō (不動明王), Ichikawa Saruzō I as Kongara dōji (矜迦羅童子), and Ichikawa Komazō VII as Seitaka dōji (制吒迦童子), No. 9 (九) from the series
Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays
(Jūhachiban no uchi -十八番の内)
1852c Kunisada Night Scene
Sawamura Chōjūrō V (五代目沢村長十郎) as Tsubone Iwafuji (局岩藤) from the play
Sumidagawa Tsui no Kaga-mon
(隅田川対高賀紋)
1855 Kunisada kinegawa
Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Konoshitagawa Kōsuke (木下川幸助) on the left - to the right of him by the tail of the fish is Bandō Hikosaburō IV (坂東彦三郎) as Hanyuya Sukeshirō (羽生村助四郎) - standing on the shore is the painter Ukiyo Matabei (浮世絵鏡) played by an unidentified actor, possibly Bandō Takesaburō I from the series
Ukiyo hakkei no uchi
('Eight Views of the Floating World' - 浮世八景ノ内)
1856 kunisada mizu-uri.jpg
The Syllable Mi(み)for Sunset Glow on the Water Seller from the Eight Views (
Mizu-uri no sekishō
- みづうりの夕照 -
hakkei no uchi
- 八景のうち)
1856 Kuniyoshi school
Memorial portrait (
shini-e
) of Bandō Shūka I (坂東 しうか) with a Buddhist invocation - possibly by Toyokuni III
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