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Japanese woodblock print
person:
actor prints (
yakusha-e
- 役者絵)
1750s Kiyomitsu kinsaku
Yamashita Kinsaku II (山下金作) as a young beauty standing over the kneeling actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I (佐野川市松)
1769 Shunsho seigen
Nakamura Utaemon I (中村歌右衛門) as the Monk Seigen of Kiyomizu Temple from the play
Soga Moyō Aigo no Wakamatsu
[そがもよう あいごのわかまつ] [曾我?愛護若松]
1771c Shunsho four actors
Matsumoto Kōshirō II as Hata no Daizen Taketora and Ichikawa Yaozō II as Kujaku no Saburō on the right, Nakajima Mihoemon II as Aramaki Mimishirō and Nakamura Shōchō as Ōtomo no Kuronushi (or Ki no Tsurayuki) on the left in the play
Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji
['Flowers of Japan: Ono no Komachi's Five Characters' - 倭花小野五文字]
1776 Shunsho hat
Onoe Masazō [尾上政蔵] in a kabuki performance of the
daishō no mai
or sword dance [大小の舞]
1778 Shunsho kikunojo
Segawa Kikunojō III [瀬川菊之丞] as a woman crouching with a sword
1780 Shunsho Hosoban
Ichimura Uzaemon IX [市村羽左衛門] as Soga no Gorō [曽我の五郎]
1780s Shunsho sangogo ii
Arashi Sangorō II
1790s Shunei actor
Nakamura Nakazō I [中村仲蔵] in a kabuki role
1790s Shunei sojuro iii
Sawamura Sojūrō III in the role of a samurai
1790s Toyomaru tsunego ii
Osagawa Tsuneyo II (小佐川常世) in an unidentified role
1791-94 ca Shunzan
Seirō niwaka zensei asobi
:
Ni no kawari
(青楼仁和嘉全盛遊: 二ノ替り - 'Popular Entertainment at the Niwaka Festival, Yoshiwara: Second Transformation')
1795-1800c Toyokuni river pine
Sawamura Gennosuke I [初代沢村源之助] with two
bijin
gathering pine branches or a New Year's celebration from the series 十二組の内 (
Jūni kumi no uchi
) - center panel of a triptych
1796ca Toyokuni sumo
Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) and Arashi Sampachi I (嵐三八)
1800 Toyokuni I ichikawa yaozo
Ichikawa Yaozō IV (市川八百蔵) as Omuraya Denbei (伝兵衛) and Iwai Kumesaburō I (岩井粂三郎) as the courtesan Oshun (おしゅん) in the play
Keisei byōbu ura
(A Courtesan: a folding screen and the seashore) (けいせい屏風浦)
1800c Toyokuni I utaemon
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as number three (三) from a series of 5 Chivalrous Men
1800c Toyokuni kennosuke
Samawura Gennosuke I (澤村源之助) in the role of Miuranosuke Yoshiaki (三浦之介義明) in the play
Kamakura sandaiki
or
Three Generations of Kamakura Shoguns
- 鎌倉三代記
1805 Toyokuni tomoemon scroll
Ōtani Tomoemon II (大谷友右衛門) with a Scroll
1807 Toyokuni I Omezo
Ichikawa Omezō I as Yanone Gorō [矢の根五郎] in the lower right - the Weaver Maiden and the Ox Herder are in the circle in the upper left
1808 Shuntei actors at enoshim
Actors Viewed As Though in a Revenge Drama (
Yakusha mitate kataki-uchi
- 役者見立敵討)
1808 Toyokuni I itsubei hannya
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as the
yakko
Ippei (奴逸平)
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)
1810c Kunisada monnosuke
Ichikawa Monnosuke III (市川門之助) as Akoya (あこや), a mother with her son, played by Onoe Matsusuke III (尾上松助) as Hiroi Yokichi - from the play
Ise heishi ume no Mitegura
[伊勢平氏額英幣] - right hand panel
1810c Kuniyasu visit tea
Group of actors in summer attire visiting a tea house overlooking the Benten Shrine at Shinobazu Pond in Ueno
1810c Toyokuni ducks
Iwai Kumesaburō II (岩井粂三郎) on the left and Segawa Kikunojō V (瀬川菊之丞) on the right, both portraying
Yamadori seirei
(山鳥せいれい) or female mandarin ducks in the play
Saruwaka's gold-crested battle fan
(
Saruwaka Hisago no gunbai
- 猿若瓢軍配)
1810c Toyokuni I mitsugoro
Bandō Mitsugorō (坂東三津五郎) as the
otokodate
(Ume) Yoshibei (由兵衛) from the play 'The Gion Festival Chronicle of Faith' (
Gion Sairei Shinkōki
- 祇園祭礼信仰記) - this is number 5 (五) from this series
1810c Toyokuni Tannosuke II Yo
Sawamura Tanosuke II (沢村田之助) as Yorikane (頼兼) about to slay his mistress Takao (高尾) played by Onoe Matsusuke II (尾上松助) - vertical diptych
1810s Toyokuni tobacco
Segawa Kikunojō V (瀬川菊之亟) as the
keisei
Katsuragi (けいせいかつらき)
1811 Toyokuni I bando hikosabu
Bandō Hikosaburō III (坂東彦三郎) as Yuranosuke (由良之介) standing and Sawamura Tanosuke II (沢村田之助) as Okaru (おかる) in the play
Kanadehon Chūshingura
['Copybook of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers': 仮名手本忠臣蔵]
1811 Toyokuni I roko iv bando
Segawa Rokō IV (瀬川路考) standing with Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東彦三郎)
1811 Toyokuni I Utaemon
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) in a kabuki role as a figure standing in the snow, holding an umbrella
1811 Toyokuni mitsugoro III
Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) as Mitsugatsuji (三ヶつ地) Tsurunosuke (鶴之介) from the play
Sugata no Hana Azuma no Date-zome
[姿花江戸伊達染]
1812 Toyokuni Onoe Matsusuke
The Moon (月): Onoe Matsusuke II [尾上松助] relaxing at night viewing the moon and bats
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
1812c Kunisada onoe matsusuke
Onoe Matsusuke II (尾上松助) as Kajiwara Genta Kagesue [梶原源太景季] and the blooming plum branch
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
1813 Toyokuni sensoji
Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井半四郎), Iwai Kumesaburō II (岩井粂三郎) and Tokiwazu Komojidayū (常盤津小文字太夫) visiting the Sensōji [浅草寺], a temple at Asakusa - center panel of a triptych
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