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yakusha-e
- 役者絵)
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19th century
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Japanese color woodblock print
1898 Kunichika Demon
Ichikawa Danjūrō IX (市川団十郎) as the female demon Teruhi no miko [照日の神子] in Uwanari (嫐) one the
18 Famous Plays
[of the Ichikawa Clan] - Juhachiban - (十八番之内) in the series
One Hundred Roles of Ichikawa Danjūrō
(市川団十郎演芸百番)
1894 Kunichika Ichikawa Sadanj
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次) as Akiyama Kii no kami (秋山紀伊守) amidst flames from the play
The Kōshū War Strategy and the Takeda Clan Preparing for Battle
1890c Kuniyoshi Spiders.jpeg
Sawamura Chōjūrō V [沢村長十郎] as Shiratsuka Jūemon (白柄十石工門) wearing a skull and spider kimono - the inset in the upper left is Bandō Shūka I as Komurasaki (小紫)
1885c Yoshitoshi Shingoro.jpg
The story of the actor Ikushima Shingorō (生島新五郎之話) with Lady Ejima - from the series
New Selections of Eastern Brocade Pictures
(
Shinsen azuma niskikie
- 新撰東錦絵)
1885 Kunichika Fireworks.jpg
Five actors in casual attire in
A Cool Evening at Ryōgoku Bridge
(両国橋夕涼之図) - Onoe Kikugorō V as 音羽屋清吉 and Ichikawa Sadanji I as 高島屋藤助 on the right, Kataoka Gadō III as 松島屋房八 and Nakamura Fukusuke III as 成駒屋小文吾 in the middle and is a woman with the description Yanagibashi no ko Hide (柳橋の小ひで) on the left
1874 Toyoshige waterfall fudo
Ichikawa Danjūrō IX (市川團十郎) as Mongaku Shōnin (文覚上人) with Suketakaya Takasuke IV as Kongara dōji, Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Fudō no Reizō and Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) as Seitaka dōjiin in 'The Austerities of Mongaku' (
Hashikuyō Bonji no Mongaku
- 橋供養梵字紋覚)
1870s yoshitaki trip.jpg
Arashi Rikan IV (嵐璃寛) as Sakuramaru (桜丸), Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) as Matsuōmaru (松王丸) and Nakamura Fukusuke III (中村福助) as Umeōmaru (梅王丸) in the play
Sugawara denju tenarai kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑)
1868 No Name triptych
Buffoonery on a Hundred Stories (
Dōke hyaku monogatari
- 道化百物かたり)
1868 Kunichika p814
Bandō Hikosaburō V (坂東彦三郎) as Gengobei (源五兵衛) in the play
Drawing a crowd for the chorus in the two theaters
(
Koe mo Sorou Ryōza no Ōyose
- 音揃成両勘大寄) - the center panel of a triptych
1868 Kunichika p797
Bandō Hikosaburō V [坂東彦三郎] as Nezumi Kozō Jirokichi (鼠子僧次郎吉) from the series
Mirror of Demonic People, Good and Evil
(
Zen'aku kijin kagami
- 善悪鬼人鏡)
1868 Hiroshige III P818
Hakone (箱根): Nakamura Shikan IV (四代目中村芝翫) as Kō no Moronao (高師直) from the series
The Tōkaidō Road: One Look Worth a Thousand Ryō
(
Tōkaidō hitome senryō
- 東海道一ト眼千両 -
Yojiba no zu
湯冶場ノ図 - 'Picture of the Hot Springs')
1867 Kunichika trip.jpg
Bandō Mitsugorō VI (坂東三津五郎) on the left as Oshio (おしを) with Ōtani Tomoemon V (大谷友右衛門) in the middle as Shirataki Yokichi (白滝与吉) and Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) as 岩岡竹五郎 or as Jinriki Tamigorō (神力民五郎) on the right possibly in the play
Mure Kiyotaki Hiiki no Seiriki
[群清滝贔屓勢力]
1867 Kunichika lion dance
Sawamura Tosshō II (二代目沢村訥升) as Tomiki Saburō (冨貴三郎) on the right, Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) as Hidetarō (英太郎) in the middle, and Ōtani Tomoemon V (五代目大谷友右衛門) on the left as Fukami Jirō (深見次郎) in the play
Sangoku Kumiage Tōrō
[和漢竺爼上灯篭]
1866 Yoshitora Akebono vs mons
Konjin Chōgorō (金神長五郎) struggling with a three eyed demon. This is from the series
Lives of Brave and Hot-blooded Heroes
(
Yūretsu kekki den
- 勇烈血気伝)
1866 Kunichika P822.jpg
Actor as Nuregami Chōgorō (濡髪長五郎) in
Imayō musume teikin
(今様娘庭訓)
1865 Yoshiiku Kunisada memoria
Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I in the role of
Shibaraku
with a tribute inset of a deceased Danjūrō predecessor (団十郎ばゞア)
1865 Kunichika iris 4
Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I (河原崎権十郎) as Samezaya Shirōza (鮫ざや四郎三), number four from an untitled set of ten prints of
otokodate
1865 Kunichika iris 2
Sawamura Tanosuke III (沢村田之助) as Shiranui Tarō (しらぬひ太郎), number two from an untitled set of ten prints of
otokodate
1865-67 Yoshitaki Danshichi
Onoe Tamizō II (尾上多見蔵) as Danshichi Kurobei (団七九郎兵衛) in the play
Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami
(夏祭浪花鑑) - "Summer" from the series "Pictures of the Four Seasons" (
mitate Shiki no ichi-natsu
)
1863 Toyokuni III p751
Sawamura Tanosuke III (沢村田之助) as Princess Kinshōjo (錦少女) in
Kokusenya Kassen
(国性爺合戦) or
Battles of Coxinga
- center panel of three
1863 Kunisada p752
Bandō Hikosaburō V (坂東彦三郎) as Kanki (かんき) in
Kokusenya Kassen
(国性爺合戦) - right panel of three
1862 Kunisada Tanosuke III
Shozan (曙山), the poetry name of Sawamura Tanosuke III, from the series
Seven Popular Idols of the Present Day, a Parody of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove
(
Chikurin shichikenjin no mitate
- 竹林七賢の見立,
Tōsei ryūkō shichi enjin
- 当時流光七艶人)
1862 Kunisada kakitsu
Kakitsu (家橘) (poetry name of Ichimura Uzaemon XIII [市村羽左衛門]), from the series
Seven Popular Idols of the Present Day, a Parody of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove
-
Chikurin shichikenjin no mitate
(竹林七賢の見立),
Tōsei ryūkō shichi enjin
(当時流光七艶人)
1862 Kunisada Devil Mask.jpg
Tiger Lily of Suzuka (Suzuka no oniyuri - すゞかの鬼百合): Ichikawa Kodanji IV (市川小団次) as Tennichibō Hōsaku (天日坊法策) from the series
Popular Matches for Thirty-six Selected Flowers
(
Tōsei mitate sanjūroku kasen
- 当盛見立三十六花撰)
1860s Kunisada fudo
A kabuki scene with a scroll of Fudō Myōō beside a waterfall - Ichikawa Kodanji IV (市川小団次) as Sugimoto Sahyōe (杉本左兵衛) on the left and Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I (河原崎権十郎) as Kusunoki Masanori (楠明王丸正儀) on the right in
Yoroi gusa katami no ebidō
1860 Sadayoshi man and boy
Kataoka Gadō II [片岡我童] as Fukumasuya Daisuke (福升屋大助) and Nakamura Tamashichi I (Shikan's son) [芝翫倅中村玉七] as Akechi Tsuruwakamaru (明智鶴若丸) in the play
Keisei Ishikawa-zome
('A courtesan and dyed Ishikawa colors')
1860 Kunisada gofun fire
Sawamura Tanosuke III as Urazato (浦里) on the right and Nakamura Shikan IV as Tokijirō (時次郎) on the left in the play
Akegarasu yuki no uchizato
(其廓夢夜烏 - Tokojirō and Urazato dream of a light snow)
1859 Utagawa Altar.jpeg
Shini-e
of two actors, Ichikawa Hakuen IV and Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I, grieving the loss of a Ichikawa Ebizō V
1859 Kunikazu kichusaburo III
Arashi Kichisaburō III (嵐吉三郎) as Asahina Tōbei (朝比奈藤兵衛) from the series
Seven Calligraphic Models for Each Character in the Kana Syllabary
(Nanatsu iroha - 七ツいろは) - the syllable
te
(て)
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)
1858 Kunisada actor
Ichikawa Kodanji IV (市川小団次) as Kurotegumi no Sukeroku (黒手組ノ助六) - left panel of a diptych
1857 Kunisada Shijo Bridge
Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Onzōshi Ushiwaka (御曹子牛若) fighting with Nakamura Fukusuke I as Musashibō Benkei ( 武蔵坊弁慶) on Gojō Bridge [五条橋]
1857 kunisada Keno
An actor in the role of Inuzaka Keno (犬坂毛乃)
1856 Kuniyoshi school
Memorial portrait (
shini-e
) of Bandō Shūka I (坂東 しうか) with a Buddhist invocation - possibly by Toyokuni III
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)
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)
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