Actors off stage,
Part II
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Triptych title: Scene at the Chofu Crystal River (調布玉川景) Actors: Left sheet:
Onoe Kikugorô III (尾上菊五郎), Ichikawa
Danjûrô VII (市川団十郎), and Sawamura
Tosshô I (沢村訥升) Center sheet: Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫), Bandô Mitsugorô IV (坂東三津五郎), Bandô Mitsuemon I (坂東三津右衛門), and Iwai Hanshirô VI (岩井半四郎) Right sheet: Seki Sanjûrô II (関三十郎) Date: c. 1833 Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tobei I am grateful to Robert Pryor for information about this
triptych. |
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Triptych title: Snow, Moon,
and Flowers, Moon at Sekiya Riverside Actors: Date: 1852-1853 Publisher: |
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Actors: Left sheet:
Ichimura Uzaemon XII and Sawamura Sôjûrô V Center sheet: Right sheet: Nakamura Utaemon IV and
Arashi Kichisaburô Date: c. 1840-1842 Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei |
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Triptych title: Crowds at the
Market at Asakusa Temple (浅草市のにぎあい) Actors: Left sheet: Bandô Hikosaburô IV and
Ichikawa Kodanji IV Center sheet: Nakamura Fukusuke I and Bandô
Shuka I Right sheet: Bandô Takesaburô
I and Iwai Kumesaburô Date: 12th
month of 1854 Publisher: Kaga-ya Kichiemon |
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Triptych title: Kannon
Pilgrimage at Sensoji Temple (Sensoji
Kanzeon mairi, 浅草寺観世音詣) Actors: Left sheet: Center sheet: Right sheet: Date: 12th
month of 1854 Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate
state without any purple. |
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Triptych title: Crowds at the
Sensôji Okuyama Temple (Sensôji
Okuyama gunshû no zu,
浅草寺奥山群集の図) Actors: Date: 12th
month of 1856 Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this varient
with a solid yellow title cartouche. |
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Another state of the above design |
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Triptych title: Exhibition
from The Suwa Daimyojin
Shrine, Komagi Village, Shimosa
Province, at Asakusa and Briefly at Koryuji Shrine.
Votive Lanterns from Senjoka Cosmetics, Sakamoto
Family and their business addresses (Shimôsakoku
Komagi-mura Suwa Daimyôjin Asakusa asai kureru Kôryûji ni oite Kaichô,
下総国駒木村諏訪大明神浅草端暮光龍寺ニ於テ 開) Actors: Left sheet: Center sheet: Nakamura Utaemon IV and
Iwai Shijaku I Right sheet: Seki Sanjûrô II and Iwai Hanshirô V Date: c. 1832 Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô NOTE: The plaque is dedicated by the Senjoka business and Sakamoto family. The votive lanterns are dedicated to Suwa Daimyojin by Senjoka cosmetics and the owners, the Sakamoto
family. The tenugui
(towels) are from various other businesses including a teahouse. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
information. |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate
state with the flowers printed from entirely different woodblocks. |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this simplified
state of the above design titled Exhibition Naritasan Fudômyôô Temple in
Shimosa Province at Fukagawa Hachiman Shrine (Shimôsakoku Naritasan
Fudômyôô Fukagawa Hachiman ni oite Kaichô, 下総国成田山不動明王深川八幡ニ於テ 開帳) |
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Triptych title: Display and
Fair at the Azuma Daigongen Shrine (Azuma dai gongen kaichô
no zu, 妻大権現開帳ノ図) Actors: Left sheet:
Onoe Kikugorô III (尾上菊五郎) and Ichikawa
Danjûrô VII (市川団十郎) Center sheet: Matsumoto Kôshirô V (松本幸四郎), Ichimura Uzaemon XII (市村羽左衛門), and Iwai Hanshirô VI (岩井半四郎) Right sheet: Bandô Mitsugorô
IV (坂東三津五郎) and Sawamura Sôjûrô V (沢村宗十郎) Date: c. 1832 Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate
state of the above triptych. |
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Triptych title: Enjoying the
Cool Breeze of Tenpôzan (Tenpôzan
no nôryô, 天保山の納涼) Actors: Left sheet:
Ichikawa Ebizô V and two other actors Center sheet: Mimasu Daigorô IV, Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII and two other actors Right sheet: Arashi Kichisaburô Date: c. 1849 (censors
Mera and Murata) Publisher: Sano-ya Tomigorô |
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Triptych title: Cherry
Blossoms at Night by the Sumida River (Sumidagawa no yozakura, 隅田川の夜桜) Actors: Left sheet:
Iwai Kumesaburô Center sheet: Sawamura Sôjûrô V, Bandô Takesaburô I, and
Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII Right sheet: Arashi Kichisaburô Date: c. 1849
(censors Mera and Murata) Publisher: Sano-ya Tomigorô Note that this triptych and the preceding triptych have different
titles. |
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Another state |
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Actors: Date: 1820-1846 Publisher: |
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Title: 實入芳米總出来 Actors: Date: 1851-1852
(censors Kinugasa and Murata with shita-uri seal) Publisher: Ningoyô-ya Takichi |
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Actors: Date: 1849-1850
(censors Kinugasa and Watanabe) Publisher: Kazusa-ya Iwazô |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate
state. |
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Title: A Picture of
the Carpenters of Hida Erecting Pillars (Hida
no takumi hashiradate no zu) Description: The
construction of a kabuki theater
with actors in the lower half Date: 1842 Publisher: Iga-ya Kanemon |
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Kuniyoshi and the publisher were fined in the 5th
month of 1842 for depicting actors, so the triptych was reissued with the
names removed. |
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Title: Ôyama Ryôben
Waterfall (Ôyama Ryôben taki no zu, 大山良辨瀧之図) Actors: Date: c. 1840-1842 Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image |
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Actors: Bandô Mitsugorô IV of the Yamatoya actors’ guild having the poetry name Yamatoya Shûchô (大和屋 秀調, left) and Iwai Hanshirô
VI of the Yamatoya actors’ guild having the poetry
name Yamatoya Umega (大和屋 梅我, right) Date: c. 1834 Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image and
information. |
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Title: View of the Enjoyment of Chrysanthemums in Koto (Kô koto kiku no nagame, 好琴菊のながめ) Actors: Ichimura Uzaemon XII (left) Date: 1849-1850 (censors Kinugasa and Watanabe) Publisher: No seal I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image and
information. |
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Title: Takanawa in the
Eastern Capital (Toto Takanawa zu, 東都高輪圖) Actors: Ichikawa
Danjûrô VIII and Ichikawa Mesuke (reading of given name, 眼助, uncertain) returning from Osaka Date: 1849 Publisher: Moritoku I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
image. |
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Title: None Actors: Left sheet: Probably
Ichikawa Komazô VII, Ôtani Hiroemon V and another actor Center sheet: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII, probably
Ichikawa Akanbei (Ichikawa Danjûrô’s youngest brother), an unidentified onnagata
actor, and Ichikawa Ebizô V on the fan Right Sheet: Bandô Shûka I, Ichikawa Kuzô II, and
Arashi Otohachi III Date: 1850-1852 (double nanushi
censor seals with shita-uri seal) Publisher: I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
image. |
