Actors off stage,

Part II

 

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.

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: Ichikawa Danjûrô VII and Iwai Hanshirô VII

Right sheet: Nakamura Utaemon IV and Arashi Kichisaburô III

Date: c. 1840-1842

Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei

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 III

Date: 12th month of 1854

Publisher: Kaga-ya Kichiemon

Triptych title: Kannon Pilgrimage at Sensoji Temple (Sensoji Kanzeon mairi, 浅草寺観世音詣)

Actors: Left sheet:

Center sheet:

Right sheet: Ichikawa Kodanji IV, Bandô Shuka I and two unidentified actors

Date: 12th month of 1854

Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei 

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate state without any purple.

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

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this varient with a solid yellow title cartouche.

Another state of the above design

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 )

Actors: Left sheet: Ichikawa Danjûrô VII, Kataoka Ichizô I, and Mimasu Gennosuke I

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.   

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate state with the flowers printed from entirely different woodblocks. 

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)

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

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate state of the above triptych.

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 III, Nakayama Genjûrô, and  Nakamura Tsuruzô I

Date: c. 1849 (censors Mera and Murata)

Publisher: Sano-ya Tomigorô 

Triptych title: Cherry Blossoms at Night by the Sumida River (Sumidagawa no yozakura, 隅田川の夜桜)

Actors: Left sheet: Iwai Kumesaburô III,  Bandô Shûka I, and Ichikawa Ebizô V

Center sheet: Sawamura Sôjûrô V, Bandô Takesaburô I, and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII

Right sheet: Arashi Kichisaburô III, Nakayama Genjûrô I, and Ichikawa Kodanji IV

Date: c. 1849 (censors Mera and Murata) 

Publisher: Sano-ya Tomigorô

 

Note that this triptych and the preceding triptych have different titles.

 Another state

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

Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VII (right) and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII (left) hanging votive cloths at a temple

Date: 1849-1850 (censors Kinugasa and Watanabe)

Publisher: Kazusa-ya Iwazô

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate state.

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

Kuniyoshi and the publisher were fined in the 5th month of 1842 for depicting actors, so the triptych was reissued with the names removed. 

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

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. 

Title: View of the Enjoyment of Chrysanthemums in Koto ( koto kiku no nagame, 好琴菊のながめ)

Actors: Ichimura Uzaemon XII (left), Ichikawa Danjûrô ​​VIII (center), and Onoe Kikugorô III (right) 

Date: 1849-1850 (censors Kinugasa and Watanabe)

Publisher: No seal

 

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image and to both Robert Pryor and Michel Ouellet for the description. 

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.   

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: 1851 (censors Mera and Watanabe with shita-uri seal)

Publisher: Unidentified

 

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.   

 

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