Actors with Precious Children

Haiyû kodakara awase, 俳優子宝合

Publisher: Yorozu-ya Kichibei

c. 1842

 

The series is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).  The prints are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.  I am grateful to Robert Pryor for assisting with this series.

 

 

Sawamura Tosshô I (澤村訥升), Sawamura Tsukunosuke (沢村 つく之助), and the child Sawamura Genpei II (沢村源平)

 

NOTE: Sawamura Genpei II was born in 1838 and first appeared on stage in the 11th month of 1842, when he was given the name Sawamura Genpei II.

 

Another state of the above design

 

 

 

 

Iwai Shijaku I (岩井紫若) and Iwai Kumesaburô III (岩井粂三郎)

 

NOTE: Iwai Kumesaburô III was born in 1829

 

Another state of the above design

 

 

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