Designs of Modern Actors for Collage-pictures
Battledores
(Tôsei yakusha oshi-e hagoita, 當盛役者押絵羽子板)
Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tobei
1832-1833
Battledores
(hago-ita)
are rackets used in a game similar to badminton called “battledore and
shuttlecock” in English and “hanetsuki” in Japanese. A shuttlecock (hane) is volleyed
back-and-forth without a net. The game is usually played by women and
children. In this series of prints, kabuki
actors are pictured on battledores. This series is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson
(Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).
The prints are each about 10 by 14 inches (25 by 36 centimeters), a
size known as ôban. I am grateful to Paul Steier
for information about these prints. |
Actors: Ichikawa Sumizô III as Kenmotsu (監もつ, left), Iwai Hanshirô VI as Nanaaya (七あや, center), and Ichikawa Ebizô V as Kidômaru (鬼童九, right) Play: Theater: I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image. |
Actors: Seki Sanjûrô II as Usui Sadamitsu
(貞光,
left), Onoe Kikugorô Play: Bandô musha tsunagate Hajime (坂東武者綱手始) Date: 11th
month of 1832 Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya
Tobei |
Actors: Arashi Kanjûrô I as Kawagoe (川ごへ, left), Iwai Tojaku I as Tatsuyasha (辰やしや, center), and
Matsumoto Kôshirô V as Taira no Yoshikado
(よし門right) Play: Theater: |
Actors: Onoe Eizaburô Play: Tarutozome iroe no shiratami (鳴門染色絵白波) Date: 1st
month of 1833 Theater: Ichimura |
Actors: Sawamura Tosshô
I as Yoshihisa (義久, left), Iwai Hanshirô VI as Suke no Tsubone (すけのつぼね, center), and
Nakamura Shikan II as Kagekiyo (かげきよ, right) Play: Goban Tadanobu yuki no nachiguro (碁盤忠信雪黒石) Date: 11th
month of 1832 Theater: Nakamura |
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