Fan prints of actors,
Part I
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An
uchiwa is
a non-folding fan consisting of paper attached to a bamboo frame. These prints, which were intended to be
glued onto an uchiwa,
are called uchiwa-e.
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Description: Actor Ichikawa
Danjûrô VIII as Fuwa Banzaemon
(不破伴左衛門) Play: Mukashigatari inazuma zoshi (昔語稲妻帖) Date: 3rd
month of 1848 Theater: Ichimura Publisher: |
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Description: Actor Date: c. 1840s Publisher: Izuzen |
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Series: Enjoying the
Evening Cool (Yûsuzumi,
夕すゞみ) Title: None Description: Actor as Banzui Chobei in a boat on the
Sumida River Date: 1842-1846
(censor Watanabe Shôemon) Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei |
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Series: Enjoying the
Evening Cool (Yûsuzumi,
夕すゞみ) Description: An offstage
actor relaxing in a riverboat Date: 1842-1846
(censor Watanabe Shôemon) Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei |
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Series: Enjoying the
Evening Cool (Yûsuzumi,
夕すゞみ) Description: An offstage
actor relaxing in a riverboat Date: 1843-1845 Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei |
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Series: A Model of
Coolness (Suzumisugata,
涼姿) Description: Actor as
Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八) on the Sumida
River Date: 1843-1846
(censor Yoshimura Gentarô) Publisher: Ise-ya Ichiemon |
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Series: A Model of
Coolness (Suzumisugata,
涼姿) Description: Actor as Banzui Chobei (幡随長兵衛) holding pipe
with paper lantern and dragonfly Date: 1843-1846
(censor Yoshimura Gentarô) Publisher: Tsuji-ya Yasubei |
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Description: Sawamura Sojûrô V as Matsuwakamaru (松若丸) Play: Hatsu Sakura Onoe no Iwafuji (初桜尾上岩藤) Date: 3rd
month of 1847 Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei |
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Description: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Hidari Jingorô (左甚五郎) carving a
wooden statue Play: Fukuju kaimu ryo denki (福聚海駒量伝記) Date: 4th
month of 1847 (censors Mera and Murata) Theater: Kawarasaki Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei |
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Series: Characters of
Gallant Men in Kabuki Dramas (達男風流姿) Title: Shirai Gompachi (白井権八) Description: Date: c. 1850s Publisher: Ise-ya Sôemon |
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Series: Characters of
Gallant Men in Kabuki Dramas (達男風流姿) Title: Teranishi Kanshin (寺西閑心) Description: Date: c. 1850s Publisher: Ise-ya Sôemon |
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Series: Merchants in
Summer Likened to the Five Elements (Natsu shônin
mitate go-gyô, (夏商人見立五行) Title: Metal (金) Description: Actor as a
seller of goldfish Date: 1842-1846
(censor Watanabe Shôemon) Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô |
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Series: Merchants in
Summer Likened to the Five Elements (Natsu shônin
mitate go-gyô, (夏商人見立五行) Title: Wood Description: Actor as a
seller of plants Date: 1842-1846
(censor Watanabe Shôemon) Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô |
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Series: Six Flowers
in Full Bloom (Rokkasei hanazakari,
六花盛) Description: Actor
Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII holding an open a sample book from the company Nataya Yoshibei, with peonies Date: 1843-1846
(censor Hama Yahei) Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô |
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Series: Six Flowers
in Full Bloom (Rokkasei hanazakari,
六花盛) Description: Actor holding
a closed fan Date: c. 1843-1846 Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô |
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Series: Six Flowers
in Full Bloom (Rokkasei hanazakari,
六花盛) Description: Actor in
female role with irises Date: This print is
a modern reproduction Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô |
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Description: Play: Yume monogatari
(夢物語) Date: 8th
month of 1848 Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei |
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Description: Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô V (Sawamura Chôjûrô V) emerging from
under the bedcovers in an allusion to his sexual prowess Date: 1852-1853 Publisher: Arita-ya Seiemon |
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Description: Actor
Ichikawa Kodanji IV with a picture of Kwakkyo Date: 1850-1851 Publisher: Ise-ya
Sôemon NOTE: Kwakkyo is one of the twenty-four Chinese paragons of
filial piety. Lamenting the fact that
his aged mother was going hungry because food was being eaten by his infant
son, Kwakkyo prepared to kill the baby. While digging the grave, he discovered a
pot of gold with an attached note (or inscription) that the treasure was
meant for him. The picture shows Kwakkyo and his wife discovering the pot of gold buried
outside their home. |
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Series: Snow, Moon
and Flowers (Setsugekkwa no uchi) Title: Moon (月) Description: Actor
Ichimura Uzaemon XII, with insets of a full moon
and the poet Abe no Nakamaro (here written ‘Nakamaru’) Date: c. 1834 Publisher: |
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Description: Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Tadanobu (忠信) Date: 1832 Publisher: Hon-ya Genpachi |
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Description: Actor looking
in mirror Date: 1846-1852 Publisher: Maru-ya Seijirô |
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Description: Unidentified
actor in the snow Date: c. 1830 Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô |
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Series: Fifty-three
Stations of the Tôkaidô Description: Actor holding
an ukiyo-e print of himself in the
role of Hayano Kanpei Date: 1846-1852 Publisher: Tsuji-ya Yasubei |
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Description: Iwai Kumesaburô Play:
Kakitsubata Tamuke no Hanakawado (杜若手向花川戸) Date:
3rd month of 1850 Theater:
Kawarasaki Publisher: |
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Description: Actor with cherry blossoms and
Mt. Fuji Play: Date: 1849-1852 (censors Hama and Magome) Theater: Publisher: Enshû-ya Matabei |
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Title: 當國三ッの狩, ほたるかり Description: Actor catching fireflies Play: Date: 1846-1852 Theater: Publisher: Kojima-ya Jûbei |
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Title: Sawamura Tosshô I as Okabe no Rokutaya (岡部の六弥太) and Iwai Shijaku I as Kiku no Mahe (female role) Play: Ichinotani futaba gunki (一谷嫩軍記) Date: 4th month of 1841 Theater: Kawarasaki Publisher: Iba-ya Senzaburô |
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