Flowers of Edo: Five Otokodate

(Edo no hana no gonin otoko, 江戸の花五人男)

Publishers: Shimizu-ya Tsunejirô and Isetsuru

1850

This series shows kabuki actors as Otokodate (男伊達). Otokodate, or street knights, were gallant and chivalrous commoners who protected ordinary people from the abuses of low-ranking samurai. This 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.

	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Hanaoka Bunshichi (花岡文七, male role) and Bandô Shuka I as Kiyokawa (こし元清川) Play: Mimasu mimasu karigane Soga Date: 1^st month of 1850 Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Shimizu-ya Tsunejirô
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Kaminari Shôkurô (雷庄九郎) and Bandô Shuka I as Yomoshichi’s wife (nyôbô) Osode Play: Mimasu mimasu karigane Soga Date: 1^st month of 1850 Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Isetsuru
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Hotei Ichiemon (ほてい丸の市右衛門) Play: Mimasu mimasu karigane Soga Date: 1^st month of 1850 Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Isetsuru
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Gokuin Senemon (極印仙右衛門) and an unidentified actor as the boatman Kajiroku (かじ六) Play: Mimasu mimasu karigane Soga Date: 1^st month of 1850 Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Isetsuru
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Otonai (安の平兵衛, top) and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Akazawa Junai (沢十内) Play: Mimasu mimasu karigane Soga Date: 1^st month of 1850 Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Shimizu-ya Tsunejirô

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