Kanadehon Chûshingura

(假名手本忠臣蔵)

Publisher: Enshû-ya Matabei

1847

This series shows scenes from the 1847 performance of the kabuki play “Kanadehon Chûshingura” at the Nakamura Theater in Edo. It is listed as number 169 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 Kuzô II as Momonoi Wakasanosuke (若狭之助) and Sawamura Chojûrô V as Kakogawa Honzô (本蔵, foreground)
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Ono no Sadakurô (斧定九郎)
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Yano Kanpei and Bandô Shuka I (Bandô Mitsugorô V) as Koshimoto Okaru (female role)
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Yano Kanpei (勘平) and Bandô Shuka I as Okaru (おかる, female role)
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Heiemon (平右衛門) and Bandô Shuka I as Okaru (お軽, female role)
	Actors: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Moronao (upper figure) and Onoe Kikugoro III as Ôboshi Yuranosuke
	Actors: Onoe Baikô IV as Konami (戸無瀬) and Iwai Kumesaburô III as her mother Tonase (小浪)
	Actors: Sawamura Chojûrô V as Kakogawa Honzô (本蔵) in the snow raising his basket-hat to say farewell to his family
	Actors: Matsumoto Kinshô I as Gihei (義平) and Onoe Kikujirô II as Osono (おその), his wife
	Actors: Onoe Kikugoro III as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (由良之助) and actor Nakamura Utaemon IV in an unidentified role
	Actors: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Ko no Morono (the historical Kira Yoshinaka) and Onoe Kikugorô III as Lady Kaoyo
	Actors: Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (standing) and Iwai Kumesaburô III as Ôboshi Rikiya Yoshikane

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