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. |
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Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as
Ono no Sadakurô (斧定九郎) |
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Actors: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Moronao
(upper figure) and Onoe Kikugoro |
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Actors: Onoe Baikô IV as Konami (戸無瀬) and Iwai Kumesaburô |
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Actors: Sawamura Chojûrô V as Kakogawa
Honzô (本蔵) in the snow raising his basket-hat to
say farewell to his family |
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Actors: Matsumoto Kinshô I as Gihei (義平) and Onoe
Kikujirô II as Osono (おその), his
wife |
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Actors: Onoe Kikugoro |
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Actors: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Ko no Morono (the
historical Kira Yoshinaka) and Onoe Kikugorô |
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Actors: Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (standing) and Iwai Kumesaburô |
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