Actors
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Actor prints are known as yakusha-e (役者絵). A vast
amount of information about kabuki
may be found at Kabuki 21. Also, see the section Comic and Miscellaneous Prints for
caricatures of actors. |
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Robinson 1961‡ |
Robinson 1982* |
Schaap 1998† |
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The Flowers of Edo Likened
to the Five Otokodate (Hana no Edokko
zoroi mitate gonin otoko) |
c. 1832 |
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Examples of Edo Spirit
(Azumakko ikiji kagami) |
c. 1832 |
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Designs of Modern Actors for
Collage-pictures Battledores (Tôsei
yakusha oshi-e hagoita) |
1832-1833 |
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1833 |
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c. 1833 |
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Selected Fine Performances
of Actors for the 8 Views (Mitate
saiku yakusha hakkei) |
c. 1834 |
167 |
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A Collection of Jôruri
Plays (drawings) (Jôruri zukushi) |
c. 1834-1835 |
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Eight Views of the East (Azuma
hakkei uchi) |
1839 |
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Selected Actors as the Eight
Heroes of Bakin’s Hakkenden (Mitate yakusha Hakkenshi) |
1840 |
156 |
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Index of Favorite Actors
Showing Off (Yakusha kidori hi-iki-biiki) |
c. 1840 |
175 |
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1840 |
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Five Dance Performances by
Onoe Tamizô II at the Kawarasaki
Theatre in the First Month of Tenpo 13 |
1842 |
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Actors with Precious Children (Haiyû kodakara awase) |
c. 1842 |
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Five Chivalrous Commoners Likened to the Five Generals (Go shôgun mitate gonin otoko) |
1843 |
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‘The Sixty-odd Provinces of |
c. 1845 |
37 |
S36 |
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Joruri Plays Briefly Described (fan prints) (Hitokuchi jôruri) |
c. 1845 |
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Selected “Brother-pictures”
of 30 Chosen Trees and Flowers (E-kyôdai mitate san-jû bok’kwa-sen) |
1845 |
155 |
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Enjoying the Evening Cool
(fan prints) (Yûsuzumi) |
c. 1845 |
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Fabrics Dyed to Order
(Gochûmon
on-atsurae zome) |
1846 |
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Brother Pictures – Desires
Taken at Face Value (E-kyôdai negai no gakumen) |
1846 |
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Fashionable Comparisons of
Raised Pictures on Toilet-boxes (Ryûkô kurabe oshie tebako) |
1847 |
168 |
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1847 |
169 |
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Select Series of Book Titles
(Mitate gedai zukushi) |
1847-1848 |
159 |
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The Three Hunts of this Country
(fans) (Tô kuni san tsu no kari) Images
added 10/28/24 |
1847-1848 |
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The Loyal Heroes of Bakin’s
“Hakkenden” (Giyû Hakkenden) |
1847-1848 |
162 |
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Personal Encounters for the Eight Views (Au-mi hakkei) |
1848 |
178 |
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1848 |
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Untitled series of double actor portraits in books folded open |
1848 |
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The Five Festivals (Go sekku no uchi) |
1849 |
125 |
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1849 |
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Comparison of the Spirits of Able Men (Date otoko kishô kurabe) |
1850 |
172 |
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1847-1850 |
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Flowers of Edo, Five Otokodate (Edo no hana no gonin otoko) |
1850 |
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Modern Seven Komachi
(Imayô nana Komachi) |
1851 |
161 |
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The Life of Asakura (Asakura kazuyo) |
1851 |
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Fashionable Sake Cups (Ryûkô okonomi no sakazuki) |
c. 1851 |
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1849 |
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1849-1852 |
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Modern Style Set of the Provinces in Edo Brocade (Edo nishiki imayô kuni-zukushi) |
1852 |
171 |
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The Eight Heroes of Bakin's
“Hakkenden” (Satomi Hakkenden) |
1852 |
173 |
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Set of Views of Fuji from Edo in Iroha Order (Nanatsu iroha Tôto Fuji zukushi) |
1852 |
181 |
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Thirty-six Fashionable Restaurants of the Eastern Capital (Tôto ryûkô san-jû-rokkwaiseki) |
1852 |
187 |
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Selection for the Twelve Signs (Mitate jûnishi no uchi) |
1852 |
192 |
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Mirror of the Loyal Courage of the Faithful Retainers (Chûshin giyû kagami) |
1852 |
206 |
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Famous Views of Edo Selected
for the Twelve Months (Edo meisho mitate jûnikagetsu no uchi) |
1852 |
210 |
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Twelve Acts of the Lantern Chûshingura
(Ju-ni dan shoku Kanadehon Chôchingura) |
1852 |
218 |
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The Seven Gods of Good Luck
on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa shichi Fuku-jin no uchi) |
1853 |
203 |
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Fifty-three Stations on
Shank’s Mare (Hizakurige go-jû-san eki)
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1854 |
204 |
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The Story of the Soga
Brothers (Soga monogatari no
uchi) |
1854 |
205 |
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Vengeance at Denka Tea House (Denka chaya adauchi)
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1854 |
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Twenty-four Selected Paragons of Filial Piety (Mitate nijûshi-kô) |
1854-1855 |
170 |
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Pictures of the Loyal Retainers (義土銘々傳) |
1857 |
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Miscellaneous fan prints of
actors 9 Images added 10/29/24 |
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Miscellaneous horizontal
actor prints Image added 11/21/24 for Hatsu Sakura Onoe no Iwafuji, 3rd month of 1847 |
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1.b.1, 1.b.2, 1.b13, 1.b.3, 1.c.1, 1.c.2, 1.c.3. 2.a.6, 2.b.1, 2.c.1, 2.c.2, 2.c.5, 2.c.7, 2.d.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7 |
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‡ Listing in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson, 1961, Victoria and Albert Museum, London * Series number in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its privately published supplement † Listing in Heroes and Ghosts: Japanese Prints by Kuniyoshi by Robert Schaap (Hotei Publishing, Leiden, 1998) CLICK HERE TO RETURN TO MAIN
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