Memorial prints (shini-e)

Part IV

Left panel: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Yasuchika Wakanosuke in the 1852 production of Kanadehon Chûshingura Right panel: Shini-e printed from the same woodblocks in 1854 Censor’s seals: Mera and Watanabe (on shini-e only) Publisher: Ebi-iya Rinnosuke
Left panel: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Kingorô in the 1850 production of Minoriyoshi Kogane no Kikuzuki Right panel: Shini-e of Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII Censor’s seals: Hama and Magome Publisher: Ebi-iya Rinnosuke
Left panel: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Shirai Gompachi from the 1851-1852 series 36 Fashionable Restaurants of the Eastern Capital Right panel: Shini-e of Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII Censor’s seals: Mera and Watanabe Publisher: Mikawa-ya Kihei
Two states of a shini-e of Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII, the panel on the right having the additional text 八代目 (8^th generation) Censors: Kinugasa and Watanabe Publisher: Ebi-iya Rinnosuke
	Actor: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII Date: 1854 Publisher: Ebi-ya Rinnosuke NOTE: The censor’s seals (Kinugasa and Murata) indicate that this print was originally issued in 1851-1852, and then reissued as a shini-e.
	Title: Memorial Portrait of Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII: Parody of the Death of the Historical Buddha Actor: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII Date: 1854 Publisher: No seal Text: 嘉永七甲寅年八月六日, 猿白院成清日田信士, 行年三十二才, 辞世; うしろ不二難波に残す旅の空; 梅屋, 女猫まで袖になみだを, ふく牡丹 なくやひさごの, つるの林に NOTE: This unsigned Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII shini-e shows his female admirers weeping. It is probably by Kuniyoshi, who loved cats and often included them in his prints.
Left panel: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII bowing to audience Right panel: Shini-e of Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII Date seal: 11^th month of 1853 Publisher: Yamamoto-ya Heikichi Text on shini-e: Danjûrô VIII, Shirasaru Ichikawa, 32 years old (八代目団十郎事市川白猿 行年三十二才 法名観恵浄莚信士 嘉永七寅年八月六日)
The print on the right is an 1854 unsigned shini-e of Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII. It was printed from the same woodblocks as an 1851 shini-e of Ichimura Takenojô V (left), with the face recut. The added text reads 俗名 八代目 市川団十郎; 大坂天王寺村 一心寺; 猿白院成清日田信士 行年三十二才
	Actor: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII with Emma (King of Hell) a fan and a demon Date: 1854 Publisher: No seal Text: 嘉永七甲寅年八月六日 法名浄莚信士 位大極上々吉 八代目市川団十郎 三十二才
	This print shows the recently deceased Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII with actors of the past. Title: 名僧七智識 Actors: Sawamura Sojûrô V (1802-1853) as the priest Karukaya Doshin (かるかや道心), Onoe Kikugorô III (1784-1849) as 日蓮上人, Ichimura Uzaemon XII (1812-1851) as 道成寺所化立花坊, Matsumoto Koshirô VI (1811-1849) as こうやの所化金生坊, Iwai Hanshirô V (1776-1846) as せいげん尼, Nakamura Utaemon IV (1798-1852) as をん生坊, and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII (1823-1854) as Seigen (清玄) Date: 1854 Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô
I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this unsigned diptych shows an oni trying to carry off Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII while his female fans try to hold on to him.
I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate state of the above design.
Actor: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII Date: 1854 Publisher: No seal NOTE: This print shows women mourning the suicide of actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII. The composition of this print is normally used to portray the death of the Buddha. Animals are frequently included among the Buddha’s mourners, and in this unsigned print, the single crying cat serves as Kuniyoshi’s signature.
Actor: Triptych memorial for Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII Date: 1854 Publisher:
The print on the left shows Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as the wicked priest Narukami Shonin (鳴神上人) in from the 5^th month of 1851 Publisher: Kakumoto-ya Kinjirô (seal on post) Censors’s seals: Mera and Watanabe Text: Changed from Narukami Shonin (鳴神上人) on the left to the devine Shonin (なる神上人) on the right.
I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this shini-e of Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Hayano Kanpei (center) with Arashi Kichisaburô III as Ôwashi Bungo (left) and Ichikawa Kuzô II as Hara Goemon (right), depicting his suicide as Kanpei’s seppuku from Act VI of Kanadehon Chûshingura. The shini-e was modified from this print for the production of Kanadehon Chûshingura in the 3^rd month of 1851:
The print on the left shows Bandô Takesaburô I as Ishidô Unemenosuke in Higashiyama Sakura sôshi (東山桜荘子) from the 8^th month of 1851. The print on the right is a shini-e from the same design with Kuniyoshiʼs signature, publisherʼs seal, and censorʼs seals removed.
Left sheet: Bandô Shuka I from a triptych for an unidentified play dated 12^th month of 1854 Right sheet: 1855 shini-e Publisher: Ebi-ya Rinnosuke
	Memorial print of Kuniyoshi by his student Yoshi’iku Date: 1861 Publisher: Hirooka-ya Kôsuke Text: 一勇斎國芳 俗姓井草孫三郎号朝桜楼 法号深修院法山國芳信士文久元辛酉年 三月五日没 寿六十五 浅草八軒寺町大仙寺葬 楼号も手向くによし朝さくら 有人 すり合す袖にも霜の別れかな 魯文　 摘ためた袖にしほるゝ土筆かな 玄魚
	Memorial print (shini-e) of Utagawa Kuniyoshi, holding pipe and cat netsuke, accompanied by his student Yoshifusa, who died in 1860 Signature: Remembered with tears, Ichigeisai Yoshitomi ga (Namida shinobi de Ichigeisai Yoshitomi ga, 涙偲びで一芸斎芳富) Publisher: Shinagawa-ya Kyûsuke Date: 3^rd month of 1861 Text: 文久元年酉三月四日没一勇斎國芳行年六十五才法名深修院法山信士, 万延元年申六月十日一寶斎芳房行年二十四才法名釈速入信士

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