Miscellaneous bust portraits of actors

Part I

This section is intended to display bust and half-length portraits of actors that are not from series. Undoubtedly, some are single sheets from larger works, and some may be from unrecognized series. Unless otherwise noted, these prints are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban. I am grateful to Ward Pieters for assisting with this section.

	Actor: Ichikawa Ebizô V as Kumagai Jirô Naozane, who renounced his life as warrior and became a Buddhist monk under the name Renshô-bô Play: Ichinotani futaba gunki Date: 1850 Publisher: Enshû-ya Hikobei
	Actor: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助) Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura Date: 7^th month of 1839 Theater: Nakamura-za Publisher: Jôshû-ya Jûzô
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
	Actor: Arashi Rikaku II (二代目嵐璃珏) as a sanbasô marionette (ayatsuri sanbasô, あやつり三番叟) suspended from strings Dance: Yanagi no Ito Hikuya Gohiiki Date: 2^nd month of 1853 Publisher: Yamamoto-ya Heikichi
	Actor: Ichikawa Ebizô V as Yoshioka Kiichi Hôgen Play: Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki Date: 9^th month of 1850 Theater: Kawarasaki Publisher: Musashi-ya Isaburô NOTE: This print is about 10 by 7 inches (25 by 18 centimeters), a size known as chûban.
	Actor: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Okabe Rokuyata (岡部六弥太) Play: Ichinotani mushae no iezuto (一谷武者画土産) Date: 8^th month of 1849 Publisher: Hayashi-ya Shôgorô (林屋庄五郎)
	Actor: Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Abe no Yasuna (安倍保名) Play: On Mitsugi Shinoda no hatsumono (御貢信田今歳稲) Date: 8^th month of 1839 Theater: Ichimura-za Publisher: Jôshû-ya Jûzô
	Actor: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Jiraiya (児雷也) Play: The Heroic Tales of Jiraiya (Jiraiya gôketsu monogatari, 児雷也豪傑譚語) Date: 7^th month of 1852 Theater: Kawarasaki-za Publisher:
	Actor: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Aoto Fujitsuna (青砥藤綱) Play: Aoto zôshi (青砥稿) Date: 7^th month of 1846 Theater: Ichimura-za Publisher: Sumiyoshi-ya Masagorô
	Actor: Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as the dyeing Ôtaka Shuden becoming a ghost Play: Takagi Oriemon budô jitsuroku (高木織右武実録) Date: 8^th month of 1848 (censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura) Publisher: Ôta-ya Takichi
	Another state of the above design
	Actors: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門) and Seki Kasuke as his son Gorôichi (倅 五郎市) Play: Konoshita Soga Megumi no Masagoji (木下曽我恵砂路) Date: 1st month of 1851 Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Ôta-ya Takichi
	Actor: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as the wicked priest Narukami Shonin (鳴神上人) Play: Narukami (鳴神) Date: 5^th month of 1851 (censors Mera and Watanabe) Publisher: Kakumoto-ya Kinjirô (seal on post)
	Actor: Memorial portrait of Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII Publisher: Kakumoto-ya Kinjirô (seal on post) NOTE: The blocks for the preceding print were altered and reused. The text in the red cartouche was changed from Narukami Shonin (鳴神上人) to the divine Shonin (なる神上人).
	Actor: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as priest Koyo being tortured with boiling oil Play: Otogi banashi hakata no imaori Date: 9^th month of 1852 Publisher: Kawachi-ya Chôzô NOTE: Scenes of torture are common in kabuki
	Actor: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Benkei holding subscription list Play: Kanjinchô (勧進帳, The Subscription List) Date: 3^rd month of 1849 Theater: Kawarasaki Publisher: Kazusa-ya Iwazô
	Actor: Bandô Shuka I as the courtesan Shiraito (白糸) of the House of Hashimoto-ya (橋本屋) Play: Sumidagawa tsui no kagamon (隅田川対高賀紋) Date: 3^rd month of 1852 Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Ise-ya Kanekichi
	Another state of the above design
	Actor: Bandô Shuka I as the courtesan Shiraito (白糸) of the House of Hashimoto-ya (橋本屋) Play: Sumidagawa tsui no kagamon Date: 3^rd month of 1852 Publisher: Enshû-ya Hikobei NOTE: Kuniyoshi used Western style perspective for the back ground architecture
	Actor: Bandô Shuka I as the courtesan Shiraito (白糸) of the House of Hashimoto-ya (橋本屋) holding a gold coin Play: Sumidagawa tsui no kagamon Date: 3^rd month of 1852 Publisher: Sumiyoshi-ya Masagoro
	Actor: Bandô Shûka I as Ohide (おひで) Play: Manete Mimasu yotsuya no kikigaki (当三升四谷聞書, Ghost stories at Yotsuya) Date: 9^th month of 1848 (censors Kinugasa and Yoshimura) Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Sumiyoshi-ya Masagorô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
	Actor: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Asakura Tôgo Play: Higashiyama Sakura sôshi (東山桜荘子, The Higashiyama Storybook) Date: 8^th month of 1851 Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Enshû-ya Hikobei
	Actor: Iwai Kamesaburô III as Oshichi Play: Sono mukashi koi no edozome (其往昔恋江戸染) Date: 1^st month of 1849 (censors Kinugasa and Yoshimura) Theater: Nakamura-za Publisher: Sumiyoshi-ya Masagorô Image courtesy of Ward Pieters
	Actor: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Kagekiyo (景清) Play: Ichinotani mushae no iezuto (一谷武者画土産) Date: 8^th month of 1849 Theater: Kawarasaki Publisher: Ebi-ya Rinnosuke
	Actor: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Watonai (和藤内) Play: Kokusenya kassen (国性爺合戦) Date: 5^th month of 1850 Theater: Namakura-za Publisher: Ebi-ya Rinnosuke
	Actor: Ichimura Uzaemon XII as之助?女之助 (possibly Menosuke) Play: Date: 1846-1848 (censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura) Theater: Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Teraoka Heiemon (寺岡平右ェ門) Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵) Date: 2^nd month of 1851 (censors Hama and Magome) Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Kakumoto-ya Kinjirô

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