Miscellaneous double and triple bust portraits of actors,

Part I

Included in this section are diptychs and triptychs in which at least one sheet is a double or triple bust portrait. Additional double bust portraits of actors may be found in the series Flowers of Edo, Five Otokodate and the untitled series of double actor portraits in books folded open. It is possible that some of the illustrated single sheets are from larger compositions. 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.

Actors: Left sheet: Onoe Kikugorô III as Hikosô (彦惣, in purple) and Segawa Kikunojô V as Kogane (小金, female role) Right sheet: Onoe Kikugorô III as Tamaya Shinbei (玉屋新兵衛) and Seki Sanjûrô II as Ukai Kujûrô (鵜飼九十郎, on top) Play: Hanagumori sato no getakasa (花曇艶街下駄傘, Wooden Sandals and Umbrellas on a Cloudy Day amidst Cherry Blossoms) Date: 3^rd month of 1824 Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Azuma-ya Daisuke
Actors: Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Nagoya Kosanza (left, 名古屋小山三) and Nakamura Utaemon IV as Murasaki Daijin (right, Murasaki daijin jitsuha Monogusamura Tarôsaku, 紫大尽 実ハ物草村太郎作) Play: Monogusa Tarô saku tekuda no yadake (物草太郎作手管歌当) Date: 3^rd month of 1841 Theater: Ichimura Size: Chûban (about 7 by 10 inches or 18 by 25 centimeters) Publisher: Jôshû-ya Kinzô
Actors: Onoe Tamizô II as kitsune (fox) Tadanobu (狐忠信) and Onoe Eizaburô III as Shizuka (しづか) Play: Yoshitsune Senbon zakura (裏表千本桜) Date: 5^th month of 1841 Theater: Nakamura Size: Chûban (about 7 by 10 inches or 18 by 25 centimeters) Publisher: Jôshû-ya Kinzô
	Actors: Nakamura Utaemon IV as the ferryman (watashimori) Tonbei (渡守頓兵衛, top), Ichikawa Kuzô II as Takase Rokurô (高瀬六郎), and Nakamura Utaemon IV as Yura Hyogonosuke (良兵庫之助) Play: Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi (神霊矢口渡, The Yaguchi Ferry and the Magic Arrows) Date: 5^th month of 1848 (censors Hama and Kinugasa) Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Ôta-ya Takichi
	Actors: Sawamura Sojûrô V as priest Kaurkaya (苅萱 桑門) and Sawamura Genpei II as his son Ichidômaru (石動丸) Play: Zôha Tsukushi no iezuto (増補筑紫礎) Date: 7^th month of 1848 (censors Mera and Murata) Theater: Kawarasaki Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Miyagi Asojirô (宮木阿曽次郎, male role) and Bandô Shûka I as Miyuki, the blind koto player (秋月娘深雪 後ニ朝顔) Play: The Akashi no Ura Funawakare scene from Eiri Shôsetsu Asagao Monogatari (絵入稗史蕣物語) Date: 8^th month of 1848 (censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura) Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Sumiyoshi-ya Masagorô
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Komazawa Jirozaemon (駒澤治郎左エ門, top) and Bandô Shuka I as Miyuki (盲女朝顔), the blind koto player Play: The Yadoya scene from Eiri Shôsetsu Asagao Monogatari Date: 8^th month of 1848 (censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura) Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô
	Actors: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Takagi Oriaemon (高木折右エ門) and Onoe Kikujirô II as his wife Umenoi (女房梅の井) Play: Takagi Oriemon budojitsu roku (高木織右武実録) Date: 8^th month of 1848 Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Horimasa
	Actors: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Ôtaka Tonomo (大高主殿) and Seki Sanjûrô III as Yokoyama Daizô (横山大蔵) Play: Takagi Oriemon budojitsu roku (高木織右武実録) Date: 8^th month of 1848 (censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura) Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Ôta-ya Takichi I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.
	I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this keyblock print.
	Actors: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Ôtaka Tonomo (大高主殿) biting on a silk cloth as he performs ritual seppuku and Nakamura Tsuruzô I as Ryôshi Ganzô (猟師鴈蔵) Play: Takagi Oriemon budojitsu roku (高木織右武実録) Date: 8^th month of 1848 (censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura) Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Horimasa
	Actors: Ichikawa Kuzo II as Niki Tamonnosuke (能ワキ師萩伊右エ門 実ハ白坂甚内) wearing a red shishimai wig for the Lion dance and Nakamura Utaemon IV as Ôtaka Tonomo (能師霧竹武太夫 実ハ大高主殿) Play: Takagi Oriemon budô jitsuroku (高木織右武実録) Date: 8^th month of 1848 (censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura) Theater: Nakamura-za Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô
	Actors: Iwai Kumesaburô III as Innami Kazuma (印南数馬, right) and Nakamura Utaemon IV as the footman (yakko) Sodesuke (who is actually Ôtaka Shuden) (奴袖助実は大高主殿) Play: Takagi Oriemon budô jitsuroku (高木織右武実録) Theater: Nakamùura Date: 8^th month of 1848 (censors Mera and Murata) Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.
	I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate state of the preceding design with “Innami Kazuma” (印南数馬) in a blue cartouche.
	Actors: Nakamura Utaemon IV as the ghost of Ôtaka Shuden (大高主殿亡霊) and Iwai Kumesaburô III as Innami Kazuma (印南数馬) Play: Takagi Oriemon budô jitsuroku (高木織右武実録) Date: 8^th month of 1848 Theater: Nakamura-za Publisher: Horimasa
	Actors: Onoe Baikô IV as Heisaku’s daughter (musume) Oyone (平作娘お米) and Sawamura Sôjûrô V as Gofukuya Jûbei (呉服屋十兵衛) Play: Igagoe Yomikiri kôshaku (伊賀越読切講釈) Date: 9^th month of 1848 Theater: Kawarazaki Publisher: Horimasa I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan and Horst Graebner for identifying this print.
	Actors: Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Honda Dainaiki (誉田大内記) and Sawamura Sôjûrô V as Karaki Masaemon (唐木政右衛門, bottom) Play: Igagoe Yomikiri kôshaku (伊賀越読切講訳) Date: 9^th month of 1848 Publisher: Horimasa
	Actors: Onoe Baiko IV as Masaemon’s wife Ôtani (政右エ門女房お谷) and Matsumoto Kinshô I as Ishidome Busuke (柘榴武助) Play: Igagoe Yomikiri kôshaku (伊賀越読切講訳) Date: 9^th month of 1848 Publisher: Horimasa
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Tamiya Iemon (神谷仁右衛門, top), Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Satô Yomoshichi (佐藤与茂七), and Bandô Shuka I as Oiwa’s sister Osode (おそで, bottom) Play: Manete Mimasu yotsuya no kikigaki (当三升四谷聞書, Ghost stories at Yotsuya) Date: 9^th month of 1848 (censors Hama and Kinugasa) Publisher: Ôta-ya Takichi I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan for this image.
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Kamiya Iemon (神谷伊右工門) and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as a dying Kobotoke Kohei Play: Manete Mimasu yotsuya no kikigaki (当三升四谷聞書, Ghost stories at Yotsuya) Date: 9^th month of 1848 Publisher: Ôta-ya Takichi
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Kamiya Iemon (神谷伊右工門) and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Oiwa’s ghost nailed to a door Play: Manete Mimasu yotsuya no kikigaki (当三升四谷聞書, Ghost stories at Yotsuya) Date: 9^th month of 1848 (censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura) Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Ôta-ya Takichi
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Tamiya Iemon (神谷伊右工門) and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Satô Yomoshichi (佐藤与茂七, bottom) Play: Manete Mimasu yotsuya no kikigaki (当三升四谷聞書, Ghost stories at Yotsuya) Date: 9^th month of 1848 Publisher: Ôta-ya Takichi I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.
	Another state of the above design
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Kamiya Iemon (神谷伊右衛門) and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Oiwa’s ghost (Oiwa no bokon, お岩のぼうこん) Play: Manete Mimasu yotsuya no kikigaki (当三升四谷聞書, Ghost stories at Yotsuya) Date: 9^th month of 1848 Publisher: Ôta-ya Takichi
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Kamiya Iemon (神谷仁右衛門) and Bandô Shûka I as Hanagasumi no Ohide (花がすみ の 於秀) Play: Manete Mimasu yotsuya no kikigaki (当三升四谷聞書, Ghost stories at Yotsuya) Date: 9^th month of 1848 Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Horimasa
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Tamiya Iemon (神谷仁右衛門, male role) and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Oiwa’s ghost (お岩のぼうこん) Play: Manete Mimasu yotsuya no kikigaki (当三升四谷聞書, Ghost stories at Yotsuya) Date: 9^th month of 1848 (censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura) Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Yamada-ya Shôjirô

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