Miscellaneous double and triple bust portraits of actors,

Part III

	Actors: Sawamura Chôjûrô V as Nagoya Sanza Motoharu (名古屋山三元春) and Onoe Baiko IV as Otowaya no Ume (音羽屋の於梅) Play: Date kurabe uwasa no sayaate (伊達競高評鞘当) Date: 1^st month of 1851 (censors Kinugasa and Murata) Theater: Kawarasaki Publisher: No seal This is a keyblock print. I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan for information about this print.
	Actors: From left: Nakayama Ichizô I as Onio no Dohachi (鬼尾銅八), Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Riyaushi (漁師浪七), and Sawamura Gennosuke III as Zeze no Shirozô (ぜゞの城蔵) Play: Sekai no Hana Oguri Gaiden (世界花小栗外伝) Date: 4^th month of 1851 Theater: Nakamuraza Publisher: Ôta-ya Takichi
Actors: Bandô Shûka I as the greengrocer’s daughter (musume) Yaoya Oshichi (八百屋お七) and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Dozaemon Denkichi (土左衛門伝吉) Play: Koi moyô furisode myoto (恋模様振袖妹背) Date: 5^th month of 1851 Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Jôshû-ya Kinzô NOTE: This print is approximately 7 by 10 inches (18 by 25 centimeters), a size known as chûban
	Actors: Bandô Takesaburô I as Ishidô Unemenosuke (石堂采女之助) and in the inset Iwai Kumesaburô III as shirabyôshi Katsuragi (白拍子) Play: Higashiyama Sakura sôshi (東山桜荘子, The Higashiyama Storybook) Date: 8^th month of 1851 Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei
	The above design was later reprinted as a memorial print (shini-e). I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Mitsuuji (光氏, suggesting Prince Genji) and Bandô Shuka I as Tasogare (たそがれ) Play: Genji Moyô furisada hinagata (源氏模様娘雛形) Date: 9^th month of 1851 Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Kadomaru-ya
	Another state of the above design with the actorsʼ names written in a different script. I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.
	Actors: Ichilawa Danjûrô VIII as Mitsuuji (光氏, suggesting Prince Genji) being handed a letter by Nakamura Kantarô I as Kawajirô (川次郎) Play: Genji Moyô furisada hinagata (源氏模様娘雛形) Date: 9^th month of 1851 Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Enshû-ya Hikobei
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Mitsuuji (光氏, suggesting Prince Genji) and Bandô Shuka I as Tasokare (たそがれ) Play: Genji Moyô furisada hinagata (源氏模様娘雛形) Date: 9^th month of 1851 Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Kakumoto-ya Kinjirô
	Another state of the above design
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Mitsuuji (光氏, suggesting Prince Genji) and Bandô Shuka I as Tasokare (たそがれ) Play: Genji Moyô furisada hinagata (源氏模様娘雛形) Date: 9^th month of 1851 Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Kakumoto-ya Kinjirô
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Mitsuuji (光氏, suggesting Prince Genji) and Bandô Shuka I as Tasokare (たそがれ) Play: Genji Moyô furisada hinagata (源氏模様娘雛形) Date: 9^th month of 1851 (censors Kinugasa and Murata with shita-uri seal) Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Izu-ya Sankichi
	Actors: Bandô Shûka I as kijin (strong-woman) Omatsu (迪神松枩) subduing Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Natsume Shiro Shirôzaburô (夏目四良三郎) Play: Shinpan koshi no shiranami (新板越白浪) Date: 9^th month of 1851 Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Kakumoto-ya Kinjirô
	The above design was altered and reused for the production of Shinpan koshi no shiranami in the 9^th month of 1859. Bandô Shûka I played Omatsu and Arashi Kichisaburô III played Natsune Shiro Shirôzaburô. I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.
	Actors: Bando Shuka I, wearing a kimono decorated with skeletons, as kijin Ômatsu (鬼女おまつ), the demon robber and in the inset Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Natsume Shirozaburô (夏目四郎三郎) Play: Shinpan koshi no shiranami (新板越白浪) Date: 9^th month of 1851 (censors Kinugasa and Murata with shita-uri seal) Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.
	Another state of the above design
	Actors: Bando Shuka I as kijin (person of high rank) Ômatsu, Nakamura Kantarô I as the retainer (shitate) Kanta (下手勘太), and in the inset Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Natsume Shirozaburô (夏目四郎三郎) Play: Shinpan koshi no shiranami (新板越白浪) Date: 9^th month of 1851 (censors Kinugasa and Murata) Publisher: Tanba-ya Hanjirô
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Natsume Shirosaburô (夏目四郎三郎) holding a child and Bandô Shuka I as the female bandit Kishin Omatsu (盗賊鬼神於松, top) Play: Shinpan koshi no shiranami (新板越白浪) Date: 9^th month of 1851 (censors Kinugasa and Murata with shita-uri seal) Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Enshû-ya Hikobei
	Another state of the above print
	A later edition with the actorsʼ names added in white cartouches. I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.
Actors: Left sheet: Bandô Shûka I as Jiraiya, actually kijin (person of high rank) Ômatsu (自来也実ハ鬼神お松), Bandô Matahachi as the retainer (shitate) Mitsuzô (下手光蔵), and Nakamura Narizô as the retainer (shitate) Torazô (下手虎三) Right sheet: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Natsume Shirosaburô (夏目四郎三郎) and Nakamura Kantarô I as the retainer (shitate) Kanta (下手勘太) Play: Shinpan koshi no shiranami (新板越白浪) Date: 9^th month of 1851 Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Kazusa-ya Iwazô

“Robinson” refers to listing in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson, 1961, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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