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)

PlayDate kurabe uwasa no sayaate (伊達競高評鞘当)

Date: 1st 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. 

1847-52, pub

 

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: 4th 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: 5th 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

1847-52, Pub

 

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: 8th month of 1851

Theater: Nakamura

Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei

KuniyoshiBandôTakesaburôIShini-e

 

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: 9th 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.

Kuniyoshi -  (double actor portraits)  c1849-, Prince Genji is handed a letter by Kawajiro

 

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: 9th month of 1851

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Enshû-ya Hikobei

 

Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Prince Genji and Bandô Shuka I as Tasogare, 1837-52 SC163114_fpx&obj=iip,1

 

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: 9th month of 1851

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Kakumoto-ya Kinjirô

 

Another state of the above design

Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Prince Genji and Bandô Shuka I as Tasogare, 1847-52, SC163108_fpx&obj=iip,1

 

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: 9th month of 1851

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Kakumoto-ya Kinjirô

Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Prince Genji and Bandô Shuka I as Tasogare, 1847-52SC163110_fpx&obj=iip,1

 

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: 9th month of 1851 (censors Kinugasa and Murata with shita-uri seal)

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Izu-ya Sankichi

Kuniyoshi -  (double actor portraits) Kijin ('strong-woman') O-Matsu subduing Natsume Shiro Saburo, c 1850

 

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: 9th month of 1851

Theater: Ichimura

Publisher: Kakumoto-ya Kinjirô

1851-9ShinpanVariantFeature

 

The above design was altered and reused for the production of Shinpan koshi no shiranami in the 9th 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.

1851-9ShinpanBandôShûkaI-IchDanjûrôVIIIVariantBack

 

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: 9th month of 1851 (censors Kinugasa and Murata with shita-uri seal)

Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei

 

I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.

Kuniyoshi - Bando Shuka I, wearing a kimono decorated with skeletons, as Kijin Omatsu in 'Koshi no Shiranami produced (9)1851, Inset Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Natsume Shirozabi Gushi'

 

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: 9th 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: 9th 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)

PlayShinpan koshi no shiranami (新板越白浪)

Date: 9th 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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