Miscellaneous double and triple bust portraits of actors,

Part IV

Left sheet: Arashi Rikan III as chef (ryôrinin) Kihei (料理人喜介) and Iwai Kumesaburô III as the courtesan Aburaya Okon (油や於こん) Right sheet: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡みつぎ) Play: Ise ondo koi no netabab (伊勢音頭恋寝刃) Date: 4^th month of 1852 Theater: Kawarasaki Publisher: Kakumoto-ya Kinjirô
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡みつぎ) reclining on his servant as he reads letter showing where he can find the magic sword forged by Muneyoshi Play: Ise ondo koi no netaba (伊勢音頭恋寝刃) Date: 4^th month of 1852 Theater: Kawarasaki Publisher: Kawachi-ya Chôzô
	Actors: Bandô Shûka I as Danshichi Okaji (団七お梶) and Seki Sanjûrô III as Giheiji Obaba (義平次お婆ア) Play: Shinzô tsurifune kidan (新造艣奇談) Date: 5^th month of 1852 Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Isekane NOTE: There is a festival parade in the background
	Actors: Arashi Kichisaburô III as Kumagai Jirô Naozane (熊谷治郎直実) subduing the villain Heita (平太) Play: Suma no Miyako Genpei Tsutsuji (須磨都源平躑躅) Date: 5^th month of 1852 Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Kakumoto-ya Kinjirô (seal on fan)
	Actors: Bandô Shûka I as Hashimotoya Shiraito (橋本屋白糸) Play: Sumidagawa tsui no kagamon (隅田川対高賀紋) Date: 3^rd month of 1852 Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Enshû-ya Hikobei I am grateful to Ward Pieters for locating this image.
Left sheet: Seki Sanjûrô III as the monk Seitaka-bo (せい高坊) and Arashi Kichisaburô as the monk Kongara-bo (こんがら坊) Center sheet: Bandô Shuka I as shirabyôshi Hanako, the Maiden of Dôjôji (白拍子花子) Play: Kyoganoko musume Dôjôji (京鹿子娘道成寺) Date: 3^rd month of 1852 Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Mita-ya Kihachi
Another state of the above triptych
	Actors: Bandô Shuka I as Otoki (wife of Oniô Shinzaemon) and an unidentified child actor as her son, Shinkichi Play: Meiyo jinsei roku (名誉仁政録) Date: 7^th month of 1852 Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Hirabayashi-ya Shôgorô
Actors: Left sheet: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Sanshichiro Yoshitaka (三七郎義孝) Right sheet: Ichikawa Kodanji IV, Seki Sanjûrô III, and Ichikawa Komazô VII Play: Kozote Kuruwa Mimasu no date zome (襷廓三升伊達染) Date: 1^st month of 1853 Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Mita-ya Kihachi NOTE: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII played nine different roles in this production
Actors: Left sheet: Ichikawa Hirogorô I as Utsubo Yakurô (宇壷矢九郎), and unidentified actors as Kôtetsu Tachizô (荒鉄太刀蔵) and the servant (shimobe) Gansuke (下部がん助) Center sheet: Bandô Shuka I as Aoyagi Harunosuke (青柳春之助) and Bandô Takesaburô I as Yukioka Fuyujirô (雪岡冬次郎) Right sheet: Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Ôtomo Keibu Sôren (大友刑部宗連) and Ichikawa Dannosuke V as Kagesawa Natsunojô (蔭沢夏之丞) Play: Shiranui monogatari (しらぬひ譚) Date: 2^nd month of 1853 Theater: Kawarasaki Publisher: Mita-ya Kihachi
	Actors: Ôtani Tomoemon IV as Adachi Motoemon (top) and Arashi Rikan III as Hayase Iori Play: Kaikei Tengajaya-Mura Date: 5^th month of 1854 Publisher: Mita-ya Kihachi
	Series: Untitled Robinson: Not listed Play: Futatsu chocho kuruwa nikki (双蝶仝曲輪日記) Theater: Ichimura Description: Ichikawa Kuzô II as Chôkichi’s older sister (長吉姉お関) and Arashi Kichisaburo III as Nuregami Chogorô (濡髪長五郎) Date: 6^th month of 1854 Publisher: Ôta-ya Takichi NOTE: A print from the same series as the above, but by Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
	Series: Untitled Robinson: Not listed Play: Futatsu chocho kuruwa nikki (双蝶仝曲輪日記) Theater: Ichimura Description: Nakamura Fukusuke I as Hanaregoma Chokichi (放駒長吉), and Nakamura Kantarô I as Myokan Date: 6^th month of 1854 Publisher: Ôta-ya Takichi NOTE: The actors are on a sumô referee’s fan
	Actors: Bandô Shuka I as the Buddhist nun Narukami (女鳴神尼) and Arashi Kangorô I in an unidentified role Play: Kumo no uwasa onna Narukami (雲艶女鳴神) Date: 6^th month of 1854 Theater: Kawarasaki Publisher: Enshû-ya Hikobei
Actors: Left sheet: Nakamura Fukusuke I as Hanaregoma no Chokichi (放駒長吉) and Nakamura Kantarô I as Mihara Ariemon (三原肴右エ門) Right sheet: Arashi Kichisaburô III as Nuregami Chogorô (濡髪長五郎) Play: Futatsu chocho kuruwa nikki (双蝶仝曲輪日記) Date: 7^th month of 1854 Theater: Ichimuraza Publisher: Enshû-ya Hikobei
	Actors: Iwai Kumesaburô III as Umegawa (梅川, right), Kataoka Gadô II as Chûbei (忠兵衛, left), and Nakamura Aizô I as Kin'yû Aizô (金有相蔵, top) Play: Koi hikyaku Yamato ôrai Date: 9^th month of 1854 Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei
Actors: Left sheet: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the ghost of Kamada Matahachi (釜田又八亡霊) Right sheet: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Marino Kanemitsu (毬埜兼満) and Iwai Kumesaburo III as the nun Kyodai (経題尼) Play: Matsutaka temari fushi jitsuroku (松高手毬諷実録) Date: 7^th month of 1855 Publisher: Hayashi-ya Shôgorô
	Actors: Arashi Rikan III as Nakano Tobei (石井源) handling two ruffians played by Arashi Kangorô I and Arashi Tokuji (嵐 徳次) Play: Soga moyô kameyama zome (蝶鵆亀山染) Date: 8^th month of 1855 Publisher: Ebi-ya Rinnosuke
	Actors: Arashi Kishisaburô III as Fujikawa Mizuemon (藤川水右衛門) and Arishi Rikan III as Nakano Tobei (石井源次郎) Play: Soga moyô kameyama zome (蝶鵆亀山染) Date: 8^th month of 1855 Publisher: Kakumoto-ya Kinjirô
	Actors: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the robber (tôzoku) Jiraiya (盗賊地雷也) and an unidentified actor as Senso Dôjin Play: Probably Katakiuchi Jiraiya monogatari (The Story of Jiraiya’s Revenge, 報讐自来也説話) Date: 8^th month of 1855 Publisher: Kamaya Kihei I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
	Actors: Nakamura Fukusuke I as Sutewakamaru (捨若丸) and Onoe Kikujirô II as Gion no Oritsu (祇園のおりつ) Play: Kinoshita kage masago no datezome (祇園のおりつ) Date: 9^th month of 1855 Publisher: Kakumoto-ya Kinjirô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

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