Miscellaneous fan prints of actors,
Part I
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An
uchiwa is
a non-folding fan consisting of paper attached to a bamboo frame. These prints, which were intended to be
glued onto an uchiwa,
are called uchiwa-e.
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Description: Actor Ichikawa
Danjûrô VIII as Fuwa Banzaemon
(不破伴左衛門) Play: Mukashigatari inazuma zoshi (昔語稲妻帖) Date: 3rd
month of 1848 Theater: Ichimura Publisher: |
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Description: Actor Date: c. 1840s Publisher: Izuzen |
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Series: A Model of
Coolness (Suzumisugata,
涼姿) Description: Actor as
Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八) on the Sumida
River Date: 1843-1846
(censor Yoshimura Gentarô) Publisher: Ise-ya Ichiemon |
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Series: A Model of
Coolness (Suzumisugata,
涼姿) Description: Actor as Banzui Chobei (幡随長兵衛) holding pipe
with paper lantern and dragonfly Date: 1843-1846
(censor Yoshimura Gentarô) Publisher: Tsuji-ya Yasubei |
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Description: Ichikawa
Danjûrô VIII as Matsuwakamaru (松若丸) Play: Butai no Hana Yayoi no Irotoki (台比雪花隅色薗) Date: 2nd month
of 1847 Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei |
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Description: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Hidari Jingorô (左甚五郎) carving a
wooden statue Play: Fukuju kaimu ryo denki (福聚海駒量伝記) Date: 4th
month of 1847 (censors Mera and Murata) Theater: Kawarasaki Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei |
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Series: Characters of
Gallant Men in Kabuki Dramas (達男風流姿) Title: Shirai Gompachi (白井権八) Description: Date: c. 1850s Publisher: Ise-ya Sôemon |
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Series: Characters of
Gallant Men in Kabuki Dramas (達男風流姿) Title: Teranishi
Kanshin (寺西閑心) Description: Date: c. 1850s Publisher: Ise-ya Sôemon |
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Series: Merchants in
Summer Likened to the Five Elements (Natsu shônin
mitate go-gyô, (夏商人見立五行) Title: Metal (金) Description: Actor as a
seller of goldfish Date: 1842-1846
(censor Watanabe Shôemon) Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô NOTE: The connection to metal is that the kanji 金 is used for
both the metal gold and goldfish. I am
grateful to Robert Pryor for this image and information. |
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Series: Merchants in
Summer Likened to the Five Elements (Natsu shônin
mitate go-gyô, (夏商人見立五行) Title: Wood Description: Actor as a
seller of plants Date: 1842-1846
(censor Watanabe Shôemon) Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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Series: Six Flowers
in Full Bloom (Rokkasei hanazakari,
六花盛) Description: Actor
Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII holding an open a sample book from the company Nataya Yoshibei, with peonies Date: 1843-1846
(censor Hama Yahei) Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô |
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Series: Six Flowers
in Full Bloom (Rokkasei hanazakari,
六花盛) Description: Actor holding
a closed fan Date: c. 1843-1846 Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô |
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Description: Play: Yume monogatari
(夢物語) Date: 8th
month of 1848 Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei |
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Description: Actor
Sawamura Sôjûrô V (Sawamura Chôjûrô
V) emerging from under the bedcovers in an allusion to his sexual prowess Date: 1852-1853 Publisher: Arita-ya Seiemon |
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Description: Actor
Ichikawa Kodanji IV with a picture of Kwakkyo Date: 1850-1851 Publisher: Ise-ya
Sôemon NOTE: Kwakkyo is one of the twenty-four Chinese paragons of
filial piety. Lamenting the fact that
his aged mother was going hungry because food was being eaten by his infant
son, Kwakkyo prepared to kill the baby. While digging the grave, he discovered a
pot of gold with an attached note (or inscription) that the treasure was
meant for him. The picture shows Kwakkyo and his wife discovering the pot of gold buried
outside their home. |
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Series: Snow, Moon
and Flowers (Setsugekkwa no uchi) Title: Moon (月) Description: Actor
Ichimura Uzaemon XII, with insets of a full moon
and the poet Abe no Nakamaro (here written ‘Nakamaru’) Date: c. 1834 Publisher: |
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Description: Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Tadanobu (忠信) Date: 1832 Publisher: Hon-ya Genpachi |
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Description: Actor looking
in mirror Date: 1846-1852 Publisher: Maru-ya Seijirô |
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Actor: Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Inuta Kobungo (犬田小文吾) in the snow Play: Atari doshi Satomi no Yatsufusa (戌歳里見八熟梅) Date: 4th
month of 1834 Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô |
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Series: A Modern
Genji in Eight Views (Imayô Genji hakkei) Title: Night Rain Description: An actor
(possibly Ichimura Uzaemon XIII) holding an ukiyo-e print of himself in the role
of Hayano Kanpei, which is signed by Kuniyoshi Date: 1846-1852 Publisher: Tsuji-ya Yasubei |
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Description: Iwai Kumesaburô Play:
Kakitsubata Tamuke no Hanakawado (杜若手向花川戸) Date:
3rd month of 1850 Theater:
Kawarasaki Publisher: |
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Description: Actor with cherry blossoms and
Mt. Fuji Play: Date: 1849-1852 (censors Hama and Magome) Theater: Publisher: Enshû-ya Matabei |
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Series: The Three Hunts of
this Country (Tô kuni san tsu no kari, 当国三ツの狩) Title: Catching Fireflies (Hotarugari, ほたるかり) Description: Actor
Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII catching fireflies Play: Date: 1847-1848 (censors Hama and Kinugasa) Theater: Publisher: Kojima-ya Jûbei I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image and
information. |
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Title: Sawamura Tosshô I as Okabe no Rokutaya (岡部の六弥太) and Iwai Shijaku I as Kiku no Mahe (female role) Play: Ichinotani futaba gunki (一谷嫩軍記) Date: 4th month of 1841 Theater: Kawarasaki Publisher: Iba-ya Senzaburô |
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Title: Bandô Shûka I as the nun Seigen (清玄尼) Play: Hatsu Sakura Onoe no Iwafuji (初桜尾上岩藤) Date: 2nd month of 1847 Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei |
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