Miscellaneous fan prints of actors,
Part IV
Description: Benkei with
huge naginata and Ushiwakamaru on Gojo
Bridge Play: Date: 1847-1850 (censors
Mera and Murata) Theater: Publisher: Izuzen I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
Description: An actor in a
female role Play: Date: 1847-1850 (censors
Mera and Murata) Theater: Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
Description: Chûrô Onoe, meshitsukai
Ohatsu and tsubone
Iwafuji Play: Date: 1847-1850 (censors
Mera and Murata) Theater: Publisher: Izuzen I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
Description: Play: The noh play Dôjôji (道成寺) Date: 1847-1850 (censors
Mera and Murata) Theater: Publisher: Enshû-ya Matabei I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
Description: Play: Unidentified noh play with shishi
lion Date: 1847-1850 (censors
Mera and Murata) Theater: Publisher: Enshû-ya Matabei I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
Series: Popular Striped
Patterns (Ryûkô Shima moyô,
流行嶋もよう) Description: Play: Date: 1842-1846 (censor
Watanabe Shôemon) Theater: Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
Title: Garden Moon (Niwa no tsuki, 庭の月) Description: Iwai Kumesaburô III as Ôboshi Rikiya
(大星力彌)
holding a letter Play: Act VII of Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵) Date: 7th month
of 1849 (censors Muramatsu and Fuku) Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Tsuji-ya Yasubei I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
Description: Unidentified
actor and role Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵) Date: Theater: Publisher: I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
Description: Nakamura Tomijûrô II as nyôbô
Sagami, Nakamura Fukusuke I as Kumagai Naozane, and
Arashi Kichisaburô III as Genkurô
Yoshitsune Play: Ichinotani futaba gunki (Battle of Ichinotani,
一谷嫩軍記) Date: 5th month
of 1854 Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Izuzen I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
Description: Bandô Shûka I as Miuraya Agemaki (三浦屋揚巻) Play: Sukeroku kuruwa no hanamidoki (助六廓の花見時) Date: 3rd month
of 1850 (censors Muramatsu and Fuku) Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
Description: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Agemaki Sokeroku (揚巻ノ助六)
Play: Sukeroku kuruwa no hanamidoki (助六廓の花見時) Date: 3rd month
of 1850 (censors Muramatsu and Fuku) Theater: Nakamura Publisher: I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
preliminary sketch for the preceding fan print. |
Description: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Ashikaga Mitsuuji
(足利基氏) Date: 1849-1851 (censors Fuku
and Muramatsu) Publisher: Arita-ya Seiemon NOTE: The actor’s “shrimp tail” chonmage (hairstyle)
and clothes identify the role as Ashikaga Mitsuuji. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
image which may be from an untitled series of the “Rustic Genji”. |
Description: Iwai Kumesaburô III in an unidentified role Date: 1849-1851 Publisher: Arita-ya Seiemon I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image which may be from an
untitled series of the “Rustic Genji”.
|
Description: Bandô Shûka I in an
unidentified role Date: 1849-1851 Publisher: Arita-ya Seiemon I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image which may be from an
untitled series of the “Rustic Genji”.
|
Description: Actor
Sawamura Sôjûrô V emerging from under the bedcovers
in an allusion to his sexual prowess Date: 1849-1852
(censors Hama and Magome) Publisher: Arita-ya Seiemon This print may be from an untitled series of the
“Rustic Genji”. |
Description: Onoe Kikugorô as Magoshichi nyôbô Okome and Ichikawa
Danjûrô as Taheiji Play: Probably Ehon gappô gatsuji Date: 1846-1852 Theater: Publisher: Enshû-ya Matabei I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
image. |
Description: Onoe Baikô IV as Otomi (おとみ)
and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Yosaburô
(与三郎) Play: Yowa nasake ukina no yokoguchi (与話情浮名横櫛 or 与話情浮名の横ぐし) Date: 3rd month of 1853 Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Ebi-ya Rinnosuke I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
image. |
Description: Sawamura Tosshô I as Hanamizukuri (花見がへり)
and Segawa Michinosuke I as Chobokure
Ohama (ちょぼくれおはま) Play: Somenobori ayame no irozashi (染幟菖蒲の彩色) Date: 5th month of 1832 Theater: Kawarasaki Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
image. |
Description: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Ko Moronao (高師直)
and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Enya Hangan (ゑんや判官) Play: Kanadehon
Chûshingura Date: Theater: Publisher: Iba-ya Senzaburô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
image. |
Title: The
Greengrocer Oshichi (Yaoya
Oshichi, 八百屋お七) Description: Iwai Kumesaburô III as yaoya Oshichi (八百屋娘お七) on the bamboo
watchtower ladder Play: Sono mukashi koi no edozome (其往昔恋江戸染) Date: 1st month
of 1849 Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Kojima-ya Jûbei I am grateful to Barascud Nicolas
for this image. |
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