Miscellaneous series of actor prints

Actor prints are known as yakusha-e. These prints are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban. I am grateful to Ward Pieters for assisting with this section.

	Series: Three Flourishing Geniuses of the Present Day (Tôsei Sambukutsui, 當盛三福対) Robinson: Not listed Play: Chiyo migu sakoi no takagaki (千代見草恋中墻) Description: Iwai Hanshirô VI as Ochiyo (お千代) Date: 9^th month of 1834 Theater: Morita Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô
	Series: Three Flourishing Geniuses of the Present Day (Tôsei Sambukutsui, 當盛三福対) Robinson: Not listed Play: Chiyo migu sakoi no takagaki (千代見草恋中墻) Description: Sawamura Tosshô I as Hanbei (半兵衛) Date: 9^th month of 1834 Theater: Morita Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô
	Series: Three Flourishing Geniuses of the Present Day (Tôsei Sambukutsui, 當盛三福対) Robinson: Not listed Play: Chiyo migu sakoi no takagaki (千代見草恋中墻) Description: Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Kajûrô (加十郎) Date: 9^th month of 1834 Theater: Morita Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô
	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
	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: Actors: Seki Sanjûrô II (standing) and Iwai Hanshirô V or VI in female role Robinson: Not listed Play: Date: c. 1833 Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tobei
	Series: Spring Scenery... (春景…) Actors: Iwai Shijaku I as a courtesan Robinson: Not listed Play: Date: c. 1841-1842 Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan for this image.
	Series: Actors: Robinson: Not listed Play: Date: 1846-1848 (censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura) Publisher: Takano-ya Tomoemon NOTE: This print is signed “By special request of the publisher, Kuniyoshi ga” (Shigen no ô ju, Kuniyoshi ga, 梓え乃應需 國芳 画)
Title on each sheet: Examples of Valor (Bûyû chigaragusa, 武勇千柄草) Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Hako-o Maru (箱王丸, left), Nakamura Utaemon IV as Benkei (center), Ichikawa Ebizô V as Shakkyô (石橋, right) Play: Shikiutsushi tosa-e no futsutsuka Date: 11^th month of 1847 (censors Hama and Kinugasa) Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Iseyo of Owarichô NOTE: These prints may be considered to be a series or arranged as a triptych

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

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