Modern Style Set of the Provinces in Edo Brocade,

Part II

 

 

Number: 19

Upper panel: Tango Province

Lower panel: Tajima Province; actor in female role

Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei

 

 

Number: 20

Upper panel: Inaba Province; Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八) reading a scroll with a young girl standing by him

Lower panel: Hôki Province; actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Enya Hangan (塩谷判官) in the kabuki play Kanadehon Chûshingura

Publisher: Mita-ya Kihachi

 

 

Number: 21

Upper panel: Izumo Province; a man, woman and three children at a shrine

Lower panel: Iwami Province; actor Nakayama Bunguro II as Nezumi-maru Raku (鼡丸楽) carrying a banner

Publisher: Mita-ya Kihachi

 

 

 

Number: 22

Upper panel: Oki Island; Bingo Saburô (備後三良) in yellow writing on a cherry tree

Lower panel: Harima Province; actor Bandô Mitsugorô as Oboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助) in the kabuki play Kanadehon Chûshingura

Publisher: Mita-ya Kihachi

 

 

Number: 23

Upper panel: Mimasaka Province; Nagoya Sanzaburô and Fuwa Banzaemon in distance in the kabuki play Sanyushi (三勇士)

Lower panel: Bizen Province; actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as Miyamoto Musashi (宮本無三四) in the kabuki play Chigusa no akitsuki ni Miyamoto performed at the Kawarasaki Theater in the 8th month of 1851

Publisher: Mita-ya Kihachi

 

Number: 24

Upper panel: Bitchû Province; Tatsu, wife of Issun Tokubei (一寸徳兵衛女房) walking in the rain with an umbrella

Lower panel: Bingo Province; the actors Seki Sanjuro as Mihara Ariemon (三原有右門) with an open fan and Iwai Kumesaburô III as the courtesan Kotoura in the kabuki play Futatsu chocho kuruwa nikki

Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei

 

Number: 25

Upper panel: Aki Province; Ichimisai musume Sono (一味菜娘その), daughter of Ichimisai, beating off two robbers

Lower panel: Suô Province; actor Bandô Takesaburô I as Sue Seijuro (陶清十郎) with an umbrella

Publisher: Mita-ya Kihachi

 

 

 

Number: 26

Upper panel: Nagato Province; Kezori Kyuemon (毛剃九右衛門) in his ship

Lower panel: Kii Province; actor Sawamura Chiyojûrô V as the priest Karukaya Doshin (苅萱道心) in the kabuki play Zoho Tsukushi no iezuto

Publisher: Mita-ya Kihachi

 

Number: 27

Upper panel: Awaji Island; the poet Minamoto no Kanemasa (源兼昌), seated on the shore watching birds

Lower panel: Awa Province; actor Bandô Shûka I as Oyumi (おゆ眼) in the kabuki play Awa no Naruto

Publisher: Mita-ya Kihachi

 

Another state of the above design

 

Number: 28

Upper panel: Sanuki Province; Hatsu-hana in prayer under the Gongen Waterfall which resulted in the cure of her crippled husband

Lower panel: Iyo Province; actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Minamoto no Yoshitsune in Yoshitsune Senbon zakura (裏表千本桜)

Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei

 

Another state of the above design

 

Number: 29

Upper panel: Tosa Province; a sleeping Iwasa Matabei is surrounded by the ôtsu-e (folk paintings) he created, which have come to life

Lower panel: Chikuzen Province; actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV

Publisher: Mita-ya Kihachi

 

 

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Number: 30

Upper panel: Chikugo Province

Lower panel: Buzen Province

 

 

Number: 31

Upper panel: Buzen Province; a woman with a young girl in front, both carrying umbrellas

Lower panel: Hizen Province; actor Ichikawa Ebizô V as the pirate Captain Kezuri Kyuemon

Publisher: Mita-ya Kihachi

 

Another state of the above design

 

A less labor-intensive state of the above design.  Note the unadorned cartouche.

 

Number: 32

Upper panel: Higo Province; Okawa Tomoemon (大川友右工門) committing seppuku with a scroll in his mouth

Lower panel: Hyûga Province; actor Nakamura Kanemon IV as Kagekiyo (景清) in the kabuki play Kagekiyo

Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei

 

 

Number: 33

Upper panel: Ôsumi Province; Shunken stranded on a rock island with his daughter

Lower panel: Satsuma Province; actor Arashi Kichisaburô III as Satsuma-no-kami Tadanori (薩摩守忠のり) in 江都錦今様国つくし

Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei

 

 

Number: 34

Upper panel: Iki Island

Lower panel: Tsushima Island; actor Nakamura Kanemon III as Taira Tomomori in the kabuki play Yoshitsune Senbon zakura

Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei

 

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