Untitled series of Chûshingura diptychs
Publisher: Enshû-ya Hikobei
1849
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This
series of diptychs illustrates a performance of the kabuki play Kanadehon
Chûshingura at the Nakamura-za Theater in the 7th month of
1849. The actors were:
The series is not listed
in Kuniyoshi by Basil William
Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The two individual sheets of each diptych
are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban. |
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Act: 1 Description: Ko no
Moronaô, the Imperial envoy Momonoi Waka-no-suke & Lady Kaoyo-gozen at the
Hachiman Shrine Actors: Bandô
Mitsugorô IV as Ko no Moronaô (R), Sawamura Sôjûrô V as Momonoi Waka-no-suke
and Iwai Kumesaburô |
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Act: 4 Description: Ôboshi
Yuranosuke outside the castle by night, holding the dirk with which his lord
had performed seppuku Actors: Iwai
Kumesaburô |
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Act: 6 Description: Hayano Kanpei
shooting Ono Sadakurô Actors: Ichikawa Kuzô
II as Ono Sadakurô (right) and Sawamura Chôjûrô V as Hayano Kanpei (left) |
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Act: Description: Actors: Sawamura
Chôjûrô V as Hayano Kanpei (right) and Onoe Baikô IV as Okaru (left) |
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Act: Description: Actors: Ichikawa Kuzô II as Kakogawa Honzô (加古川本蔵, left) and Sawamura Chôjûrô V as Momoi Wakasa Nosuke (桃井若狭之助, right) I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan for this image. |
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This diptych is from a different play, but resembles the above
series
Actors: Left sheet: Nakamura
Utaemon IV as an artisan (工) and Ichimura
Uzaemon XII as a merchant (商) Right sheet: Seki Sanjûrô III as a farmer (農) and Bandô
Shûka I as a servant (侍) Play: Yomito uta Tosa-e no Irodori (四民歌土佐画彩) Date: 4th
month of 1849 Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Ningyô-ya
Takichi |
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