Untitled series of double actor portraits in books
folded open
1848
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This series is not listed
in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum,
London, 1961). The prints are each about
14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban. They bear no publisher’s seal, but do have
the seal of the carver Yokogawa Takejirô, which
reads “Yokogawa hori Take” (横彫竹). |
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Actors: Ichikawa
Danjûrô VIII as the tobacco seller (tabakoya)
Genshichi (烟草屋源七, actually Sakata Kurando) and
Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Yaegiri
(八重桐) Play: Eiri shosetsu Asagao monogatari Theater: Ichimura Date: 8th
month of 1848 (censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura) |
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Actors: Iwai Kumesabûrô Play: Takagi Oriemon budô jitsuroku (高木織右武実録) Theater: Nakamura Date: 8th
month of 1848 |
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Actors: Sawamura Sôjûrô V as Gofukuya Jûbei (呉ふくやちうべい) and Onoe Baikô IV as Heisaku’s daughter (musume)
Oyone (平さくむすめをよね) Play: Igagoe Yomikiri kôshaku (伊賀越読切講訳) Theater: Kawarazaki Date: 9th
month of 1848 |
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Actors: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Ukiyo Matahei (うけ世又平, founder of the
Ukiyo-e school) with an eel and his wife Otoku (女房お徳, Onoe Kikujirô II) Play: Keisei Hangonkô
(けいせい反魂香) Theater: Nakamura Date: 10th
month of 1848 NOTE: Matahei is a painter who wants to receive the title “Tosa” from his master, Tosa Shôgen. There is a
scene in the play in which Matahei carries a
package containing cooked eels, a delicacy in Japan, to give to his master. |
