Double and triple bust portraits of actors,

Part I

Included in this section are diptychs and triptychs in which at least one sheet is a double or triple bust portrait. It is possible that some of the illustrated single sheets are from larger compositions. Unless otherwise noted, 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.

	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Hanaoka Bunshichi (花岡文七, male role) and Bandô Shuka I as Kiyokawa (こし元清川) Play: Mimasu mimasu karigane Soga Date: 1^st month of 1850 Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Shimizu-ya Tsunejirô NOTE: This print and the four following prints belong to the series Flowers of Edo: Five Otokodate (Edo no hana no gonin otoko, 江戸の花五人男) which is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961)
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Kaminari Shôkurô (雷庄九郎) and Bandô Shuka I in an unidentified female role Play: Mimasu mimasu karigane Soga Date: 1^st month of 1850 Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Isetsuru
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Hotei Ichiemon (ほてい丸の市右衛門) Play: Mimasu mimasu karigane Soga Date: 1^st month of 1850 Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Isetsuru
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Gokuin Senemon (極印仙右衛門) Play: Mimasu mimasu karigane Soga Date: 1^st month of 1850 Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Isetsuru
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Otonai (安の平兵衛, top) and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Akazawa Junai (沢十内) Play: Mimasu mimasu karigane Soga Date: 1^st month of 1850 Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Shimizu-ya Tsunejirô
	Actors: Bandô Shuka I as the Buddhist nun Narukami (女鳴神尼) and Arashi Kangorô I in an unidentified role Play: Kumo no uwasa onna Narukami (雲艶女鳴神) Date: 6^th month of 1854 Theater: Kawarasaki Publisher: Enshû-ya Hikobei
	Actors: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Takagi Oriaemon and Onoe Kikujirô II as Umenoi Play: Takagi Oriemon budojitsu roku (高木織右武実録) Date: 8^th month of 1848 Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Horimasa
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Yamauba and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Kwaido Maru (Kintoki) Play: Takigi o yukima no Ichikawa Date: 11^th month of 1848 Theater: Kawarasaki Publisher: Horimasa I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.
	Actors: Ichilawa Danjûrô VIII as Heigawara Jirozô (top) and Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Akogi no Heiji Play: Seishu Akogi gaura Date: 10^th month of 1849 Publisher: Mikawa-ya Tetsugorô
	Actors: Play: Date: 1846-1852 Publisher: Horimasa
	Actors: Ichilawa Danjûrô VIII as Mitsuuji (光氏, suggesting Prince Genji) being handed a letter by Nakamura Kantarô I as Kawajirô (川次郎) Play: Genji Moyô furisada hinagata (源氏模様娘雛形) Date: 9^th month of 1851 Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Enshû-ya Hikobei
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Komazawa Jirozaemon (top) and Bandô Shuka I as Miyuki, the blind koto player Play: The Yadoya scene from Eiri Shôsetsu Asagao Monogatari Date: 8^th month of 1848 Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Natsume Shirosaburô holding a child and Bandô Shuka I as the female bandit Kishin Omatsu (top) Play: Shinpan koshi no shiranami (新板越白浪) Date: 9^th month of 1851 Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Enshû-ya Hikobei
	Another state of the above print
	A later edition, probably for another production, with the actorsʼ names added in white cartouches. I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.
	Actors: Ichikawa Ebizô V as Kumagai Jirô Naozane (熊谷次郎直実) fighting with Ichikawa Saruzô I as mukan taifu Atsumori (無官の太夫敦盛) Play: Ichinotani futaba gunki (一谷嫩軍記) Date: 3^rd month of 1850 (censors Hama and Magome) Theater: Kawarazak Publisher: Enshû-ya Hikobei
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Yoshikado and Onoe Kikujirô II as Kikyo-no-mae Play: Azuma dairi hana mo Yoshikado (東都内裡花能門) Date: 11^th month of 1848 Theater: Kawarasaki Publisher: Horimasa
	Actors: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Otaka Tonomo (大高主殿) and Seki Sanjûrô III as Yokoyama Daizô (横山大蔵) Play: Takagi Oriemon budojitsu roku (高木織右武実録) Date: 8^th month of 1848 Theater: Nakamura Publisher: 与 under a single mountain is identified as Hori Takichi of Yushima in Kuniyoshi by B. W. Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961), but as Ôta-ya Takichi in Publishers of Japanese Woodblock Prints: A Compendium by Andreas Marks (Hotei Publishing, Leiden, 2011) I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.
	Actors: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Otaka Tonomo (大高主殿) biting on a silk cloth as he performs ritual seppuku and Nakamura Tsuruzô I as Ryôshi Ganzô (猟師鴈蔵) Play: Takagi Oriemon budojitsu roku (高木織右武実録) Date: 8^th month of 1848 (censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura) Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Horimasa
	Actors: Sawamura Chôjûrô V as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (top) and Iwai Kumesaburô III as Ôboshi Rikiya Play: Kanedon Chûshingura Date: 7^th month of 1849 Theater: Nakamura Publisher: Hayashi-ya Shôgorô
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Mitsuuji (光氏, suggesting Prince Genji) and Bandô Shuka I as Tasogare (たそがれ) Play: Genji Moyô furisada hinagata (源氏模様娘雛形) Date: 9^th month of 1851 Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Kadomaru-ya
	Another state of the above design with the actorsʼ names written in a different script. I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Miyagi Asojirô (宮木阿曽次郎, male role) and Bandô Shûka I as Miyuki, the blind koto player (秋月娘深雪 後ニ朝顔) Play: The Akashi no Ura Funawakare scene from Eiri Shôsetsu Asagao Monogatari (絵入稗史蕣物語) Date: 8^th month of 1848 Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Sumiyoshi-ya Masagorô
	Actors: Bandô Shûka I as Danshichi Okaji (団七お梶) and Seki Sanjûrô III as Giheiji Obaba (義平次お婆ア) Play: Shinzô tsurifune kidan (新造艣奇談) Date: 5^th month of 1852 Theater: Ichimura Publisher: Isekane NOTE: There is a festival parade in the background
	Actors: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Hige no Ikyu (髭の意休, top), Bandô Shuka I as Miuraya Agemaki (三浦や揚巻, middle), and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Hanakawado Sukeroku (花川戸の助六, bottom) Play: Sukeroku kuruwa no hanamidoki (助六廓の花見時)　 Date: 3^rd month of 1850 Theater: Nakamura Publisher: I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.

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