Fan Prints of Actors

 

An uchiwa is a non-folding fan consisting of paper attached to a bamboo frame.  These prints, which were intended to be glued onto an uchiwa, are called uchiwa-e. 

Description: Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Fuwa Banzaemon

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Description: Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII

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Series: Enjoying the Evening Cool (Yûsuzumi)

Title: Shirai Gompachi

Description: An actor in a boat on the Sumida River

Date: c. 1844-1845

Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei

Series: Enjoying the Evening Cool (Yûsuzumi)

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Description: An offstage actor relaxing in a riverboat

Date: 1843-1845

Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei

Series: Enjoying the Evening Cool (Yûsuzumi)

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Description: An offstage actor relaxing in a riverboat

Date: 1843-1845

Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei

Title: Shirai Gonpachi - A Model of Coolness (Suzumisugata Shirai Gonpachi)

Description: Actor as Shirai Gonpachi on the Sumida River

Date: 1844-1846

Publisher: Tsuji-ya

Description: Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII in the role of Matsuwakamaru

Date: 1847-1848

Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei

Description: Actor as Hidari Jingoro carving a wooden statue

Date: 1847-1850

Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei

Series: Characters of Gallant Men in Kabuki Dramas

Title: Shirai Gompachi

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Publisher: Yamajô

Series: Characters of Gallant Men in Kabuki Dramas

Title: Teranishi Kanshin

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Publisher: Yamajô

Series: Merchants in Summer Likened to the Five Elements (Mitate go-gyô [partial title])

Title: Metal

Description: Actor as a seller of goldfish

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Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô (Dansendô)

Series: Merchants in Summer Likened to the Five Elements (Mitate go-gyô [partial title])

Title: Wood

Description: Actor as a seller of plants

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Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô (Dansendô)

Series: Joruri Plays Briefly Described

Description: Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII

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Publisher: Enshû-ya Matabei

Description: Actor holding a closed fan

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Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô (Dansendô)

Description: Actors as a samurai and his retainer

Date: 1854

Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô (Dansendô)

Description: Kabuki scene with actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII in an heroic role protecting a young woman from the advances of a ruffian

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Publisher: Tsuji-ya

Description: Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô V (Sawamura Chôjûrô V) emerging from under the bedcovers in an allusion to his sexual prowess

Date: 1852-1853

Publisher: Arita-ya Seiemon

Description: Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV with a picture of Kwakkyo

Date: 1850-1851

Publisher: Yamajô

 

NOTE: Kwakkyo is one of the twenty-four Chinese paragons of filial piety.  Lamenting the fact that his aged mother was going hungry because food was being eaten by his infant son, Kwakkyo prepared to kill the baby.  While digging the grave, he discovered a pot of gold with an attached note (or inscription) that the treasure was meant for him.  The picture shows Kwakkyo and his wife discovering the pot of gold buried outside their home.

Series: Snow, Moon and Flowers (Setsugekkwa no uchi)

Title: Moon ()

Description: Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII, with insets of a full moon and the poet Abe no Nakamaro (here written ‘Nakamaru’)

Date: c. 1834

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Description: Actors Sawamura Tosshô I and Arashi Kichisabrurô III as the wrestlers Nuregami Chôgorô and Hanaregoma Chôkichi

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Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô (Dansendô)

Description: Actor Ichikawa Ebizô V (formerly Ichikawa Danjûrô VII) in the role of Yanone-gorô

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Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô (Dansendô)

Description: Actors as lovers on a balcony

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Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô (Dansendô)

Description: An actor of the Ichimura family as Tadanobu

Date: 1832

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Publisher: Echigo-ya  Chohachi

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Publisher: Echigo-ya  Chohachi

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Publisher: Ise-ya Soemon

Description: Unidentified actor in the snow

Date: c. 1830

Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô (Dansendô)

Drawing for a fan print of an actor with a supernatural cat

Description: Drawing of actor Sawamura Sôjurô V in the role of Yorikane

Date: c. 1836

Publisher: no seal

Description: Noh actor with the mask of the dragon king on a balcony

Date: c, 1845

Seal: Hayashi

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