Fan prints of actors,

Part I

 

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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Publisher: Izuzen

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: Ise-ya Ichiemon

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: Ise-ya Sôemon

Series: Characters of Gallant Men in Kabuki Dramas

Title: Teranishi Kanshin

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Publisher: Ise-ya Sôemon

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

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

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

Description: Actor in the role of Tachiba Taheiji

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Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei

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: Ise-ya Sôemon

 

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: An actor of the Ichimura family as Tadanobu

Date: 1832

Publisher: Hon-ya Genpachi

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Description: Unidentified actor in the snow

Date: c. 1830

Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô

Series: Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô

Description: Actor holding an ukiyo-e print of himself in the role of Hayano Kanpei

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Publisher: Ise-ya Ichiemon

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