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.
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Description:
Actor Date: Publisher:
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Description:
Actor Date: Publisher:
Izuzen |
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Series:
Enjoying the Evening Cool (Yûsuzumi) Title:
Shirai Gompachi Description:
An actor in a boat on the Date: c.
1844-1845 Publisher:
Iba-ya Kyûbei |
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Series: Enjoying
the Evening Cool (Yûsuzumi) Title: Description:
An offstage actor relaxing in a riverboat Date:
1843-1845 Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei |
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Series:
Enjoying the Evening Cool (Yûsuzumi) Title: Description:
An offstage actor relaxing in a riverboat Date:
1843-1845 Publisher:
Iba-ya Kyûbei |
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Title:
Shirai Gonpachi - A Model of Coolness (Suzumisugata
Shirai Gonpachi) Description:
Actor as Shirai Gonpachi on the Date:
1844-1846 Publisher:
Ise-ya Ichiemon |
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Description:
Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII in the role of Matsuwakamaru Date:
1847-1848 Publisher:
Iba-ya Kyûbei |
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Description:
Actor as Hidari Jingoro carving a wooden
statue Date:
1847-1850 Publisher:
Iba-ya Kyûbei |
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Series:
Characters of Gallant Men in Kabuki
Dramas Title:
Shirai Gompachi Description: Date: Publisher:
Ise-ya Sôemon |
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Series:
Characters of Gallant Men in Kabuki
Dramas Title:
Teranishi Kanshin Description: Date: Publisher:
Ise-ya Sôemon |
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Series:
Merchants in Summer Likened to the Five Elements (Mitate go-gyô [partial title]) Title:
Metal Description:
Actor as a seller of goldfish Date: Publisher:
Iba-ya Sensaburô |
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Series:
Merchants in Summer Likened to the Five Elements (Mitate go-gyô [partial title]) Title:
Wood Description:
Actor as a seller of plants Date: Publisher:
Iba-ya Sensaburô |
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Series: Joruri Plays Briefly Described Description:
Actor Date: Publisher:
Enshû-ya Matabei |
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Description:
Actor holding a closed fan Date: Publisher:
Iba-ya Sensaburô |
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Description:
Actor in the role of Tachiba Taheiji Date: Publisher:
Iba-ya Kyûbei |
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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 |
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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. |
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Series:
Snow, Moon and Flowers (Setsugekkwa no
uchi) Title:
Moon (月) Description:
Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII, with insets of a full moon and the poet Abe no
Nakamaro (here written ‘Nakamaru’) Date: c.
1834 Publisher: |
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Description:
An actor of the Ichimura family as Tadanobu Date: 1832 Publisher:
Hon-ya Genpachi |
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Description:
Date: Publisher: |
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Description:
Unidentified actor in the snow Date: c.
1830 Publisher:
Iba-ya Sensaburô |
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Series:
Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Description:
Actor holding an ukiyo-e print of
himself in the role of Hayano Kanpei Date: Publisher:
Ise-ya Ichiemon |
