Five Dance Performances by Onoe Tamizô II

at the Kawarasaki Theatre in the First Month of Tenpo 13

(第二番大切五変化所作事之内)

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô

1842

 

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.

 

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Onoe Tamizô II performing the lion dance (shakkyô, 石橋) on a rock with a long flowing mane of hair

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Onoe Tamizô II performing the new year dance (manzai, 万歳), lavishly dressed with a drum

 

 

 

Another state of the above design

 

Onoe Tamizô II as the Chinese man (tôjin, 唐人)

 

I am grateful to Robert Pryopr for this image with a blue top.

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Onoe Tamizô II as the babysitter (komori, 子もり) performing a children’s dance with a lute and an octopus

 

Onoe Tamizô II as a yakkodako (奴だこ), a kite that looks like a servant

 

 

    “Robinson” refers to listing of the series in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). 

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