Kanadehon Chûshingura

Publisher: Enshû-ya Matabei

1847

This series shows scenes from the 1847 performance of the kabuki play ‘Kanadehon Chûshingura’ at the Nakamura Theater in Edo. It is listed as number 169 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.

	Actors: Ichikawa Kuzô II (Ichikawa Danzô VI) as Momonoi Wakasanosuke and Sawamura Chojûrô V (Sawamura Sojûrô V) as Kakogawa Honzô
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Ono no Sadakurô
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Yano Kanpei and Bandô Shuka I (Bandô Mitsugorô V) as Koshimoto Okaru (female role)
	Actors: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Yano Kanpei and Bandô Shuka I (Bandô Mitsugorô V) as Koshimoto Okaru (female role)
	Actors: Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Heiemon and Bandô Shuka I (Bandô Mitsugorô V) as Okaru (female role)
	Actors: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Moronao (upper figure) and Onoe Kikugoro III as Ôboshi Yuranosuke
	Actors: Onoe Baikô IV (Onoe Kikugorô IV) and Iwai Kumesaburô III as Konami and her mother Tonase
	Actors: Sawamura Chojûrô V (Sawamura Sojûrô V) as Kakogawa Honzô
	Actors: Matsumoto Kinshô I as Akugenta Yoshihira (male role) and Onoe Kikujirô II as Osono (wife of the merchant Gihei)    Information courtesy of J. Wiesinger
	Actors: Onoe Kikugoro III as Ôboshi Yuranosuke and actor Nakamura Utaemon IV in an unidentified role
	Actors: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Moronao and Onoe Kikugorô III as Lady Kaoyo
	Actors: Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Ôboshi Yuranosuke and Iwai Kumesaburô III as Ôboshi Rikiya Yoshikane

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