Actors

Actor prints are known as yakusha-e.

Series

Date

Robinson*

Selected Actors as the Eight Heroes of Bakin's Hakkenden (Mitate yakusha Hakkenshi)

1840

156

Untitled series of actors' busts

1840

unlisted

5 Warriors Likened to 5 Famous Horses of Great Men (五将軍見立五人男馬超)

1843

unlisted

Selected “Brother-pictures” of 30 Chosen Trees and Flowers (E-kyôdai mitate san- bok’kwa-sen)

1845

155

Kanadehon Chûshingura

1847

169

The Loyal Heroes of Bakin's 'Hakkenden' (Giyû Hakkenden)

1847-1848

162

The Five Festivals (Go sekku no uchi)

1849

125

Comparison of the Spirits of Able Men (Date otoko kishô kurabe)

1850

172

Modern Seven Komachi (Imayô nana Komachi)

1851

161

Popular Characters Reflected in Sake Cups

1851

unlisted

Modern Style Set of the Provinces in Edo Brocade (Kôto nishiki imayô kuni-dzukushi)

1852

171

Set of Views of Fuji from Edo in Iroha Order (Nanatsu iroha Tôto Fuji zukushi)

1852

181

Thirty-six Fashionable Restaurants of the Eastern Capital (Tôto ryûkô san-jû-rokkwaiseki)

1852

187

Selection for the Twelve Signs (Mitate jûnishi no uchi)

1852

192

Famous Views of Edo Selected for the Twelve Months (Edo meisho mitate jû-ni ka gwatsu no uchi)

1852

210

Twelve Acts of the Lantern Chûshingura (Ju-ni dan shoku Kanadehon Chûshingura)

1852

218

The Seven Gods of Good Luck on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa shichi Fuku-jin no uchi)

1853

203

The Story of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari no uchi)

1854

205

Vengeance at Denka Tea House (Denka chaya adauchi)

1854

unlisted

Twenty-four Selected Paragons of Filial Piety (Mitate nijûshi-kô)

1854-1855

170

Harimaze

 

200 and 216

The game of ken

 

 

Fan prints of actors

 

 

Surimono of actors

 

 

Memorial prints (shini-e) 2 images added 6/6/08

 

 

*Series number in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson, 1961, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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