Memorial prints II

(shini-e)

 

 

Actor: Iwai Hanshirô VI (Iwai Kumesaburô II)

Date: 1836

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

 

 

Actor: Iwai Hanshirô VI (Iwai Kumesaburô II)

Date: 1836

Publisher: Ezaki-ya Kichibei

 

Actor: Iwai Hanshirô VI (Iwai Kumesaburô II)

Date: 1836

Publisher: Yamamoto-ya Heikichi

 

Actor: Iwai Hanshirô VI (Iwai Kumesaburô II)

Date: 1836

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

 

 

Actor: Iwai Hanshirô VI (Iwai Kumesaburô II)

Date: 1836

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

 

Actor: Iwai Hanshirô VI (Iwai Kumesaburô II)

Date: 1836

Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô)

 

Actor: Iwai Hanshirô VI (Iwai Kumesaburô II)

Date: 1836

Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô)

 

Actor: Iwai Hanshirô VI (Iwai Kumesaburô II)

Date: 1836

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Uhei (Kukusendo)

 

Actor: Iwai Hanshirô VI (Iwai Kumesaburô II)

Date: 1836

Publisher: Tsuru-ya Kiemon (Senkakudô)

 

Actor: Iwai Hanshirô VI (Iwai Kumesaburô II)

Date: 1836

Publisher: Nishimura-ya Yohachi

 

Actor: Iwai Hanshirô VI (Iwai Kumesaburô II)

Date: 1836

Publisher: Edo-ya Matsugorô

 

Actor: Iwai Hanshirô VI (Iwai Kumesaburô II)

Date: 1836

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

 

 

Actor: Iwai Hanshirô VI (Iwai Kumesaburô II)

Date: 1836

Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei

 

Image courtesy of Richard Illing

 

 

Actor: Iwai Hanshirô VI (Iwai Kumesaburô II) burning incense

Date: 1836

Publisher: Hori Takichi of Yushima

 

Image courtesy of Richard Illing

 

 

Actor: Matsumoto Kôshirô VI

Date: 1849

Publisher: No seal

 

NOTE: The entire image is a single woodblock print imitating a hanging scroll on a wall

 

Actor: Ichimura Takenojô V

Date: 1851

Publisher:

 

Another state of the above print

 

Actor: Ichimura Takenojô V

Date: 1851

Publisher: Kaga-ya Katsugorô

 

Actor: Ichimura Takenojô V

Date: 1851

Publisher: Hori Takichi of Ushima

 

Actor: Nakamura Utaemon IV in the role of Taira no Kiyomori

Date: 1852

Publisher: No seal

 

NOTE: This unsigned masterpiece has traditionally been attributed to Kuniyoshi, in part because of the extant preparatory drawings.

 

Actor: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII

Date: 1854

Publisher: Ebi-iya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) of Horeichô

 

NOTE: Ichikawa Danjuro VIII, the most popular kabuki actor of his time, committed seppuku as a result of a homosexual scandal.

 

Actor: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII

Date: 1854

Publisher: Ebi-iya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) of Horeichô

 

Actor: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII

Date: 1854

Publisher: Ebi-iya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) of Horeichô

 

Actor: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII

Date: 1854

Publisher: Hori Takichi of Ushima

Actor: Triptych memorial for Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII

Date: 1854

Publisher:

Title: Eight Brides for the Only Son (Hitori musuko ni yome hachinin)

Actor: Diptych of Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII and his fans, possibly a memorial print

Date: 1847-1854

Publisher: Enshû-ya Hokobei

 

Memorial print of Kuniyoshi by his student Yoshi’iku

Date: 1861

Publisher: Hiro’oka-ya Kôsuke (Hiroko)

 

   

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