Selected “Brother-pictures” of 30 Chosen Trees and Flowers

(E-kyôdai mitate san-jû bok’kwa-sen, 繪鏡臺見立三十木花撰)

Publisher: Jôshû-ya Kinzô

c. 1845

In this series, bust portraits of kabuki actors are likened to trees and flowers. It is listed as number 155 in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The prints in this series are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

	Actor: Role: Shinonome Plant: Knotgrass Image courtesy of Marie de Strycker
	This is another state of the above print.
	Actor: Bandô Shûka I Role: Oshun Plant: Wisteria (shirafuji)
	Actor: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII Role: Ishikawa Goemon Plant: Flowering melon vine
	Another state of the above design
	Actor: Ichikawa Kodanji IV Role: Taira no Kiyomori Plant: Pine tree laden with snow
	Actor: Iwai Kumesaburô III Role: Shirae Gompachi Plant: Iris
	Actor: Role: Lady Yae Plant: Peonies
	Actor: Sawamura Tosshô I (Sawamura Sôjûrô V) Role: Chubei Plant: Prunus flowers
	Actor: Role: Plant: Tiger lilies Image courtesy of Marie de Strycker
	Actor: Role: Plant: Maple
	Actor: Role: Plant:
	Actor: Role: Genhichi Plant: Morning glories
	Actor: Role: Abe no Yasuna Plant: Arrowroot leaves
	Actor: Role: The swordsman Miyamoto Musashi Plant: Lespedeza blossoms
	Actor: Role: Watônai Plant:
	Actor: Role: Courtesan Shinobu of Miyagi gori Plant: Ferns

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