Selected Fine Performances of Actors for the Eight Views

(Mitate saiku yakusha hakkei, 見立細工役者八景)

Publisher: Shimizu-ya

c. 1834

In eleventh century China, eight views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers developed as a formalized series of landscape paintings. They represented views of the rivers and wetlands around Lake Dongting. The same eight views–autumn moon, lingering snow, evening glow, vesper bells, returning boats, clearing weather, night rain and homing geese–are likened to performances by kabuki actors in this series of prints. The series is listed as number 167 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.

	Play: Description: View: Autumn moon
	Play: Description: Actor as Kinokuniya View: Lingering snow
	Play: Description: View: Evening glow
	Play: Description: View: Vesper bells
	Play: Description: Actor as Owariya View: Returning sails
	Play: Description: Iwai Hanshirô VI in a female role holding a cricket cage View: Clearing Weather at Daiko-ya (Daiko-ya seiran, 大扣屋晴嵐)
	Play: Description: View: Night rain
	Play: Description: View: Homing geese

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