Surimono of Actors
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grateful to Ward Pieters for assisting with this
section.
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Title:
Great Wrestler-actors of the East (Adzuma no o-sekitori yakusha) Description:
Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII (Ichikawa Ebizô V) (right) and Nakamura Utaemon IV
(left) with a sumô umpire's fan. Kunisada
designed the portrait of Ichikawa Danjûrô VII (right) and Kuniyoshi designed
the portrait of Nakamura Utaemon IV Size: Dai ôban (about 13.75 by 18.25 inches
or 34.5 by 45.5 centimeters) Date: 1850
Schaap:
1.b.1 |
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Description:
Folding album with paintings of actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as the king of
the tengu (right) and Ichikawa
Danjûrô IX as Ushiwakamaru (left). The flowering gourd was drawn by Shibata Zeshin. Size: 43 x
51 cm. Date: 1849
Schaap: 1.b.2 |
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Description:
Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Soga no Gorô
(right), unidentified actor as Maizuru and another
actor as Asahina Saburô. Maizuru is tugging on a piece of Soga no Gorô’s armor while Asahina Saburô watches. Size: 43.1
by 56.5 centimeters Date:
1851-1852 Schaap:
1.b.3 |
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Title:
Praise given to Ichikawa Sansho (Ichikawa Danjûrô
VII) from the Shiba Group and the Uogashi Group Description:
A scene from the Boys’ Festival with a large carp streamer partially obscured
by a banner of actor Size: 16 x
21 inches (40 by 52.5 centimeters) Printer: Surikô Masa Date: 1849 Schaap:
1.b.4 |
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No image available Description:
A large head portrait of an actor in a female role Size: Date: Schaap:
1.c.1 |
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Description:
Actor Nakamura Shikan II (Nakamura Utaemon IV)
resting on one knee and holding a mortar Size: Shikishiban (about 7 by 8 inches or 18
by 21 centimeters) Date:
early 1830s Schaap:
1.c.2 |
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Description:
Actors Bandô Mitsugorô IV (right) and Sawamura Tosshô (left) fighting Size: 21.5
by 28.3 centimeters Date:
Early 1830s Schaap:
1.c.3 Image courtesy of Richard Illing |
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Description:
Actor in the role of a seated geisha
playing the shamisen
Inset: A
set of boxes upon a plaited basket on a yoke Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Date: c.
1834 Schaap:
2.b.1.1 |
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Description:
Actor as a seated beauty holding cat against her bosom Inset: A
theater program Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Date: c.
1834 Schaap:
2.b.1.2 |
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Description:
Actor Iwai Hanshirô V seated by a hibachi with
tobacco pipe Inset:
buckets filled with fish Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Date: c.
1834 Schaap:
2.b.1.3 |
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Description:
Actors Iwai Hanshirô V as the courtesan Nishikido (left) and Segawa Kikunojô V (right) as a female pilgrim fighting off a
ruffian. This is a scene from the kabuki play 江戸育娘道成寺 (no translation available) performed in the Nakamura
Theater in Size: Shikishiban diptych (each sheet is
about 8 by 7 inches or 21 by 18 centimeters) Date: 1828
Schaap:
2.c.1 Right sided image courtesy
of Richard Illing |
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Description:
Actors Onoe Kikugorô III
with a bow (right) and Iwai Hanshirô VI holding
monkey mask (left) in roles
suggesting Minamoto Yorimasa shooting the nue Size: Shikishiban diptych (each sheet is
about 8 by 7 inches or 21 by 18 centimeters) Date: c.
1835 Schaap:
2.c.2 |
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Description:
Actors Ichikawa Ebizô V (Ichikawa Danjûrô VII) as a lord (left), Iwai Hanshirô VI as O-Sode, wife of Yomoshichi (center) and Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Tamiya Iemon (R) in the kabuki play ‘Tokaido
yotsuya kaidan’ Size: Shikishiban triptych (each sheet is
about 8 by 7 inches or 21 by 18 centimeters) Date: 1836 Schaap:
2.c.5 |
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Description:
Actor Iwai Hanshirô VI as a miko (shrine maiden) holding an
open fan between her teeth (right), an actor as a geisha tuning her shamisen (center) and actor Onoe
Kikugorô III standing by a palanquin and tying her obi (left). Only the right and left panels are
illustrated. Size: Shikishiban triptych (each sheet is
about 8 by 7 inches or 21 by 18 centimeters) Date: 1836 Schaap:
2.c.7 |
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Description:
Actor Iwai Hanshirô VI as geisha squatting on a veranda Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Date: c.
1835 Schaap:
2.d.1.6 |
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Description:
Actor Iwai Shijaku (Iwai Hanshiro
VII) in a female role holding a fan and seated on a mat under a flowering
cherry tree Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Date: c.
1830 Schaap:
2.d.1.7 Image courtesy of Richard Illing |
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Another state of the above print
in which the blue of the sky does not reach the top |
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Description:
Actor Onoe Kikugorô III
reclining in a boat with a pipe in his hand Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Date: Schaap:
2.1 |
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Description:
Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VII in the role of Arashishi
Otokonosuke with a fan in his mouth in a scene from
the kabuki play ‘Meiboku Sendai hagi’ Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Printer: Surikô Shinzô Date: 1830
Schaap:
2.2 |
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Description:
Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV performing a dance on a hobbyhorse Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Date: Schaap:
2.3 |
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Description:
Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII kneeling in a performance of Shibaraku with his long sword
upright to the left Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Date: c.
1832 Schaap:
2.4 |
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Description:
Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as a lord holding a raised sword in his left hand
and holding on to an opponents lance which he is pressing down to the ground Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Date: Schaap:
2.5 |
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Description:
Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Benkei battling actor Iwai Shiaku
in the role of Yoshitsune Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Date:
Early 1830s Schaap:
2.6 |
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Description:
Two battledores with portraits of actors Sawamura Tosshô as Soga no Jûrô (right)
and Bandô Shûka as his mistress Maizuru
(left) Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Date: c.
1832 Schaap:
2.7 |
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Description:
A battledore, a shuttlecock and an envelope of cards for the game of sugoroku. Actors as the Soga brothers are pictured on
the envelope. Size: Date: Schaap:
Not listed |
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Description:
Bust portraits of two actors Size: Date: Schaap:
Not listed |
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Description:
Memorial portrait (shini-e) of actor
Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII Size: Ôban triptych (each panel is about 14
by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Date: 1854
Schaap:
Not listed |
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‘Schaap’
refers to listing in ‘Heroes and Ghosts: Japanese Prints by Kuniyoshi’ by
Robert Schaap (Hotei Publishing, Leiden, 1998).
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