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(見立て絵)
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19th century
1795c Utamaro P165
Act IX: The Treasury of the Loyal Retainers (忠臣蔵 九段目)
1800-01 Utamaro BW
Pleasure boating on the Sumida with a scoop-net (
yotsude ami
- 四つ手網) - left panel of triptych
1800-04 Utamaro Otomo no Kuron
Ōtomo no Kuronushi (大伴黒主) from the series 'Modern Children as the Six Poetic Immortals' -
Tōsei kodomo rokkasen
(当世子供六歌仙)
1800-10 Toyokuni I Crane
3 figures in an actor's debut (役者地顔見たて) from the series
The Floating World Chūshingura
(
Ukiyo Chūshingura
- 浮世忠臣蔵) - the second act (二段目)
1800c Toyokuni kennosuke
Samawura Gennosuke I (澤村源之助) in the role of Miuranosuke Yoshiaki (三浦之介義明) in the play
Kamakura sandaiki
or
Three Generations of Kamakura Shoguns
- 鎌倉三代記
1800s Kunisada parody good for
Mitate
of the Three Gods of Fortune in their Prime (全盛見立三福神) each represented by a famous courtesan - this is the left panel of a triptych showing Yoyoyama of the Matsubaya (松葉屋内代々山)
1800s Unknown shichi fukujin
Various figures aboard the Treasure Ship (
Takarabune
) which is generally reserved for the The Seven Gods of Good Fortune (
Shichifukujin
) - a
mitate
1801ca Utamaro triptych scoop
Fishing with a four armed scoop-net (
yotsude ami
- 四つ手網) by the light of a crescent moon
1802-03 Toyokuni Kabuki 4
Nakayama Tomisaburō I standing next to Matsumoto Koshirō V in the checkered robe, Ichikawa Danjurō VII in makeup and Onoe Eizaburō I seated and holding a scroll - this is the left panel of a triptych entitled
Edo shibai sangai no zu
('The 3rd Floor of an Edo Theater' - 江戸芝居三階之図)
1804c Kuninaga doll festival
Representations of the Eight Legendary Chinese Wizards or
Fūryū hachi sennin
(風流八仙人)
1804c Utamaro mutsu
Mutsu Province (陸奥) from the series
Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers
(
Fūryū Mu Tamagawa
- 風流六玉川) - one panel of a hexaptych
1806c Utamaro Narihira mitate
Parody of Narihira's
Journey to the East
(
Azuma-kudri: Yatsushi no Fuji
)
1807 Toyokuni I Omezo
Ichikawa Omezō I as Yanone Gorō [矢の根五郎] in the lower right - the Weaver Maiden and the Ox Herder are in the circle in the upper left
1808 Shuntei actors at enoshim
Actors Viewed As Though in a Revenge Drama (
Yakusha mitate kataki-uchi
- 役者見立敵討)
1809-11ca Kunisada new year pr
Parody of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune in the Pleasure Quarters (
Seirō mitate
- 青楼見立 [
Shichifukujin
- 七福神]) - left-hand panel of a triptych
1809 Toyokuni yakusha junitsuk
Left panel of a triptych of actors as the 7 Lucky Gods on a chrysanthemum treasure ship for the
Kugatsu kikubune shichifukujin no zu
(九月菊舟七福神乃図): Segawa Senjo as Jurōjin and Nakamura Utaemon III as Hotei - from the series
Actors and the 12 Months
(
Sanjurokuban-tsuzuki yakusha junitsuki
三十六ばん続役者十二つき)
1810c Eizan Bijin.jpg
Cherry blossoms in blooming in the Yoshiwara (
Yoshiwara no hanazakari
- 吉原の花盛) from the series 'Eight Views of Famous Places in the Eastern Capital' (
Tōto meisho hakkei
- 東都名所八景)
1810c Toyokuni chrysanthemums.
An
oiran
holding a bouquet of gift-wrapped chrysanthemums - Zodiac sign of the monkey - the 9th month
1810s Toyokuni umbrella.jpg
A
mitate
of Komachi with an umbrella praying for rain (
Amagoi Komachi
- 雨こひ小まち) from the series
Modern Girls as the Seven Komachi
(
Imayō musume Nana Komachi
- 今やう娘七小町)
1815c Eisen surimono
Surimono
parody of the armor-pulling scene, the
kusazuribiki
[草摺引], of the Soga brothers tale: Asahina and a courtesan holding a spindle represented by
bunraku
puppets
1815c Kunisada Genji 39
The beauty Yūgiri (夕きり) in the rain - from the series
Fan-tossing for the Elegant
(
Fūryū tōsenkyō
- 風流投扇興)
1818c Kunisada bijin child
Fan print of a courtesan with her child assistant - the background is the
Matsu kiri
scene from Act 2 of the
Chūshingura
with Kakogawa Honzō lopping off a pine branch - a
mitate
(見立)
1820-25 Kuniyasu suikoden Hana
Parody of Zhu Wu: the Divine Strategist "Shinkigunshi Shubu no mitate" (神機軍師朱武の見立) from "Tsūzoku Suikoden Gōketsu Hyaku-hachi-nin no Hitori" (通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個) The hundred and eight heroes of the Suikoden "Ōgiya uchi Hanaōgi" The courtesan Hana-Ogi of the Ogiya house (扇屋内 花扇)
1820ca Ashiyuki Kunitaro II
Sawamura Kunitarō II (沢村国太郎) in an unidentified, imagined
onnagata
role, a
mitate
- the right-hand panel of a four panel composition
1820c Eisen procession
Mitate
of a daimyō procession [大名行列] along the bank of the Sumida River (隅田川) for cherry blossom viewing (花見)
1820c Hokushu Ebijuro
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as the servant Ranpei in the play
Yamatogana Ariwara Keizu
(倭仮名在原系図) - a
mitate
1820c Kuniyasu pipe moon
Bijin looking at the full moon
1820c Toyokuni Kikunojo V
Segawa Kikunojō V (瀬川菊之丞) in the role of a
Nuno-zarashi
(布ざらし) dancer from the series
The Moon, Snow and Flowers
(
Tsuki, Yuki, Hana, Shosa-goto No Uchi
- 月雪花 所作事の内)
1820s Kunisada actors stage
Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井半四郎) with Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) on stage - in the center panel of a triptych entitled 大当三階花見図 - the figure in the background is Sawamura Kawazō (澤村川蔵)
1820s Kunisada mitate kyogen
Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井半四郎) as Naginoha (なぎの葉) and Seki Sanjūrō II (関三十郎) as the giant Kobayashi Asahina (小林朝比奈) from the series 'Mitate Kyogen' (見立狂言 - Imaginary Plays)
1820s Kuniyasu pentaptych
Pentaptych:
bijin
holding puppets of actors as
otokodate
- from the left - Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) as An no Heibei (安ノ平兵衛), Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Gokuin Sen'emon (極印千右衞門), Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) as Kaminari Shōkurō (雷庄九郎), Seki Sanjūrō II (関三十郎) as Hotei Ichiemon (布袋市右衛門) and Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川團十郎) as Karigane Bunshichi (雁金文七) - from 'Five Chivalrous Men as Puppets' (
Mitate ningyō gonin otoko
- 見立人形五人男)
1821-23 Eisen sonohoma
Fuchū (府中): Sonohama (園浜) of the Owariya (尾張屋内) from the series
A Tōkaidō Board Game of Courtesans: Fifty-three Pairings in the Yoshiwara
(Keisei dōchū sugoroku/Mitate Yoshiwara gojūsan tsui [no uchi] - 契情道中双六 見立よしはら五十三対)
1821 Hokushu 4 actors 2
Right panel: Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) as Daihanji Kiyozumi (大判事清澄) and Arashi Koroku IV (嵐小六) as Koganosuke (久我之助): left panel Nakamura Matsue III (中村松江) as Sadaka's daughter Hinadori (娘ひな鳥) and Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as the widow Sadaka (後室狭高) - from the play
Imoseyama Onna Teikin
[妹背山婦女庭訓 -
Mount Imo and Mount Se: An Exemplary Tale of Womanly
]
1821 Hokushu double bust
Arashi Kichisaburō II (嵐吉三郎) as Prince Koretaka (惟喬親王) on the right and Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Katō Masakiyo (加藤正清) on the left - a
mitate
1821 Hokushu four actors
Right panel: Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) as Daihanji Kiyozumi (大判事清澄) & Arashi Koroku IV (嵐小六) as Koganosuke (久我之助): left panel: Nakamura Matsue III (中村松江) as Sadaka's daughter Hinadori (娘ひな鳥) & Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as the widow Sadaka (後室狭高) - from the play
Imoseyama Onna Teikin
[妹背山婦女庭訓 -
Mount Imo and Mount Se: An Exemplary Tale of Womanly Virtue
]
1821 Hokushu Kitsusaburo I
Arashi Kitsusaburō I (嵐橘三郎) as Sasaki Takatsuna (佐々木高綱) in the play
Ōmi Genji Senjin Yakata
[近江源氏先陣館]
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