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person:
mitate-e
(見立て絵)
person:
actor prints (
yakusha-e
- 役者絵)
medium:
Japanese woodblock print
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
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)
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)
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 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
]
1828ca Shunsei Schwaab 113
Onoe Tamizō II (二代目尾上多見蔵) as both Gorō Tokimune (五郎時宗) and as a young girl from the play
Hatsuharu no Kotobuki Iwau Kokonobake
- 初春寿九化 - ('A Dance of Nine Changes' - 九之化之内)
1828ca Shunsei Schwaab 114
Onoe Tamizō II (二代目尾上多見蔵) as both Kajiwara Genta [梶原源太] and as a fisherman from the play
Hatsuharu no Kotobuki Iwau Kokonobake
初春寿九化 - (A Dance of Nine Changes - 九之化之内)
1828ca Shunshi Schwaab 115
Gatōken Shunshi (画登軒春芝) of Onoe Tamizō II (尾上多見蔵) as both a night watchman and a Celestial princess from the play
Hatsuharu no Kotobuki Iwau Kokonobake
初春寿九化 - (A Set of Nine Changes - 九之化之内)
1830c Sadamasu 01
Arashi Rikan II as Ushiwaka Saburō (牛若三郎) performing in a
mitate
- the title cartouche reads: 見立 牛若三郎 嵐璃寛
1830s Sadamasa shijaku archer.
Iwai Shijaku I (岩井紫若) as Tamuramaru (田村丸) - one panel from a larger
mitate
composition
1832 Hokuei duo
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) on the right as Hachiman Tarō (八幡太郎) and Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Abe no Sadatō (安部貞任) in
Adachi Moor in Ōshū Province
- probably a
mitate
1834 Hokuei pentaptych
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Komafune Hachirō (駒夫根八郎) on the far right, next is Nakamura Tomijūrō II (中村富十郎) as Komafune's wife Okane (駒舟女房おかね), Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Awashima Kainosuke (粟島甲斐之助) in the center, Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) as Amako Komawakamaru (尼子駒若丸) and Iwai Shijaku I (岩井紫若) as the packhorse driver Osaka, actually Yukari no Mae (馬方おさく実はゆかりノ前) on the far left, in
Keisei Nazuna No Sekku
(aka
Keisei Himehajime
[けいせい飛馬始]) - a
mitate
1847-50 Kunisada kaidomaru ani
Yamauba (山姥) on the left, Kaidōmaru (怪童丸) in the center, and Mita no shi (三田仕) on the right - with acrobatic men dressed as animals - possibly from a
shosagoto
[所作事] performance
1847 Shusho shikan gado
Nakamura Shikan III as Ume no Yoshibei (梅ノ由衛) and Kataoka Gadō II as the
decchi
(apprentice - でっち) Chōkichi (長吉) in
The Mirror of Loyalty and Filial Piety
(
Chūkō kagami
- 忠孝鏡) - a possible
mitate
1850 Kunisada pentaptych
Imaginary scene of the crossing of the Ōi River (
Ōikawa mitate kawagoshi
- 大井川見立川越): Nakamura Fukusuke I and Nakamura Tsuruzō I on the right; Iwai Kumesaburō III and Nakamura Ichizō I (?); Ichikawa Kodanji IV and Bandō Hikosaburō V; Onoe Kikujirō II and Kataoka Gadō II; and Arashi Kichisaburō III and Onoe Kikugorō IV on the left
1850c Kunisada fox drum
Nakamura Utaemon IV (中村歌右衛門) as Kitsune Tadanobu (狐忠信) from the series
A Parody of the 12 Months
(見立十二ヶ月之中二月) - the Second Month
1851 Kunisada ichimura takenoj
Ichimura Takenojō V (市村竹之丞) as both Monju's Monkey (
Monjuzaru
- 文殊猿) and a Girl on the Road to Edo (
Kaidō kudari
- 街道下り) from an untitled series of Auspicious Plays (
Kotobuki kyōgen
)
1858 Kunisada iwai kumesaburo
Komachi Washing (
Arai Komachi
- あらゐ小町): Iwai Kumesaburō III (岩井粂三郎) as the geisha Oshun (芸者おしゆん) from the series
Matches for the Seven Komachi Plays
(
Mitate Nana Komachi no uchi
- 見立七小町ノ内)
1859 Kunisada 12 months 22
Nakamura Fukusuke I as Tadanobu, the fox representing the first two months of the year from the series 'A PARODY OF THE TWELVE MONTHS (MITATE JU NI KAGETSU NOUCHI' (見立十二ヶ月ノ内)
1859 Kunisada 12 months 23
Nakamura Fukusuke I representing the 3rd and 4th months of the year: "March, the Doll Festival, and April, a Bonito Seller (鰹売)" - A Parody of the Twelve Months (
Mitate ju ni kagetsu nouchi
見立十二ヶ月ノ内)
1859 Kunisada 12 months 24
Iwai Kumesaburō III [岩井粂三郎] as the Weaver Maiden Shokujo in July and the August moon viewing (七月織女 八月月見) from 'A Parody of the Twelve Months' (
Mitate ju ni kagetsu nouchi
- 見立十二ヶ月ノ内) representing the 7th and 8th months
1859 Kunisada 12 months 25
Bandō Hikosaburō V as Ushiwakamaru in 'A Parody of the Twelve Months' (
Mitate ju ni kagetsu nouchi
- 見立十二ヶ月ノ内): this represents the 10th and 11th months
1860 Yoshiiku firemen & sumo
'An Old Tale of Conflict in the East' (
Mukashi gatari Azuma no tatehiki
- 昔語東立引) - Nakamura Shikan IV [四代目中村芝翫] as Yottsuibishi Chōgorō (四ツイ菱長五郎) on the right, Bandō Hikosaburō V [五代目坂東彦三郎] as Kogashira Mekurajimanohiko (小頭めくら島ノ彦) in the center, Bandō Kamezō I as the
otokodate
Kanehara and Ichikawa Ichizō III as Mitsuhiki Ichigorō (三ッ引市五郎) on the left - a
mitate
1865 Yoshitaki ogino senjo I
Mu (む): Ogino Senjo I (荻野扇女) as Ohatsu of Hinuka [?] (ひぬかのおはつ) with a horse, from the series
Actors Matched with Proverbs for the Kana Syllabary
(
Mitate Iroha Tatoe
- 見立いろはたとへ)
1875 Kunichika mongaku
Nakamura Shikan IV as the Priest Mongaku Shōnin in
Mitate Nachi no taki Mongaku Shōnin
(見立那智瀧文覚上人)
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