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untitled series known as "Actor puzzles"
- Yakusha hanjimono (役者はんじもの) -
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11/19/24 |
to: thumbnails
Thanks to William Pearl for the better files.
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signature: Gototei Kunisada ga actor: Iwai Hanshirō V role: Mikazuki Osen (三ヶ月おせん) play: Shitennō Yagura no Ishizue (四天王櫓礎), performed
at the Ichimura Theatre in 11/1810
size: ōban |
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* congratulation/celebration is "iwai" 祝い * for the "bottle" see the link below: a signature seal for han[ko] 判子 I couldn‘t find any matching image for a hanko like this * the front part of a white rabbit is shirō[sagi] 白兎 The reading of the rebus here: https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/iwai-hanshiro-v-yakusha-hanjimono/RAG_m9Qi9vUW6Q |
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signature: Gototei Kunisada ga actor: Ichikawa Danjūrō VII role: Shinozuka Iganokami
size: ōban |
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* ? a New Year gift for a boy; no matching word found; should be
"itchi" * ? no idea; should be "kawa" * a step/stair is "dan" 段 * who/what is depicted? "shū" with dakuten (゛) becomes "jū" * the upper part of a candle is "rō[soku]" 蝋燭 |
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signature: Gototei Kunisada ga actor: Bandō Mitsugorō III role: Kudō Saemon Suketsune
size: ōban |
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* a clerk (bantō) with dakuten (゛) becomes bandō 番頭 * three times the same icon (三), read as mitsu みつ * the three icons to the left depict the emblem of the Soga brothers; the butterfly below the emblem refers to Soga Gorō; = gorō 五郎 confirmed here: https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/bando-mitsugoro-iii/qwGorPGyBJuZXQ |
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signature: Gototei Kunisada ga actor: Matsumoto Kōshirō V role: ?
size: ōban |
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* branches of pine tree is "matsu" 松 * seaweed, duckweed is "mo" 藻 * whetstone, grindstone is "to[ishi]" 砥石 * incense is "kō" 香 * a castle and a kormoran is "shiro" and "u" (= shirō) 城 + 鵜 |
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signature: Gototei Kunisada ga actor: Onoe Matsusuke II role: ?
size: ōban |
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* the ax is "ono" 斧 * the ax is depicted on a print (signed "Kunisada ga" with the publisher‘s logo of Nishimuraya Yohachi) is "e" 絵 * the pine needle-shaped hairpin (matsuba kanzsahi, 松葉簪) is "matsu" 松 * the spidernet (kumo-no-su) is "su" 巣 * the hair is "ke" 毛 |
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signature: Gototei Kunisada ga actor: Sawamura Sōjūrō IV role: ?
size: ōban |
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* ? wallet, purse could be "sa[fu]" 財布 * ring is "wa" 輪 * ? depicted is the upper part of a horse, would be "uma" 馬; needed would be "mu" * ? gras ? "ra" * ? a monk; priest would be "sō" 僧; or ? a creation/art work would be "sō[zō]" 創造 * the emblem of the Soga brothers; the sparrow below the emblem refers to Soga Jūrō; = "jūrō" 十郎 |
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signature: Gototei Kunisada ga actor: Segawa Rokō IV role: Tonami
size: ōban |
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* the backside of a man in a river is "se" (back) and
"kawa"/"gawa" (river) = "segawa" 背 and 川 * ? no idea; should be „rō" * ? no idea; should be "kō" |
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signature: Gototei Kunisada ga actor: Nakamura Utaemon III role: Matsuōmaru
size: ōban |
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* greens, vegetables is "na" 菜 * a part of a mosquito net is "ka[ya]" 蚊帳 * a man is dreaming; dream/vision is "mu[sō]" 夢想 * he dreams of the back half of a tiger which is " [to]ra" 虎 * ? uta * ? a picture which would be "e" 絵 * ? a person which would be "mon" 者 |
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signature: Gototei Kunisada ga actor: Sawamura Tanosuke II role: ?
size: ōban |
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* a heron is "sa[gi]" 鷺 * one half of a bowl is "wa[n]" 碗 * the hiragana む and らupside down is "mura" むら * the front part of a sea bream is "ta[i]" 鯛 * ? gras? for "no" (no matching word found) * Suke no tsubone (すけの局) with Antoku tennō for "suke" |
Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) - series and prints