Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

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an untitled set of actors with poem

 

new pictures: 03/18/20

 

new information: 01/15/21

A set of half-length actor portraits with poem. The still-lifes in the top of the prints were designed by Gengyo Miyagi (in most cases). All prints are published by Kagiya Shōbei.

Many thanks to Jeff Hopewell who added lots of information in 02/2020.

Almost all of the prints are based on actual performances of the years 1861 and 1862; few of them seem to be "mitate" prints, meaning that the actors in the depicted roles are imagined and not really performed in a specific play.

Jeff also found out that six of the prints use the "nanajūkyū-sai Toyokuni hitsu" signature from 1864 but the date seals on the prints are for 1/1862. Possibly the prints were designed in 1862 but only issued in 1864.
But it is also possible that with the turn of the year and the associated change in the signature of Kunisada, the woodblock carver or also the student of Kunisada, who made the final drawings, committed a simple spelling mistake and thus accidentally made a "七 十七 歳" (for 77 years old) became a "七 十九 歳" (for 79 years old). Or just a wrong counting of years of life by whoever.
The puzzle cannot be solved.

Most probably after finishing the greatest part of the series an other version was published depicting each four/three of the original prints on one ōban sheet.
For this series the MfA Boston writes: "Each yotsugiri image is based on a full-sized ôban print by Kunisada; it is not clear whether the miniature version was designed by Kunisada himself or someone copying him."
The publisher of these prints also was Kagiya Shōbei as could be seen on the three actor sheet but have neither a date seal nor an artist signature. For these prints look at the bottom of the list.

 Prints are ordered by date and play.

Images

Data

 

02
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Sawamura Tanosuke III
role: Kiichi no musume Minatsuru hime (鬼一の娘皆鶴姫)
play: Kiichi Hōgen sanryaku no maki

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: ?/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: Koizumi hori Kane
ref.: N107

03
signature: unreadable

actor: nd
role: unreadable
play: nd

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: unreadable
publisher: unreadable
carver seal: unreadable
ref.: N86
 

04
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Bandō Hikosaburō V
role: Nikki Danjo
play: Date kurabe Okuni kabuki

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 4/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: Koizumi hori Kane
ref.: N120-up0049
 

05
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Nakamura Shikan IV
role: Fujiya Izaemon (藤屋伊左衛門)
play: most probably mitate

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 4/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori Kane
ref.: N107-n214-005

06
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Sawamura Tanosuke III
role: keisei Yugiri (契情夕霧)
play: most probably mitate

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 4/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: Koizumi hori Kane
ref.: N107-n214-004
 

07
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Nakamura Shikan IV
role: Inada Kozō (稲田幸蔵)
play: Kutsuwa no oto tazuna no Somewake

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 4/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107
  07a
same as above, other kimono design 
ref.: N115
 

08
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I
role: Wakato Ippei (若徒逸平)
play: Kutsuwa no oto tazuna no Somewake

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 4/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107

09
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Ichikawa Kodanji IV
role: Kumokiri Nizaemon (雲切仁左衛門)
play: most probably mitate

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 5/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107

10
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Ichimura Uzaemon XIII
role: Wakato Ippei (若徒逸平)
play: Kutsuwa no oto tazuna no Somewake

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 5/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107

11
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Ichimura Uzaemon XIII
role: Izutsuya Shinsuke (井筒屋新助)
play: Kutsuwa no oto tazuna no Somewake

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 5/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107

12
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Sawamura Tanosuke III
role: Date Shinzaemon imoto Kozakura (伊達新左衛門妹小桜)
play: Kutsuwa no oto tazuna no Somewake

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 5/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107
 

13
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I
role: Date no Yosaku (伊達の与作)
play: Kutsuwa no oto tazuna no Somewake

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 5/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N82
  13a
same as above, other color scheme, missing moon top left
ref.: N91 

14
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Sawamura Tanosuke III
role: Kanaya xx Iroha (仮名屋内いろは)
play: Kutsuwa no oto tazuna no Somewake

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 5/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107

15
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Nakamura Shikan IV
role: Yamagata Osakabenosuke jitsu wa Inada Kozo (山形刑部之助実ハ稲田幸蔵)
play: Kutsuwa no oto tazuna no Somewake

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 5/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107-n191-001

16
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I
role: Yuruki Saemon (由留木左衛門)
play: Kutsuwa no oto tazuna no Somewake

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 6/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107

17
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Kataoka Nizaemon VIII
role: Karaki Masaemon (唐木政右衛門)
play: most probably mitate

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 6/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107

18
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Ichikawa Ichizō III
role: Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助)
play: most probably mitate

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 6/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107

19
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Onoe Kikujirō II
role: Ichimisai musume Osono (一味斉娘おその)
play: most probably mitate

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 6/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107-n044-002

20
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Ichikawa Ichizō III
role: Inga kozō Rokunosuke (因果小僧六の助)
play: most probably mitate

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 6/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107-n0184-005

21
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Iwai Kumesaburō III
role: Miuraya no Takao
play: Takaomaru Chishio no Mitsumata

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 6/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107

22
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Bandō Hikosaburō V
role: Sakingo Yorikane (左金吾頼兼)
play: Takaomaru Chishio no Mitsumata

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 6/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107

23
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Nakamura Shikan IV
role: hyakushō Yosaku (百姓弥作)
play: Tōkaidō iroha nikki

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 6/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107

01
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Nakamura Shikan IV
role: Fuwa Kazuemon (須破数右衛門)
play: Tōkaidō iroha nikki

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 7/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107

24
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Ichimura Kakitsu IV, Onoe Kikugorō III (inset)
role: Mizuki Tatsuya jitsu wa Nekoishi kai (水木辰世実は猫石怪)
play: Tōkaidō iroha nikki

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 7/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107

25
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Nakamura Shikan IV
role: Teraoka Heiemon (寺岡平右衛門)
play: Tōkaidō iroha nikki

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 7/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107

26
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Ichimura Uzaemon XIII
role: ame uri Sentarō (飴売千太郎)
play: Tōkaidō iroha nikki

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 7/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107

27
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Nakamura Shikan IV
role: Ibishi no Yokichi (イ菱の与吉)
play: probably „Chigiru Koiharu no awa mochi“

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 7/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107-5714-c084

28
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Ichimura Uzaemon XIII
role: Tachibana no Tsurukichi (立花の鶴吉)
play: probably „Chigiru Koiharu no awa mochi“

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 7/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori ? Shi Kane
ref.: N107

29
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Sawamura Tanosuke III
role: Kangiku no Kinomatsu (☆菊の紀の松)
play: probably „Chigiru Koiharu no awa mochi“

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 7/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107

30
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Bandō Kamezō I
role: Kujibishi no Otoemon (九字菱の音右衛門)
play: probably „Chigiru Koiharu no awa mochi“

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 8/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107

31
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I
role: Misuji no Tsunakichi (三筋の綱吉)
play: probably „Chigiru Koiharu no awa mochi“

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 8/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107

32
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Ichikawa Kodanji IV
role: Arakawa kurando Hirotsuna (荒川蔵人広綱)
play: nd

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 8/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: unreadable
ref.: N107

33
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Nakamura Fukusuke II
role: Izutsu Yonosuke (井筒要之助)
play: most probably mitate

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 8/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N88

34
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Ichikawa Kodanji IV
role: Asakura Togo
play: Sakura soshi gonichi bundan

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 8/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107

35
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Ichikawa Danzō VI
role: Takarai Kikaku (室井其角)
play: Tōkaidō iroha nikki

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 8/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107

36
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Arashi Kichisaburō III
role: Higuchi (no Jirō)
play: probably Honchō nijūshikō

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 8/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107

37
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Sawamura Tanosuke III
role: shugyosha (修行者)
play: Tōkaidō iroha nikki

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 9/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107

38
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Ichimura Uzaemon XIII
role: Nagao Kagekatsu (長尾景勝)
play: nd

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 9/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: Koizumi hori Kane
ref.: N107

39
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Nakamura Shikan IV
role: kabu Chienai jitsu wa Onisanta (下部智恵内 実ハ鬼三太)
play: Kiichi Hōgen sanryaku no maki

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 10/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: Koizumi hori Kane
ref.: N5

40
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Ichimura Uzaemon XIII
role: Ushiwakamaru jitsu wa Torazō (虎蔵実は牛若丸)
play: Kiichi Hōgen sanryaku no maki

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 10/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: kanka hori Shi Kane
ref.: N107

41
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I, Ichimura Uzaemon XIII (inset)
role: Aku Shichibee Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景清)
play: Kiichi Hōgen sanryaku no maki

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 10/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: kanka hori Shi Kane
ref.: N107

42
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Nakamura Shikan IV
role: Mihotani Shirō Kunitoshi (三保谷四郎国俊)
play: Kiichi Hōgen sanryaku no maki

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 10/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: kanka hori Shi Kane
ref.: N107

43
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I
role: hyakushō Jihizō nochi-ni Naoe Yamashiro (百姓慈悲蔵 後ニ直江山城)
play: Honchō nijūshikō

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 10/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: unreadable
ref.: N107

44
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Nakamura Shikan IV
role: hyakushō Yokozō nochi-ni Yamamoto Kansuke (/百姓横蔵後ニ山本勘助)
play: Honchō nijūshikō

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 10/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: unreadable
ref.: N107

45
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Nakamura Shikan IV
role: Takeda Katsuyori (武田勝頼)
play: Honchō nijūshikō

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 10/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: kanka hori Shi Kane
ref.: N107

46
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Sawamura Tanosuke III
role: Yaegaki hime (八重垣姫)
play: Honchō nijūshikō

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 10/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: Koizumi hori Kane
ref.: N107-n027-006

47
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Bandō Hikosaburō V
role: Onigatake Horaemon (鬼ヶ嶽洞右衛門)
play: Sekitori Nidai no shobu zuke

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 10/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107

48
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Kataoka Nizaemon VIII
role: Akitsushima Kuniemon (秋津島国右衛門)
play: Sekitori Nidai no shobu zuke

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 10/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: kanka hori Shi Kane
ref.: N107

49
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Bandō Hikosaburō V
role: Shinsui (薪水)
play: nd

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 11/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107-5722-c015

50
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Bandō Hikosaburō V
role: yumeba no Oiwa (夢場の於岩)
play: Tōkaidō Yotsuya kaidan

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 11/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107

51
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Bandō Hikosaburō V
role: Yamauba (山姥)
play: Haha sodachi yukima no uguisu

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 11/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107-n009-004

52
signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Iwai Kumesaburō III
role: Hakata Kojorō (博多小女郎)
play: Hakata Kojorō

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 11/1861
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107-n182-005

53
signature: ki-ō Toyokuni ga

actor: Bandō Hikosaburō V
role: Teraoka Heiemon (寺岡平右衛門)
play: Kanadehon Chūshingura

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: ?/1862
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107
53a
same as above, other color on kimono
ref.: N81

55
signature: nanajūkyū-sai Toyokuni hitsu

actor: Ichimura Uzaemon XIII
role: Daiku Rokuzo (大工六三)
play: nd

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 1/1862
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori Ōta Tashichi
ref.: N97-006-3439

56
signature: nanajūkyū-sai Toyokuni hitsu

actor: Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I
role: Tadanobu Rihei (忠信利兵衛)
play: Aoto zōshi hana no nishiki-e

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 1/1862
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori Ōta Tashichi
ref.: N107

57
signature: nanajūkyū-sai Toyokuni hitsu

actor: Nakamura Shikan IV
role: Nango Rikimaru (南郷力丸)
play: Aoto zōshi hana no nishiki-e

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 1/1862
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori Ōta Tashichi
ref.: N107

58
signature: nanajūkyū-sai Toyokuni hitsu

actor: Ichimura Uzaemon XIII
role: Benten kozo Kikunosuke (弁天小僧菊之助)
play: Aoto zōshi hana no nishiki-e

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 1/1862
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori Ōta Tashichi
ref.: N107

59
signature: nanajūkyū-sai Toyokuni hitsu

actor: Seki Sanjūrō III
role: Nippon Daemon (日本駄右衛門)
play: Aoto zōshi hana no nishiki-e

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 1/1862
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori Ōta Tashichi
ref.: N107

60
signature: nanajūkyū-sai Toyokuni hitsu

actor: Iwai Kumesaburō III
role: Akaboshi Jūzaburō (赤星重三郎)
play: Aoto zōshi hana no nishiki-e

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 1/1862
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori Ōta Tashichi
ref.: N107

61
signature: ki-ō Toyokuni ga

actor: Seki Sanjūrō III
role: Nippon Daemon (日本駄右衛門)
play: Aoto zōshi hana no nishiki-e

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 3/1862
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: Yokogawa hori Iwa
ref.: N86

62
signature: ki-ō Toyokuni ga

actor: Nakamura Shikan IV
role: Nango Rikimaru (南郷力丸)
play: Aoto zōshi hana no nishiki-e

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 3/1862
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107

63
signature: ki-ō Toyokuni ga

actor: Iwai Kumesaburō III
role: Akaboshi Jūzo (赤星重三)
play: Aoto zōshi hana no nishiki-e

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 3/1862
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori Chinosuke
ref.: N81

64
signature: ki-ō Toyokuni ga

actor: Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I
role: chūshin Rihei (忠信利平)
play: Aoto zōshi hana no nishiki-e

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 3/1862
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107

65
signature: ki-ō Toyokuni ga

actor: Ichimura Uzaemon XIII
role: Benten Kozō Kikunosuke ( 弁天小僧菊之介)
play: Aoto zōshi hana no nishiki-e

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 3/1862
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori Chinosuke
ref.: N107
65a
same as above, other color scheme
ref.: N75  

66
signature: ki-ō Toyokuni ga

actor: Nakamura Shikan IV
role: Kumagaya Naozane (熊谷直実)
play: Sakigake Genpei tsutsuji

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 3/1862
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: Yokogawa hori Iwa
ref.: N107
 

54
signature: ki-ō Toyokuni ga

actor: Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I
role: Ōgi-ori Kohagi jitsu wa Atsumori (扇折小萩実は敦盛)
play: Sakigake Genpei tsutsuji

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 6/1862
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: Yokogawa hori Iwa
ref.: N107

67
signature: ki-ō Toyokuni ga

actor: Sawamura Tanosuke III
role: Kiji no sei (雉の精)
play: nd

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 6/1862
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori Chinosuke
ref.: N107

68
signature: ki-ō Toyokuni ga

actor: Kataoka Nizaemon VIII
role: Oboshi Yuranosuke
play: Kanadehon Chūshingura

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 6/1862
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori Chinosuke
ref.: N107

69
signature: ki-ō Toyokuni ga

actor: Sawamura Tosshō II
role: Wankyu (椀久)
play: nd

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 6/1862
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N107-n213-001

70
signature: ki-ō Toyokuni ga

actor: Sawamura Tanosuke III
role: goze Otano (瞽女おたの)
play: Wakaki no hana shiki no furigoto

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 7/1862
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: Yokogawa hori Iwa
ref.: N107

71
signature: ki-ō Toyokuni ga

actor: Sawamura Tosshō II
role: Hizakurige no Kitahachi (膝栗毛の喜多八)
play: Wakaki no hana shiki no furigoto

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 7/1862
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori Shi Kane
ref.: N107

72
signature: ki-ō Toyokuni ga

actor: Bandō Hikosaburō V
role: Hizakurige no Yajirobei (膝栗毛の弥次郎兵衛)
play: Wakaki no hana shiki no furigoto

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 7/1862
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: no seal (?)
ref.: N107

73
signature: ki-ō Toyokuni ga

actor: Kataoka Nizaemon VIII
role: Sato Masakiyo (佐藤正清)
play: Hachijin shugo no honjō

 

 

 

 

size: ōban
censor seal: aratame with date
date: 10/1862
publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
carver seal: hori kō Koizumi Kane
ref.: N15
unsigned


actors (from top right to left): Sawamura Tanosuke III, Ichimura Uzaemon XIII, Ichimura Uzaemon XIII

roles: Kangiku no Kinomatsu, Tachibana no Tsurukichi, ame uri Sentarō

see prints no. 29, 28 and 26




no date seal, c. 1862

publisher: Kagiya Shōbei
ref.: N75
unsigned


actors (from top right to left): Bandō Hikosaburō V, Iwai Kumesaburō III, Ichikawa Kodanji IV, Onoe Kikugorō III (inset), Ichimura Uzaemon XIII

roles: Sakingo Yorikane, Miura no Takao, Kumokiri Nizaemon, jitsu wa Nekoishi no Kai

see prints no. 22, 21, 09 and 24



size: ōban
censor seal: no seal
date: no seal, c. 1862
publisher: no seal
carver: no seal
ref.: N121-00.1466
unsigned


actors (from top right to left): Bandō Kamezō I, Nakamura Shikan IV, Ichimura Uzaemon XIII, Sawamura Tanosuke III

roles: Kujibishi no Otoemon, Ibishi no Yokichi, Izutsuya Shinsuke, Iroha no Kanaya

see prints no. 30, 27, 11 and 14



size: ōban
censor seal: no seal
date: no seal, c. 1862
publisher: no seal, probably bottom right trimmed off
carver: no seal
ref.: N121-00.1467


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Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) - series and prints