This artist was by profession a performer of the stately and aristocratic No dramas in the service of Hachisuka, Daimyo of Awa. During the period from about 1790 to 1795 he designed a small number of caricature portraits of actors, which have great force and distinguished character.
LENT BY YAMANAKA & COMPANY.
| 159 | The actor[7] Tanimura TorazoÌ in the rôle of Kakogawa HonzoÌ . |
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| 160 | Ichikawa EbizoÌ in the rôle of Ko no Moronao. This print bears an inscription, probably contemporary, giving the date 1794. |
| 161 | Onoe Matsusuke as one of the Loyal Ronin. |
| 162 | Rando HikosaburoÌ in the rôle of Yuranosuke. |
| 163 | Iwai HanshiroÌ in the rôle of Oishi, wife of Yuranosuke. |
| 164 | Ichikawa Monnosuke as one of the Loyal Ronin. |
| 165 | Morita Kanya as one of the Loyal Ronin. |
| 166 | Segawa TominojoÌ in the rôle of Kaoyo Gozen, wife of Yenya. |
| 167 | Sawamura SojuÌ roÌ in the rôle of Yenya Hanguwan. |
| 168 | Arashi TatsuzoÌ in the rôle of Yoichibei. |
| 169 | Sakata HangoroÌ as Ten-ichi-boÌ Hotaku. |
| 170 | Segawa TominojoÌ and Nakamura ManjuÌ roÌ in female rôles. |
| 171 | Nakajima Utaemon and Nakamura KonozoÌ . |
| 172 | Ichikawa OmezoÌ in the rôle of Sukeroku. |
| 173 | Matsumoto KoshiroÌ in the rôle of the otokadaté Banzuin Chobei. This print is commonly known as “The man with the pipe.” |
| 174 | Matsumoto YonesaburoÌ in the rôle of Okaru, wife of Kampei. |
| 175 | Ichikawa YaozoÌ in the rôle of Hayano Kampei. |
| 176 | Kosagawa TsuneyoÌ in the rôle of Tonasé, wife of Kakogawa HonzoÌ . |
| 177 | OÌ tani Oniji in the rôle of Sadakuro. |
| 178 | Sannogawa Ichimatsu in a female rôle. |
| 178a | Nakayama TomisaburoÌ in the rôle of Komurasaki, and Ichikawa KomazoÌ as her lover, Shirai Gompachi, walking with her under a huge umbrella. |
SHARAKU. Two Actors.
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| 179 | Segawa TominojoÌ . |
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KITAGAWA UTAMARO
One of the most gifted and most widely known of the Ukiyoé masters. Extraordinarily facile and brilliant. Born in 1753 and died in 1806.