Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

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"The seven Variations of the Iroha" - 

Seisho Nanatsu Iroha

 

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new information: 08/04/09


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An other kabuki series from 1856. Here the syllabs from the Kana-"alphabet" are given in seven different ways. The series is very similar to „Nanatsu Iroha Shui“ (After the seven Iroha) from the same year.

Many thanks to John Schmitt-Weigand for the correct identification of the kana syllabs and the correct order of the prints!

Do you have matching prints and informations? Please send them to:
horstgraebner@kunisada.de

 

'a'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Bando Shuka I, Ichikawa Danjuro VIII

role: Yamanaya Urazato, Kasugaya Tokijiro

size: oban
date:
6/1856
publisher: Fujiokaya Keijiro
carver: no seal
ref.: N1, NDL

'ka'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Sawamura Tossho II, Kawarazaki Gonjuro I

role: Soga Goro Tokimune, Soga Juro Sukenari

size: oban
date:
6/1856
publisher: Enshuya Hikobe
carver:
n
o seal
ref.:
N5, NDL

'sa'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Matsumoto Koshiro V

role: Takechi Mitsuhide

size: oban
date:
6/1856
publisher: Fujikei
carver: no seal
ref.: N66, NDL

'ta'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Ichikawa Danjuro VIII

role: Takarako no Jiraya

size: oban
date: 7/1856
publisher: Daikokuya Kinnosuke
carver: no seal
ref.: NDL

'na'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: nd

role: Danshichi Kurobei, Isuun Tokubei

size: oban
date:
6/1856
publisher: Minatoya Kohei
carver: no seal
ref.: N5, NDL

'ha'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Arashi Kichisaburo III

role: Sato Masakiyo

size: oban
date:
6/1856
publisher: Yamaguchiya Tobei
carver: hori Take
ref.: N1, NDL

'ma'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Nakamura Fukusuke I, Iwai Kumesaburo III

role: Ota Taro, Takiyasha hime

size: oban
date:
8/1856
publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi
carver: no seal
ref.: N5, NDL

"ya"

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Ichikawa Danjuro VII, Bando Shuka I

role: Inagawa and his wife

size: oban
date: 6/1856
publisher: Tsujiya Yasubei
carver: no seal
ref.: NDL

'ra'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Nakamura Fukusuke I

role: Shimizukaja Yoshitaka

size: oban
date: 6/1856
publisher: Mitaya Kihachi
carver: no seal
ref.: NDL

'wa'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Iwai Kumesaburo III, Ichikawa Kodanji IV

role: Seigen ni, Sarushima Sota

size: oban
date: 6/1856
publisher: Daikokuya Kinnosuke
carver: no seal
ref.: NDL

'i'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Kawarazaki Gonjuro I, Ichikawa Ebizo V

role: Atsumori, Kumagai

size: oban
date:
6/1856
publisher: Fujiokaya Keijiro
carver: no seal
ref.: N5, NDL

'ki'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Nakamura Tsuruzo I, Iwai Kumesaburo III

role: Benicho (?) (紅長), Oshichi

size: oban
date: 7/1856
publisher: Enshuya Hikobei
carver: no seal
ref.: NDL

'shi'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Ichikawa Danjuro VIII

role: unread (尾形☆行)

size: oban
date:
7/1856
publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi
carver: no seal
ref.: N1, NDL

'chi'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Otani Tomoemon IV, Nakamura Fukusuke I

role: nd, Daikawa (?) Tonomo (大川主殿)

size: oban
date:
6/1856
publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi
carver: hori Take

ref.: NDL

'ni'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Bando Mitsugoro III

role: Akitsushima Kuniemon

size: oban
date:
6/1856

publisher: Daikokuya Kinnosuke
carver: no seal
ref.:
N66, NDL

'hi'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Nakamura Tsuruzo I, Nakayama Ichizo

role: Kitahachi, Yajirobei

size: oban
date:
7/1856
publisher: Daikikuya Heikichi
carver: no seal
ref.: N5, NDL

'mi'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Kawarazaki Gonjuro I

role: Mizuuri

size: oban
date: 8/1856
publisher: Tsujiya Yasubei
carver: no seal
ref.: NDL

'ri'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Onoe Baiju (= Onoe Kikugoro III)

role: Rokusaburo

size: oban
date: 6/1856
publisher: Hayashiya Shogoro
carver: hori Take
ref.: N73, NDL

„wi“

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Nakamura Fukusuke I, Iwai Kumesaburo III

role: Katsugoro, Hatsuhana

size: oban
date: 6/1856
publisher: Fujiokaya Keijiro
carver: no seal
ref.: N1, NDL

'u'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Nakamura Fukusuke I, Iwai Kumesaburo III

role: Utafu Yasukata, Nishikigi

size: oban
date: 6/1856
publisher: Yamaguchiya Tobei
carver: no seal
ref.: NDL

'ku'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Bando Shuka I, Nakamura Fukusuke I

role: Narukami, Kumo no Taemanosuke

size: oban
date: 6/1856
publisher: Yamaguchiya Tobei
carver: no seal
ref.: NDL

'su'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: nd, Iwai Kumesaburo III

role: nd, Shirai Gonpachi

size: oban
date: 7/1856
publisher: Fujiokaya Keijiro
carver: no seal
ref.: NDL

'tsu'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Ichikawa Kodanji IV, Nakamura Tsuruzo I

role: Shunto Jirozaemon, Kamura Utaemon

size: oban
date: 6/1856
publisher: Ebisuya Shoshichi
carver: no seal
ref.: NDL

'nu'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Onoe Kikugoro IV, Bando Hikosaburo V

role: Kosan, Kunigoro

size: oban
date: 6/1856
publisher: Mitaya Kihachi
carver: no seal
ref.: NDL

'fu'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Ichikawa Kodanji IV

role: Ishikawa Goemon

size: oban
date: 7/1856
publisher: Yamaguchiya Tobei
carver: no seal
ref.: NDL

'mu'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Bando Shuka I, Sawamura Chojuro V

role: nd, Ume no Yoshibei

size: oban
date:
6/1856
publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi
carver: hori Take
ref.: N5, NDL

'yu'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Onoe Kikugoro IV, Bando Kamezo I

role: Shiratae, Tokiyori

size: oban
date:
6/1856
publisher: Fujiokaya Keijiro
carver:
n
o seal
ref.: N74, NDL

'ru'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: 1 unknown, Sawamura Tossho, Bando Hikosaburo V, Iwai Kumesaburo III, Kawarazaki Gonjuro I, Arashi Rikan III, Nakamura Fukusuke I

role: nd

size: oban
date:
6/1856
publisher: Wakasaya Yochi
carver: no seal
ref.: N5, NDL

'e'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Kawarazaki Gonjuro I, Ichikawa Kodanji IV

role: Hanakawado Sukeroku, Hige no Ikyu

size: oban
date: 6/1856
publisher: Mitaya Kihachi
carver: no seal
ref.: NDL

'ke'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Nakamura Fukusuke I (?), nd

role: Enya Takasada, Taka Moronao

size: oban
date: 7/1856
publisher: Ebisuya Shoshichi
carver: no seal
ref.: NDL

'se'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Ichikawa Danjuro VIII, Bando Shuka I

role: Akaneya Hanshichi, Kasaya Sankatsu

size: oban
date: 7/1856
publisher: Mitaya Kihachi
carver: no seal
ref.: NDL

'te'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Bando Hikosaburo V, Nakamura Fukusuke I, Ichikawa Kodanji IV

role: Umeaomaru, Sakuramaru, Matsuomaru

size: oban
date: 6/1856
publisher: unread
carver: no seal
ref.: NDL

'ne'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Matsumoto Koshiro VI

role: Nikki Danjo

size: oban
date: 6/1856
publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi

carver: hori Take
ref.: NDL

'he'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Kataoka Gato II, Ichikawa Kodanji IV (?)

role: Jirozo, Heiji

size: oban
date:
6/1856
publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi
carver: no seal
ref.: N43, NDL

'me'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Ichikawa Danzo VI, unknown, Nakamura Utaemon IV

role: nd, nd, Mekura Kagekiyo

size: oban
date:
6/1856
publisher: Daikokuya Kinnosuke
carver: no seal
ref.: N5, NDL

're'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Kataoka Gato II, Iwai Kumesaburo III

role: Choemon, Ohan
 

size: oban
date:
6/1856
publisher: Tsujiya Yasubei
carver: no seal
ref.: N53, NDL

'we'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Kataoka Gato II, Arashi Kichisaburo III

role: unread, Saeda (?) Daigaku (左枝大学)

size: oban
date: 7/1856
publisher: Ebisuya Shoshichi
carver: no seal
ref.: NDL

'o'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Arashi Rikan III, Arashi Kichisaburo III

role: Ohatsu, Iwafuji

size: oban
date:
7/1856
publisher: Fujiokya Keijiro
carver: no seal
ref.: N5, NDL

'ko'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Ichikawa Danjuro VIII, Ichikawa Ebizo V

role: Watonai, Kanki

size: oban
date: 6/1856
publisher: Minatoya Kohei
carver: no seal
ref.: N66, NDL

'so'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: nd

role: Hisamatsu, Osome

size: oban
date: 6/1856
publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi
carver: no seal
ref.: NDL

'to'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Nakamura Utaemon IV, Ichikawa Ebizo V

role: Hajibei, Sukune Taro

size: oban
date: 6/1856
publisher: Ebisuya Shoshichi
carver: no seal
ref.: N66, NDL

 

'no'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Nakamura Utaemon IV, nd

role: onna tayu, Kakubei

size: oban
date: 6/1856
publisher:
Enshuya Hikobei
carver: no seal
ref.: N1, NDL

 

'ho'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Nakamura Shikan I, Iwai Kumesaburo III

role: Sashichi, Koito

size: oban
date:
6/1856
publisher: Tsujiya Yasubei
carver: no seal
ref.: N5, NDL

 

'mo'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Iwai Kumesaburo III, Kataoka Gato II

role: Ogiya Yugiri, Fujiya Izaemon

size: oban
date:
7/1856
publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi
carver: no seal
ref.: N36, NDL

'yo'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Onoe Kikujiro II, Nakamura Fukusuke I

role: Ochiyo, Hanbei

size: oban
date:
6/1856
publisher: Yamaguchiya Tobei

carver:
n
o seal
ref.:
N1, NDL

'ro'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Nakamura Fukusuke I

role: Kisemu

size: oban
date: 6/1856
publisher: Enshuya Hikobei
carver: no seal
ref.: NDL

'wo'

signature: Toyokuni ga

actor: Ichikawa Danjuro VIII, Bando Shuka I

role: Hayano Kanpei, koshimoto Okaru

size: oban
date:
6/1856
publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi
carver: no seal
ref.: N5, NDL


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