Other prints and paintings

This page introduces prints and paintings not belonging to any series

Paintings

Hane no Kamuro (1937)

Hane no Kamuro (1937) (detail)

A kamuro is a little girl attending on a high-ranking courtesan in the pleasure quarter of Yoshiwara

Hane no Kamuro (1937) Scroll box with date (Showa 11)

Kato Kiyomasa (Image Darrel C.Karl)

Waterfall - Ink drawing as a kakemono (ca.1960)

Cliff and pines - Ink drawing as a kakemono (ca.1960)

Beauty in snow (Painting on silk)

Courtesan from the Yoshida House

Hagoita (Paddle) - Silk painting mounted on wooden board

Note: Hagoita are paddles for hitting shuttlecocks in the game of hanetsuki, traditionally played during the New Year as a way to ward off evil spirits. They are decorated with kabuki actors portraits, kimono wearing beauties, etc....

Onoe Kikugoro VI in Kagami jishi (The Lion dance)

Painting done after a photograph taken a 1927 performance in Shin-bashi Theatre in Tokyo

(Thanks to Frederic Balhuizen and Josta Klaassen for the picture and information)

Sawada Shôjirô in various roles:

Nikki Danjô in "Meiboku Sendai Hagi" (The disputed succession)
Karaki Masaemon in "Igagoe Dochu Sugoroku" (The revenge at Igagoe)
Hazana Kanichi in "Konjiki Yasha" (The Gold Demon)
Tochuken Kumoemon in "Tochuken Kumoemon" (Tochuken Kumoemon)
Tsukue Ryunosuke in "Dai Bosatsu Toge" (The Sword of Doom)
Kunisada Chuji in "Kunisada Chuji" (Kunisada Chuji)

Painting done after photographs taken during 1927-1929 performances

It is possible that this painting was done in 1931 in memoriam to Sawada Shôjirô who passed away in 1929

(Thanks to Frederic Balhuizen and Josta Klaassen for the picture and information)

Various prints

Sukeroku (no date, no actor detail) (Image Darrel C.Karl)

Unclear role. Possibly Saito Sanemori in Gempei Nunobiki no Taki (The Nunobiki Waterfall).

or Moritsuna (no date, no actor detail)

(Image Darrel C. Karl)

Fuji Musume - Series Dance collection

(Buyo no maki (舞踊の巻) (1943) (Image Darrel C.Karl)

Shakkyo - Series Dance collection

(Buyo no maki (舞踊の巻) (1943) (Image Darrel C.Karl)

Prints published by IseTatsu (いせ辰) - Non dated, but likely to be en 1950's - early 1960's. The prints are stuck to a cardboard frame, ready for hanging

Ichikawa Ebiso X as Sukeroku

Ichikawa Shinnosuke V or VI as Togachi no Saemon in Kanjincho (The subscription list) S-573

Back face of the carton to which the print is stuck (with hole for hanging)

Matsumoto Koshiro VII as Benkei in Kanjinchô (The subscription list) S-572

Back face of the carton to which the print is stuck (with hole for hanging)