Ichimura Uzaemon from the series Kabuki 36 Poems

Japanese Color Woodblock Print

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon

from the series Kabuki 36 Poems

by Toyohara Kunichika, 1865

Parody of 36 Selected Beauties and Poems - Ōtani Tomoemon V
IHL Cat. #576

About This Print

Theactor Ichimura Uzaemon XIII 市村 羽左 衛門  is pictured in this 19th (jūkyū 十九) print in the series Kabuki 36 Poems. The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University lists the role being portrayed by Uzaemon as  妻笠曽代次郎.

Some prints in this series carry numbers below the cartouche containing the series name and others do not.  The actors' names in this series appear in the bottom right of the open book containing, what must be, a poem.

The Actor Pictured

For information on Ichimura Uzaemon XIII see The Kabuki Actor.

A Few Other Prints in the Series

 
Bandô Hikosaburô,
1865
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
11.21899

 
Iwai Shijaku II,
(#26),c. 1865
The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University007-2916 
 
Sawamura Tanosuke III, 1866
The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University007-2883

 Sawamura Tanosuke III, 1866
The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University100-1685

 
Ichimura Kakitsu IV,
1865
The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University100-1686

Unread actor,
(#7), 1865
The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University007-2911		 
Unread actor,
(#8), c. 1865
The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University		 
Sawamura Tanosuke III,
(#23), 1866
The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University100-1509

 
Nakamura Shikan IV,
(#24) 1866
The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University 007-2881

 
Sawamura Tanosuke III, (#25), 1865
The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University 100-6714		 
Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I,
(#27), 1865
The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University007-2917

 Sawamura Tanosuke III (#22), 1866
The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University007-2880

 
Ichimura Kakitsu IV,
1865
The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University007-2882
 
Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I,
1865
The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University007-2884
 
Nakamura Shikan IV,
1866
The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University 007-2910		 
Ootani Tomoemon V,
(#20), c. 1865
The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University007-2914

 
Sawamura Tanosuke III, (#21), 1865
The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University007-2915
 
Ootani Tomoemon V,
(#28), c. 1865
The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University007-2918



Print Details

 IHL Catalog #576
 Title (Description) Ichimura Uzaemon XIV 市村 羽左 衛門 in the role of 妻笠曽代次郎
 Series Kabuki 36 Poems (歌舞伎三十六句)
 Artist  Toyohara Kunichika (1835–1900)
 Signature Kunichika ga
 Seal  toshidama seal below signature
 Publication Date
December 1865 (aratame date seal)
 Publisher
Masudaya Ginjirô 増田屋銀次郎
seal reading: Masudaya, Shiba Shinmeimae 増田屋 芝神 明前

[Marks: seal 30-040; pub. ref. 304]
 Printer
 
 Carver 
 Impression excellent
 Colors excellent
 Condition good - backed and slightly trimmed
 Genre ukiyo-e; nigao-e; yakusha-e
 Miscellaneous
 Format vertical oban
 H x W Paper
 14 x 9 3/8 in. (35.6 x 23.8 cm)
 Literature
 
 Collections This Print
 The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University 007-2913; Kyoto University of Art and Design Ukiyo-e Collection 492
last revision:
8/4/2021