Title : Edo meisho mitate junika gatsu no uchi 江戸名所十二ヶ月の内 (Famous Views of Edo Selected for the Twelve Months)

Artist : Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Date : 1852

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Source : British Museum
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Description : Woodblock printed album of twelve prints, oban tate-e. Bust portraits of kabuki actors in character against landscapes; each print associated with a different month. The cartouche in the right upper corner is bordered by objects from the associated play. 1. Asakusa - Actor as the courtesan Miyagino (Play: Go Taiheiki Shiraishi Banashi) 2. Oji - Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Kosan no Kingoro (Play: Shinyoshiwara Suzume) 3. Fuwa District - Ichikawa Ebizo V as Fuwa Banzaemon (Play: Ukiyozuka Hiyoku no Inazuma) 4. Kameido - Bando Hikasaburo IV (?) as Teranishi Kanshin (Play: ?) 5. Takanawa - Iwai Kumesaburo III as Ofune (Play: Shinrei Yaguchi no watashi) 6. Sanno Festival - Nakamura Utaemon IV as Uoya Danshichi Kurobei (Play: Yadonashi Danshichi shigure no karakasa) 7. Sumida River - Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Motome (Play: Imoseyama onna teikin performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the second month of 1852) 8. Main gate of the Yoshiwara - Actor as Kaku no Kosan (Play: ?) 9. Sugamo - Actor as Tomoe Uchi (Play: ?) 10. Umi Shizuka Tera - Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Asakura (Play: Higashiyama sakura soshi) 11. Hori no Uchi - Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Katsuyori (Play: Honcho nijushiko) 12. Ryogoku - Bando Hikasaburo IV as Oboshi Yuranosuke (Play: Yayoi no hara iroha no honsetsu)

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