KATAOKA NIZAEMON VII

The actor Kataoka Nizaemon VII in a print made by Katsukawa Shunkô

The actor Kataoka Nizaemon VII playing the role Kô no Moronô in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura" in a print made by Katsukawa Shun'ei

Asao Kunigorô II in an illustration from the book "Yakusha Mono Iwai" (1784)
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The actors Kataoka Nizaemon VII (bottom/left) and Bandô Hikosaburô III (top/right) playing the roles of Shiratayû and Kan Shôjô in the drama "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami", which was staged in the 7th lunar month of 1796 in Edo at the Miyakoza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni I)

The actors Ichikawa Yaozô III (left) and Kataoka Nizaemon VII (right) playing the roles of Keya-mura Rokusuke and the villain Kyôgoku no Takumi in the drama "Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi", which was staged in the 9th lunar month of 1796 in Edo at the Miyakoza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni I)

Fujikawa Hachizô III (left), Segawa Rokô III (center) and Kataoka Nizaemon VII (right) playing the roles of the yakko Yokanpei, the fox Kuzu-no-Ha and the yakko Yakanpei in the drama "Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami", which was staged in the 9th lunar month of 1804 at the Kado no Shibai (cover for an ezukushi banzuke)

The actors Nakamura Daikichi I (top) and Kataoka Nizaemon VII (bottom) playing the roles of the nakai Ofune and Shindô Genpachi in the drama "Sanjikkoku Yofune no Hajimari", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1811 in Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai (print made by Nagahide)

Courtesy of Guy Pepermans

The actor Kataoka Nizaemon VII playing the role of Iwai-buro Jisuke in the drama "Yadonashi Danshichi Shigure no Karakasa", which was staged in the 3rd lunar month of 1814 in Ôsaka at the Naka no Shibai (print made by Shunkôsai Hokushû)

The actor Kataoka Nizaemon VII playing the role of Mochikunimaru in the drama "Keisei Hana no Konoshita", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1820 in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai (print made by Shunkôsai Hokushû)

This print is the right component of a diptych (the left print is also available)

The actors Kataoka Nizaemon VII (top/right), Sawamura Sôjûrô III (center) and Segawa Kikunojô III (bottom/right) playing the roles of Sasano Sangobê, Satsuma Gengobê and the courtesan Sakuraya no Koman in Namiki Gohei I's drama "Godairiki Koi no Fûjime", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1795 in Edo at the Miyakoza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III in 1857)