| ARASHI RIKAN IV |
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The actors Arashi Wasaburô II and Arashi Rikaku II playing the roles of Kusakari Kamasaku and Hananomura Chigusa in the drama "Shiranui Monogatari", which was staged in the 4th lunar month of 1853 at the Kawarasakiza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III) |
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The actors Arashi Tokusaburô IV (left/bottom) and Mimasu Daigorô V (right/top)
playing the roles of the yakko Yatahei and Konomura Ôinosuke in the drama "Keisei Ishikawa-zome",
which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1866 at the Kado no Shibai |
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The actor Arashi Tokusaburô IV playing the roles of Shigenoi in the drama "Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna", which was staged in the 4th lunar month of 1867 in Ôsaka at the Takeda no Shibai (print made by Utagawa Kunikazu) |
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The actor Arashi Rikan IV playing the roles of Kuzu-no-Ha in the drama "Tsukimizuki Kitsune Kuzu-no-Ha", which was staged in September 1881 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Yôshû Chikanobu) |
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The actors Kawarasaki Kunitarô III and Arashi Rikan IV playing the roles of Okyô and Yoshioka Kijirô in the "Ichijô Ôkura Monogatari" scene of the drama "Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki", which was staged in Tôkyô at the Ichimuraza in June 1882 (print made by Toyohara Kunichika) |
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This print is the left component of a triptych (the central and right prints are available) |
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The actors Arashi Rikan IV and Arashi Wasaburô III playing the roles of a puppeteer and the courtesan Umegae - Wasaburô is playing the role in the puppet style and is "handled" by Rikan - in the "Kanzaki Ageya" scene of the classic "Hirakana Seisuiki", which was staged in May 1883 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Toyohara Kunichika) |
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This print is the left component of a diptych (the right print is also available) |
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