KATAOKA NIZAEMON VIII

Kataoka Gadô II playing the role of Hayano Kanpei in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1849 at the Kitagawa no Shibai (print made by Yasukawa Harusada II)

The actors Kataoka Gadô II (left) and Ogino Izaburô IV playing the roles of Shitsuta Taishi and Igime in the drama "Hanamidô Yamato Bunko", which was staged in Edo in the 3rd lunar month of 1854 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

The actor Kataoka Gadô II playing the role of Fujiya Izaemon in the drama "Kuruwa Bunshô", which was staged in the 3rd lunar month of 1854 in Edo at the Nakamuraza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)


Kataoka Gadô II in a print made by Utagawa Hirosada	Kataoka Gadô II playing the role of Chichibu no Shôji Shigetada in a print made by Utagawa Hirosada (beginning of the 1850s)

The actors Kataoka Nizaemon VIII (bottom) and Iwai Kumesaburô III (top) playing the roles of Kameya Chûbê and the courtesan Umegawa in the drama "Koi Bikyaku Yamato Ôrai" (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III in the 8th lunar month of 1858)

The actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII playing the role of Osaragimochi Taketarô in Sakurada Jisuke III's new year drama "Kinpeibai Soga no Tamamono", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1860 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

This print is the right component of a triptych (the left and central prints are available)

The actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII playing the role of Ôboshi Yuranosuke in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura", which was staged in Edo at the Nakamuraza in the 4th lunar month of 1860 (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

The actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII playing the role of Hosokawa Katsumoto in the play "Date Kurabe Okuni Kabuki", which was staged in the 4th lunar month of 1861 in Edo at the Nakamuraza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

This print is the left component of a triptych (the central and right prints are available)

The actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII playing the role of Tamiya Iemon in Tsuruya Nanboku IV's drama "Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan", which was staged in the 7th lunar month of 1861 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Utagawa Yoshitsuya)

The actors Kataoka Nizaemon VIII (bottom) and Ichikawa Raizô V (top) playing the roles of Tamiya Iemon and Takiyama Chôbê in the drama "Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan", which was staged in the 7th lunar month of 1861 at the Nakamuraza
(print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

This print is the left component of a diptych:

The actors Kataoka Nizaemon VIII (top), Seki Sanjûrô III and Bandô Hikosaburô V playing the roles of Satô Masakiyo, Gotô Masatsugu and Mori Sanzaemon in the drama "Hachijin Shugo no Honjô", which was staged in the 9th lunar month of 1861 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III

The actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII playing the role of Akitsushima Kuniemon in the drama "Sekitori Nidai no Shôbuzuke", which was staged in Edo at the Nakamuraza in the 9th lunar month of 1861 (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)

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

Kataoka Gadô II on the stage of the Kado no Shibai in the 10th lunar month of 1862, celebrating his comeback in Ôsaka after a long stay in Edo (print made by Utagawa Hirokane)

Kataoka Gadô II on the stage of the Kado no Shibai in the 10th lunar month of 1862, celebrating his comeback in Ôsaka after a long stay in Edo (print made by Nakai Yoshitaki)

The star Kataoka Gadô II (right) and his adopted son Kataoka Gatô II (left) celebrating their return in Ôsaka in the 10th lunar month of 1862 after a long stay in Edo

Print made by Rokkaen Yoshiyuki (Utagawa Yoshiyuki)

The star Kataoka Gadô II (right) and his adopted son Kataoka Gatô II (left) celebrating their return in Ôsaka in the 10th lunar month of 1862 after a long stay in Edo

The actors Nakamura Daikichi III and Kataoka Nizaemon VIII playing the roles of Okoma and Oguri Hangan in the drama "Hime Kurabe Futabae Zôshi" in a mitate-e print made in 1861 by Utagawa Kunikazu

The actors Jitsukawa Enzaburô I (left) and Kataoka Nizaemon VIII (right) playing the roles of Mashiba Hisatsugu and Sasaki Takatsuna in the drama "Kamakura Sandaiki" in a mitate-e print made in 1861 by Utagawa Kunikazu

The actors Ichikawa Shiyû (left) and Kataoka Nizaemon VIII (right) playing the roles of Saruta Hikodayû and Mitsugi's aunt in the drama "Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba" in a mitate-e print made in 1861 by Utagawa Kunikazu