Flowers of Edo and Views of Famous Places (Edo no hana meishō-e); from right to left: O Brigade, Sixth Group, Ichigaya: Onoe Baikō as Kobotoke Kohei; Ku Brigade, Fifth Group, Yotsuya: Bandō Hikosaburō V as the Ghost of Oiwa (Oiwa no bōrei); Ya Brigade, Fifth Group, Kōjimachi: Seki Sanjūrō III as Naosuke Gonbei; and Ma Brigade, Fifth Group, Kuichigai: Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Tamiya Iemon 「於 六番組 市ヶ谷 小仏小平 尾上梅寿」 「く 五番組 四谷 於岩の亡霊 坂東彦三郎」 「や 語番組 麹町 直助権兵衛 関三十郎」 「ま 五番組 喰違 民谷伊右衛門 片岡仁左衛門」 『江戸廼華名勝会』
Poem by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki Ason: Ichikawa Kodanji as the Ghost of Kasane (Kasane no bōkon), from the series Comparisons for Thirty-six Selected Poems (Mitate sanjūrokkasen no uchi) 「累の亡魂」 『見立三十六歌撰之内』
Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Marino Kanemitsu (R), Ichikawa Kodanji IV as both the Ghost of Kamada Matahachi (Kamada Matahachi bōrei) and the Ghost of Kikuno (Kikuno ga bōrei) (C), and Iwai Kumesaburō III as the Nun Kyōdai (Kyōdai-ni) (L) 「毬埜兼満」四代目市川小団次 「鎌田又八亡霊・菊野が亡霊」四代目市川小団次 「経題尼」三代目岩井粂三郎
Seki Sanjūrō III as Naosuke Gonbei (R), Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Tamiya Iemon (C) and Bandō Hikosaburō V as both the Ghost of Oiwa (Oiwa no bōrei) and the Ghost of Kobotoke Kohei (Kobotoke Kohei bōrei) (C), and Bandō Hikosaburō V as Satō Yomoshichi (L) 「関三十郎 直助権兵衛」 「片岡仁左衛門 田宮伊右衛門」 「坂東彦三郎 お岩の亡霊」 「坂東彦三郎 小仏子平亡霊」 「坂東彦三郎 佐藤与茂七」
Seki Sanjūrō II as Kamiya Niemon and Onoe Kikugorō III from Kamigata (Kudari) as the Lantern Ghost, Applauded throughout the Three Cities (Sanganotsu gohyōban no chōchin no yūrei) 「神谷仁右衛門 関三十郎」 「三ヶの津御評判のちやうちんのゆうれゐ 下り尾上菊五郎」 「当秋狂言大入叶 俗名お岩大評判」
Nakamura Tomijūrō II as the Wife (Nyōbō) Oryū, actually the Spirit of a Willow Tree (Yanagi no sei) (R), Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as the Woodcutter (Kikori) Magosaku (C), and Nakamura Nakasuke II as the Villain (Warumono) Iwamatsu (L) 「女房おりう実柳ノ精」 二代目中村富十郎 「樵夫孫さく」 市川団十郎 「悪者岩松」 中村仲助
Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the Ghost (Rei) of Kozakura Tōgo and as the Tea Server (Chadō) Inba, Actually the Ghost of Tōgo (R), Bandō Hikosaburō IV as Orikoshi Tairyō, Iwai Kumesaburō III as the Secret Mistress (Myō) Katsuragi, and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Koshimoto Sakuragi, Actually the Ghost of Tōgo (L) 「茶道印馬実は当吾ノ霊 」四代目市川小団次 「浅倉当吾の霊」四代目市川小団次 「織越大領」四代目坂東彦三郎
Oiwake: Oiwa and Takuetsu, no. 21 from the series Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō Road (Kisokaidō rokujūkyū tsugi no uchi) 「追分 おいは 宅悦」 『木曾街道六十九次之内』
Ichikawa Omezō I as Watanabe no Genji Tsuna and Onoe Matsusuke I as the Spirit of the Earth Spider of Mount Katsuragi (Katsuragisan no tsuchigumo no seikon) 「渡辺の源次綱 市川男女蔵」 「葛城山の土蜘の精魂 尾上松助」
Nakamura Shikan IV as Sakata Kintoki and Onoe Baikō (Kakunosuke) as Usui Sadamitsu (R); Sawamura Tanosuke III as Usugumo, Actually the Spirit of a Spider (Jitsu wa kumo no sei) (C); Nakamura Chūtarō as Urabe no Suetake and Ichikawa Kuzō III as Watanabe no Tsuna (L) 「坂田金時 中村芝翫」 「臼井貞光 尾上梅幸」 「傾城薄雲実は蜘の性 沢村田之助」 「卜部季武 中村仲太郎」 「渡辺ノ綱 市川九蔵」
Artist:
Utagawa Toyokuni IV 四代目歌川豊国 (1823-1880) Search this
Publisher:
Iseya Kanekichi 伊勢屋兼吉 (ca. 1837 – 1875) Search this
Medium:
Ink and color on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (610a (right)): 35.8 × 24.7 cm (14 1/8 × 9 3/4 in)
H x W (610b (center)): 35.9 × 24.7 cm (14 1/8 × 9 3/4 in)
H x W (610c (left)): 35.9 × 24.7 cm (14 1/8 × 9 3/4 in)