Hironobu Gallery: Prints for Sale

Bandô Jûtarô II as Ôwashi Gengo in Chûshin meimei den, unidentified theater, circa 1868; Signature: Konoshita Hironobu ga; a very good example from among the few known Osaka theatrical uchiwa-e (rigid-fan prints); Uchiwa-e (cut to fan shape; not pasted down): 23.0 x 25.2 cm

Top Row: (1R) Onoe Tamizô II as Mino Shôkurô Nagauji and (1L) Jitsukawa Ensaburô I as Ise no Shinkurô; Middle Row: (2R) Onoe Shôkaku I as yakkô [servant] Sodehei and (2L) Fujikawa Tomokichi III as keisei [courtesan] Naniwazu; Bottom Row: (3R) Arashi Rikaku II as Kikujidô and (3L) Arashi Rikaku II as Hyakugan Yonekichi; Rows 1-2: Keisei ômonguchi, Naka Theater, Osaka, 1/1862; Row 3: Rangiku makura jidô, Kado Theater, Osaka, 2/1862; all images apparently unrecorded; Hoso-mameban: 37.0 x 17.0 cm