Two unsigned okubi-e drawings.
(attributed to Hirosada / school of Hirosada)
dimension: chuban

(active 1820 - 1860)

Signature: Hirosada
Actor / play: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Kajiwara Heiji (梶原平次)
and Nakayama Nanshi II as the chamber maid (こしもと/ koshimoto) Chidori (千鳥)
Title: first act (巻ノ壱) of the play Hiragana Seisuiki (ひらかな盛衰記)
Date: performed at the Naka-za, Osaka, 8/1851
Dimension: chuban diptych / standard edition
Lit.: Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 107; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #377

A small copy of the diptych.
h 12 x w 16 cm,  unsigned

Special thanks to Ward Pieters for additional infos about this print and the japanese names and titles.

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Hirosada
(active 1820 - 1860)

Signature:
Actor / play:
Title: Kagamiyama Sugatausushi
Date:
Dimension: chuban diptych / standard edition
Lit.:


Impression of the deluxe edition.

Sadahiro
(active after 1850)

mameban deluxe diptych.each approx. 8 x 11 cm

Natakmura Utaemon IV (right) as the blind hero Kagekiyo and Nakamura Tamashichi I as his daughter Musume Hitomaru.

After Hirosada's chuban diptych "Megami no Kagekiyo"

Hirosada
(active 1820 - 1860)

Signature: Hirosada
Actors / roles (from right to left): Mimasu Daigoro IV as Fuwa Banzaemon, Arashi Rikan II as the courtesan Katsuragi, Kataoko Gado II as Nagoya Sanza, ?,?
Play: Ukiyozuka hiyoku no inazuma (Scabbards brushing in the Yoshiwara)
Publisher:
Date: c.1848
Foramt: chuban pentaptych (complete set)
Lit.: Arendie Herwig and Henk J. Herwig "Heroes of the Kabuki Stage (...)", 2005, p.74

Hirosada
(active 1820 - 1860)

Signature: Hirosada
Actor / roles: (left) Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Hata no Kawakatsu (right) Ichikawa Ebizo V as Ono no Imoko
Play: Shitenoji Garan Kagami performed at the Naka Theatre 3/1849
Publisher: ?
Foramt: chuban diptych

Hirosada
(active 1820 - 1860)

Igagoe buyuden
Tale of Bravery at Iga Pass

subtitle:
Keisei homare no sukedachi
The Courtesan and the Proud Second in Battle

Performed at Naka Theater 1/1850 (Kaei 3)
Standad printing; the deluxe edition was published by Kyoisa.

a. Nakamura Utaemon IV as Karaki Masaemon (r.) on a veranda listening to ? as Rokuhachi.

b. Two swordsmen with blunt swords are locked in combat, and a third has taken a tumble, under the watchful eyes of Nakamura Utaemon IV as Karaki Masaemon (l.) and Mimasu Daigorô IV as Honda Naiki (r.).

Two episodes from a popular story of revenge. The brother of a murdered samurai tracked the killer over all Japan with the aid of Karaki Masaemon and finally confronted him at Iga Pass. The drama, first performed in 1777, was based on a historical incident of 1634.

A detailed summary of the legend Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku that was the blueprint for this play you can find here.
A short summary of the story in Roger S. Keyes, Hirosada Osaka Printmaker, p. 103.
Hirosada designed at least ten diptychs, a triptych and three singlesheet prints to illustrate different scenes from this performance.

Lit.: Roger S. Keyes, Hirosada Osaka Printmaker, Long Beach, 1984, p. 103
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 105; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #237
Dean J. Schwaab "Osaka Prints", London 1989, fig.218

The first print as deluxe edition:

Sadahiro
(active after 1850)

mameban (approx. 8 x 11 cm) after a diptych by Hirosada showing the actor Nakamura Tomosa II as the boatman Yojibei.
The copied original by Hirosada with Nakamura Utaemon IV as Katô Masakiyo (r.) and Nakamura Tomosa II (l.) in the kabuki play Keisei Kiyome no Funauta, performed 1/1851



Additional picture and info from commons.wikimedia.org

Sadahiro
(active after 1850)

Genkobei is about to kill Kikuno. He suspected her of having an affair with Sangobei, but after killing her he discovered it was untrue.

mameban triptych (each sheet approx 8 x 11 cm) from the play Godairiki Koi no Fujime by the author Namiki Gohei I after a chuban triptych by Hirosda.

Actors / roles (r.t.l.): Nakamura Utaemon IV as Gengobei, Mimasu Daigorô IV as Sangobei and Nakayama Nanshi II as Kikuno
Play performed: 8/1851 (Kaei 4)
First staged May 1794 in Kyôto at the Nishi no Shibai Theater.

Lit.: Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 105; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #387
Lubor Hajek "Hirosada", Artia, Prague 1959, p.89 & pic.33

Hirosada's version from Hajek's book:



An earlier oban sized version by Shigeharu with Nakamura Utaemon III as Katsuma Genkobei and Sawamura Kunitaro II in the role of Kikuno, published 7/1826 by Honsei (Hon-ya Seishichi) found at auctionukiyoe.com .

Sadahiro

Nakayama Nanshi II in different roles.

eiban, each approx. 8 x 11 cm

Hirosada
(active 1820 - 1860)

Nakamura Utaemon IV as Danshichi Mohei and Nakayama Nanshi II as Tomi

Play: Yadonashi Danshichi shigure no karakasa (Homeless Danshichi: An Umbrella in the Rain) performed at the Naka Theater 5/1851

Signature and seal: Hirosada / Konishi Gocho
Publisher: Kinkado
Foramt: chuban
Lit.: Roger S. Keyes, Hirosada Osaka Pritmaker, Long Beach, 1984, p. 117 plate 49


Sadahiro

mameban deluxe triptych after a chuban triptych by Hirosada.
each approx. 8 x 11 cm, cut from one sheet and glued together in an album.

Actors / roles (from right to left): Mimasu Daigoro IV as the playwriter Namiki Shozo, Nakamura Utaemon IV as Danshichi Mohei, Nakamura Nanshi II (= Nakayama Nanshi II) as Tomi.
Play: Yadonashi Danshichi shigure no karakasa (Homeless Danshichi: An Umbrella in the Rain) performed at the Naka Theater 5/1851
Lit.: Lubor Hajek "Hirosada", Artia, Prague 1959, p.91 pic.33, Roger S. Keyes, Hirosada Osaka Pritmaker, Long Beach, 1984, p. 117


Hirosada's version from 1851 (morra-japaneseart.com):




From Hajek's book:

Hirosada
(active 1820 - 1860)

Actors / roles (left to right): Jitsukawa Enzaburô I as Nagoya Sanza, Nakamura Utaemon IV as Fuwa Banzaemon and Mimasu Daigorô IV as Sasaki Kurando
Play: Act 4 of Inazuma Sôshi / Satomoyô Kabuki no Inazuma performed 9/1850 (Kaei 3) at the Naka Theater
Publisher: Kawaoto
Dimension: vertical chuban triptych
Lit.: Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 106; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 4 (2003), #313

Hirosada
(active 1820 - 1860)

Signature: Hirosada
Publisher: Konishi
Date: c.1850
Actors / roles: l. Jitsukawa Enzaburo I as Sakumaru, r. Kataoka Gado II as Umeomaru
Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
Titel: Chuko-den / A Tale of Loyalty and Filial Piety
Dimension: chuban triptyych, far right sheet missing
Ikeda Bunko IV, no. 227
You can find a summary of the play here:
http://www.kabuki21.com/sdtk.php

The complete triptych. Thanks to G.J. for the better picture.





Signature: Hirosada
Publisher: Kinkodo
Date: c.1850
Actor: Jitsukawa Enzaburo I as Inanoya Hambe
Play: Sakura Butai Omi Hakkai performed at Naka Theatre 3/1849
Titel: untitled Kabuki print
Dimension: chuban
Ikeda Bunko IV, no. 163

Hirosada
(active 1820 - 1860)

Signature: Hirosada
Publisher: Kawaoto
Date: 1853
Actor: Mimasu Daigoro IV as Kanki
Play: Kokusenya Kassen
Dimension: chuban
Waseda VI, no. 317

from this triptych:



left sheet, found on the net:




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Signature: Hirosada
Publisher: Kawaoto
Date: 1849
Actor: Nakamura Gizaemon I as Tarakubo
Play: Keisei Hanabusazoshi performed at the Chikugo (Onishi) Theater in 01/1849
Titel: Chuko Buyuden / Bravery and Filial Devotion
Dimension: chuban
Right panel of a polyptych.
Roger S. Keyes / Keiko Mizushima "The Theatrical World of Osaka Prints", p.213, no. 59

Hirosada
(active 1820 - 1860)

Title: Iwami Buyuden (Act 1)
Actor: Ichikawa Ebizo V as Hirose Gunzo
Play: Iwami Jutaro
performed Naka Theatre 3/1855
right sheet of a diptych
lit. Waseda 6-355

The complete diptych. Thanks to Mr.G.J. for the better picture.

Hirosada
(active 1820 - 1860)

Okubi-e
Actor: Nakamura Tamashichi I as Sute Wakamaru
Play: Keisei Chigoga Fuchi
performed: 03/1852
sheet 1 of 2
lit. Ikeda Bunko IV no.441
chuban tate-e


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Nakamura Tamashichi I as Sute Wakamura and Arashi Rikaku II as the barber Gengoro in the same play, 03/1852.

Hirosada

Okubi-e of the Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ibijuro IV as Shikama Shobei

chuban tate-e

Hirosada
(active 1820 - 1860)

Arashi Rikaku II (c.1812 ~ 14 July 1864) as Tamagawa no Omutsu
Play: Minarote Toriawasetaru Okimiyage performed Kado theatre 10/1852
Sumi brush drawing and watercolors on japanese paper.
chuban tate-e 26,5 x 19 cm
Lit.: Ikeda Bunko, Vol.IV, no. 477