Sadayoshi
Active circa 1837-1853

Actor / role: Kataoka Ichizo I as Akechi Mitsuhide
Role name used in the play: Takechi Mitsuhide
Because of strict censorship the names of the main characters had to be changed.

Play: Badarai no Mitsuhide / Toki-ha Ima Kikyô no Hataage performed 1/1841 Wakadayu Theater
Author of the play: Tsuruya Namboku IV

Publisher: Tenki
Dimension: oban tate-e
Date: 1841
ref. Sadamasu: Ikeda Bunka II,no 132

Utagawa Kunikazu
(active c.1850-60)

Dai Nihon Rokuju Yo shu
60-Odd Provinces of Japan


a.) The Province of Shimotsuke
right: Bandô Hikosaburô V as Hisamatsu, left: Bandô Kamezô I as Kimon Kihei



b.) The Province of Totomi
right: Kataoka Ichizô I as Kuwanayo Tokuzo, left: Nakayama Nanshi II as the courtesan Keisei Higaki



c.) The Province of Oki
right: Nakamura Nakasuke II as Rokuzo, left: Nakamura Kanjaku II as Ofune


d.) The Province of Tamba
right: Bando Hikosaburô V as Lord Asanobuko, left: Kataoka Ichizô I as Sadamitsu
Right panel of the triptych below.


right: Bando Hikosaburô V as Lord Asanobu and Kataoka Ichizô I as Sadamitsu
centre: Arashi Rikan III as Watanabe Tsuna and Arashi Kichisaburô III as kid Maru
left: Onoe Tamizô II as Kintoki and Nakamura Shikan IV as Suetake


Signature: Kunikazu
Publisher: Ishikawaya Wasuke (Ishiwa)
Dated : c.1861
chuban yoko-e, 24,4 x 18,4 cm
Ikeda Bunko IV