NAKAMURA TOMIJÛRÔ I

Nakamura Tomijûrô I, Iwai Hanshirô III, Nakamura Tomijûrô I and Minakawa Yaheiji playing the roles of the female fox Otatsu, Kajiya Nizô, the female urakata Ohyaku and Adachi Ikkaku in the kaomise drama "Yasa Heike Sakiwake Musha", which was staged at the Naka no Shibai in the 11th lunar month of 1750

The actor Nakamura Tomijûrô I playing the main role of the dance "Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji", which was staged in the 3rd lunar month of 1753 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Torii Kiyohiro)

The actors Nakamura Shichisaburô II and Nakamura Tomijûrô I playing the roles of Sukeroku and the courtesan Agemaki in the play "Imosedori Meisho no Yûgure", which was staged in the 7th lunar month of 1753 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Torii Kiyohiro)

The actor Nakamura Tomijûrô I playing the role of the spirit of the Lion in the dance "Hanabusa Shûjaku no Shishi", which was staged in the 3rd lunar month of 1754 at the Nakamuraza
(print made by Torii Kiyohiro)

The Actor Nakamura Tomijûrô I as Ômi no Okane in the play "Kongen Okuni Kabuki" performed at the Nakamura Theater in the seventh month, 1754
Artist: Torii Kiyohiro
Date: c. 1754
The Art Institute of Chicago (print in the public domain)

The Actor Nakamura Tomijûrô I
Artist: Ishikawa Toyonobu
Date: c. 1755
The Art Institute of Chicago (print in the public domain)

The actors Yamashita Matatarô I and Nakamura Tomijûrô I playing the roles of Akaneya Hanshichi and Kasaya Sankatsu in the michiyuki "Mitsu Karakasa Akatsuki Kosode", which was staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1756 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Torii Kiyohiro)

The Actor Nakamura Tomijûrô I as the Waitress Otake in the Play Chigo Suzuri Aoyagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1777
Artist: Katsukawa Shunshô
Date: c. 1777
The Art Institute of Chicago (print in the public domain)

The actor Nakamura Tomijûrô I in a print made by Ippitsusai Bunchô around 1772
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (print in the public domain)

The Actor Nakamura Tomijûrô I as Lady Hangaku (Hangaku Gozen) in the Play Wada-gassen Onna Maizuru, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1777
Artist: Katsukawa Shunshô
Date: c. 1777
The Art Institute of Chicago (print in the public domain)

The Actor Nakamura Tomijûrô I as Hangaku Gozen breaking down the gate in the play Wada-gassen Onna Maizuru (The Wada Conflict: A Woman’s “Maizuru”), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the twenty-fifth day of the seventh Month, 1777
Artist: Katsukawa Shunshô
Date: c. 1777
The Art Institute of Chicago (print in the public domain)

Nakamura Tomijûrô I as a Female Fox in the Scene from the Play, Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777
Artist: Torii Kiyonaga
Date: c. 1777
The Art Institute of Chicago (print in the public domain)

Nakamura Tomijûrô I playing the role of Fujiya Izaemon in the "Yoshidaya" scene of an unknown play in a caricature extracted from the illustrated book "Ehon Mizu ya Sora", which was drawn by Matsuya Nichôsai and published in Ôsaka in 1780 by Hachimonjiya Hachizaemon

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

Nakamura Tomijûrô I as depicted in the illustrated book "Santo Yakusha Omokage Zukushi", which was published in Ôsaka by Yamatoya Kaemon in 1784

Nakamura Tomijûrô I in two prints made by Ippitsusai Bunchô

Nakamura Tomijûrô I as depicted in the illustrated book "Suifutei Gigafu", which was published in Ôsaka in 1782

Nakamura Tomijûrô I in two prints made by Katsukawa Shunshô

The actors Nakamura Tomijûrô I (bottom left) and Nakajima Mihoemon II in a memorial print made by Tôshûsai Sharaku 1794~1795

 
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