Uchida KUICHI (1844–1875). KABUKI. Ichikawa Danjūrō IX (1838 - Lot 636

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Uchida KUICHI (1844–1875). KABUKI. Ichikawa Danjūrō IX (1838 - Lot 636
Uchida KUICHI (1844–1875). KABUKI. Ichikawa Danjūrō IX (1838–1903), circa 1870. Period print on albumen paper, visiting card size, 10.5 x 6.3 cm. Handwritten inscription at the bottom. He was part of the triumvirate that dominated the world of Kabuki during the Meiji era. Bibliography: Barbara E. Thornbury, Leonard C. Pronko, *A Kabuki Reader: History and Performance*, Samuel L. Leiter, ME Sharpe, 2002. - Uchida KUICHI (1844–1875). KABUKI. Ichikawa Metora I (1853–1879) dressed as a woman, circa 1872. Period print on albumen paper, visiting card size, 10.5 x 6.3 cm. Adopted by the actor Ichikawa Monnosuke V, he was given the name Ichikawa Seikichi and trained as a wakaonnagata (an actor specializing in roles as young women). He took the name Ichikawa Metora I in 1865 and performed in Tokyo for fourteen years. Bibliography: Barbara E. Thornbury, Leonard C. Pronko, *A Kabuki Reader: History and Performance*, Samuel L. Leiter, ME Sharpe, 2002. - Uchida KUICHI (1844–1875). KABUKI. Nakamura Kandjaku III (1841–1881), in the role of Yuminosuke, 1871. Period albumen print, visiting card size, 10.5 x 6.3 cm. An image of the same performance is held at the British Museum. Bibliography: Barbara E. Thornbury, Leonard C. Pronko, *A Kabuki Reader: History and Performance*, Samuel L. Leiter, ME Sharpe, 2002. (3 prints in total)
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