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Can you translate the Two larger cartouches in pic 1 . I suppose smaller ones are names of the two actors?
Can you translate the red cartouche and the text under the bell in pic 2

Pic.1,

Title,
めうと源氏二十余帖
福岡貢　中村福助　柳橋於紺
Myōto Genji Nijū Yōjō
Fukuoka Mitsugi Nakamura Fukusuke Yanagibashi Okon

Wife and Husband Genji in More Than Thirty
Chapters
Nakamura Fukusuke and Yanagibashi Ōkon in Role of Fukuoka Mitsugi

Poem on the left side、
誰袖椀盛の藻に益文
目潮からまるや 夏の月
Takasode wanmori no mo ni masabumi
mejio karamaru ya natsu no tsuki

ca. The sleeves and the seeweeds in the wanmori (bowl) are entwined with tears under the summer moon

Pic.2,
Title,
當世東團扇　Tōsei Azuma Uchiwa
Contemporary Eastern Fans

I couldn't read the poem written in cursive (a mix of variant kana and kanji) on the piece of paper tied to the wind chime on my first try. Give me some time to get to grips with the whole text.
It starts たちはな.....

Regards,
I.Nagy

After a couple of hours, with fresh eyes and a clear mind.

Pic.2,
たちはなの薫るもうれし橋すゝみ
家橘
Tachibana no kaoru mo ureshi hashi suzumi
Kakitsu
The scent of tachibana fills the air - how
deligtful in the cool shade of the bridge
Kakitsu

Regards,
I.Nagy

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