Artworks · Katsukawa Shunkō I

The Fifth Ichikawa Danjuro as a Man in Winter Apparel

1788 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

12 x 5 3/4 in. (30.5 x 14.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scene from the Drama "Yuki-motsu-take Furisode Genji"

1785 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

14 9/16 x 9 11/16 in. (37.0 x 24.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Third Ichikawa Yaozo in the Role of the Otokodate Sukeroku

1784 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

11 7/8 x 5 3/4 in. (30.2 x 14.6 cm) (trimmed)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The First Nakamura Nakazo in the Role of Shimada no Hachizo

1783 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

12 4/5 x 5 15/16 in. (32.5 x 15.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kajiwara Genta Kagesue in the Play Yuki Nazuna Saiwai Soga, Performed at the Kiri Theater in the First Month, 1787

1782 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.7 × 14.9 cm (12 7/8 × 5 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Princess Hatsune (Hatsune Hime) (right), and Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Miyukinosuke Yukinari, in the Play Otokoyama Furisode Genji, Performed at the Kiri Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1785

1780 · Color woodblock print; oban

38.3 × 25.6 cm (15 1/8 × 10 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

In the Room of a House of the Yoshiwara

1778 · Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Mat measurements: H. 22 3/4 in. (57.8 cm); W. 27 1/2 in. (69.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Actor Yamashita Mangiku I as Osan in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780

1775 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

29.5 × 14 cm (11 5/8 × 5 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Bando Mitsugoro I as Ogata no Saburo Disguised as Yoroya Takiemon in the Play Mure Takamatsu Yuki no Shirahata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780

1775 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych (?)

32.2 × 14.4 cm (12 11/16 × 5 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in an Unidentified Role

1774 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

30.7 × 14.7 cm (12 1/16 × 5 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Yoshizawa Ayame IV as Yadorigi, the Sister of Nikaido Shinanosuke, Disguised as Orie, the Wife of Aoto Magosaburo, in Part Two of the Play Motomishi Yuki Sakae Hachi no Ki (Looking up at Falling Snow: Thriving Potted Trees), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1778

1773 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; probably right sheet of diptych

30.5 × 15 cm (12 × 5 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kajiwara Heiji (?) in the Play Hiragana Seisuiki (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Third Month, 1776 (?)

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

29.2 × 14.6 cm (11 1/2 × 5 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mimasu Tokujuro as a Woman Standing Near a Winding Stream

1770 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

11 3/5 x 5 3/8 in. (29.5 x 13.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Third Segawa Kikunojo as a Woman

1770 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

12 x 5 3/8 in. (30.5 x 13.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art