Artworks · Katsukawa Shunshō

"Mu," page from "Picture Book of the Music of Pines Trees (Ehon matsu no shirabe)"

1795 · Color woodblock print; koban; page from illustrated book

21.8 × 15.4 cm (8 9/16 × 6 1/16 in.)

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Three Beauties Chatting by a Veranda

1790 · Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk

89.4 × 34.6 cm (35 1/4 × 13 5/8 in.)

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Dancer with a Maple Branch

1789 · Hanging scroll; Ink, color, and gold on paper

58.7 × 28.1 cm (23 1/8 × 11 1/16 in.); Overall with mount and knobs: 147.8 × 43.8 cm (58 3/16 × 17 1/4 in.)

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Three Komuso Monks: The Actors Ichikawa Ebizo (Danjuro V) as Kudo Suketsune (right), Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga no Juro Sukenari (center), and Ichikawa Omezo I as Soga no Goro Tokimune (left), in Act Six of the Play Waka Murasaki Edokko Soga (Pale Purple Soga, Edo Style), Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the Twenty-third Day of the First Month, 1792

1787 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; triptych

32.8 × 14.4 cm (12 15/16 × 5 11/16) (right); 36.2 × 14.7 cm (14 1/4 × 5 13/16 in.) (center); 32.7 × 14.3 cm (12 7/8 × 5 5/8 in.) (left)

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The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Karigane Obun, Nakayama Tomisaburo I as An no Oyasu, Iwai Kiyotaro II as Kaminari no Osha, Nakayama Tatezo I as Gokuin no Osen, and Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Hotei no Oichi (right to left), in "Gonin Onna," Scene One of the Play Waka Murasaki Edokko Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Second Month, 1792

1787 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; pentaptych

Each sheet: 32.3 × 14.6 cm (12 11/16 × 5 3/4 in.)

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The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in an Unidentified Role

1787 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

30.7 × 15.1 cm (12 1/16 × 5 15/16 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo as Kudo Suketsune Disguised as a Komuso in the Play Waka Murasaki Edokko Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1792

1787 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; center sheet of triptych

28.8 × 13.9 cm (11 5/16 × 5 1/2 in.)

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勝川春章画　二代目小佐川常世|Kabuki Actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II

1787 · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

12 4/5 x 5 13/16 in. (32.5 x 14.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Young Man Dressed as an Actor of the Ichikawa Family (by Shunsho), a Maid and a Geisha (by Shuncho)

1785 · Color woodblock print; aiban

32.3 × 23 cm (12 11/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

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The Goddess Benten Holding a Biwa and a Young Man Holding a Shoulder Drum, from the series "Comparing the Smiles of the Lucky Gods (Fukujin egao kurabe)"

1785 · Color woodblock print; koban

22.5 × 16.7 cm (8 7/8 × 6 9/16 in.)

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Yang Guifei

1784 · Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk

103.2 × 36.4 cm (40 11/16 × 14 3/8 in.)

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Seven Gods of Good Fortune in a Treasure Ship

1784 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e

65.5 × 11.3 cm (25 3/4 × 1/4 in.); 65.5 × 11.3 cm (25 3/4 × 1/4 in.)

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The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Osuwa in the Play Koi no Yosuga Kanagaki Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Monther, 1789

1784 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych (?)

32.1 × 14.7 cm (12 5/8 × 5 13/16 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Renegade Monk Zenjibo Disguised as Dainichibo in the Play Edo no Fuji Wakayagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1789

1784 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.5 × 14.2 cm (12 3/8 × 5 9/16 in.)

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The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as the Sword Master Takuma Genryu (?) in the Play Edo no Fuji Wakayagi Soga (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1789 (?)

1784 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.7 × 15 cm (12 7/8 × 5 7/8 in.)

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The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Makino Arataro Tokizumi in the Play Hana no O-Edo Masakado Matsuri, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1789

1784 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.8 × 14.8 cm (12 1/2 × 5 13/16 in.)

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Plants, Porcelain Bowl, and Glass Goblet

1784 · Color woodblock print; long surimono

19 × 53 cm (7 1/2 × 20 7/8 in.)

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Tanikaze Kajinosuke

1784 · color woodblock print

Sheet: 37.8 x 17.6 cm (14 7/8 x 6 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Ichikawa Danjūrō V as a Skeleton, Spirit of the Renegade Monk Seigen, and Iwai Hanshirō IV as the Cherry Princess, in “Flower of Edo: An Ichikawa Saga” (Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga)

1783 · Color woodblock print; hosoban diptych

Right: 32.9 × 15 cm (12 15/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Left: 32.9 × 15.2 cm (12 15/16 × 6 in.)

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The Actor Nakayama Tomisaburo I in an Unidentified Role

1783 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.6 × 15 cm (12 13/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

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The Courtesan Yugiri and Her Lover Fujiya Izaemon, from the series "Tokiwazu Hakkei"

1783 · Color woodblock print; chuban

26 × 19.4 cm (10 1/4 × 7 5/8 in.)

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Ichikawa Danjūrō V as a Skeleton, Spirit of the Renegade Monk Seigen, and Iwai Hanshirō IV as the Cherry Princess, in “Flower of Edo: An Ichikawa Saga” (Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga)

1783 · Color woodblock print; hosoban diptych

Right: 32.9 × 15 cm (12 15/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Left: 32.9 × 15.2 cm (12 15/16 × 6 in.)

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Seven Wise Women of the Pleasure Quarters

1783 · color woodblock print

Sheet: 24.8 x 36.6 cm (9 3/4 x 14 7/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Actor Nakayama Kojuro VI as Ko no Moronao in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1786

1781 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.2 × 14.9 cm (12 11/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

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The Actors Sawamura Sojuro III as Kusunoki Tatewaki Masatsura (right), Onoe Matsusuke I as the Monk Sahei Bozu (center) and Ichikawa Yaozo III as the Prince's Servant Kusunoki Uraminosuke (left), in the Play Kumoi no Hana Yoshino no Wakamusha, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1786

1781 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; three sheets of a four-sheet composition

32.3 × 14.8 cm (12 11/16 × 5 13/16 in.) (right), 32.2 × 15.1 cm (12 11/16 × 5 15/16 in.) (center), 32.1 × 14.9 cm (12 5/8 × 5 7/8 in.) (left)

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The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Kusunoki Uraminosuke Disguised as a Male Fox from Tsukamoto (?), in the Play Kumoi no Hana Yoshino no Wakamusha (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1786 (?)

1781 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych (?)

31 × 14.7 cm (12 3/16 × 5 13/16 in.)

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The Actor Nakamura Kojuro VI in a Daisho no Mai (Sword Dance), in the Play Gion Nyogo, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Tenth Month, 1786

1781 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.8 × 13.7 cm (12 1/2 × 5 3/8 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Oboshi Yuranosuke in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1786

1781 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.3 × 14.7 cm (12 5/16 × 5 13/16 in.)

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Act VII: The Ichiriki Teahouse in the play Chushingura Juichidan Tsuzuki

1781 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.6 × 19.5 cm (10 1/16 × 7 11/16 in.)

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Drama of Hikeyahike Kanhiki Dojoji

1780 · Triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

A: 12 7/8 x 5 5/8 in. (32.7 x 14.3 cm) B: 12 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (32.4 x 14.6 cm) C: 12 3/4 x 5 7/8 in. (32.4 x 14.9 cm)

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Actors Nakayama Kojûrô VI as Osada Tarô Kagemune and Sawamura Sôjûrû III as Komatsu no Shigemori in “Snow-Covered Bamboo: Genji in Long Sleeves” (Yukimotsu Take Furisode Genji)

1780 · Color woodblock print; aiban

34.6 × 24.2 cm (13 5/8 × 9 1/2 in.)

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Chrysanthemums

1780 · Color woodblock print; surimono

19.8 × 37 cm (7 13/16 × 14 5/8 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II in an Unidentified Role

1780 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

30.9 × 14.1 cm (12 3/16 × 5 9/16 in.)

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The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in an Unidentified Role

1780 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.4 × 14.3 cm (12 3/8 × 5 5/8 in.)

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The Actor Nakayama Kojuro VI as Osada no Taro Kagemune (in Reality Hatcho Tsubute no Kiheiji), in the Guise of a Lamplighter of Gion Shrine, in Act Three from Part One of the Play Yukimotsu Take Furisode Genji (Snow-Covered Bamboo: Genji in Long Sleeves), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1785

1780 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.6 × 15.2 cm (12 7/16 × 6 in.)

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The Actor Azuma Tozo III in an Unidentified Role

1780 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.2 × 14.5 cm (12 11/16 × 5 11/16 in.)

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The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I in an Unidentified Role

1780 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31 × 13.3 cm (12 3/16 × 5 1/4 in.)

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The Actor Yamashita Mangiku I in an Unidentified Role

1780 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.5 × 14.4 cm (12 3/8 × 5 11/16 in.)

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勝川春章画　三代目吾妻藤蔵|Kabuki Actor Azuma Tōzō III

1780 · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

12 5/8 x 5 2/3 in. (32.1 x 14.4 cm)

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Drama of Hikeyahike Kanhiki Dojoji

1780 · Triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

A: 12 7/8 x 5 5/8 in. (32.7 x 14.3 cm) B: 12 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (32.4 x 14.6 cm) C: 12 3/4 x 5 7/8 in. (32.4 x 14.9 cm)

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Sumo Wrestlers of the Western Group: (right) Kashiwado Kandayu from Edo, (left) and Inagawa Masaemon from Osaka

1779 · Color woodblock print; oban

39 × 25.7 cm (15 3/8 × 10 1/8 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Monk Mongaku Disguised as Seizaemon Bozu in the Play Oakinai Hiru ga Kojima, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1784

1779 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

30.9 × 13.8 cm (12 3/16 × 5 7/16 in.)

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The Actor Nakajima Mihoemon II as Bomon no Saisho Kiyotada in the Play Oyafune Taiheiki, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775

1779 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

29.8 × 14.3 cm (11 3/4 × 5 5/8 in.)

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The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Hata no Daizen Taketora Disguised as Shikishima Wakahei in the Play Juni-hitoe Komachi-zakura, Performed at the Kiri Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1784

1779 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition

30.8 × 13.8 cm (12 1/8 × 5 7/16 in.)

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The Actor Nakamura Riko I as Lady Manko (Manko Gozen) (?) in the Play Soga Musume Choja (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1784 (?)

1779 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.1 × 14.7 cm (12 5/8 × 5 13/16 in.)

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The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Kume no Heinaizaemon Disguised as the Street Fortune-teller Kosaka Jinnai, in the Play Kotobuki Banzei Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1783

1778 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; center or right sheet of triptych

31.8 × 14.5 cm (12 1/2 × 5 11/16 in.)

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The Actor Nakamura Riko I as Hanako, the Daughter of Koshiba Kamon, Disguised as a Yotaka (Low-class Prostitute), in the Play Kotobuki Banzei Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1783

1778 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; left or center sheet of triptych

31.6 × 14.5 cm (12 7/16 × 5 11/16 in.)

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The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as a Shirabyoshi Dancer in Musume Dojo-ji in the Play Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1783

1778 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; center sheet of triptych

30.5 × 15 cm (12 × 5 7/8 in.)

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