Artworks · Katsukawa Shunshō

The Actor Otani Tomoemon I as Kawatabiya Mombei in the Play Oyoroi Ebido Shinozuka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772

1767 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

30.7 × 13.8 cm (12 1/16 × 5 7/16 in.)

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The Actor Nakamura Noshio I in an Unidentified Role

1767 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

29.5 × 13.8 cm (11 5/8 × 5 7/16 in.)

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The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Moshio in the Play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772

1767 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych

30.7 × 12.6 cm (12 1/16 × 4 15/16 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Ashikaga Motouji Disguised as Katagiri Yashichi in the Play Oyoroi Ebido Shinozuka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772

1767 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych (?)

31.6 × 14.6 cm (12 7/16 × 5 13/16 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Yakko Matsueda Sakinosuke in the Play Keisei Momiji no Uchikake, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1772

1767 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.5 × 15 cm (12 3/4 × 5 7/8 in.)

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The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Sagami Jiro Disguised as Ambaiyoshi Gorohachi in the Play Oyoroi Ebido Shinozuka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772

1767 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.5 × 15.4 cm (12 13/16 × 6 1/16 in.)

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The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Miyagino Disguised as a Hairdresser in the Play Kosode-gura no Tekubari, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Second Month, 1772 (?)

1767 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

29.6 × 14 cm (11 5/8 × 5 1/2 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kudo Kanaishi (?) in the Play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1772 (?)

1767 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of a multisheet composition

31.6 × 14.3 cm (12 7/16 × 5 5/8 in.)

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The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in an Unidentified Role

1767 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

29 × 13.7 cm (11 7/16 × 5 3/8 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Iba no Juzo (?)

1767 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych

31.4 × 14.2 cm (12 3/8 × 5 9/16 in.)

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The Warrior Ômori Hikoshichi Carrying a Demon on His Back

1767 · Color woodblock print; chûban

26.3 × 19.2 cm (10 3/8 × 7 9/16 in.)

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The Actors Onoe Matsusuke I as Yawata no Saburo (right), and Otani Tomoemon I as the Yakko Emohei (left), in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

1767 · Color woodblock print; diptych; illustrations from the later edition of the book Ehon Butai Ogi

27.8 × 13.8 cm (10 15/16 × 5 7/16 in.) (trimmed) (right); 27.8 × 14 cm (10 15/16 × 5 1/2 in.) (trimmed) (left)

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The Actor Ichikawa Raizo II as Murakami Hikoshiro Yoshiteru in the Play Oyoroi Ebido Shinozuka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772

1767 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

29.4 × 14.2 cm (11 9/16 × 5 9/16 in.)

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The Actor Arashi Sangoro II as Sakura-maru in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1772

1767 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of a multisheet print

30.2 × 14.2 cm (11 7/8 × 5 9/16 in.)

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Ichikawa Danjuro V

1767 · Color woodblock print; koban

18 × 22.5 cm (7 1/16 × 8 7/8 in.)

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The Actors Nakamura Denkuro II as Suma no Dairyo (right), and Ichikawa Komazo II as Ariwara no Yukihira (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

1767 · Color woodblock print; from the illustrated book Yakusha Kuni no Hana (Prominent Actors of Japan)

17.1 × 14.1 cm (6 3/4 × 5 9/16 in.)

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The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Kajiwara Genta no Kagetoki (?), in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

1767 · Color woodblock print; from the illustrated book Yakusha Kuni no Hana (Prominent Actors of Japan)

17.5 × 14.1 cm (6 7/8 × 5 9/16 in.)

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The Actors Kasaya Matakuro II as Nobuyori Disguised as the Yakko Gunnai (right), and Miyazaki Hachizo as the Lay Monk Hambyo Nyudo (left), in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

1767 · Color woodblock print; from the illustrated book Yakusha Kuni no Hana (Prominent Actors of Japan)

17.7 × 13.9 cm (6 7/8 × 5 1/2 in.)

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The Actors Nakamura Shichisaburo III (right), and Ichikawa Junzo I (left), in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

1767 · Color woodblock print; from the illustrated book Yakusha Kuni no Hana (Prominent Actors of Japan)

16.9 × 13.8 cm (6 11/16 × 5 7/16 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Ogata no Sabura (?) in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

1767 · Color woodblock print; from the illustrated book Yakusha Kuni no Hana (Prominent Actors of Japan)

16.9 × 13.8 cm (6 15/16 × 6 1/2 in.)

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The Actors Otani Tomoemon I as Emohei (right), and Sanogawa Ichimatsu II as Sanada Yoichi (left), in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

1767 · Color woodblock print; from the illustrated book Yakusha Kuni no Hana (Prominent Actors of Japan)

17.5 × 14.1 cm (6 7/8 × 5 1/2 in.)

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Plate 6 (Examining the Newly Spun Cocoons), from the series "Kaiko Yashinai-gusa"

1767 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.2 × 19 cm (9 15/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

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勝川春章画　三代目瀬川菊之丞|Kabuki Actor Segawa Kikunojō III

1767 · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

12 11/32 x 5 17/32 in. (31.4 x 14.1 cm)

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Weaving silk, plate 11 from the series "Silkworm Cultivation (Kaiko yashinai gusa)"

1767 · Color woodblock print; chuban

24.8 × 18.4 cm (9 3/4 × 7 1/4 in.)

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The Actor Nakamura Matsue I as Kasaya Sankatsu (?) in the Play Hana no Gosho Konegen Butai (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eighth Month, 1772 (?)

1767 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

33.5 × 15.1 cm (13 3/16 × 5 15/16 in.)

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Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV Performs the Triple Umbrella Dance in “Flower of Japan: Ono no Komachi’s Five Characters” (“Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji”)

1766 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

30.8 × 14.5 cm (12 1/8 × 5 11/16 in.)

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The Actors Otani Hiroji III as Koga Saburo, and Ichimura Uzaemon IX as the Devil of Kogakeyama, the Spirit of Wakasa no Zenji Yasumura, in the Play Kono Hana Yotsugi no Hachi no Ki, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

1766 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31 × 14.3 cm (12 3/16 × 5 5/8 in.)

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The Actors Yamashita Kinsaku II as Mutsuhana (right), Bando Mitsugoro I as Kashiwagi no Emon (center), and Nakamura Sukegoro II as Akamatsu Mushanosuke (left), in the Play Fuki Kaete Tsuki mo Yoshiwara (Rethatched Roof: The Moon also Shines Over the Yoshiwara Pleasure District), Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

1766 · Color woodblock print; from the illustrated book Yakusha Kuni no Hana (Prominent Actors of Japan)

17 × 27.2 cm (6 11/16 × 10 11/16 in.)

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The Actors Sawamura Kijuro I as Ikazuchi Shinno, Prince of Thunder (far left), Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Buddhist Deity Fudo (second from left), Nakamura Sukegoro II as Seitaka Doji (second from right), and Bando Mitsugoro I as Kongara Doji (far right), in the Play Fuki Kaete Tsuki mo Yoshiwara (Rethatched Roof: The Moon also Shines Over the Yoshiwara Pleasure District), Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

1766 · Color woodblock print; from the illustrated book Yakusha Kuni no Hana (Prominent Actors of Japan)

17 × 27.4 cm (6 11/16 × 10 3/4 in.)

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The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Oishi (?) or Osono (?) in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Fifth Month, 1771 (?)

1766 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32 × 14.5 cm (12 5/8 × 5 11/16 in.)

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Tokaiji no Bansho, from the series "Shinagawa Hakkei (Eight Views of Shinagawa)"

1766 · Color woodblock print; chuban

26.4 × 19.7 cm (10 3/8 × 7 3/4 in.)

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Funya no Yasuhide, Two Women in a Gusty Autumn Landscape, from the series "Rokkasen (The Six Immortal Poets)"

1766 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.5 × 18.2 cm (10 1/16 × 7 3/16 in.)

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Yagurashita no Bansho (Evening Bell at Yagurashita), Courtesan and Her Attendant at the Yagurashita Unlicensed Pleaser District in Fukagawa, from the series "Fukagawa Hakkei (Eights Views of Fukagawa)"

1766 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.2 × 19 cm (9 15/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

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The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Takenuki Goro in the Play Eho Soga Nen-nen-goyomi, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1771

1766 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

28.7 × 13.9 cm (11 1/4 × 5 5/16 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Yoshimine no Munesada in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

1766 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych (?)

31.4 × 14.2 cm (12 3/8 × 5 9/16 in.)

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The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Kudo Saemon Suketsune (?) in the Play Sakai-cho Soga Nendaiki (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1771 (?)

1766 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition

30.1 × 14.6 cm (11 7/8 × 5 3/4 in.)

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The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Agemaki in the Play Sakai-cho Soga Nendaiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1771

1766 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition

31.7 × 14.5 cm (12 1/2 × 5 5/8 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Soga no Goro Disguised as a Komuso in the Play Sakai-cho Soga Nendaiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1771

1766 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition (?)

31.2 × 14.3 cm (12 5/16 × 5 5/8 in.)

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Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô V as the Buddhist Deity Fudô in “Rethatched Roof: The Moon Also Shines over the Yoshiwara Pleasure District” (“Fuke Kaete Tsuki mo Yoshiwara”)

1766 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.2 × 14.8 cm (12 1/4 × 5 13/16 in.)

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The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Hige no Ikyu in the Play Sakai-cho Soga Nendaiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1771

1766 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition

32 × 15.1 cm (12 1/2 × 5 11/16 in.)

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The Actors Ichikawa Komazo II as Satsuma Gengobei (right), and Nakamura Nakazo I as Sasano Sangobei (left)

1766 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

30.6 × 13.5 cm (12 1/16 × 5 5/16 in.)

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The Actors Ichikawa Komazo II as Soga no Juro Sukenari (right), and Ichikawa Danjuro V as Soga no Goro Tokimune (left), in Komuso Attires, in the Play Sakaicho Soga Nendaiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1771

1766 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.7 × 15.5 cm (12 7/8 × 6 1/8 in.)

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The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Fuwa Banzaemon in the Play Keisei Nagoya Obi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1771

1766 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition (?)

29.2 × 13.9 cm (11 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as the Boathouse Man Kurofune Chuemon in the Play Sakai-cho Soga Nendaiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1771

1766 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition (?)

31.6 × 14.4 cm (12 7/16 × 5 11/16 in.)

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The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as Momonoi Wakasanosuke (right), and Nakamura Nakazo I as Kakogawa Honzo (left), in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1771

1766 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

29.8 × 14.1 cm (11 3/4 × 5 9/16 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Soga no Goro Tokimune in the Play Sakai-cho Soga Nendaiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1771

1766 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.7 × 14.5 cm (12 7/8 × 5 11/16 in.)

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The Actors Matsumoto Koshiro II as Yoemon and Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III as Kasane, His Wife

1766 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

30.8 × 13.8 cm (12 1/8 × 5 7/16 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Momonoi Wakasanosuke Yasuchika (?) in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Fifth Month, 1771 (?)

1766 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.5 × 14.1 cm (12 3/8 × 5 3/8 in.)

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