Artworks · Katsukawa Shunshō

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Onmaya Kisanda Disguised as the Lion Dancer Kakubei in the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777

1772 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; one sheet of a four-sheet composition

32.8 × 14.3 cm (12 15/16 × 5 5/8 in.)

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The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as the Renegade Monk Dainichibo in the Play Tsukisenu Haru Hagoromo Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in theThird Month, 1777

1772 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych

30.8 × 13.8 cm (12 1/8 × 5 7/16 in.)

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The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Onmaya Kisanda Dressed as Kakubei the Lion Dancer (Kakubei-jishi) (right) and Segawa Kikunojo III as Shizuka Gozen (left), in the Dance Sequence "Myoto-zake Kawaranu Nakanaka" (Everlasting Harmony of the Marital Cup), from the Second Part of the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune (Heavenly Child—The Fox Leaps Through the Shrine Gate), Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777

1772 · Color woodblock print; aiban

32.4 × 23.1 cm (12 3/4 × 9 1/16 in.)

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The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Lady Hangaku (Hangaku Gozen) in the Play Wada-gassen Onna Maizuru, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1777

1772 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.7 × 15.3 cm (12 7/8 × 6 in.)

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The Actor Otani Tomoemon I as Kajino Choan (?) in the Play Hono Nitta Daimyojin (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1777

1772 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych

32.7 × 15.2 cm (12 7/8 × 6 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Abe no Sadato in the Play Oshu Adachi ga Hara, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1777

1772 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.7 × 14.5 cm (12 7/8 × 5 11/16 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo Disguised as a Beggar, in the Play Tsukisenu Haru Hagoromo Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Third Month, 1777

1772 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych

31.7 × 14.4 cm (12 1/2 × 5 11/16 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Taira no Masakado Disguised as the Pilgrim Junjo in the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777

1772 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of triptych

33 × 15 cm (13 × 5 7/8 in.)

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The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Akugenda Yoshira Disguised as a Pilgrim, in the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777

1772 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition (?)

30.4 × 14.6 cm (11 15/16 × 5 3/4 in.)

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The Actor Ikushima Daikichi III as the Courtesan Naniwazu in the Play Saki Masuya Ume no Kachidoki, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777

1772 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition (?)

32.2 × 15.5 cm (12 11/16 × 6 1/8 in.)

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The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Lady Hangaku (Hangaku Gozen) in the Play Wada-gassen Onna Maizuru, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1777

1772 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32 × 14.8 cm (12 5/8 × 5 13/16 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV as Taira no Tomomori in the Play Yoshitsune Sembon-zakura, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1777

1772 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

29.8 × 13.5 cm (11 3/4 × 5 5/16 in.)

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The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Asahina no Sabura in the Play Tsukisenu Haru Hagoromo Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1777

1772 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

29.9 × 14.3 cm (11 3/4 × 5 5/8 in.)

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The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Hangaku Gozen Breaking Down the Gate in the Play Wada-gassen Onna Maizuru (The Wada Conflict: A Woman's "Maizuru"), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month, 1777

1772 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

30.5 × 14.4 cm (12 × 5 11/16 in.)

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The Actor Segawa Yujiro I as Osai, a Female Hairdresser, in the Play Kamuri Kotoba Soga no Yukari, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1776

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

29.3 × 13.9 cm (11 9/16 × 5 1/2 in.)

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The Actor Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III as Naniwazu in the Play Sugata no Hana Yuki no Kuronushi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.2 × 14.7 cm (12 5/16 × 5 13/16 in.)

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The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kojoro-gitsune of Hakata in the Play Hikitsurete Yagoe Taiheiki, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych (?)

31.5 × 14.5 cm (12 3/8 × 5 11/16 in.)

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The Courtesan Sugawara of the Tsuruya House and Her Kamuro Namiji and Kashiko

1771 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.5 × 17.9 cm (10 1/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

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The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Okoma (right), and Arashi Sangoro III as the Hairdresser Obana Saizaburo (left), in the Play Koi Musume Mukashi Hachijo, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1776

1771 · Color woodblock print; wide hashira-e

69.3 × 16.5 cm (27 5/16 × 6 1/2 in.)

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Courtesan Wearing a Chrysanthemum-Patterned Kimono

1771 · Color woodblock print; wide hashira-e

69 × 16.5 cm (27 1/4 × 6 1/2 in.)

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The Actors Otani Hiroji III as Yokambei (right), Nakamura Tomijuro I as Kuzunoha (center), and Bando Mitsugoro I as Yakambei (left), in the Last Scene from the Play Shinodazuma (The Wife from Shinoda Forest), Performed as a Supplement to the Play Kikyo-zome Onna Urakata (Female Diviner in Deep Violet), at the Morita Theater from the Ninth Day of the Ninth Month, 1776

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; triptych

31.1 × 14.6 cm (12 1/4 × 5 3/4 in.) (right); 31.3 × 14.9 cm (12 5/16 × 5 7/8 in.) (center); 31.1 × 14.3 cm (12 1/4 × 5 5/8 in.) (left)

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Actor Nakamura Nakazô I as Ono Sadakurô in “Model for Kana Calligraphy: Treasury of the 47 Loyal Retainers” (“Kanadehon Chûshingura”)

1771 · Color woodblock print; bai aiban

45.5 × 32.8 cm (18 × 12 15/16 in.)

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Young Woman with a Caged Monkey (Calendar Print for New Year 1776)

1771 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.7 × 17 cm (10 1/8 × 6 11/16 in.)

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The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Hata Rokurozaemon Disguised as the Samurai's Manservant (Yakko) Igaguri Hanehei (left), and Nakamura Noshio I as the Lady-in-Waiting Koto no Naishi (right), in the Dance Sequence "Sodegasa Momiji no Tekuda" (Umbrella Sleeves: Coquettish Tricks at Maple Time), from the Fourth Act of the Play Hikitsurete Yagoe Taiheiki (The War Tale Taiheiki: With Din and Clamor of Battle), Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

1771 · Color woodblock print; aiban

30.3 × 20.4 cm (11 15/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

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Mitate (Parody) of Ono no Tofu in the Play Geiko Zashiki Kyogen

1771 · Color woodblock print; aiban

32 × 22.4 cm (12 5/8 × 8 13/16 in.)

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The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II in an Unidentified role

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32 × 14.8 cm (12 5/8 × 5 13/16 in.)

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The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Soga no Goro Tokimune in the Play Kazoe Uta Ta Ue Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1776

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of triptych (?)

33.2 × 15.3 cm (13 1/8 × 6 in.)

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The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as the Courtesan Agemaki in the Play Sukeroku Yukari no Hatsu-zakura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Third Month, 1776

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; center sheet of triptych

32.8 × 15.1 cm (12 15/16 × 5 15/16 in.)

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The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in an Unidentified Role

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.5 × 15.2 cm (12 13/16 × 6 in.)

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The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Otomo no Kuronushi in the Play Sugata no Hana Yuki no Kuronushi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.6 × 15 cm (12 7/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Courtesan Kewaizaka no Shosho in the Play Sono Kyodai Fuji no Sugatami, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1776

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.7 × 15 cm (12 7/8 × 5 7/8 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo III as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo Disguised as a Beggar in the Play Kamuri Kotoba Soga no Yukari, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1776

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

29 × 13.4 cm (11 7/16 × 5 1/4 in.)

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The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Ono Sadakuro in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1776

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

30.7 × 14.8 cm (12 1/16 × 5 13/16 in.)

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Actors Nakajima Mihoemon II as Fujiwara no Shihei, Ichikawa Ebizô III as Matsuo-maru, Ichikawa Yaozô II as Sakura-maru, and Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Umeo-maru in “Sugawara’s Secrets of Calligraphy” (“Sugawara denju tenarai kagami”)

1771 · Color woodblock prints; hosoban triptych

31.2 × 14.4 cm (12 5/16 × 5 11/16 in.) (right); 31.2 × 14.7 cm (12 5/16 × 5 3/4 in.) (center); 31.2 × 14.2 cm (12 5/16 × 5 9/16 in.) (left)

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The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as the courtesan Agemaki in the play "Sukeroku Yukari no Hatsu-zakura," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the third month, 1776

1771 · Color woodblock print; center sheet of hosoban triptych

31.5 × 15.3 cm (12 3/8 × 6 in.)

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The Actor Arashi Sangoro II as the Hairdresser Obana Saizaburo in the Play Koi Musume Mukashi Hachijo, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1776

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych (?)

29.7 × 14 cm (11 11/16 × 5 1/2 in.)

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The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as a Female Fox from Mt. Ubagadake in the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; one sheet of a four-sheet composition

32.7 × 14.4 cm (12 7/8 × 5 11/16 in.)

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The Actor Yoshizawa Iroha I as Tamamo no Mae (?) in the Play Sakuya Kono Hana no Kaomise (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1776 (?)

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition

31.7 × 14.4 cm (12 1/2 × 5 11/16 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo III as the Thunder God, an Incarnation of Sugawara Michizane, in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1776

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

28.8 × 13.8 cm (11 5/16 × 5 7/16 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Sakura-maru in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1776

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of triptych

31.2 × 13.4 cm (12 5/16 × 5 1/4 in.)

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The Actor Otani Tomoemon I as Kasahari Hokkyo in the Play Kazoe Uta Ta Ue Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1776

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych

32.1 × 13.9 cm (12 5/8 × 5 1/2 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Hannya no Goro in the Play Sugata no Hana Yuki no Kuronushi, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.3 × 15.1 cm (12 5/16 × 5 15/16 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo III as Matsuo-maru in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1776

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of triptych (?)

31.1 × 14.4 cm (12 1/4 × 5 11/16 in.)

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The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Nagasaki Kageyuzaemon Disguised as Gorohachi the Sake Seller, in the Play Hikitsurete Yagoe Taiheiki, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.6 × 14.9 cm (12 7/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

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Courtesans of the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter, from the Series Seiro Kokon Hokku Awase

1771 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.9 × 18.1 cm (10 3/16 × 7 1/8 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Ashiya Doman in the Play Kikyo-zome Onna Urakata, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1776

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

33.4 × 14.9 cm (13 1/8 × 5 7/8 in.)

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The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as an Itinerant Monk in the Play Hikitsurete Yagoe Taiheiki, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32 × 14.7 cm (12 5/8 × 5 13/16 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Godai Saburo Masazumi Disguised as Rokuju-rokubu in the Play Sugata no Hana Yuki no Kuronushi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych (?)

31.2 × 14.7 cm (12 5/16 × 5 13/16 in.)

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