Artworks · Katsukawa Shunshō

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Shii no Shosho Okinori in the Play Sugata no Hana Yuki no Kuronushi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.3 × 14.6 cm (12 5/16 × 5 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Kichisaburo, Temple Page of Kichijo-ji, in the Play Sono Kyodai Fuji no Sugatami, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Second Month, 1776

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.7 × 15.1 cm (12 7/8 × 5 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Courtesans of the Chojiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

1771 · Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

22.6 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo III as Kudo Saemon Suketsune in the Play Kamuri Kotoba Soga no Yukari, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1776

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

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

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Bando Mitsugoro I as Taira no Tadamori Disguised as a Potted-Plant Seller in the Play Sakuya Kono Hana no Kaomise, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

1771 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.7 × 14.4 cm (12 1/2 × 5 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Sakon-gitsune in the Play Hana-zumo Genji Hiiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775

1770 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of triptych

29 × 14.6 cm (11 7/16 × 5 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Courtesan Kisewata (Tagasode) (?) in the Play Hana-zumo Genji Hiiki (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1775 (?)

1770 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.1 × 14.2 cm (12 1/4 × 5 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Spirit of a Mandarin Duck (Oshidori) Disguised as Tagasode, in the Play Hana-zumo Genji Hiiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775

1770 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych

30.7 × 13.8 cm (12 3/16 × 5 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Odai, an Eboshi (Hat) Seller, in the Play Hana-zumo Genji Hiiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775

1770 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.8 × 14.8 cm (12 15/16 × 5 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actors Ichikawa Yaozo II as Konoshita Hyokichi (?) (right), and Sakata Hangoro II as Matsunaga Daizen Hisahide (?) (left), in the Play Gion Sairei Shinko Ki (?), Perfomred at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Fifth Month, 1775 (?)

1770 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.3 × 15.3 cm (12 11/16 × 6 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX in an Unidentified Role

1770 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych

29.4 × 14 cm (11 9/16 × 5 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Courtesan Kisegawa in a "Nuno Sarashi" Dance, in the Play Hana-zumo Genji Hiiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775

1770 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.5 × 15.5 cm (12 13/16 × 6 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I in the Role of an Evil Courtier, Probably Prince Takahito, Illegitimate Son of Emperor Takakura, Disguised as Aso no Matsuwaka, in Part One of the Play Iro Moyo Aoyagi Soga (Green Willow Soga of Erotic Design), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the Thirteenth Day of the Second Month, 1775

1770 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.8 × 14.8 cm (12 1/2 × 5 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in Private Life, Standing in a Snow-Covered Garden

1770 · Color woodblock print; large hosoban

38.5 × 17.5 cm (15 3/16 × 6 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Actor Ôtani Hiroji III and (possibly) Satsuma Gengobei in “Green Willow Soga of Erotic Design” (“Iro Moyô Aoyagi Soga”) from the series Fans of the East (Azuma ôgi)

1770 · Color woodblock print; bai aiban

42 × 31 cm (16 5/16 × 12 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Matano no Goro in the Play Hana-zumo Genji Hiiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775

1770 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.3 × 14.5 cm (12 5/16 × 5 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Courtesan Toyama of Tsuruga in the Play Keisei Tsuki no Miyako, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eighth Month, 1775

1770 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.8 × 14.1 cm (12 1/2 × 5 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Yoshizawa Iroha I as Princess Yosooi (Yosooi Hime) in the Play Kikujido Shuen no Iwaya, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775

1770 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of triptych

33 × 15.1 cm (13 × 5 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo in the Play Hana-zumo Genji Hiiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775

1770 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych

32.1 × 15.1 cm (12 5/8 × 5 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Hito-maru Disguised as the Courtesan Chiyozaki, in the Play Kuruwa no Hana Katsuragi no Kane, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the third Month, 1775

1770 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.4 × 12.4 cm (12 3/8 × 4 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in an Unidentified Role

1770 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.2 × 14.2 cm (12 5/16 × 5 9/16 in.)

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The Actor Nakamura Noshio I as a Dragon Maiden Disguised a Tamanami, in the Play Oyafune Taiheiki, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775

1770 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

29.8 × 13.3 cm (11 3/4 × 5 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Onoe Tamizo I as Kureha (?) in the Play Shusse Taiheiki (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eighth Month, 1775 (?)

1770 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

30 × 13.8 cm (11 13/16 × 5 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Soga no Dozaburo (?) in the Play Shida Yuzuriha Horai Soga (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the First Month, 1775 (?)

1770 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

29.8 × 13.5 cm (11 3/4 × 5 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Kudo Suketsune (?) in the Play Iro Moyo Aoyagi Soga (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Second Month, 1775 (?)

1770 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

30.7 × 13.8 cm (12 1/16 × 5 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Scene at the Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine, from Act One of Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers), from the series "Chushingura Juichimai-Tsuzuki (Set of Eleven Sheets Illustrating Chushingura)"

1770 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.1 × 18.4 cm (9 7/8 × 7 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Takechi Jubei Mitsuhide in the Play Shusse Taiheiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1775

1770 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.7 × 15 cm (12 7/8 × 5 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Nakamura Noshio I as Oiso no Tora (?) in the Play Shida Yuzuriha Horai Soga (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the First Month, 1775 (?)

1770 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.4 × 14.8 cm (12 3/4 × 5 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Izutsu Onnanosuke (?) in the Play Keisei Tsuki no Miyako (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Ninth Month, 1775 (?)

1770 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

30 × 14 cm (11 13/16 × 5 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Segawa Yujiro I in an Unidentified Role

1770 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

30.2 × 14 cm (11 7/8 × 5 1/2 in.)

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The Actor Nakamura Utaemon I, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

1770 · Color woodblock print; page from illustrated book

24.5 × 15.3 cm (9 5/8 × 6 in.)

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The Actor Nakajima Kanzaemon III, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

1770 · Color woodblock print; page from illustrated book

24.5 × 15.3 cm (9 5/8 × 6 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

1770 · Color woodblock print; page from illustrated book

24.5 × 15.3 cm (9 5/8 × 6 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Onoe Kikugoro I, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

1770 · Color woodblock print; page from illustrated book

24.5 × 15.3 cm (9 5/8 × 6 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichikawa Kodanji II, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

1770 · Color woodblock print; page from illustrated book

24.5 × 15.3 cm (9 5/8 × 6 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Somegoro, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

1770 · Color woodblock print; page from illustrated book

24.5 × 15.3 cm (9 5/8 × 6 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Shoemon, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

1770 · Color woodblock print; page from illustrated book

24.5 × 15.3 cm (9 5/8 × 6 in.)

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The Actor Anegawa Shinshiro II, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

1770 · Color woodblock print; page from illustrated book

24.5 × 15.3 cm (9 5/8 × 6 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichikawa Tsunazo, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

1770 · Color woodblock print; page from illustrated book

24.5 × 15.3 cm (9 5/8 × 6 in.)

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The Actor Sawamura Tanosuke I, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

1770 · Color woodblock print; page from illustrated book

24.5 × 15.3 cm (9 5/8 × 6 in.)

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The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro II, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

1770 · Color woodblock print; page from illustrated book

24.5 × 15.3 cm (9 5/8 × 6 in.)

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An Actor as Sanbaso, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

1770 · Color woodblock print; page from illustrated book

24.5 × 15.3 cm (9 5/8 × 6 in.)

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The Annoucement, page from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

1770 · Color woodblock print; page from illustrated book

24.8 × 16.2 cm (9 3/4 × 6 3/8 in.)

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An Actor as Okina, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

1770 · Color woodblock print; page from illustrated book

24.5 × 15.3 cm (9 5/8 × 6 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

An Actor as Senzai, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

1770 · Color woodblock print; page from illustrated book

24.5 × 15.3 cm (9 5/8 × 6 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Minamoto no Yorinobu in the Play Kikujido Shuen no Iwaya, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775

1770 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; center sheet of triptych

31.5 × 13.9 cm (1 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

勝川春章画　二代目中村傳九郎|Kabuki Actor Nakamura Denkurō II

1770 · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

11 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (29.2 x 14.0 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

勝川春章画　三代目澤村宗十郎と三代目瀬川菊之丞|Kabuki Actors Sawamura Sōjūrō III and Segawa Kikunojō III

1770 · Diptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

A: 12 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. (32.1 x 14.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art