Artworks · Katsukawa Shunshō

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo with a Sword, Fighting the Actor Ichikawa Raizo II who is Armed with a Lance

1769 · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

H. 12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm); W. 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Actor Segawa Tomisaburo I as Kiyo-hime in the Play Hanagatami Kazaori Eboshi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Third Month, 1774

1769 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e

68.5 × 12 cm (26 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as Gokumon Shobei in the Play Sugata no Hana Kurofune Zukin, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Ninth Month, 1774

1769 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition (?)

29.6 × 14 cm (11 5/8 × 5 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Segawa Yujiro (or Segawa Kikunojo III) in an Unidentified Role

1769 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.4 × 14.7 cm (12 3/8 × 5 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Nakamura Utaemon I as Karashi Baba and Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III as Shirotae

1769 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

30.6 × 14.6 cm (12 3/16 × 5 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Segawa Tomisaburo I as the Heron Maiden (Sagi Musume)

1769 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.9 × 14.9 cm (12 15/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Omi no Kotoda (right), and Otani Hiroji III as Bamba no Chuda (left), in the Joruri "Sono Chidori Yowa no Kamisuki" (The Plovers: Combing Hair at Midnight), from Part Two of the Play O-atsurae-zome Soga no Hinagata (A Soga Pattern Dyed to Order), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the Tenth Day of the Third Month, 1774

1769 · Color woodblock print; hosoban diptych

Each sheet approx: 28.2 × 13.3 cm (11 1/8 × 5 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Courtesan Michinoku of the Tsutaya House with her Kamuro Midare and Shinobu, from the series "Kikkaku Hokufu"

1769 · Color woodblock print; oban

39.5 × 28.2 cm (15 1/2 × 11 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Nakamura Noshio I as Princess Usuyuki (Usuyuki Hime) in the play "Shin Usuyuki Monogatari," performed at the Morita Theater in the fifth month, 1774

1769 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych (?)

33 × 14.6 cm (13 × 5 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Nakamura Juzo II in an Unidentified Role

1769 · Color woodblock print; large hosoban

38.2 × 17.7 cm (15 1/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Onoe Tamizo I as Oiso no Tora or Kewaizaka no Shosho, Disguised as a Female Komusu (?), in the Play Yui Kanoko Date-zome Soga (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1774 (?)

1769 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition (?)

31.3 × 14.3 cm (12 5/16 × 5 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Courtesans on a Moonlit Balcony at a House of Pleasure in Shinagawa, from the series "Nan'eki Shufu"

1769 · Color woodblock print; oban

38 × 25.5 cm (15 × 10 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Aza-maru in the Play Yui Kanoko Date-zome Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1774

1769 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31 × 14.6 cm (12 3/16 × 5 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Hachio-maru Aratora in the Play Chigo Sakura Jusan Kane, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1774

1769 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32 × 14.5 cm (12 5/8 × 5 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Aigo no Waka (right), and Ichikawa Yaozo II as Hachio-maru Aratora (left), in the Play Chigo Sakura Jusan Kane, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1774

1769 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; diptych

29.8 × 14.7 cm (11 3/4 × 5 13/16 in.) (right); 29.8 × 15 cm (11 3/4 × 5 7/8 in.) (left)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo in the Play Kite Hajime Hatsugai Soga, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1774

1769 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych (?)

31.3 × 14.2 cm (12 5/16 × 5 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Ogata no Saburo Disguised as Matsuura Saemon in the Play Ichi no Tomi Tsuki no Kaomise, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1774

1769 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition (?)

29.8 × 14.2 cm (11 3/4 × 5 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Aigo no Waka in the Play Chigo Sakura Jusan Kane, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1774

1769 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.3 × 14 cm (12 11/16 × 5 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo with a Sword, Fighting the Actor Ichikawa Raizo II who is Armed with a Lance

1769 · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

H. 12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm); W. 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Actor Arashi Hinaji I as Hananoi in the Play Gosho-zakura Horikawa Youchi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1773

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych (?)

30.5 × 14.3 cm (12 × 5 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Nakamura Noshio I in an Unidentified Role

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32 × 15.9 cm (12 5/8 × 6 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Prince Koreakira (?) in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773

1768 · Color woodblock print; large hosoban

36.1 × 17.2 cm (14 3/16 × 6 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Prince Koreakira, Younger Brother of Emperor Go-Toba, in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho (Your Favorite Play Kanjincho [The Subscription List]), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1773

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.5 × 14.9 cm (12 13/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Segawa Yujiro I in an Unidentified Role

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.5 × 14.9 cm (12 13/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Nakamura Noshio I in a "Shak-kyo Odori" (Stone Bridge Dance), in the Play Onna Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.7 × 14.2 cm (12 7/8 × 5 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Shimokōbe Shōji Yukihira and Segawa Yūjiro I as Matsukaze, Sister of Togashi no Saemon, in “Your Favorite Play: The Subscription List” (Gohiiki Kanjinchō)

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

30.2 × 14.3 cm (11 7/8 × 5 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Onoe Tamizo I as Sotoku Taishi (?) Disguised as a Young Building Worker, in the Play Shitenno-ji Nobori Kuyo, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1773

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych

29.4 × 13 cm (11 9/16 × 5 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Segawa Kitsuji III as Murasame in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of triptych (?)

29.8 × 14.5 cm (11 3/4 × 5 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Nakaomi Katsumi Disguised as the Farmer Datta no Nizo, in the Play Shitenno-ji Nobori Kuyo, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1773

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition (?)

31.7 × 14.9 cm (12 1/2 × 5 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu II in an Unidentified Role

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; possibly left sheet of diptych

31 × 14.8 cm (12 3/16 × 5 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Shimokōbe Shōji Yukihira and Segawa Yūjiro I as Matsukaze, Sister of Togashi no Saemon, in “Your Favorite Play: The Subscription List” (Gohiiki Kanjinchō)

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

30.2 × 14.3 cm (11 7/8 × 5 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Osaku (?) in the Play Onna Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.4 × 14.9 cm (12 3/8 × 5 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Arashi Sangoro II as Asahina Saburo in the Play Iro Maki-e Soga no Sakazuki, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1773

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition (?)

30.5 × 13.8 cm (12 × 5 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in an Unidentified Role

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

30.6 × 12.9 cm (12 1/16 × 5 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Nakamura Riko I as Hakata no Kojoro (?) in the Play Shitenno-ji Nobori Kuyo, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1773

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych

32.3 × 14.4 cm (12 11/16 × 5 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actors Bando Mitsugoro I as Hata no Kawakatsu (right), and Otani Hiroemon III as the Manservant (Yakko) Gansuke (left), in the Play Miya-bashira Iwao no Butai (Shrine Pillars on a Stone Base), Performed at the Morita Theater from the Fifteenth Day of the Seventh Month, 1773

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; diptych

31.2 × 15.5 cm (12 5/16 × 6 1/8 in.) (right), 31.5 × 15.3 cm (12 3/8 × 6 1/8 in.) (left)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Matsuo-maru in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1773

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.5 × 14.8 cm (12 3/8 × 5 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Princess Sakura (Sakura Hime) in the Play Wada Sakamori Eiga Kagami, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1773

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych (?)

31.3 × 15 cm (12 5/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Shinokobe Shoji Yukihira in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773

1768 · 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 Ichikawa Danjuro V as Atomi no Ichii in the Play Miya-bashira Iwao no Butai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1773

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.3 × 15 cm (12 5/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Hiranoya Tokubei (?) in the Play Wada Sakamori Eiga Kagami (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Third Month, 1773 (?)

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych (?)

29.7 × 14.2 cm (11 11/16 × 5 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Nakamura Juzo II as Asahara Hachiro Disguised as the Servant of a Princely Family, in the Play Onna Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

30.2 × 14.8 cm (11 7/8 × 5 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Nakamura Juzo II as Akita Jonosuke in the Play Onna Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of triptych

30 × 14.4 cm (11 13/16 × 5 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Arashi Sangoro II as Asahina Saburo in the Play Iro Maki-e Soga no Sakazuki, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1773

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych

30.4 × 14.3 cm (11 15/16 × 5 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Moriya no Daijin Disguised as Rokuju-rokubu in the Play Miya-bashira Iwao no Butai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1773

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych (?)

33 × 14.7 cm (13 × 5 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Bando Matataro IV as Bando Taro in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych (?)

32.1 × 14.9 cm (12 5/8 × 5 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Segawa Kitsuji III as Murasame in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of a multisheet composition

29.7 × 13.7 cm (11 11/16 × 5 3/8 in.) (trimmed)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Nakamura Noshio I as the Goddes Benzaiten of Enoshima in the Play Onno Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

29.4 × 13.6 cm (11 9/16 × 5 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago