Artworks · Sharaku

Ichikawa Ebizō IV (Danjurō) as Takemura Sadanoshin in The Loving Wife's Parti-Colored Reins

1794 · color woodblock print

36 x 23.6 cm (14 3/16 x 9 5/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The actors Sawamura Yodogoro II (R) as Kawatsura Hogen and Bando Zenji (L) as Onisadobo

1794 · Color woodblock print; oban

36.8 × 23.6 cm (14 1/2 × 9 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Otani Tokuji I as the Retainer Sodesuke in "Flowering Irises: A Soga Vendetta of the Bunroku Era"

1794 · color woodblock print

36.2 x 25.2 cm (14 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Gorobei, the Fish Seller from Sanya

1794 · color woodblock print

Sheet: 38.4 x 25.1 cm (15 1/8 x 9 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The actors Ichikawa Omezo I (R) as Tomita Hyotaro and Otani Oniji III (L) as Kawashima Jibugoro

1794 · Color woodblock print; oban

37 × 24.7 cm (14 5/8 × 9 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The actor Bando Mitsugoro II as Ishii Genzo

1794 · Color woodblock print; oban

37.5 × 24.7 cm (14 3/4 × 9 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The actors Ichikawa Tomiemon (R) as Kanisaka Toma and Sanogawa Ichimatsu III (L) as the Gion Prostitute Onayo

1794 · Color woodblock print; oban

37.9 × 25 cm (14 15/16 × 9 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Segawa Tomisaburo II as the Otomos' Maid Wakakusa, Actually Prince Korehito

1794 · Middle sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Image: 12 1/2 x 6 in. (31.8 x 15.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ichikawa Omezō I in the Role of Yakko Ippei from the Play "Koinyōbō somewake tazuna"

1794 · Woodblock print; ink, color, white mica on paper

14 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (37.8 x 25.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The actor Otani Oniji III as Edobei

1794 · Color woodblock print; oban

37.9 × 25 cm (14 15/16 × 9 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Maple Leaf Viewing (Momiji gari)

1789 · Color woodblock print; aiban, nishiki-e

31.3 × 22.4 cm (12 3/8 × 8 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Sakata Hangoro III as Kosodate Kannonbo (Sandai-me Sakata Hangoro no Kosodate no Kannonbo)

1789 · Color woodblock print; hosoban, nishiki-e

31 × 14.2 cm (12 1/4 × 5 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro as Banzuin Chobei

1749 · Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper

H. 15 3/8 in. (39.1 cm); W. 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Actor Onoye Matsusuke as a Ronin

1749 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

H. 14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm); W. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art