Arts of Asia — Page 82
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The Actors Ichikawa Danzo III as I no Hayata Tadazumi (right), and Matsumoto Koshiro II as Osada no Taro Kagemune (left), in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1770
The Actor Bando Mitsugoro I as Abbot Saimyo-ji Tokiyori, Disguised as a Monk, in the Joruri "Onna Hachi no Ki" (A Female Version of "The Potted Trees") from Part Two of the Play Onna Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai (A Woman as Master: The World of the First Snow), Performed at the Morita Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1773
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1773
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
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1777
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Prince Koretaka Disguised as the Courier Izutsu Chuji, in the Play Yamato Kano Ariwara Keizu, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1781
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1781
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Yanone Goro in the Play Kuruwa-gayoi Komachi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1781
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1781
The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Hakamadare Yasusuke or Watanabe no Tsuna (?) in the Play Shintenno Tonoi no Kisewata (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1781 (?)
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1781
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
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1777
The Actor Nakamura Riko I as the Courtesan Wakamatsu (?) in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1773 (?)
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1773
The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as the Yakko Matahei in the Play Mukashi Otoko Yuki no Hinagata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1781
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kudo Suketsune in the Play Kaido Ichi Yawaragi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1778
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1778
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
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1777
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
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1777
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Chichibu no Shigetada
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1773
The Actor Bando Mitsugoro I as the Shinto Priest Goinosuke Disguised as the Spirit of a White Heron, in the Play Sakikaese Yuki no Miyoshino, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1781
The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as the Hairdreser Komagata Ikkaku in the Play Fuji no Yuki Kaikei Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1770
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1770
The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Hata no Daizen Taketora Disguised as the Yakko Matahei (right), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Umegae Disguised as the Poem-Diviner Omatsu (left), in the Play Mukashi Otoko Yuki no Hinagata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1781
Procession of a Daimyo
Hishikawa Moronobu, c. 1681/84
The Chinese Immortal Seiobo (C: Xi Wang Mu, Queen of the West)
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1770s
Procession of a Daimyo
Hishikawa Moronobu, c. 1681/84
Young Woman at a Loom
Suzuki Harunobu, 1765
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
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1771/72
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
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1771/72
The Actor Nakayama Tomisaburo I as the Geisha Yukino (or Oyuki?) in the Play Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1781
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1781
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
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1776
The Actor Nakajima Wadaemon as Migawari no Jizo, the Master of the House, from Inamuragasaki in Kamakura (Nakajima Wadaemon no Kamakura Inamuragaasaki no yanushi, Migawari no Jizo)
Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794 (Kansei 6)
The Third Month (Sangatsu), from the series "Popular Versions of Immortal Poets in Four Seasons (Fuzoku shiki kasen)"
Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768
Throwing the Shuttle
Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766/67
Lovers Playing the Same Fute (parody of Xuanzong and Yang Guifei)
Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767
The actor Matsumoto Yonesaburo as Shinobu in the guise of the courtesan Kewaizaka no Shosho
Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794
Beauty Admiring a Bush Warbler Singing in a Plum Tree
Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68
Akashi of the Tamaya, from the series Seven Komachis of Yoshiwara (Seiro nana Komachi) (Tamaya uchi Akashi, Uraji, Shimano)
Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95
The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Shirabyoshi Hisakata of Miyako Kujo (Sandai-me Segawa Kikunojo no Miyako Kujo no Shirabyoshi Hisakata)
Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794 (Kansei 6)
The Actor Sakata Hangoro III as the Groom Abumizuri no Iwazo in Koriyama, Actually Kurisaka Taro Tomonori (SAndai-me Sakata Hangoro no Koriyama no Umakata Abumizuri no Iwazo, jitsuwa Kurisaka Taro Tomonori)
Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794 (Kansei 6)
The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as the Sparrow Seller Bunji Yasukata (Sandai-me Ichikawa Yaozo no suzume uri Bunji Yasukata)
Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794 (Kansei 6)
The actor Sakakiyama Sangoro as Princess Odae, the daughter of the Senior Regent Michinaga
Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794
Sakata Hangoro III in the Role of Yahazu no Yadahei
Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794
The actor Ichikawa Ebizo as Abe no Sadato in the guise of the itinerant monk Ryozan
Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794
The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo as Kudo Saemon Suketsune (Ichikawa Ebizo no Kudo Saemon Suketsune)
Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1795 (Kansei 7)
The actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as the wet nurse Shigenoi
Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794
Ichikawa Yaozo lll in the Role of Fuwa no Banzaemon Shigekatsu
Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794
The Actor Nakamura Noshio I in an Unidentified Role
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1773
The actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Matsushita Mikinoshin
Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794
Lady Tamamushi raising a fan target
Sugimura Jihei, c. 1681/98
The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Courtesan Toyama in the Play Koi Nyobo Somewake Tazuna, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1777
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1777
The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Lady Shizuka (Shizkua Gozen) Disguised as Tamazusa in the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1777
The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Kikuchi Hyogo Narikage in the Play Katakiuchi Chuko Kagami, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Sixth Month, 1770
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1770
The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Kawazu no Saburo in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1770
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
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1775