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A work made of color woodblock print; koban.

Act Eleven: Night Raid on Moronao's Mansion from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Forty-seven Loyal Retainers), c. 1795

Katsukawa Shun'ei

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e.

The Actors Ichimura Kamezo I as Urashima Taro and Takinaka Hidematsu I as Kanemoto Gozen in the play "Ichi no Tomi Seiwa Nendaiki," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fifth month, 1746, 1746

Torii Kiyonobu II

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kajiwara Genta Kagesue in the Play Yuki Nazuna Saiwai Soga, Performed at the Kiri Theater in the First Month, 1787, c. 1787

Katsukawa Shunkо̄

A work made of color woodblock print; oban yoko-e.

Naniwaya Okita and Takashima Ohisa playing a game of ken, c. 1793/94

Chôbunsai Eishi

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

The actor Sawamura Tozo I as Dogen no Okichi in the play "Yoshiwara Niwaka no Banzuke," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the ninth month, 1804, 1804

Utagawa Toyokuni I

A work made of color woodblock print.

Higeyagura, from the series "Fifty Kyogen Plays (Kyogen gojuban)", 1927 (Published)

Tsukioka Gyokusei

A work made of color woodblock print.

Shuron, from the series "Fifty Kyogen Plays (Kyogen gojuban)", 1927 (Published)

Tsukioka Gyokusei

A work made of woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e.

The Dressing Room of a Puppet Theater, the table of contents from the series "Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake)", c. 1705/06

Okumura Masanobu

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

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, c. 1773

Katsukawa Shunsho

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

The Actor Sakata Hangoro III as the Guard Yahazu no Yadahei in the Play Otokoyama O-Edo no Ishizue, Performed at the Kiri Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1794, c. 1794

Katsukawa Shun'en

A work made of color woodblock print; koban.

Act Six: Yoichibei's House from the play Chushingura (Treausry of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers), c. 1795

Katsukawa Shun'ei

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e.

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Ike no Shoji in the play "Mangetsu Oguri Yakata," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eighth Month, 1747, 1747

Torii Kiyonobu II

A work made of woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e.

The Bamboo Flute and the Potted Tree (Shakuhachi hachi-no-ki), no. 12 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays, c. 1716/35

Okumura Masanobu

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych (?).

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Onatsu in the Play Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Third Month, 1781, c. 1781

Katsukawa Shunjо̄

A work made of hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e.

The Actors Segawa Kikujiro I as Oshichi and Sanjo Kantaro II as Kichisaburo in the play "Shochikubai Kongen Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the third month, 1732, 1732

Nishimura Shigenobu

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

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, c. 1775

Katsukawa Shunsho

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e.

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon VIII as Oguri Hangan in the play "Mangetsu Oguri Yakata," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eighth month, 1747, 1747

Torii Kiyomasu II

A work made of color woodblock print; koban.

Act Three: The Quarrel Scene from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers), c. 1795

Katsukawa Shun'ei

A work made of color woodblock print.

Fumininai, from the series "Fifty Kyogen Plays (Kyogen gojuban)", 1927 (Published)

Tsukioka Gyokusei

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Itsukushima Tennyo in the Kabuki Play “Tokimekuya o-Edo no hatsuyuki”, c. 1780

Katsukawa Shunsho

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