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

The Actors Ichikawa Ebizo II as Mushanosuke, Segawa Kikunojo I as Ochiyo, and Matsushima Kichisaburo as Ochiyo's spirit in the play "Higashiyama Gojitsu Yaoya Hanbei," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eighth month, 1744, 1744

Torii Kiyonobu II

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as the Spirit of Lady Shiragiku in the Play Hatsu Midori Saiwai Soga, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the Third Month, 1791, c. 1791

Katsukawa Shun'ei

A work made of color woodblock print.

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

Tsukioka Gyokusei

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban; one sheet of pentaptych.

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as An no Heibei in the Play Edo no Fuji Wakayagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1789, c. 1789

Katsukawa Shunkо̄

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

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), c. 1773

Katsukawa Shunsho

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Moshio in the Play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772, c. 1772

Katsukawa Shunsho

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

The Actors Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Ukita Sakingo and Sawamura Sojuro III as the ghost of the courtesan Takao, in the play "Ominaeshi Sugata no Hatsuaki," performed at the Nakamura Theater, 1788, 1788

Torii Kiyonaga

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

The Actor Sanogawa Mangiku I as Sanada, the daughter of the spinner Itoya, with an attendant in the play "Hiragana Yomeiri Izu Nikki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1718, 1718

Torii Kiyonobu I

A work made of color woodblock print.

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

Tsukioka Gyokusei

A work made of color woodblock print.

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

Tsukioka Gyokusei

A work made of color woodblock print.

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

Tsukioka Gyokusei

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

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, c. 1773

Katsukawa Shunsho

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Onami Disguised as the Dragon Princess in the Play Saki Masuya Ume no Kachidoki, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1778, c. 1778

Katsukawa Shunsho

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Kakogawa Honzo in Komuso Attire in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1783, c. 1783

Katsukawa Shunsho

A work made of color woodblock print.

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

Tsukioka Gyokusei

A work made of color woodblock print.

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

Tsukioka Gyokusei

A work made of pen and black ink, with brush and black ink, blue pencil, adhesive shading film, cut and pasted paper elements, and touches of opaque white, over graphite, on ivory wove card.

Playing Restaurant, from Blondie, 1956

Chic Young

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych (left: 1939.923).

The Actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Oiso no Tora in the Play Gohiiki no Hana Aikyo Soga, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the First Month, 1794, c. 1794

Katsukawa Shun'ei

A work made of woodblock print; chuban, keyblock proof impression.

Act Nine: Yuranosuke's House in Yamashina from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers), early 1790s

Katsukawa Shun'ei

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

Ginjuro's Wife Oyumi from the Play "Whirlpools of Awa" (Awa no naruto, Ginjuro nyobo Oyumi), from the series "Bamboo Nodes in Puppet Theater Designs (Ayatsuri moyo take no hitofushi)", 1806

Kitagawa Utamaro

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