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A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

The Actor Yamashita Mangiku I as Lady Yuya (Yuya Gozen) (?) in the Play Heike Hyobanki (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1789 (?), c. 1789

Katsukawa Shunsen

A work made of color woodblock print; left sheet of hosoban diptych (right: 1928.1029).

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo (Danjuro V) as Banzui Chobei in the Play Gozen-gakari Sumo Soga, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the Second Month, 1793, c. 1793

Katsukawa Shun'ei

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

The Actor Arashi Otohachi I as Hotei Ichiemon in the Play Ayatsuri Kabuki Ogi, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1768, c. 1768

Katsukawa Shunsho

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

Usuyuki: The Kogo Scene (Usuyuki Kogo no dan), 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 Ichikawa Danjuro V as Arakawa Taro in the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1778, c. 1778

Katsukawa Shunsho

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych.

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Honcho-maru Tsunagoro (?) in the Play Hono Nitta Daimyojin (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1777 (?), c. 1777

Katsukawa Shunsho

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Yaegushi no Oroku (?) in the Play Keisei Kogane no Hakarime (?), Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater (?) in the Third Month, 1792 (?), c. 1792

Katsukawa Shun'ei

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of triptych.

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Umeo-maru in the Play Ayatsuri Kabuki Ogi, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1768, c. 1768

Ippitsusai Buncho

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

The actor Kataoka Nizaemon Vll as Iyo no Taro in the play "Seiwa Nidai Oyose Genji," performed at the Miyako Theater in the eleventh month, 1796, 1796

Utagawa Kunimasa

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Matano no Goro 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; from a multisheet composition (?).

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, c. 1774

Katsukawa Shunsho

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Courtesan Kewaizaka no Shosho in the Play Sono Kyodai Fuji no Sugatami, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1776, c. 1776

Katsukawa Shunsho

A work made of color woodblock print.

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

Tsukioka Gyokusei

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

The Actors Ichikawa Raizo I as a peddler of tea whisks and Nakamura Matsue I as Yuya Gozen in the play "Daijobu Takadate Jikki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1763, 1763

Torii Kiyomitsu I

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

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, c. 1777

Katsukawa Shunsho

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

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Soga no Goro Tokimune in the Play Kazoe Uta Ta Ue Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1776, c. 1776

Katsukawa Shunsho

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

The Actors Ichikawa Ebizo I as Miura Osuke, Ichikawa Danjuro lV as Okazaki Akushiro, and Nakamura Sukegoro I as Kato Arajiro in the play "Miura no Osuke Bumon no Kotobuki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1754, 1754

Torii Kiyohiro

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

The Actor Sawamura Tamagashira as a Strolling Musician in the Play Dai Danna Kanjincho, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1790, c. 1790

Katsukawa Shun'ei

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of triptych.

The Actor Nakamura Sukegoro II as the Sumo Wrestler Matano no Goro in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770, c. 1770

Katsukawa Shunsho

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban; illustration from the later edition of the book ehon butai ogi.

The Actor Kasaya Matakuro II as the Boatman Rokuzo in an Unidentified Play, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Fifth Month, 1770, c. 1772

Katsukawa Shunsho

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