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A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Abe no Muneto Disguised as a Peddler of Buckwheat Noodles, in the Play Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1768, c. 1768

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

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kiyohime in the Play Hidakagawa Iriai-zakura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Ninth Month, 1770, c. 1770

Ippitsusai Buncho

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

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II in a pre-performance celebration of the play "Soga Monogatari," performed at the Morita Theater in the second month, 1773, 1773

Ippitsusai Buncho

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

The Actor Nakajima Mihoemon II as Bomon no Saisho Kiyotada in the Play Oyafune Taiheiki, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775, c. 1775

Katsukawa Shunsho

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban; one sheet of triptych (another sheet: 1939.919).

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kudo Suketsune in the Play Koi no Yosuga Kanegaki Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1789, c. 1789

Katsukawa Shun'ei

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

The Actor Nakamura Riko I as Moshio (?) in the Play Honda Yayoi Meoto Junrei (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1778 (?), c. 1778

Katsukawa Shunkо̄

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of triptych? (right sheet: 1925.2401).

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Chokichi in the Play Suda no Haru Geisha Katagi, Performed at the Kiri Theater in the First Month, 1796, c. 1796

Katsukawa Shun'ei

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as the Potter Tsuchihei in the Play Higashiyama Momiji no Kadode, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1778, c. 1778

Katsukawa Shunsho

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

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo III as Katanaya Hanshichi in the Play Heike Hyobanki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1789, c. 1789

Katsukawa Shunkо̄

A work made of color woodblock prints; hosoban diptych (?).

Actor Otani Hiroemon III as Hige no Ikyû in “The Soga Play: Announcement of the Spring Season by the Bush Warbler” (“Hitokidori harutsuge Soga”), About 1764

Katsukawa Shunsho

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

The Actor Sanogawa Mangiku I as Ohatsu in the play "Sogazaki Shinju," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the fourth month, 1719, 1719

Okumura Masanobu

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

Narihira: The Mirror Scene (Narihira kagami no dan), from the series "Famous Scenes from Japanaese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake)", c. 1705/06

Okumura Masanobu

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III as the Spirit of the Courtesan Takao in the Play Takao Daimyojin Momiji no Tamagaki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1787, c. 1787

Katsukawa Shunkо̄

A work made of color woodblock print; right sheet of hosoban diptych (left: 1928.1028).

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Shirai Gompachi 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 Nakamura Nakazo I as Prince Koreakira, Younger Brother of Emperor Go-Toba, in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho (Your Favorite Play Kanjincho [The Subscription List]), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1773, c. 1773

Katsukawa Shunsho

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Nijo no Kisaki (?) in the Play Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1770 (?), c. 1770

Ippitsusai Buncho

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Otatsu-gitsune in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770, c. 1770

Ippitsusai Buncho

Court Man Playing Flute

Court Man Playing Flute, 18th to 19th century

Totoya Hokkei

A work made of color woodblock print; chuban.

Monkey playing with crabs, c. 1772

Isoda Koryusai

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