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A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition.

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as the Palanquin Bearer Gohei in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780, c. 1780

Katsukawa Shunsho

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

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo 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; left sheet of a multisheet composition.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kudo Kanaishi (?) 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; hosoban.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Yakko Matsueda Sakinosuke in the Play Keisei Momiji no Uchikake, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1772, c. 1772

Katsukawa Shunsho

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as the Renegade Monk Dainichibo in the Play Edo Meisho Midori Soga, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1779, c. 1779

Katsukawa Shunsho

A work made of color woodblock print; center sheet of shikishiban triptych, surimono.

The actor Iwai Kumesaburo II as the courtesan Katsuragi in the play "Oichiza Soga no Shimadai," performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the first month, 1827, 1827

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban; one sheet of a four-sheet composition.

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as a Female Fox from Mt. Ubagadake in the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777, c. 1777

Katsukawa Shunsho

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban; one sheet of triptych (another sheet: 1939.897).

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Soga no Goro Tokimune 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; right sheet of diptych.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo Disguised as a Beggar, in the Play Tsukisenu Haru Hagoromo Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Third Month, 1777, c. 1777

Katsukawa Shunsho

A work made of pen and brown ink, over traces of graphite, on cream laid paper.

Seated Woman Playing with Child in Her Lap, n.d.

Follower of George Romney

A work made of red chalk with touches of white chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper.

Seated Shepherd Playing the Pipe Under a Tree, n.d.

Unknown artist

A work made of color woodblock print; surimono.

Minamoto no Yoshitsune (Ushiwaka Maru) Playing a Flute, early 19th century

Totoya Hokkei

A work made of pen and brown ink, with brush and gray wash, and stumping, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper.

Ancient Statue of Seated Putto Playing with Mask, 1775

John Downman

A work made of color woodblock print.

Go Player dreaming of Chinese Sages playing Go, 19th century

Dunken

When the Cat's Away the Mice Will Play

When the Cat's Away the Mice Will Play, n.d.

Edward Henry Corbould

Pay attention to your cards, are you playing or not ?

Pay attention to your cards, are you playing or not ?, 1915

Francisque Poulbot

So, big shots ! Are we playing war games ?

So, big shots ! Are we playing war games ?, 1915

Francisque Poulbot

A work made of engraving on ivory laid paper.

St. Cecilia Playing the Organ with Two Angels, c. 1590-94

Herman Jansz. Muller

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Hugh Masekela Playing on a Trumpet Provided by Satchmo, 1954, printed 1956

Jürgen Schadeberg

A work made of quarter vellum binding with white paper sides repeatedly stamped with an uppercase m in red and black; plain ivory endpapers; author and title stamped in gold on spine; original paper covers bound in.

La machine à écrire: pièce en trois actes (The Typewriter: A Play in Three Acts), Published 1941; rebound 1941-1942

Mary Reynolds

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