The Actor Arashi Hinaji I as Hananoi in the Play Gosho-zakura Horikawa Youchi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1773, c. 1773
Katsukawa Shunsho
Courting Komachi (Kayoi Komachi), from the series Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake), Edo period (1615–1868), 1705/06
Okumura Masanobu
Shikata nue, from the series "Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake)", c. 1705/06
Okumura Masanobu
Untitled (Children Playing on City Street), 1940s
Sidney Grossman
Courtesan and Her Child Attendant Playing with a Cat, c. 1768
Suzuki Harunobu
Courtesan and Two Attendants Playing with a Dog, c. 1766
Suzuki Harunobu
The Actor Segawa Kikunojo I as Katakai in the play "Mugen no Kane Omoi no Akatsuki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1746, 1746
Torii Kiyomasu II
Lovers Playing the Same Shamisen (parody of Xuanzong and Yang Guifei), c. 1767
Suzuki Harunobu
Act Ten: Amakawaya House from the play Kanadehon Chushingura, 1807
Katsukawa Shun'ei
Untitled ("Child's Play!": Study for 7-Part Progression), 1966
Mel Bochner
The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Ono Sadakuro in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Sixth Month, 1783, c. 1783
Katsukawa Shunsho
Children Playing on the Picasso Sculpture, Daley Plaza, Chicago, 1987
Thomas Frederick Arndt
The Pastoral Play, 1888
Theodore Roussel
David Playing the Harp Before Saul, c. 1508
Lucas van Leyden
The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Tonase (?) in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura (?), Performed at the Kiri Theater (?) in the Eighth Month, 1787 (?), c. 1787
Katsukawa Shun'ei
Scholar Playing a Qin 弹琴折扇, 1632
Cheng Jiasui
Act VII: The Ichiriki Teahouse in the play Chushingura Juichidan Tsuzuki, c. 1786
Katsukawa Shunsho
Playing in Parts, published May 15, 1801
James Gillray
Parody of act VII of the play "Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)", c. 1782
Torii Kiyonaga
The Actor Nakamura Matsue I as Kasaya Sankatsu (?) in the Play Hana no Gosho Konegen Butai (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eighth Month, 1772 (?), c. 1772
Katsukawa Shunsho