Introduction

Japanese Prints of the Kabuki

September 5 - November 23, 1986

Selected Objects

Nishimura Shigenaga

The actors Ichimura Takenojo as Kudo Suketsune and Sanjo Kantaro as the princess Tatsuhime in the play Hinazuru unagasu Soga performed at the Ichimura Theatre 1722.11, late 1730's

Katsukawa Shun'ei

The actor Segawa Kikunojo III as a courtesan from the Yamaya (sandai Segawa Kikunojo: yujo no Yamaya), 1798

Attributed to Katsukawa Shunkō

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in a scene from Soga monogatari (The Revenge of the Soga Brothers) (godai Ichikawa Danj?r?Soga monogatari), late 1770's

Utagawa Toyokuni

Sawamura Tanosuke II as the lady-in-waiting? Takigawa (Koshimoto? Takigawa Sawamura Tanosuke), 1811

Katsukawa Shunkō

Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Benten ( Osagawa tsuneyo nidai benten), 1770's

Kitao Masanobu

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Enya Hangan in Chushingura (Enya Hangan Ichikawa Danjuro godai), late 1770's-early 1780's

Tōshūsai Sharaku

Actor Matsumoto Kōshirō IV as the fishmonger Gorōbei from San'ya, 1794

Torii Kiyomasu II

The actors Tamazawa Saijiro as Koto no naishi; NakamuraShichisaburo II as Yoshisada (Nitta Yoshisada); and Toshigawa…as Daito no miya (Princess Daito), late 1720s-early 1730s

Torii Kiyomitsu I

The actor Anegawa Daikichi as the wife Okuwa (Anegawa Daikichi:...nyobo Okuwa), late 1750's - early 1760's

Utagawa Toyokuni

Sawamura Sojuro III (1753-1801) as Ume no Yoshibei (sandai (III) Sawamura Sojuro Ume no Yoshibei), ca. 1796

Okumura Masanobu

Scene from the jōruri play Momochidori musume Dōjōji at Nakamura-za theater, ca. 1744

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