On Stage

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

Katsukawa Shunkō

Onoe Matsusuke I Wringing a Cloth (Onoe Matsusuke), 1780's

Katsukawa Shun'ei

The actor Nakayama Tomisaburo, ca. 1790

Nakamura Hōchū

Joruri reciter and musicians (Joruri), 1802

Torii Kiyoshige

Otani Hiroji II (Nidai Otani Hiroji), 1750s-1760s

Japanese, Japan Tokyo

Iwai Hanshiro IV in the role of the fox woman (yondai Iwai Hanshiro), 1900s

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

Torii Kiyomitsu I

The actor Segawa Kikunojo II playing a hand drum (nidai Segawa Kikunojo), early 1760s

Katsukawa Shunkō

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

Katsukawa Shunshō

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in a straw raincoat (godai Ichikawa Danjuro), 1770s

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

Utagawa Toyokuni

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