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  • Actor Nakamura Utaemon III in one of his great stage hits. Colour woodcut by Toyokuni, ca. 1812.

    • Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1769-1825.
    Date
    [1812?]
    Reference
    35369i
    • Pictures
  • An actor as Kumago Naozane before a station on Tokaidō highway. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1852.

    • Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865.
    Date
    Month 5, 1852
    Reference
    36011i
    • Pictures
  • Actors Sawamura Tossho as a young warrior and Nakamura Shikou V as an older man, confronting a common foe. Colour woodcut by Kunichika.

    • Toyohara, Kunichika, 1835-1900.
    Reference
    35211i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Actor Ichikawa Ebizō (Danjūrō) as a Buddhist abbot holding a fan in the snow. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1858.

    • Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865.
    Date
    1858
    Reference
    35957i
    • Pictures
  • Actors miming; smaller figures illustrate a mime sequence. Colour woodcut by Chikashige, 1875 (?).

    • Chikashige (Otagawa Chikashige), active approximately 1880.
    Date
    [1875?]
    Reference
    34913i
    • Pictures
  • Two men under a cherry blossom. Colour woodcut by Kunikazu, early 1860s.

    • Kunikazu, Utagawa Kunikazu, active 1848-1868.
    Date
    [early 1860s]
    Reference
    35564i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Actor Sawamura Tossho as a page restraining a horse. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, late 1860's.

    • Toyohara, Kunichika, 1835-1900.
    Date
    [late 1860's]
    Reference
    35320i
    • Pictures
  • Iwai Shijaku and Ichikawa Kyūzō on their way to a temple in the environs of Edo. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830s.

    • Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865.
    Date
    [between 1830 and 1839]
    Reference
    35649i
    • Pictures
  • An enactment of a court scene: five actor musicians perform before a dais on which actors as an emperor and empress are seated. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1847/1851.

    • Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865.
    Date
    1847/1851
    Reference
    35869i
    • Pictures
  • Actor Segawa Kikunojō V as a young lover pulling on a woman's sash. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, ca. 1828.

    • Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865.
    Date
    [1828?]
    Reference
    35923i
    • Pictures
  • An actor in the role of Asa Kura Tōgo, clutching a pillar supporting a porch and looking up. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1861.

    • Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865.
    Date
    Month 10, 1861
    Reference
    36726i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • An actor as a hero with his gut torn open. Colour woodcut by Kunikazu, early 1860s.

    • Kunikazu, Utagawa Kunikazu, active 1848-1868.
    Date
    [early 1860s]
    Reference
    35472i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Actor Bandō Mitsugorō III as a samurai in a sword fight during a snow storm. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, ca. 1824.

    • Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865.
    Date
    [1824?]
    Reference
    35926i
    • Pictures
  • Actors as a courtier and a court-lady. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1858.

    • Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865.
    Date
    Month 10, 1858
    Reference
    36023i
    • Pictures
  • Actors as guests at an inn looking into the central courtyard, where a female role actor plays a low-ranking courtesan. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1866.

    • Utagawa, Kunisada, 1823-1880.
    Date
    1866
    Reference
    35666i
    • Pictures
  • A female role actor with strong male features, holding prayer beads. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1852.

    • Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865.
    Date
    1852
    Reference
    36679i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Comparisons of various actors in the role of the sorcerer Nikki Danjō. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1868.

    • Toyohara, Kunichika, 1835-1900.
    Date
    Month 7, 1868
    Reference
    35223i
    • Pictures
  • Actors as women and three children at a window looking out over a snowy landscape. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1851.

    • Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865.
    Date
    1851
    Reference
    36000i
    • Pictures
  • Actor as a fisherman striking a defiant pose in a throne room; a princess looks down on him from an inset roundel. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1852.

    • Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865.
    Date
    1852
    Reference
    35987i
    • Pictures
  • Segawa Kikunōjō as Ohatsu, striking at the enemy with practised sword use in Kendō; his sleeves are tied up. Colour woodcut by Toyokuni I, early 1820s.

    • Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1769-1825.
    Date
    [early 1820s]
    Reference
    35631i
    • Pictures
  • Actors in a confrontation by a river from a contemporary drama. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.

    • Utagawa, Kunisada, 1823-1880.
    Date
    Month 7, 1857
    Reference
    36040i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Three figures in a palace. Colour woodcut by Kunikazu, early 1860s.

    • Kunikazu, Utagawa Kunikazu, active 1848-1868.
    Date
    [early 1860s]
    Reference
    35560i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Fragments of two leaves of a triptych. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1865.

    • Toyohara, Kunichika, 1835-1900.
    Date
    1865
    Reference
    35322i
    • Pictures
  • Three actors by the sea-shore; three cranes flying above. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1847/1852.

    • Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865.
    Date
    1847/1852
    Reference
    35920i
    • Pictures
  • Two actors, Sawamura Tosshō and Nakamura Shikou, in court dress in a violent confrontation: a third actor, Iwai Shijaku, wears a female robe and looks down from a roundel. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1870.

    • Toyohara, Kunichika, 1835-1900.
    Date
    Month 6, 1870
    Reference
    35240i
    • Pictures
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