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

Date

[1812?]

Reference

35369i

An actor as Kumago Naozane before a station on Tokaidō highway. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1852.

Date

Month 5, 1852

Reference

36011i

Actors Sawamura Tossho as a young warrior and Nakamura Shikou V as an older man, confronting a common foe. Colour woodcut by Kunichika.

Reference

35211i

Actor Ichikawa Ebizō (Danjūrō) as a Buddhist abbot holding a fan in the snow. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1858.

Date

1858

Reference

35957i

Actors miming; smaller figures illustrate a mime sequence. Colour woodcut by Chikashige, 1875 (?).

Date

[1875?]

Reference

34913i

Two men under a cherry blossom. Colour woodcut by Kunikazu, early 1860s.

Date

[early 1860s]

Reference

35564i

Actor Sawamura Tossho as a page restraining a horse. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, late 1860's.

Date

[late 1860's]

Reference

35320i

Iwai Shijaku and Ichikawa Kyūzō on their way to a temple in the environs of Edo. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830s.

Date

[between 1830 and 1839]

Reference

35649i

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.

Date

1847/1851

Reference

35869i

Actor Segawa Kikunojō V as a young lover pulling on a woman's sash. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, ca. 1828.

Date

[1828?]

Reference

35923i

An actor in the role of Asa Kura Tōgo, clutching a pillar supporting a porch and looking up. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1861.

Date

Month 10, 1861

Reference

36726i

An actor as a hero with his gut torn open. Colour woodcut by Kunikazu, early 1860s.

Date

[early 1860s]

Reference

35472i

Actor Bandō Mitsugorō III as a samurai in a sword fight during a snow storm. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, ca. 1824.

Date

[1824?]

Reference

35926i

Actors as a courtier and a court-lady. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1858.

Date

Month 10, 1858

Reference

36023i

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.

Date

1866

Reference

35666i

A female role actor with strong male features, holding prayer beads. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1852.

Date

1852

Reference

36679i

Comparisons of various actors in the role of the sorcerer Nikki Danjō. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1868.

Date

Month 7, 1868

Reference

35223i

Actors as women and three children at a window looking out over a snowy landscape. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1851.

Date

1851

Reference

36000i

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.

Date

1852

Reference

35987i

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.

Date

[early 1820s]

Reference

35631i

Actors in a confrontation by a river from a contemporary drama. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.

Date

Month 7, 1857

Reference

36040i

Three figures in a palace. Colour woodcut by Kunikazu, early 1860s.

Date

[early 1860s]

Reference

35560i

Fragments of two leaves of a triptych. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1865.

Date

1865

Reference

35322i

Three actors by the sea-shore; three cranes flying above. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1847/1852.

Date

1847/1852

Reference

35920i

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.

Date

Month 6, 1870

Reference

35240i