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Colorful woodcuts and photographs of actors in traditional Japanese performances, capturing drama and cultural heritage.

Ichikawa Sadanji actors and as ôkie no kuzô and ôtani monzô iii as kutsuwa no assembly

NAKAMURA UTAEMON IV Als Oniwakamaru in Het Tonialstuk 'Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku NO MAKI', 1837 print paper actor (on the stage). hacking and thrusting weapons: sword. mountains Naka theater

AKIRA KUROSAWA'S DREAMS (1990) -Original title: YUME-, directed by AKIRA KUROSAWA.

The actor Nakamura Tomijūrō II as Komutsu. Donation Gerhard Schack

Dolls

Kyoto Japan

South Korea, Seoul, Female Musician At The Institute Of Classical Music And Drama Playing String Instrument With Bow.

Japan: Hikifuda advertising poster depicting a band and the rising sun flag. Late Meiji (1868-1912) period

A Japanese musician plays the BIWA, which resembles the western lute. Date: 1898

THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI (2002) -Original title: TASOGARE SEIBEI-, directed by YOJI YAMADA.

Actor by Sharaku

The actor Ichikawa Kodanji as Tennichibō. Donation Gerhard Schack

Kunisada, B, C, work, Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV, Ichikawa Danjuro VIII and Onoe Baiko in the play Hachiman matsuri (Hachiman Shrine Festival), 1853, color woodblock print, major: graphics

The Actors Nakamura Utaemon I as Karashi Baba (right), and Ichikawa Danjuro IV as Sanshodayu (left), in the Play Kawaranu Hanasakae Hachi no Ki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1769 1764-1774 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban . Katsukawa Shunsho

EARLY AUTUMN (1961) -Original title: KOHAYAGAWA-KE NO AKI-, directed by YASUJIRO OZU.

Japan: Igirisujin Yuko Yokohama Odori ('Englishman dancing in Yokohama'), woodblock print an Englishman dancing while a courtesan plays the shamisen, Utagawa Yoshitora (fl. 1850 - 1870), 1861

Japan, Arts, Performance, Detail Of Bunraku Puppet Male Character. Puppets Are Elaborate And Expressive With Moving Features.

Nakamura Shikan II as Ariwara No Narihira; A set of six dance scenes from the play Rokkasen Sugata No Saishiki.

BEYOND THE YEARS (2006) -Original title: CHUN NYUN HACK-, directed by KWON-TAEK IM.

1920s JAPANESE MAN PLAYING MUSIC FOR WOMAN AND HER ATTENDANT HOLDING UMBRELLA BY ART DECO FRENCH ARTIST LUCIEN CHAPUIS

The actor Arashi Rikan as Ryōshi Rōshichi. Donation Gerhard Schack

Actor Bandō Hikosaburō in a double role as onigadake dōuemon and Takakura Hayato. .

UGETSU (1953) -Original title: UGETSU MONOGATARI-, directed by KENJI MIZOGUCHI.

The actor Nakamura Shikan II as Fukuoka Mitsugi. Donation Gerhard Schack

The actor Nakamura Shikan kneeIIng in the role of Keamura Rokusuke Utagawa, toyokuni (1769 1825)

Shôno: Actor Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Nakano Fujibei, noSmorczewska, Jadwiga (Fl. Ca 1960-1990)-collection, Tokido (Japan), actors, kabuki, Japanese art, ukiyo-e, purchase

The actor Arashi Rikan as Kanamari Daisuke. Donation Gerhard Schack

Girl´s Festival

Kabuki Fuji Musume

Actors Nakamura Denkuro I and Bando Matakuro, in the role of Yakko, an executive executive. Two men barefoot and each a lance in hands, dancing under a curtain with branches of a blooming creeper.

JERRY LEWIS and NOBU MCCARTHY in THE GEISHA BOY (1958), directed by FRANK TASHLIN.

Chinese stage opera, Cheung Chau Island, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Theater in Saruwakamachi (Saruwakamachi shibai), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho) 1842-1857 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Hiroshige

Shiki no tsuki Moon in four seasons. Prints. 1898. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Dance , Japan, Geishas , Japan

Actor Nakamura Matsue as Giiei Nyōbō Osono. Donation Gerhard Schack

Programa del Gran Teatro del Liceo de la actuación de a compañía Original Ballet Russe, temporada 1948.

Musical Entertainment. Kazumasa Ogawa (Japanese, 1860 - 1929)

MACHIKO KYO, MITSUKO MITO, KENJI MIZOGUCHI and MASAYUKI MORI in UGETSU (1953) -Original title: UGETSU MONOGATARI-, directed by KENJI MIZOGUCHI.

MICHIYO KOGURE in A GEISHA (1953) -Original title: GION BAYASHI-, directed by KENJI MIZOGUCHI.

Actors applying make-up before a performance of Chinese Opera, Singapore.

Japanese film "Gates Of Hell." October 02, 1955.

FUJIKO YAMAMOTO in NIGHT RIVER (1956) -Original title: YORU NO KAWA-, directed by KOZABURO YOSHIMURA.

Japan, Honshu Island, Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto. Kyo Odori - a Geisha Spring Dance performance.

Illustrated postcard published in Milan, Italy, for the first production of the opera Madame Butterfly by Giacomo PUCCINI, 1858-1924 Italian composer

The actor Arashi Rikan as Inuza Shino. Donation Gerhard Schack

Japan, Kyoto, kabuki theatre poster

Kyoko Kagawa, on-set of the Japanese Film, "Sansho the Bailiff", Japanese: "Sansho Dayu", Daiei Film, 1954

TOSHIRO MIFUNE, DAISUKE KATO and YOSHIO INABA in THE SEVEN SAMURAI (1954) -Original title: SHICHININ NO SAMURAI-, directed by AKIRA KUROSAWA.

The actor Arashi Rikan II as Yakko No Koman. Donation Gerhard Schack

The Actors Nakamura Utaemon and Bando Mitsugoro Utagawa, toyokuni (1769 1825)

Girl´s festival doll

IREZUMI (1982), directed by YASUO MASUMURA.

JIGOKUMON (1953).

The Nakamura Theater, from the series: pictures of the prosperity of the eastern capital. .

EIJANAIKA (1981), directed by SHOHEI IMAMURA.

Actor from the Nakamura acting family in the a dance with the a drum

Japan, Kyoto, kabuki theatre poster,

Male Chinese opera performer gesturing with a weapon

Gallant Cocteau.Photo shows. Jean Cocteau Gallantly kisses the hand of the Leading Lady, Tokyo Azuma, after the traditional blessing of the stace Ceremony.It was Jean Cocteau who, wearing a kimond and Bare-footed, as tradition Demands Yesterday Baptised the stage of the Bebertot theatre, where the famous Japanese Kabuki Ballet opens today. November 10, 1955. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.).

Japan, Honshu Island, Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto. Kyo Odori - a Geisha Spring Dance performance.

Beijing opera performers on stage, Beijing, China

Concert of traditional Chinese music instruments. Shaanxi Grand Opera House. Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. CHINA

SANSHO THE BAILIFF (1954) -Original title: SANSHO DAYU-, directed by KENJI MIZOGUCHI.

LUIS MIGUEL CINTRA and YOSHIKO MITA in THE ISLAND OF LOVE (1982) -Original title: A ILHA DOS AMORES-, directed by PAULO ROCHA.

Beijing Opera Theater on tour. 'Picking Up the Jade Bracelet'. Fu Peng and Sun Yujiao fall in love at first sight. Fu Peng deliberately drops a jade bracelet which is picked up by Sun Yujiao. September 1979.

The actor Seki Sanjūrō as Watanabe Geki in the piece of Meiboku Sendai Hagi. .

1960s A GEISHA GIRL SHOW TWO DANCERS WITH WAGASA PARASOLS AND OTHER WOMEN PLAYING SHAMISENS AGAINST A PAINTED BACKDROP TOKYO

The Actor Ogino Isaburo I in two roles, Tora and Soga no Juro, in the play "Juhakko Imayo Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1734. Torii Kiyomasu II; Japanese, 1706 ()-1763 (). Date: 1734. Dimensions: 12 x 5 3/4 in. Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

A little boy wakes up a sleeping man with noisy banging of a drum; the boy sleeps and the man swats flies away from him with a fan. Colour process print, 1909.

Vera Van Voris, Puppet Chinese Minstrel, c 1936 Puppet - Chinese Minstrel

China, Xian, Tang Dynasty Show

Post Card of San Toy by Gilbert and Sullivan.

Two male Chinese opera performers gesturing with weapons

ZIYI ZHANG in HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS (2004) -Original title: SHI MIAN MAI FU-, directed by YIMOU ZHANG.

ESCENA DE TEATRO. Location: JAPAN.

Mongolia, Music, 'Altai Provincial Orchestra, Altai The Provincial Capital. Musicians Playing Various Traditional Mongol Instruments. East Asia Asian Classic Classical Historical Mongol Uls Older '

BIG SHOT'S FUNERAL (2001) -Original title: DA WAN-, directed by FENG XIAOGANG.

A woman dressed in the traditional geisha style, wearing a kimono and obi, with an elaborate hairstyle and floral hair clips, with white face makeup with bright red lips and dark eyes using a laptop computer.

Masked dancer with drum. .

The Actor One Kikugoro as Shirai Gompachi. The actor One Kikugoro III in the role of the notorious Rover Shirai Gompachi, sustainable in a rowing boat during a nightly pursuit.

Tsuruko Kobayashi, Michi Kobi, Miiko Taka, Miyoshi Umeki, on-set of the Film, "Cry For Happy", Columbia Pictures, 1961

AYA IRIZUKI in CHERRY BLOSSOMS-HANAMI (2008) -Original title: KIRSCHBLUTEN-HANAMI-, directed by DORIS DORRIE.

Japanese woman plays the Japanese string burst.

BARCENA, CATALINA. ACTRIZ DE CINE Y TEATRO ESPAÑOLA. CIENFUEGOS 1896 - 1977. CARTEL DE LA COMPAÑIA TEATRAL DE GREGORIO MARTINEZ SIERRA , OBRA DE RAFAEL PEÑA GOS.

The actor Iwai tojaku I as prostitute okimi. Donation Gerhard Schack

THE LAST EMPEROR (1987), directed by BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI. Copyright: Editorial use only. No merchandising or book covers. This is a publicly distributed handout. Access rights only, no license of copyright provided. Only to be reproduced in conjunction with promotion of this film.

SETSUKO HARA in TOKYO STORY (1953) -Original title: TOKYO MONOGATARI-, directed by YASUJIRO OZU.

TOSHIRO MIFUNE in YOJIMBO THE BODYGUARD (1961) -Original title: YOJIMBO-, directed by AKIRA KUROSAWA.

French circus in the grounds of Shokonsha shrine (Yasukuni) Tokyo, with acrobats, male and female stunt riders and trapeze artists, 1871. Entertainment

LOVE AND HONOR (2006) -Original title: BUSHI NO ICHIBUN-, directed by YOJI YAMADA.

CHISHU RYU, CHIEKO HIGASHIYAMA and SETSUKO HARA in TOKYO STORY (1953) -Original title: TOKYO MONOGATARI-, directed by YASUJIRO OZU.

LOVE AND HONOR (2006) -Original title: BUSHI NO ICHIBUN-, directed by YOJI YAMADA.

ANNA SAWAI in SHOGUN (2024), directed by FREDERICK E. O. TOYE.

La Danse Mauresque ou les Almees 1895 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901/French) Musee d'Orsay, Paris

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