Kabuki Theatre Art

A collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints depicting Kabuki actors and scenes, showcasing vivid colors and intricate costumes.

Japanese actors by Utagawa Toyokuni, color woodcut, 1795-1799, 1769-1825, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 38x25

Fans with Kabuki Actor Portraits, fourth sheet of a pentaptych. Date: sixth month 1865. Dimensions: 36.4 cm x 25.3 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: TOYOHARA KUNICHIKA.

The actors Monnosuke II and Segawa Kikunojo III in the roles of a woman and a man in a drama scene KIYONAGA, TORII (1752 1815)

A woman runs to give a toy windmill to an infant being carried by another woman. Colour woodcut, 18--.

Toyohara Chikanobu (原周延) (1838-1912), better known to his contemporaries as Yōshū Chikanobu (楊洲周延), was a prolific woodblock artist of Japan's Meiji period.

Kunisada, work, Actor Seki Sanjuro II in the play Zensei kogane no hana (Incomparably beautiful golden flower), 1830, colored woodblock print, graphics

Actor from the Onoe acting family in the role of a young woman

Actor Bandô Hikosaburō III, 1775 - 1800, Woodcuts, Color, Paper / Sheet 12 13/16 x 5 11/16 in. (32.5 x 14.5 cm)

Japanese actors by Utagawa Toyokuni, color woodcut, 1795-1799, 1769-1825, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 38x25

Actors in a garden outside a house. Colour woodcut by Kunikazu, early 1860s.

Lady in waiting with a brush at a table, board from the album: Thirty six poets /Nishiki zuri onna sanju e zukushi EISHI, CHOBUNSAI (1756 1829)

Courtesan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, holding a scroll and chewing on the end of a brush by Utamaro Kitagawa (1753-1806). Print, woodcut, colour.

Actors Nakamura Enjaku as Deshi Nitchō and Bandō Mitsugorō VI as Deshi Nichizō; Ichikawa Danzō VI as Taijin, actually Nichiren Shōnin; and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Nanazato-hime. Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japan, Edo, 1786-1865). Japan, 1857, 8th month. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print (part of triptych)

Cuckoo call; Comparisons between beauties and flowers; Bijin Hana Kurabe. Woman standing on porch, overlooking river; At the top right a cuckoo.

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

The Sixth Lunar Month. Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japan, Edo, 1786-1865). Japan, 1854, 4th month. Prints; woodblocks. Triptych; color woodblock prints

Ghost Story, late 19th century, Utagawa School, Japanese, 46 × 22 1/4 in. (116.84 × 56.52 cm) (image)84 × 28 1/4 in. (213.36 × 71.76 cm) (without roller), Ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

From Album of Japanese Theatrical Prints undated

Metal for Tooth Blackening. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, 1878, December. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Woman and a man inside at the an open window, from the series: Ise Monogatari Katsukawa, shunsho (1726 1792)

Japan, Edatomo, Buntoen, Itomasa, Jôyôken, Gakutei, Yashima, Katsushikaren meisû jûban, A series of ten prints of famous songs for the Katsushika poets' association, Kôhi nijo, The two river princesses, passe-partout, lower left - printed, Two Chinese ladies walking on the water, they are the princesses of the river: Gaô and Joei, the daughters of Emperor Shun. After the death of their father they were so overcome with grief that they drowned themselves in the Shang River. With two poems., surimono, prints, Japan (collection), verso - stamped, height 211 mm, width 188 mm, Japanese, 1786 - 1868, print maker, printmaker, 1828 - 1828, first quarter 19th century, second quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, blind printing, poet

Actor in the role of a woman on an engawa porch Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Soaking the rice for sowing, from the series: Twelve presentations of farmers work Masanobu, Kitao (1761 1816)

Eight Views of Japan, Mount Tatsuta: Egawa of the Maru-Ebiya, late 1820s, Utagawa Kuniyasu; Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizō, Japanese, 1794 - 1832, Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

Japan, Komiyama Shohei, Muneoka, Kunichika, Toyohara, Nishiki ori Musashi no beppin, Musashi Beauties in Brocade, After the Bath, verso - stamped, Woman with partially exposed upper body and wet loose hair, sitting by a mirror in a bathhouse; a servant, only her hands visible, is tending her hair; in the background bathwater., print, prints, Japan (collection), height 369 mm, width 247 mm, 1835 - 1900, print maker, printmaker, 1883 - 1883, fourth quarter 19th century, paper, nishiki-e, colour woodcut, Japanese, block cutter, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

GRABADO JAPONES. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

Foreigners during a drinking gelag in the Gankiro Tea house, Utagawa Yoshiiku, 1860 print Left sheet of the triptych. paper tea garden, garden restaurant. drinking

Feeling Warm. Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 14 x 9 3/8 in. (35.6 x 23.8 cm). Date: 1888. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fan

Japan, Utamaro, Kitagawa, Night fishing, Pleasure boat with man on roof and two women looking at adjacent fishing boat; seen through the meshes of a large fishing net, in which one fish; by night., print, prints, Japan (collection), height 368 mm, width 241 mm, Japanese, 1753 - 1806, print maker, printmaker, 1795 - 1800, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, colour woodcut

Japan: 'Portraits and Poems of the Thirty-six Poetic Immortals'. Album of thirty-six paintings and poems by Sumiyoshi Gukei (1631-1705). Sumiyoshi Gukei (1631 - April 23, 1705), born Sumiyoshi Hirozumi, was a Japanese painter from Kyoto. He became the first official painter of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate, and was a Yamato-e artist, a painting technique based on traditional Japanese subjects and culture.

Three actors: One, Iwai and Bando in a scene of playing hanetsuke Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Japan, Rokujuen, Toyokuni (I), Utagawa, Danjûrô family of Kabuki actors, Naidaime dai Hakuen Danjûrô - kiwame shichidaime Sanshô, Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô II, the great Hakuen, The kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjûrô II (1688-1758) in the role of Soga no Gorô no Tokimune, in the play Yanone Gorô. This series is an ode to the famous Ichikawa Danjûrô actors, with the approval of Ichikawa Danjûrô VII (1791-1859) himself, with his seal (kiwame) and other name Sanshô VII. With one poem., print, prent, surimono, prints, Japan (collection), height 199 mm, width 184 mm, Japanese, 1769 - 1825, print maker, printmaker, 1825 - 1825, second quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, polishing, 1753 - 1830, poet

Teahouse at Sankoin Temple, Yotsuya (Yotsuya, Sankoin Keidai Cha-ya no Uchi) Katsukawa Shunko (Japanese, 1743-1812). Teahouse at Sankoin Temple, Yotsuya (Yotsuya, Sankoin Keidai Cha-ya no Uchi), 18th century. Color woodblock print on paper, 15 1/8 x 10 in. (38.4 x 25.4 cm). Asian Art 18th century

Japan, Kiyosumi, Jingairô, Toyokuni (I), Utagawa, Woman with wooden box, A woman stands on a veranda with a box containing cards for a memory game. Behind her is a room divider. On the floor lies the book 'A Hundred Poems by a Hundred Poets', on which the memory game is based. With one poem., print, picture, surimono, prints, Japan (collection), height 130 mm, width 181 mm, Japanese, 1769 - 1825, print maker, printmaker, 1810 - 1815, first quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, colour woodblock, blind printing, 1786 - 1834, poet

Scene from a Kabuki theatre performance. In this highly stylised Japanese dance-drama, from 1629 all roles had to be played by men. Those who specialised in female roles were known as onnagata. Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864) Japanese artist and printmaker. Coloured woodblock print.

Japan: 'Tale of the Courtesan Shiratama'. Woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), 1861. Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III, was the most popular, prolific and financially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan. In his own time, his reputation far exceeded that of his contemporaries, Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi.

Twilight Snow of the Hakone Mountains: Actor Bandō Hikosaburō V as Jintō Tokujirō, 1865, 7th lunar month, Toyohara Kunichika; Publisher: Hiranoya Shinzō, Japanese, 1835 - 1900, 15 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (39.37 × 26.67 cm) (sheet, vertical ōban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century, Since the 17th century, The Eight Views-originally referring to scenic spots around the Chinese Xiao and Xiang Rivers-has been a well-established theme in Japanese art.

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Tenjin (Michizane) Crossing to China; Michizane taught by his father, Koreyoshi. Utagawa Sadahide (Japan, 1807-1873). Japan, circa 1844-1848. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

The revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin (Shi-ju-shichi-shi), also known as the Forty-seven Samurai, the Aki vendetta, or the Genroku Aki incident (Genroku aki jiken) took place in Japan at the start of the 18th century. One noted Japanese scholar described the tale as the country's 'national legend'. It recounts the most famous case involving the samurai code of honor, bushidi. The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (becoming ronin) after their daimyo (feudal lord) Asano Naganori was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official named Kira Yoshinaka, whose title was Ki zuke no suke. The ronin avenged their master's honor after patiently waiting and planning for two years to kill Kira. In turn, the ronin were themselves ordered to commit seppuku for committing the crime of murder. With much embellishment, this true story was popularized in Japanese culture as emblematic of the loyalty, sacrifice, persistence, and honor that all good peopl

Women observing the silkworm butterfIIes, board 7 from the album: Various issues on sericulture /Kaiko yashinai gusa Kitao, Shigemasa (1738 1820)

Woman and Child under a Cherry Tree. Artist: Utagawa Toyohiro (Japanese, 1763-1828). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 34 5/8 in. × 11 in. (88 × 28 cm)Overall with mounting: 66 3/4 × 15 7/8 in. (169.5 × 40.3 cm)Overall with knobs: 66 3/4 × 18 1/16 in. (169.5 × 45.9 cm). Date: late 18th-early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Kunisada, C, work, Actors Ichikawa Ichizo, Nakamura Fukusuke, Ichikawa Danzo VI and Enjaku in the play Heike nyogo ga shima (Island of Women of the Taira family), 1857, color woodblock print, major: graphics

Three Beauties. Artist: Nishikawa Sukenobu (Japanese, 1671-1750). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 14 1/4 in. × 21 in. (36.2 × 53.3 cm)Overall with mounting: 51 1/8 × 26 7/8 in. (129.9 × 68.3 cm)Overall with knobs: 51 1/8 × 29 1/4 in. (129.9 × 74.3 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Portrait of Vimalakirti Unidentified artist. Portrait of Vimalakirti. Unidentified artist. China. Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk. Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Paintings

Japan, Takekawa Risaburô, Gekkô, Ogata, Bijin hana kurabe, Comparisons between beauties and flowers, The call of the cuckoo, verso - stamped, Woman standing on porch, looking out over river; top right a cuckoo., print, prints, Japan (collection), height 350 mm, width 238 mm, Japanese, 1859 - 1920, print maker, printmaker, 1887 - 1896, paper, colour woodcut, blind stamp, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

A couple making love; outside the room, a garden is seen by moonlight. Gouache painting.

Kitchen Scene, 1794-1795, Kitagawa Utamaro; Publisher: Uemura Yohei, Japanese, 1753 - 1806, 14 5/16 × 19 5/8 in. (36.3 × 49.9 cm) (image, sheet, vertical ōban diptych)22 7/8 × 28 7/8 × 1 1/2 in. (58.1 × 73.34 × 3.81 cm) (outer frame), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 18th century, In addition to picturing the great beauty and perfection of the 'Floating World's' greatest courtesans, Utamaro also rendered women of various classes, sometimes engaged in mundane tasks. In this print he shows women stoking a stove, peeling potatoes and washing dishes.

Woman washes washing her hands inside the a house, a man and a boy at the gate, from the series: Ise monogatari Katsukawa, shunsho (1726 1792)

The Actor Sawamura Tossho in the Role of Nagoya Sanza, one sheet of a polyptych. Date: tenth month 1867. Dimensions: 37 cm x 25 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: TOYOHARA KUNICHIKA.

fine arts, Japan, graphics, ""burlesque scene with courtesan"", circa 1860, colour woodcut, private collection,

Japan, Omiya Yohei (Shoeido), Utamaro (II), Kitagawa, Shiba no ura uoichi no zu, View of the fish market on the beach at Shiba, Three elegantly dressed women among tubs of fish on the beach; woman with basket on shoulder and basket of squid in right hand, talking to woman with large fish in right hand, behind whom woman with pipe; sea in the background. Left sheet of triptych., print, prints, Japan (collection), height 362 mm, width 247 mm, Japanese, print maker, printmaker, 1807 - 1807, first quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Standing Prostitute in White Kimono, first half 18th century, Miyagawa Chōshun, Japanese, 1682 - 1752, 46 7/8 x 20 7/8 in. (119 x 53 cm) (image)80 11/16 x 25 3/8 in. (205 x 64.5 cm) (mount) w 71 cm w/roller, Ink, color, and gofun on paper, Japan, Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e

Japan, Shigenobu (II), Yanagawa, Kotobuki goban no uchi, Five prints on longevity, Kôshôhei turns a goat into a rock, The image is based on a Chinese myth in which the sennin Kôshôhei (Ch. Huang Chuping) turns a goat into a rock and vice versa. With two poems. The print is a b-copy., print, prent, surimono, prints, Japan (collection), height 210 mm, width 185 mm, Japanese, print maker, printmaker, 1890 - 1900, paper, colour woodcut, colour woodblock, blind printing

Detail - Colour woodblock triptych titled 'Sukeroku, the Purple Cherry Blossom of Edo' by Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese fan

Farewell Performance of the Actor Kataoka Nizaemon, right sheet of a diptych. Date: ninth month 1861. Dimensions: 37 cm x 26 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA KUNISADA.

Actor as the popular hero Shirai Gompachi under an umbrella. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, ca. 1860.

Samurai walk past courtesans in barred teahouses, a courtesan entertains a customer upstairs, and a man with a lantern guides a couple in the street. Scene in Kyomachi Yoshiwara. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.

A Newly Printed Overview of the Eight Views on Famous Places in Edo, central sheet of a pentaptych. Date: twelfth month 1809. Dimensions: 37 cm x 26 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA KUNISADA.

The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II Arashi Rynzo I with a seized sword, board 19 pasted onto a makimono: Selection of a hundred painters from the Ukiyo e school from Edo /Toto ukiyo e hiakkasen; part 5 TOYOMARU, UTAGAWA (FL.1785 1797)

A Thousand Autumns, Ten Thousand Years on Tokiwa Bridge, early 1790s. Katsukawa Shunchō (Japanese). Color woodblock print; sheet: 36.8 x 24.5 cm (14 1/2 x 9 5/8 in.).

Kwao (King of flowers-Sakura (cherry)), 1769, Woodcuts, 10 7/8 x 8 in. (27.6 x 20.3 cm)

Hour of the Monkey, Japanese Prints - Utamaro

Leaf from Album of Actor Portraits, c. 1790-1810. Shōrakusai (Japanese). Album of 25 leaves; ink and color on silk; painting only: 21.8 x 17.6 cm (8 9/16 x 6 15/16 in.); each page: 28.1 x 21 cm (11 1/16 x 8 1/4 in.).

Japan, Karindô, Sumiyoshi, Kashôdô, Gakutei, Yashima, Ichiyôren bunbô shiyû, The Four Comrades at the Ichiyôren Writing Desk, Fude-Ei fujin, Brush: Lady Wei, passe-partout, lower left - printed, Lady Wei (Ei fujin) seated at a writing desk. She was a famous calligrapher in the formal style. With two poems., surimono, prints, Japan (collection), verso - stamped, height 206 mm, width 184 mm, Japanese, 1786 - 1868, print maker, printmaker, 1827 - 1827, second quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, colour woodblock, blind stamping, poet

Movie Actress Kurishima Sumiko, Autumn 1929, Yamanaka Kodō; Publisher: Watanabe Shōzaburō, Japanese, 1869 - 1945, 15 7/8 × 10 11/16 in. (40.32 × 27.15 cm) (sheet), Woodblock print; ink and color on paper with embossing, Japan, 20th century

Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833 - February 6, 1904, also known as or Ochiai Yoshiiku), was a Japanese printmaker and newspaper illustrator. The son of a tea house proprietor, he was a student of Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Utagawa went to school with Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, recognized as the last great masters of Ukiyo (woodblock printing). Eimei nijuhasshuku (28 Famous Murders with Verse)., also known as the 'Bloody Prints', is a collection of Japanese ukiyo-e from the 1860s, which depicted gruesome acts of murder or torture based on historical events or scenes in Kabuki plays. Although most of the works are solely violent by nature, it is perhaps the first known example of ero guro or the erotic grotesque in Japanese culture, an art sub-genre which depicts either erotic or extreme images of violence and mutilation.

Suzuki Harunobu (1724 July 7, 1770) was a Japanese woodblock print artist, one of the most famous in the Ukiyo-e style. He was an innovator, the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu used many special techniques, and depicted a wide variety of subjects, from classical poems to contemporary beauties (bijin, bijin-ga). Like many artists of his day, Harunobu also produced a number of shunga, or erotic images. During his lifetime and shortly afterwards, many artists imitated his style. A few, such as Harushige, even boasted of their ability to forge the work of the great master. Much about Harunobu's life is unknown.

fine arts, Hokusai, Katsushika (1760 - 1849), graphic, courtesan with lover, colour woodcut, circa 1810, private collection,

Yui. Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japan, Edo, 1786-1865). Japan, circa 1838. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Japan, Korifu, Benbenkan, Horse dance, recto - stamped, Women with drums and shamisen and a dancer with hobby horse. On one of the drums the numbers 1, 3, 6, 9 and 11 for the horse year 1810. Probably a design by the poet Yuyukan Koryu., print, prent, surimono, prints, Japan (collection), height 134 mm, width 185 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1810 - 1810, first quarter 19th century, Japanese paper (handmade paper), Japanese paper, colour woodcut, blind printing, Japanese, poet

Kunisada, B, work, Actors Kataoka Ichizo and Ichikawa Danzo VI in the play Kasane ogi Chiyo no matsuwaka (The Thousand-Year Wait), 1857, colored woodcut, graphics

Night Battle at Mikusa Mountain, c. 1832-1834, Utagawa Hiroshige; Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon, Japanese, 1797 - 1858, 8 5/8 × 13 1/2 in. (21.9 × 34.3 cm) (image, sheet, horizontal ōban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

'Street Scene'. China, City of Yanlyutsin, late 19th - early 20th century. Dimensions: 60x34 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

fine arts, Japan, woodcut, puppet player, coloured woodcut, mid 19th century, private collection,

Japan: Meiji Period woodblock triptych depicting the dance sequence from 'Seki No To' (The Barrier Gate), from the play 'Juni Hitoe Komachi Zakura' (Twelve-layered Robes: The Cherry Tree by Komachi). Painted by Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912), 1882

The Peony Show ca. 1790 Torii Kiyonaga Japanese. The Peony Show 56763

Woman with a Letter, from the series Comparison of Beauties in Eastern Brocade Torii Kiyomine (Japanese, 1787-1869). Woman with a Letter, from the series Comparison of Beauties in Eastern Brocade, ca. 1807-1810. Color woodblock print on paper, 15 1/4 x 10 1/16 in. (38.8 x 25.6 cm). Asian Art ca. 1807-1810

Sahoyama, from the series Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue) 1893-1903 Japan. Color woodblock print . Tsukioka Kôgyo

The Namazu, also called the Onamazu, is a creature in Japanese mythology and folktales. The Namazu is a gigantic catfish said to cause earthquakes and tremors. They rose to new fame and popularity after the Ansei great earthquakes that happened near Edo in 1855. Catfish woodblock prints became their own popular genre. They were usually unsigned. The Tokugawa Shogunate censored and destroyed the prints. Only a handful survive to this day.

Two actors with a sword and a priests cane Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

fine arts, Kunisada, Utagawa, (1786 - 1864), graphics, kurumabiki scene from drama sugawara denju tenerai kagami, circa 1835, colour woodcut, 34,7 cm x 25 cm, Museum of East Asian Arts, Berlin,

White Chrysanthemums (kiku no kaori 1902 Kajita Hanko Japanese. White Chrysanthemums (kiku no kaori. Kajita Hanko (Japanese, 1870-1917). Japan. 1902. Frontispiece; woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Meiji period (1868-1912). Prints

Portrait of Kabuki theater actor, ukiyo-e by Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825), woodcut. Japanese civilization, Edo period (1603-1868).

Japan, Fan series with accompanying prints, Lantern and blossom, A red lantern and blossom, with an accompanying text for the 'dancer's fan'., print, prent, prints, Japan (collection), height 72 mm, width 137 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1850 - 1860, second quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut

Daughter Miyuki. Date/Period: 1914. Japanese Painting. Color on silk / framed. Height: 1,530 mm (60.23 in); Width: 840 mm (33.07 in). Author: UEMURA SHOEN.

Scene 2b, 1660, 1660, Japan, Manuscripts, Japanese

Portrait of Imperial Prince Sonen, early 19th century, Sakai Hōitsu, Japanese, 1761 - 1828, 80 3/8 × 21 1/2 in. (204.15 × 54.61 cm) (image)39 7/8 × 27 1/2 in. (101.28 × 69.85 cm) (mount, without roller), Ink and color on silk, Japan, 19th century

Konami with her mother and a porter on the road to Yamashima, scene from the 8th act of the drama: Treasury of fideIIty /Chishingura HIROSHIGE, Ichiryusai (1797 1858)

Three men on a ledge view a looming mountain, with a village in the foreground., 1801 - 1825, Woodcuts, Page from a book, 7 1/16 x 9 13/16 in. (18 x 25 cm)

Portrait within a round mirror depicting actor Ichikawa Ichizō III as Sankichi, a popular hero with bared arm and shoulder displaying a dragon tattoo. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1859.

The actors Ichikawa Tomiemon (R) as Kanisaka Toma and Sanogawa Ichimatsu III (L) as the Gion Prostitute Onayo 1794 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Tôshûsai Sharaku

White Chrysanthemums (kiku no kaori Kajita Hanko Japanese 1902 View more. White Chrysanthemums (kiku no kaori. Kajita Hanko (Japanese, 1870-1917). Japan. 1902. Frontispiece; woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Meiji period (1868-1912). Prints

Hand-coloured illustration from a Japanese miscellany on traditional trades, crafts and customs in mid-18th century Japan, dated Meiwa Era (1764-1772) Year 6 (c. 1770 CE).

Ebisu and catfish Artwork designed by Hokusai. Print of Ebisu, one of the seven lucky gods of Japan, cutting up a catfish, a woman fans a hibachi next to him and on the left two patrons are eating.

Evening Cool at Ryogoku, Utagawa Hiroshige, circa 1847-1848,

Two Women on Matsuchi Hill Edo ca. 1784 Torii Kiyonaga Japanese. Two Women on Matsuchi Hill Edo 54665

'Dance with the Dragon'. China, late 19th - early 20th century. Dimensions: 54x34 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Hirosada, work, Unknown actor, character Uoju, woodcut, graphics, chuban

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