Creator Name-CRT
Ippitsusai Buncho
Title
The actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Yamaoka no Saburo in 'Momiji Kumo Nishiki no Tsuri Yogi', (Maple Clouds: A Brocade of Coverlets Hung Up), act three of the play Kausara Hanasakae Hachi no Ki (The EverBlooming Potted Tree)
Creation Date
unknown
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Ippitsusai Buncho
Title
The actor Arashi Otohachi I as Numataro, the retainer of Utou Yasukata, in part two of the play Kogane no Hana Gaijin Aramtlsha (Gold Flowers: The Triumphal Return of Fierce Warriors)
Creation Date
Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1766
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Ippitsusai Buncho
Title
Chizuka no Fumi no Bosetsu (The Evening Snow of a Thousand Bundles of Love-Letters)
Creation Date
c. 1772
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Ippitsusai Buncho
Title
The actors Sawamura Sojuro II and Ichimura Kichigoro in unidentified roles
Creation Date
c. 1768/70
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Ippitsusai Buncho
Title
The actor Arashi Hinaji I, possibly as Yuya Gozen in the play Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji (The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith), performed at the Nakamura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, I768
Creation Date
Edo period, 1768
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Ippitsusai Buncho
Title
The actor Sakata Sajuro I as a samurai's manservant (yakko)
Creation Date
c. 1768/70
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Ippitsusai Buncho
Title
The actor Segawa Kikunojo II, possibly as Princess Ayaori in the play Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji (The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith)
Creation Date
Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1768
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Ippitsusai Buncho
Title
The shrine dancers (miko) Ohatsu and Onami
Creation Date
1769
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Ippitsusai Buncho
Title
Ofuji of the Yanagi Shop
Creation Date
Edo period, ca. 1769
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Ippitsusai Buncho
Title
The courtesan Handayu of the Nakaomiya house of pleasure
Creation Date
Edo period, Ca. 1769-1770
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Ippitsusai Buncho
Title
The actors Arashi Sangoro II as Minamoto no Yoritomo disguised as the Hat Maker (Eboshi Ori) Daitaro, and Segawa Kikunojo II as the Snow Woman (Yuki Onna), in the dance sequence 'Oyama Beni Yuki no Sugao' (Courtesan's Rouge on a Snow White Face)
Creation Date
Edo period, 1770
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Ippitsusai Buncho
Title
The flying tea ceremony kettle (tonda chagama)
Creation Date
Edo period, ca. 1770
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Ippitsusai Buncho
Title
The actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the courtesan Hitachi in part two of the play Wada Sakamori Osame no Mitsugumi (Wada's Carousal: The Last Drink With a Set of Three Cups)
Creation Date
Edo period, 1771
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Ippitsusai Buncho
Title
The actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Goi no Sho Munesada with a deer, in the play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji (Flower of Japan: Ono no Komachi's Five Characters), performed at the Nakamura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1771
Creation Date
Edo period, 1771
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Ippitsusai Buncho
Title
The actor Nakamura Noshio I as the Third Princess (Nyosan no Miya) in the play Fuki Kaere Tsuki mo Yoshiwara (Rethatched Roof: The Moon also Shines Over the Yoshiwara Pleasure District)
Creation Date
Performed at the Morita Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1771
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Ippitsusai Buncho
Title
The actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the courtesan Maizuru in the play Furisode Kisaragi Soga (Soga of the Long, Hanging Sleeves in the Second Month)
Creation Date
Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the twentieth day of the second month, 1772
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsugawa Shunsho
Title
The actors Sawamura Sojuro II as the Chinese sage Huangshi Gong, and Ichikawa Danzo III as the Chinese warrior Zhang Liang, in the finale of the play Otokayama Yunzei Kurabe (At Mt. Otoko, a Trial of Strength in Drawing the Bow)
Creation Date
Edo period, 1768
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shun'ei
Title
The actor Asao Tamejuro I as Drunken Gotobei doing a Sambaso dance (Goto Sambaso) in act three of the play Yoshitsune Koshigoe Jo (Yoshitsune's Koshigoe Petition), performed at the Ichimura Theater from the ninth day of the ninth month, 1790
Creation Date
Edo period, 1790
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shun'ei
Title
The actor Asao Tamejuro I as Drunken Gotobei in act three of the play Yoshitsune Koshigoe Jo (Yoshitsune's Koshigoe Petition), performed at the Ichimura Theater from the ninth day of the ninth month, 1790
Creation Date
Edo period, 1790
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shun'ei
Title
The sumo wrestler Kurogumo Otozo with the teahouse waitress Naniwaya Okita
Creation Date
Edo period, early 1790s
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shun'ei
Title
'Large head' portrait (okubi-e) of the actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Akita Jonosuke Yoshikage in a 'Shibaraku' role, from the play Mieiko Nori no Hachi no Ki (Memorial Service for St. Nichiren: A Model of 'The Potted Trees')
Creation Date
Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the eleventh month, 1791
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shun'ei
Title
The actor Ichikawa Komazo III in three roles: Nyosan no Miya (The Third Princess), Ukare Zato (A Blind Street Performer), and Sakata no Kaido-maru, in the play Zoho Natsu Matsuri (Expanded Summer Festival)
Creation Date
Edo period, 1791
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shun'ei
Title
The actor Ichikawa Komazo III as Sukeroku
Creation Date
1793 or 1797 (?)
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shun'ei
Title
The dance interlude (shosagoto) 'Shinodazuma' (The Wife from Shinoda Forest)
Creation Date
Edo period, Ca.1795
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shun'ei
Title
The actor Nakamura Noshio II as Tonase, in the bridal journey scene, act eight of the play Kanadehon Chushingura
Creation Date
Edo period, 1795
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunjo
Title
The actor Segawa Kikunojo III as a courtesan in summer attire
Creation Date
Early 1780s
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunko
Title
The actor Otani Hiroemon III as Osada no Zenjo Kagemune in the play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu (First Performance Day of the Izu Calendar)
Creation Date
Performed at the Morita Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1772
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunko
Title
The actor Yoshizawa Ayame IV as Yadorigi, the sister of Nikaido Shinanosuke, disguised as Orie, the wife of Aoto Magosaburo, in part two of the play Motomishi Yuki Sakae Hachi no Ki (Looking up at Falling Snow: Thriving Potted Trees)
Creation Date
Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1778
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunko
Title
The actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Monk Shunkan in Hime Komatsu Ne no Hi Asobi (Outing to Pick Pine Seedlings on the Rat-Day of the New Year)
Creation Date
Performed as the last act of part two at the Ichimura Theater in the seventh month, 1778
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunko
Title
Half-length portrait of the actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kazusa no Gorobei Tadamitsu in act three of the play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka (Returning Home in Splendor)
Creation Date
Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1780
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunko
Title
Half-length portrait of the actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Retired Emperor Sutoku in act three of the play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka (Returning Home in Splendor)
Creation Date
Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1780
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunko
Title
The actor Ichikawa Danjuro V, probably as Ise no Saburo disguised as Sanjo Uemon, leader of a robber gang, in part two of the play Fude-hajime Kanjincho (First Calligraphy of the New Year: Kanjincho [The Subscription List])
Creation Date
Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the fifteenth day of the first month, 1784
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunko
Title
Bust portrait of the actor Onoe Matsusuke I, perhaps as Yodohachi the Cowherd in the joruri 'Shitenno Oeyama Iri' (The Four Great Retainers of Yorimitsu Go to Mt. Oe), from part two of the play Otokoyama Furisode Genji (Genji in Long Sleeves at Mt. Otoko)
Creation Date
Performed at the Kiri Theater in the eleventh month, 1785
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunko
Title
The actors Iwai Hanshiro IV (right), Ichikawa Monnosuke II (center), and Sakata Hangoro III (left)
Creation Date
Performed at the Kiri Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1786
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunko
Title
The actor Onoe Matsusuke I as a mendicant monk in the joruri 'Midarezaki Hana no Irogoromo' (Colorful Cloth Profusely Flowered), from part two, act six of the play Keisei Ide no Yamabuki (Courtesan: Kerria Roses at Ide) (?)
Creation Date
Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the sixth day of the fifth month, 1787
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
Lovers dressed as komuso monks in an autumn landscape
Creation Date
c. 1770
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The warrior Watanabe no Tsuna fighting the demon at Rashomon
Creation Date
c. 1770
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
[Yagurashita no Bansho (Evening Bell at Yagurashita), Courtesan and her attendant at the Yagurashita unlicensed pleasure district in Fukagawa]
Creation Date
c. 1771
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The warrior Omori Hikoshichi carrying a female demon on his back
Creation Date
c. 1772
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV in a 'Shibaraku' role, possibly from the play Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji (The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith)
Creation Date
Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1768
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV in the role of an Immortal Hermit (sennin), possibly Tenjiku Tokubei in the play Tenjiku Tokubei Kokyo no Torikaji (Tenjiku Tokubei Turns the Helm Toward Home)
Creation Date
Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eighth month, 1768
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Mikawaya Giheiji, and Nakamura Sukegoro II as Danshichi Kurobei, in 'Nagamachi-ura' (Murder in the Back Street off Nagamachi)
Creation Date
Edo period, 1768
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Nakamura Sukegoro II as Aso no Matsuwaka, a ninja (shadow warrior), in the play Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji (The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith), performed at the Nakamura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1768
Creation Date
Edo period, 1768
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actors Sawamura Sojuro II as the priest Shunkan and Azuma Tozo II as Oyasu in act three of the play Hime Komatsu Ne no Hi Asobi (Outing to Pick Pine Seedlings on the Rat-Day of the New Year)
Creation Date
Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the ninth day of the ninth month, 1768
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actors Segawa Kikunojo II as the wet nurse Reizei, Ichikawa Komazo I as Suruga no Hachiro in the guise of the shamisen player Kichiroku (right), and Ichikawa Yaozo II as Tada no Kurando in the guise of the palanquin bearer Kichinai (left)
Creation Date
Edo period, 1768
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Osada no Taro in the play Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji (The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith)
Creation Date
Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1768
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Nakamura Sukegoro II in the role of a chivalrous commoner (otokodate)
Creation Date
1768/70
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Ichikawa Danzo III as the holy hermit Narukami in the scene 'Narukami,' from the final act of the play Miyakodori Azuma Komachi (Bird of the Capital: Komachi of the East), performed at the Morita Theater in the third month, 1768
Creation Date
Edo period, 1768
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actors Nakamura Nakazo I and Ichikawa Komazo I in the dance scene 'Shakkyo' (The Stone Bridge), from the play Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji (The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith)
Creation Date
Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1768
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Nakamura Sukegoro II as Kaminari Shokuro in the joruri 'Gonin Otoko' (Five Chivalrous Commoners), played as one act in Ayatsuri Kabuki Ogi (Mastery of the Fan in Kabuki)
Creation Date
Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the twentieth day of the seventh month, 1768
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
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