Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
Memorial portrait of Ichikawa Ebizo II (Danjuro II) as a peddler of the panacea uiro
Creation Date
c. 1768/70
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Ichikawa Danzo III as Shoki the Demon Queller in the play Dare Moyo Kumo ni Inazuma (Dandyish Design: Lightning Amid Clouds)
Creation Date
Performed at the Morita Theater from the fifteenth day of the tenth month, 1768
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actors Nakamura Utaemon I as the old hag Karashi Baba, wife of Sanshodayu, and Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III as Shirotae, wife of Sano Genzaemon, in a scene from part two of the play Kawaranu Hanasakae Hachi no Ki (The Ever-Blooming Potted Tree)
Creation Date
Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1769
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Bando Matataro IV as Gempachibyoe in the play Mutsu no Hana Ume no Kaomise (Snowflakes: Plum Blossom Kaomise)
Creation Date
Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1769
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Otani Hiroji III in a stage pose (mie) before a shrine gateway
Creation Date
Edo period, 1769-1770
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Otani Hiroji III, probably as Ukishima Daihachi in the play Shinasadame Soma no Mombi (Comparing Merits: Festival Day at Soma)
Creation Date
Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the twenty-third day of the seventh month, 1770
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Matsumoto Koshiro II as Osada no Taro Kagemune disguised as the woodcutter Gankutsu no Goroz{Psi}, in act four (?) of the play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato (Forest of the Nue Monster: Target of the Eleventh Month)
Creation Date
Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1770
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Nakamura Nakazo I as a monk, Raigo Ajari, in the play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato (Forest of the Nue Monster: Target of the Eleventh Month)
Creation Date
Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1770
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Nakamura Nakazo I as a monk, Raigo Ajari, from the play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato (Forest of the Nue Monster: Target of the Eleventh Month), performed at the Nakamura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1770
Creation Date
Edo period, 1770
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The Chinese Immortal Seiobo (C: Xi Wang Mu)
Creation Date
c. 1770s
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as Watanabe Kiou Takiguchi (bottom), and Nakamura Nakazo I as Taira no Kiyomori (top), in the 'Shibaraku' scene from the play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato (Forest of the Nue Monster: Target of the Eleventh Month)
Creation Date
Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1770
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Otani Hiroji III, possibly as Akaneya Hanshichi in the play Fuji no Yuki Kaikei Soga (Snow on Mt. Fuji: The Soga Vendetta), performed at the Ichimura Theater from the fifteenth day of the first month, 1770
Creation Date
Edo period, 1770
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
Taira no Atsumori riding a horse into the sea
Creation Date
1770
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Segawa Kikunojo III in private life, standing in a snow-covered garden
Creation Date
c. 1775
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in the 'Sangai-gasa' (Triple-Umbrella) dance interlude of the joruri 'Yukashii wa Miyako no Naredoko' (Yearning After One's Own Bedchamber in the Capital)
Creation Date
Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1771
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
A page from the illustrated book Yakusha Kuni no Hana (Prominent Actors of Japan)
Creation Date
Edo period, Ca. 1771-1772
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
One of four pages from the illustrated book
Creation Date
c. 1771/72
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actors Matsumoto Koshiro II as Yoemon and Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III as Kasane, his wife
Creation Date
Edo period, 1771
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Buddhist deity Fudo in the final scene from part one of the play Fuki Kaete 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
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
A page from the illustrated book Yakusha Kuni no Hana (Prominent Actors of Japan)
Creation Date
Edo period, ca. 1771-1772
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
A page from the illustrated book Yakusha Kuni no Hana (Prominent Actors ofJapan)
Creation Date
Edo period, ca. 1771-1772
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Arashi Hinaji I dancing 'Musume Dojo-ji' (The Maiden at Dojo Temple)
Creation Date
Edo period, Ca. 1772
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
'Akutagawa.' Episode 6 of Ise Monogatori; no. 4 (ni) in Shunsho's series of illustrations
Creation Date
c. 1772/73
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
'Musashi Plain.' Episode 12 of Ise Monogatari; no. 8 (chi) in Shunsho's series of illustrations
Creation Date
c. 1772/73
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Nakamura Noshio I as the Fox-Wife from Furui, in a dance sequence (shosagoto) in part two of the play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu
Creation Date
Performed at the Morita Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1772. (First Performance Day of the Izu Calendar)
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Prince Koreakira, younger brother of Emperor Go-Toba, in the play Gohiiki Kanjincho (Your Favorite Play Kanjincho [The Subscription List]), performed at the Nakamura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1773
Creation Date
Edo period, 1773
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
Scene at the Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine, from act one of Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)
Creation Date
Edo period, Ca. late 1770s
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Bando Mitsugoro I as Abbot Saimyo-ji Tokiyori, disguised as a monk
Creation Date
Performed at the Morita Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1773
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Otani Hiroji III as a chivalrous commoner (otokodate), possibly Satsuma Gengobei in the play Iro Moyo Aoyagi Soga (Green Willow Soga of Erotic Design), performed at the Nakamura Theater from the thirteenth day of the second month, 1775
Creation Date
Edo period, 1775
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Nakamura Nakazo I in the role of an evil courtier, probably Prince Takahito, illegitimate son of Emperor Takakura, disguised as Aso no Matsuwaka, in part one of the play Iro Moyo Aoyagi Soga (Green Willow Soga of Erotic Design)
Creation Date
Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the thirteenth day of the second month, 1775
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
Young woman with a caged monkey
Creation Date
Calendar print for New Year 1776
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Ono Sadakuro in act five of Kanadehon Chu?shingura (Model for Kana Calligraphy: Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)
Creation Date
Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the fifth day of the fifth month, 1776
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Hata Rokurozaemon disguised as the samurai's manservant...
Creation Date
Edo period, 1776
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in a 'Shibaraku' role, probably as Kato Hyoeisa Shigemitsu, in the third scene of the play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki (The First Snow on Taira no Masakado's Court Headdress)
Creation Date
Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month,1777. (the so-called Red Danjuro)
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Hangaku Gozen breaking down the gate in the play Wada-gassen Onna Maizuru (The Wada Conflict: A Woman's 'Maizuru')
Creation Date
Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the twenty-fifth day of the seventh month, 1777
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
Ichimura Uzaemon IX as a male fox disguised as the sake seller Iseya and Nakamura Tomijuro I as a female fox disguised as the beancake peddler Hyugaya, in the dance sequence 'Myoto-zake' Kawaranu Nakanaka' (Everlasting Harmony of the Marital Cup)
Creation Date
Edo period, 1777
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Nakamura Nakazo I as the renegade monk Dainichibo soliciting alms in the play Edo Meisho Midori Soga (Famous Places in Edo: A Green Soga)
Creation Date
Performed at the Morita Theater from the fifteenth day of the first month, 1779
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo, and Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kazusa no Gorobei Tadamitsu, in the play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka (Returning Home in Splendor)
Creation Date
Edo period, 1780
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Onoe Matsusuke I in the wardrobe room of a theater
Creation Date
Edo period, Ca.1780-1783
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II (left), Iwai Hanshiro IV (center) and Iwai Karumo (?)(right), on a landing backstage
Creation Date
c. 1780/83
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
Sawamura Sojuro III (right), in his dressing room in conversation with Segawa Kikunojo III (left)
Creation Date
c. 1780/83
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Arashi Hinasuke I as Watanabe Choshichi Tonau in the play Tokimekuya O-Edo no Hatsuyuki (Thriving Now: The First Snow of Edo)
Creation Date
Performed at the Morita Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1780
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II and Segawa Kikunojo III as the lovers Seijuro (right) and Onatsu (left)
Creation Date
Edo period, 1781
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Sakata Hyogonosuke Kintoki in the play Shitenno Tonoi no Kisewata (Raiko's Four Intrepid Retainers in the Costume of the Night Watch)
Creation Date
Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1781
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The sumo wrestler Onogawa Kisaburo of the Eastern Group, with an attendant
Creation Date
c. 1782/86
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
Sumo wrestlers of the Eastern Group: (right) Nijigadake Somaemon of sekiwake rank from Awa Province, and (left) Fudenoumi Kin'emon of maegashira rank from Kokura
Creation Date
c. 1782/83
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as a skeleton, spirit of the renegade monk Seigen...
Creation Date
Edo period, 1783
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
Plants, porcelain bowl, and glass goblet
Creation Date
c. 1789
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
Sumo wrestlers of the Western Group: (right) Kashiwado Kandayu from Edo, and (left) Inagawa Masaemon from Osaka Ca. 1784
Creation Date
Edo period, 1784
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Creator Name-CRT
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title
The actor Nakayama Kojuro VI as Osada no Taro Kagemune (in reality Hatcho Tsubute no Kiheiji) in the guise of a lamplighter of Gion Shrine, in act three from part one of the play Yukimotsu Take Furisode Genji (Snow-Covered Bamboo: Genji in Long Sleeves)
Creation Date
Edo period, 1785
AMICA Contributor
The Art Institute of Chicago
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