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Dressing Room Scenes at the Dotonbori Theatres in Osaka
Dressing Room Scenes at the Dotonbori Theatres in Osaka
Japan · early 1820s
Oiwa's Ghost (Oiwa no borei)
Oiwa's Ghost (Oiwa no borei)
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1786–1864 · Color woodblock print
Nakamura Utaemon III farewell performance at the Nakamura Theatre in Edo
Nakamura Utaemon III farewell performance at the Nakamura Theatre in Edo
Japan · 8/1815
Bando Mitsugoro III as Minamoto no Yorimasa (right), Segawa Kikunojo V as Ayame no Mae (center), and Ichikawa Danjuro VII as I no Hayata (left)
Bando Mitsugoro III as Minamoto no Yorimasa (right), Segawa Kikunojo V as Ayame no Mae (center), and Ichikawa Danjuro VII as I no Hayata (left)
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1817–1827 · Color woodblock prints; shikishiban triptych
The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Sukeroku (R) and Onoe Kikugoro III as the white sake peddler Shinbei (L) in the play
The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Sukeroku (R) and Onoe Kikugoro III as the white sake peddler Shinbei (L) in the play "Yukari no Edo-zakura"
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1818–1828 · Color woodblock print; two sheets of a shikishiban triptych
The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Mongaku and Matsumoto Koshiro V as Fudo Myoo
The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Mongaku and Matsumoto Koshiro V as Fudo Myoo
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1824–1837 · Color woodblock print; vertical shikishiban diptych
Guan Yu, Liu Bei, and Zhang Fei
Guan Yu, Liu Bei, and Zhang Fei
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1825 · Color woodblock print; shikishiban
Shirabyoshi Dancer in Asazuma Boat (Asazuma-bune), from an untitled series of landscapes
Shirabyoshi Dancer in Asazuma Boat (Asazuma-bune), from an untitled series of landscapes
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1825–1839 · Color woodblock print; oban
Image of a Japanese Woman (Fujo Yamato sugata)
Image of a Japanese Woman (Fujo Yamato sugata)
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1825–1840 · Color woodblock print; vertical oban diptych
Mountain Landscape in the Mist (Muchu no sansui)
Mountain Landscape in the Mist (Muchu no sansui)
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1825–1849 · Color woodblock print
Landscape in Mist (Muchu no sansui), from an untitled series of landscapes
Landscape in Mist (Muchu no sansui), from an untitled series of landscapes
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1827–1837 · Color woodblock print; oban
Second Illustration of Calligraphy and Painting Party on the Upper Floor of the Manpachiro Restaurant (Manpachiro jo shoga kaiseki no zu, onajiku sono ni)
Second Illustration of Calligraphy and Painting Party on the Upper Floor of the Manpachiro Restaurant (Manpachiro jo shoga kaiseki no zu, onajiku sono ni)
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1827 · Color woodblock print; chuban
The actors Onoe Kikugoro III (R) as Nagoya Sanza and Iwai Kumesaburo II (L) as the courtesan Katsuragi in the play
The actors Onoe Kikugoro III (R) as Nagoya Sanza and Iwai Kumesaburo II (L) as the courtesan Katsuragi in the play "Oichiza Soga no Shimadai," performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the first month, 1827
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1827 · Color woodblock print; right and center sheets of shikishiban triptych
Viewing Maple Trees
Viewing Maple Trees
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1830–1840 · Color woodblock print
Crouching tiger
Crouching tiger
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1830 · Color woodblock print; shikishiban
Parody of Liu Bei (J: Gentoku) Visiting Zhuge Liang (J: Komei) in Wind and Snow (Gentoku fusetsu ni Komei o tazureru)
Parody of Liu Bei (J: Gentoku) Visiting Zhuge Liang (J: Komei) in Wind and Snow (Gentoku fusetsu ni Komei o tazureru)
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1839–1849 · Color woodblock print; oban triptych
Portrait of the Sumo Wrestler Ikezuki Geitazaemon
Portrait of the Sumo Wrestler Ikezuki Geitazaemon
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1840–1850 · Color woodblock print
The actors Ichikawa Ebizo V as Goshogun Kanki and Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Watonai Sankan in the play
The actors Ichikawa Ebizo V as Goshogun Kanki and Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Watonai Sankan in the play "Kokusanya Kassen," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the fifth month, 1850
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1850 · Color woodblock print; oban
Memorial portrait of Utagawa Hiroshige
Memorial portrait of Utagawa Hiroshige
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1858 · Color woodblock print; oban
Flourishing of Edo Pictures Depicting Dances (Odori keiyo Edo-e no sakae)
Flourishing of Edo Pictures Depicting Dances (Odori keiyo Edo-e no sakae)
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1858 · Color woodblock print; part of triptych
Chikubu Island in Omi Province, No. 30 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei sanjuban Omi Chikubujima), from the series
Chikubu Island in Omi Province, No. 30 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei sanjuban Omi Chikubujima), from the series "The Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)"
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1859 · Color woodblock print; oban