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PROGRAM OF KABUKI PLAYS

Artists

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国Artist

Teisai Hokuba 蹄斎北馬Artist

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "naga-surimono" format; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Related Artworks

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"THE BOYS' FESTIVAL"

Katsukawa Shunchō 勝川春潮

Ink on paper

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Picture Book of Seasoned Grass (Ehon chiyomi-gusa): Beauties with Waka, 3rd of 3 Volumes

Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信, Mid Edo period, 1755

Thread-bound books (three); ink on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Tagonoura Bay in Suruga Province (Suruga Tago no ura), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji (Fuji sanjūrokkei)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 20th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese

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Actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Okaru in the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, A Primer (Kanadehon Chūshingura)

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, 1779 (An'ei 8)

Woodblock print (nishiki-e) diptych; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

WOMAN SEATED ON RED BENCH

Katsukawa Shunchō 勝川春潮

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "chūban" format; ink and color on paper

Japanese

Prints

Rules for the Department of Young Ladies (Shōgaku Joreishiki zukai)

Adachi Ginkō 安達吟光, Meiji period, circa late 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print: ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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The Juvenile Genji (Osana Genji) in 5 volumes

Nonoguchi Ryūho, 1665

Woodblock-printed book; Ink on paper

17th centuryJapanese

Prints

ACTORS: OTANI HIROJI, OTANI

Torii Kiyotsune, Edo period,

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor ARASHI KIYOSABURO AS YAOYA OSHICHI

Okumura Masanobu, Edo period,

Hand-colored ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink, color and metal filings on paper

18th centuryJapanese

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SHAVEN PILGRIM (MITATE ŌTSU-E)

Shigenobu, 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock printed surimono in "shikishi" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Rinsai Shigenobu"

19th centuryJapanese

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Actor ōtani Hiroji as Kudō Suketsune

Ippitsusai Bunchō 一筆斎文調, Edo period,

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Ippitsusai Bunchō ga"

18th centuryJapanese

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Snow View at Sensō-ji Temple at Kinryūzan in the Eastern Capital (Tōto Kinryūzan Sensō-ji yuki kei)

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉, 19th century

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese