PrintsJapanese18th century

Actor Nakamura Matsue

18th century

Artists

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

18th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

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Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō 5th WEARING BLACK AND HOLDING A SWORD BY THE SHORE

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Archery at Sanjūsangendō

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The Woman Who Loved Love (Kōshoku ichidai onna); by Ihara Saikaku (1642-1693), Vol. 1

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Nineth two-page spread of an accordion-fold woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper

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Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke 1st and Iwai Hanshirō 3rd In Front of a Theater

Torii Kiyomasu, Edo period, datable to 1720

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Actor Nakamura Denkūrō 2nd as a Samurai Ready to Fight

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, Edo period, dated to 1775

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