1779 (An'ei 8)
Right sheet of diptych (see 1933.4.2106) Actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Okaru in the play Kanadehon Chūshingura, performed at the Morita Theater from the eighth month of 1779
vertical hosoban: H. 30.9 x W. 14.8 cm (12 3/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink, color and gauffrage ("blind" printing) on paper, with printed signature reading "Katsukawa Shunkō ga"
18th-19th centuryJapaneseThread-bound, printed books; ink on paper in indigo paper cover, brown slip case
18th centuryJapaneseLeft half of an ukiyo-e woodblock printed "hosoban" diptych ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Shun'ei ga"
18th-19th centuryJapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock print in "chūban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Koryūsai ga"
18th centuryJapaneseWoodblock-printed book; ink and hand-applied color on paper
18th centuryJapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper
18th-19th centuryJapaneseThread-bound ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book; ink on paper
18th centuryJapaneseWoodblock-printed book (volume 4 of 8 volumes); ink and color on paper
18th centuryJapaneseWoodblock print: ink on paper
18th-19th centuryJapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper with printed signature reading "Katsukawa Shunshō ga"
18th centuryJapaneseWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
18th-19th centuryJapanese