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Actor with a Letter by Katsukawa Shun'ei — VisualArtsDB

Actor with a Letter

Actor with a Letter

Katsukawa Shun'ei

Medium: Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Paper: H. 29.7 cm x W. 13.2 cm (11 11/16 x 5 3/16 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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Dance Interlude “The Wife from Shinoda Forest" (“Shinodazuma”) in “Mirror of Ashiya Dôman and Ôuchi” (“Dôman Ôuchi kagami”), from the series Designs for Patchwork Pictures (Oshie-gata)

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Act Four from the series Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chūshingura: Yon danme)

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The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo (Danjuro V) as Banzui Chobei in the Play Gozen-gakari Sumo Soga, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the Second Month, 1793

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The actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu III as the Gion prostitute Onayo in the play "Hana-ayame Bunroku Soga," performed at the Miyako Theater in the fifth month, 1794

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The Actor Asao Tamejuro I as Drunken Gotobei in the Play Yoshitsune Koshigoe Jo, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1790

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The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Kojoro-gitsune (Female Fox) Disguised as Omiki in the Play Komachi-mura Shibai no Shogatsu, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1789

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The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as the monk Shunkan in the play "Shunkan Shima Monogatari," performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the ninth month, 1791

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The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III in Ceremonial Attire on the Occasion of His Return from Osaka at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1793

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