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UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR by Katsukawa Shunsho — VisualArtsDB

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR

Katsukawa Shunsho

Medium: Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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The Actor Nakamura Juzo II as Kajiwara Genta Kagetoki in the Play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772

The Actor Nakamura Juzo II as Kajiwara Genta Kagetoki in the Play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1767

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Street-Walker Otsuyu in the Play Cho Chidori Wakayagi Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Second Month, 1779

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Street-Walker Otsuyu in the Play Cho Chidori Wakayagi Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Second Month, 1779

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1774

Beauties under an Umbrella

Beauties under an Umbrella

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1767

The Third Matsumoto Koshiro as a Samurai Standing

The Third Matsumoto Koshiro as a Samurai Standing

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1769

"Mu," page from "Picture Book of the Music of Pines Trees (Ehon matsu no shirabe)"

"Mu," page from "Picture Book of the Music of Pines Trees (Ehon matsu no shirabe)"

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1795

The Actor Otani Hiroji I 1699–1747 in the Role of a Fish–vendor

The Actor Otani Hiroji I 1699–1747 in the Role of a Fish–vendor

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1726

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro 2nd as a Samurai

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro 2nd as a Samurai

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1771

The Second Ichikawa Monnosuke in the role of Soga no Juro Sukenari

The Second Ichikawa Monnosuke in the role of Soga no Juro Sukenari

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1785

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III Watching from the Branches of a Pine Tree Overhanging a Stream

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III Watching from the Branches of a Pine Tree Overhanging a Stream

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1765

The Actors Kasaya Matakuro II as Hagun Taro (right), Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Izutsu no Suke Narihira (center), and Nakamura Nakazo I as Kose no Kanaoka Disguised as Sogoro the Charcoal Maker, in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

The Actors Kasaya Matakuro II as Hagun Taro (right), Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Izutsu no Suke Narihira (center), and Nakamura Nakazo I as Kose no Kanaoka Disguised as Sogoro the Charcoal Maker, in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1767

Actors Ichikawa Danjūrō IV as Kagekiyo and Nakamura Utaemon I as Seigen

Actors Ichikawa Danjūrō IV as Kagekiyo and Nakamura Utaemon I as Seigen

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1769

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Honcho-maru Tsunagoro (?) in the Play Hono Nitta Daimyojin (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1777 (?)

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Honcho-maru Tsunagoro (?) in the Play Hono Nitta Daimyojin (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1777 (?)

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1772