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Analogy by Katsukawa Shunsho — VisualArtsDB

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Katsukawa Shunsho

1767–1799

Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 10 1/8 x 7 3/4 in. (25.7 x 19.7 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Memorial Portrait of Actor Ichikawa Ebizô II (Danjûrô II) as a Peddler of the Medicine Uirô

Memorial Portrait of Actor Ichikawa Ebizô II (Danjûrô II) as a Peddler of the Medicine Uirô

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1763

The Actor Segawa Tomisaburo I as the Heron Maiden (Sagi Musume)

The Actor Segawa Tomisaburo I as the Heron Maiden (Sagi Musume)

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1769

The Actor Nakamura Juzo II as Yushichi (?) in the Play Keisei Momiji no Uchikake (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1772 (?)

The Actor Nakamura Juzo II as Yushichi (?) in the Play Keisei Momiji no Uchikake (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1772 (?)

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1767

The Actors Ichikawa Danzo III as I no Hayata Tadazumi (right), and Matsumoto Koshiro II as Osada no Taro Kagemune Disguised as Yatsurugi Zaemon (left), in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

The Actors Ichikawa Danzo III as I no Hayata Tadazumi (right), and Matsumoto Koshiro II as Osada no Taro Kagemune Disguised as Yatsurugi Zaemon (left), in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1765

Actor Nakamura Nakazo 1st as Watanabe no Tsuna

Actor Nakamura Nakazo 1st as Watanabe no Tsuna

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1781

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo in the Play Kite Hajime Hatsugai Soga, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1774

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo in the Play Kite Hajime Hatsugai Soga, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1774

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1769

Actors Segawa Kikujirō and Nakamura DANKURO 2ND

Actors Segawa Kikujirō and Nakamura DANKURO 2ND

Katsukawa Shunsho

Courtesans of the Echizenya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Courtesans of the Echizenya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1776

The Third Otani Hiroji as a Samurai of High Rank Standing in a Room

The Third Otani Hiroji as a Samurai of High Rank Standing in a Room

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1764

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as Kamakura no Gongoro Kagemasa (?) in the Play Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1768 (?)

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as Kamakura no Gongoro Kagemasa (?) in the Play Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1768 (?)

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1763

A Courtesean of the Matsubaya House

A Courtesean of the Matsubaya House

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1773

"Chi": Musashi Plain, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

"Chi": Musashi Plain, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1767