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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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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

Actor Ôtani Hiroji III and (possibly) Satsuma Gengobei in “Green Willow Soga of Erotic Design” (“Iro Moyô Aoyagi Soga”) from the series Fans of the East (Azuma ôgi)

Actor Ôtani Hiroji III and (possibly) Satsuma Gengobei in “Green Willow Soga of Erotic Design” (“Iro Moyô Aoyagi Soga”) from the series Fans of the East (Azuma ôgi)

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1770

Courtesans of the Gakuiseya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Courtesans of the Gakuiseya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1776

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as the Renegade Monk Dainichibo in the Play Tsukisenu Haru Hagoromo Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in theThird Month, 1777

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as the Renegade Monk Dainichibo in the Play Tsukisenu Haru Hagoromo Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in theThird Month, 1777

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1772

Summer Flowers: Irises and Water Plantains, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Summer Flowers: Irises and Water Plantains, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1776

The Syllable Fu

The Syllable Fu

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1770

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as the Hairdreser Komagata Ikkaku in the Play Fuji no Yuki Kaikei Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1770

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as the Hairdreser Komagata Ikkaku in the Play Fuji no Yuki Kaikei Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1770

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1765

Actor Nakamura TOSSHO AS A WOMAN IN A GREY FURISODE READING AN UNROLLED SCROLL

Actor Nakamura TOSSHO AS A WOMAN IN A GREY FURISODE READING AN UNROLLED SCROLL

Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as I no Hayata Tadazumi in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as I no Hayata Tadazumi in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1765

Actor Ichikawa Danzō WITH DRAWN SWORD AND CLOTH

Actor Ichikawa Danzō WITH DRAWN SWORD AND CLOTH

Katsukawa Shunsho

Actor Otani Hiroji 2nd AS KINTARO HOLDING AN UPROOTED TREE

Actor Otani Hiroji 2nd AS KINTARO HOLDING AN UPROOTED TREE

Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Nakamura Nakazō in the Role of Ono Sadakurō

The Actor Nakamura Nakazō in the Role of Ono Sadakurō

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1756