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Portrait of an Actor by Ippitsusai Buncho — VisualArtsDB

Portrait of an Actor

Portrait of an Actor

Ippitsusai Buncho

1760–1780

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: H. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm); W. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Genre: Prints
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Seigen in the Play Ise-goyomi Daido Ninen, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fall, 1768

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Seigen in the Play Ise-goyomi Daido Ninen, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fall, 1768

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1763

A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ōgi)

A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ōgi)

Ippitsusai Buncho

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Kyo no Jiro Disguised as an Uiro (Panacea) Peddler from the Play Kagami-ga-ike Omokage Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1770

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Kyo no Jiro Disguised as an Uiro (Panacea) Peddler from the Play Kagami-ga-ike Omokage Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1770

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1765

Arashi Otohachi I

Arashi Otohachi I

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1780

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro I, 1689–1756 in an Unidentified Female Role

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro I, 1689–1756 in an Unidentified Female Role

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1723

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II in a pre-performance celebration of the play "Soga Monogatari," performed at the Morita Theater in the second month, 1773

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II in a pre-performance celebration of the play "Soga Monogatari," performed at the Morita Theater in the second month, 1773

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1773

The Actor Nakamura Noshio I as the Third Princess (Nyosan no Miya) in the Play Fuki Kaete Tsuki mo Yoshiwara (Rethatched Roof: The Moon also Shines Over the Yoshiwara Pleasure District), Perfromed at the Morita Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1771

The Actor Nakamura Noshio I as the Third Princess (Nyosan no Miya) in the Play Fuki Kaete Tsuki mo Yoshiwara (Rethatched Roof: The Moon also Shines Over the Yoshiwara Pleasure District), Perfromed at the Morita Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1771

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1766

Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu II as a Fashionable Young Man (Wakashu)

Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu II as a Fashionable Young Man (Wakashu)

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1764

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the Courtesan Maizuru in the Play Furisode Kisaragi Soga (Soga of the Long, Hanging Sleeves in the Second Month), Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the Twentieth Day of the Second Month, 1772

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the Courtesan Maizuru in the Play Furisode Kisaragi Soga (Soga of the Long, Hanging Sleeves in the Second Month), Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the Twentieth Day of the Second Month, 1772

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1767

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II in Shakkyo Dance in the Play Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Second Month, 1769

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II in Shakkyo Dance in the Play Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Second Month, 1769

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1764

The Actors Nakamura Tomijuro I as Enju Disguised as the Shirbyoshi Gio (right), and Nakamura Noshio I as Goo Disguised as Hotoke Gozen (left), in the Play Miyako-zome Gio Katsugi, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

The Actors Nakamura Tomijuro I as Enju Disguised as the Shirbyoshi Gio (right), and Nakamura Noshio I as Goo Disguised as Hotoke Gozen (left), in the Play Miyako-zome Gio Katsugi, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1765

The Actors

The Actors

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1723