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Portrait of an Actor by Ippitsusai Buncho — VisualArtsDB

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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: Print
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II, Possibly as Princess Ayaori in the Play Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji (The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1768

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II, Possibly as Princess Ayaori in the Play Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji (The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1768

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The Actor Sakata Hangoro II, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

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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

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Actor Ichikawa Komazō AS ASAHINA ROBEI

Actor Ichikawa Komazō AS ASAHINA ROBEI

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The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the Courtesan Hitachi in Part Two of the Play Wada Sakamori Osame no Mitsugumi (Wada's Carousal: The Last Drink With a Set of Three Cups), Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the Ninth Day of the Second Month, 1771

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the Courtesan Hitachi in Part Two of the Play Wada Sakamori Osame no Mitsugumi (Wada's Carousal: The Last Drink With a Set of Three Cups), Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the Ninth Day of the Second Month, 1771

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