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Actor Sakata Hongoro II as a Wrestler in a Play by Ippitsusai Buncho — VisualArtsDB

Actor Sakata Hongoro II as a Wrestler in a Play

Actor Sakata Hongoro II as a Wrestler in a Play

Ippitsusai Buncho

1760–1780

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: H. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm); W. 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm)
Genre: Prints
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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The Actors Nakamura Utaemon I as Seigen (right), and Ichikawa Komazo II as Shimizu Tonoinosuke Kiyoharu (left), in the Play Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1769

The Actors Nakamura Utaemon I as Seigen (right), and Ichikawa Komazo II as Shimizu Tonoinosuke Kiyoharu (left), in the Play Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1769

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1764

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

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1763

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro II as Kudo Suketsune (?) in the Play Edo no Hana Wakayagi Soga (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Second Month, 1769 (?)

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro II as Kudo Suketsune (?) in the Play Edo no Hana Wakayagi Soga (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Second Month, 1769 (?)

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1764

Scene from a Drama

Scene from a Drama

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1769

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo I as a Man Holding a Monkey Mask

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Ippitsusai Buncho, 1764

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The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in a Female Role

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1764

A Fox Dance from the Drama The Thousand Cherry Trees

A Fox Dance from the Drama The Thousand Cherry Trees

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1723

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Goi no Sho Munesada with a Deer, in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji (Flower of Japan: Ono no Komachi's Five Characters), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1771

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Goi no Sho Munesada with a Deer, in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji (Flower of Japan: Ono no Komachi's Five Characters), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1771

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The Actor Otani Hiroji III in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Otani Hiroji III in an Unidentified Role

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The Actor Nakamura Matsue I as Tsuchiya Umegawa Disguised as the Female Sumo Wrestler Oyodo (?) in the Play Naniwa no Onna-zumo (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Sixth Month, 1770 (?)

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Ippitsusai Buncho, 1765