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The Actor Otani Hiroji III, Armed with a Sword by Ippitsusai Buncho — VisualArtsDB

The Actor Otani Hiroji III, Armed with a Sword

The Actor Otani Hiroji III, Armed with a Sword

Ippitsusai Buncho

1759–1779

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: H. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm); W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
Genre: Prints
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Handayu, An Actor in a Female Role

Handayu, An Actor in a Female Role

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The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Yoshimine no Munesada in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Yoshimine no Munesada in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

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The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Oume, Wife of Kisaku, in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed a the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Oume, Wife of Kisaku, in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed a the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

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The First Ichikawa Komazo (who in 1772 became the fourth Matsumoto Koshiro) in the Role of Yoemon

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Hinaji of the Chojiya, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)"

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The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kiyohime in the Play Hidakagawa Iriai-zakura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Ninth Month, 1770

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kiyohime in the Play Hidakagawa Iriai-zakura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Ninth Month, 1770

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1765

Danjuro as a Youth with a Toy Horse under Plum Blossoms

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The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Tsunewaka-maru in the Play Iro Moyo Aoyagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Second Month, 1775

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Tsunewaka-maru in the Play Iro Moyo Aoyagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Second Month, 1775

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1770

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I, page from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I, page from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1770

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 (?)

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The Actors

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