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Scene from a Play by Katsukawa Shunsho — VisualArtsDB

Scene from a Play

Scene from a Play

Katsukawa Shunsho

1726–1792

Medium: Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper
Dimensions: H. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm); W. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm)
Genre: Prints
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV possibly as Tenjiku Tokubei in the play "Tenjiku Tokubei Turns the Helm toward Home (Tenjiku Tokubei Kokyo no Torikaji)," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eighth month, 1768

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV possibly as Tenjiku Tokubei in the play "Tenjiku Tokubei Turns the Helm toward Home (Tenjiku Tokubei Kokyo no Torikaji)," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eighth month, 1768

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1763

Segawa Tomisaburo in the Role of Musume Dojoji in "Hanagatami Kazaori Eboshi"

Segawa Tomisaburo in the Role of Musume Dojoji in "Hanagatami Kazaori Eboshi"

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1769

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Godai Saburo Masazumi Disguised as Rokuju-rokubu in the Play Sugata no Hana Yuki no Kuronushi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Godai Saburo Masazumi Disguised as Rokuju-rokubu in the Play Sugata no Hana Yuki no Kuronushi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1771

Spring Flowers: Violets and Dandelions, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Spring Flowers: Violets and Dandelions, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1776

Courtesans of the Yamashiroya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Courtesans of the Yamashiroya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1776

The First Nakamura Tomijuro as an Angry Woman Standing in a Room

The First Nakamura Tomijuro as an Angry Woman Standing in a Room

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1772

The Actor Nakamura Noshio I in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Nakamura Noshio I in an Unidentified Role

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1767

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V, Attired in Voluminous Ceremonial Trousers (Nagabakama)

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V, Attired in Voluminous Ceremonial Trousers (Nagabakama)

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1726

"Yo": A Man Meets a Former Lover, now Serving in a Provincial Household, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

"Yo": A Man Meets a Former Lover, now Serving in a Provincial Household, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1767

"Ri": The Well Curb, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

"Ri": The Well Curb, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1767

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II in an Unidentified Role

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1774

Chuban of the Chushingura Drama

Chuban of the Chushingura Drama

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1615