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Ippitsusai Buncho

1723–1792

Medium: Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper
Dimensions: H. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm); W. 13 7/16 in. (34. 1 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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The Actors

The Actors

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1723

Actors Arashi Sangorô II asMinamoto no Yoritomo and Segawa Kikunojô II as the Snow Woman in “Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysanthemums” (“Myôto- giku Izu no Kisewata”)

Actors Arashi Sangorô II asMinamoto no Yoritomo and Segawa Kikunojô II as the Snow Woman in “Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysanthemums” (“Myôto- giku Izu no Kisewata”)

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1765

Handayu, An Actor in a Female Role

Handayu, An Actor in a Female Role

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1723

Actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu and Bandō Sanpachi

Actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu and Bandō Sanpachi

Ippitsusai Buncho

Courtesan and Attendant with a Cage of Fireflies

Courtesan and Attendant with a Cage of Fireflies

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1760

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

The Courtesan Mitsunoto of the Hishiya House, from the series "Sanjurokkasen (Thirty-six Flowers)"

The Courtesan Mitsunoto of the Hishiya House, from the series "Sanjurokkasen (Thirty-six Flowers)"

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1767

The Shrine Dancers (Miko) Ohatsu and Onami

The Shrine Dancers (Miko) Ohatsu and Onami

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1769

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 Bando Hikosaburo II in the Role of the Oiran Hatsuito of Yamashiro-ya

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo II in the Role of the Oiran Hatsuito of Yamashiro-ya

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1760

Actor Ichikawa Yaozō 2nd in Pre-Performance Celebration for the play Soga Monogatari at the Morita Theater from the second month of 1773

Actor Ichikawa Yaozō 2nd in Pre-Performance Celebration for the play Soga Monogatari at the Morita Theater from the second month of 1773

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1773

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