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Actor by Ippitsusai Buncho — VisualArtsDB

Actor

Actor

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

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Ippitsusai Buncho, 1723

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Nijo no Kisaki (?) in the Play Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1770 (?)

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Nijo no Kisaki (?) in the Play Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1770 (?)

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1765

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

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1766

The Second Segawa Kikunojō in the Role of Reizei in "Ima-o-sakari Suehiro Genji"

The Second Segawa Kikunojō in the Role of Reizei in "Ima-o-sakari Suehiro Genji"

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1768

Actor's dressing table, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

Actor's dressing table, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1770

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Akita Jonosuke in the Play Kawaranu Hanasakae Hachi no Ki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1769

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Akita Jonosuke in the Play Kawaranu Hanasakae Hachi no Ki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1769

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1764

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

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1765

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II in an Unidentified Role

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1766

The Third Princess (Onna San no Miya)

The Third Princess (Onna San no Miya)

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1761

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

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

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 Actor Arashi Otohachi I as Numataro, the Retainer of Utou Yasukata, in Part Two of the Play Kogane no Hana Gaijin Aramusha (Gold Flowers: The Triumphal Return of Fierce Warriors), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1766

The Actor Arashi Otohachi I as Numataro, the Retainer of Utou Yasukata, in Part Two of the Play Kogane no Hana Gaijin Aramusha (Gold Flowers: The Triumphal Return of Fierce Warriors), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1766

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1766