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The Actors by Ippitsusai Buncho — VisualArtsDB

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The Actors

The Actors

Ippitsusai Buncho

1723–1792

Medium: Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper
Dimensions: H. 9 14/16 in. (25.1 cm); W. 13 9/16 in. (34.4 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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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

Actor Ichikawa Komazō AS ASAHINA ROBEI

Actor Ichikawa Komazō AS ASAHINA ROBEI

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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 Handayu of the Nakaomiya House of Pleasure, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)"

The Courtesan Handayu of the Nakaomiya House of Pleasure, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)"

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1764

Chizuka no Fumi no Bosetsu (The Evening Snow of a Thousand Bundles of Love-Letters), the Lovers Ohatsu and Tokubei, from the series "Sugata Hakkei (Eight Views of Lovers)"

Chizuka no Fumi no Bosetsu (The Evening Snow of a Thousand Bundles of Love-Letters), the Lovers Ohatsu and Tokubei, from the series "Sugata Hakkei (Eight Views of Lovers)"

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1767

Ushiwaka-maru on the Gojo Bridge

Ushiwaka-maru on the Gojo Bridge

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1769

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

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

White Chrysanthemums and Pinks in a Black Vase

White Chrysanthemums and Pinks in a Black Vase

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1760

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 Yamashita Kinsaku II in cloth-bleaching (Nuno sarashi) dance

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II in cloth-bleaching (Nuno sarashi) dance

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1765

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