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

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The Actors

The Actors

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1723

The Actors Nakamura Utaemon I as Seigen (right), and Ichikawa Komazo II as Shimizu Tonoinosuke Kiyoharu (left), in the Play Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1769

The Actors Nakamura Utaemon I as Seigen (right), and Ichikawa Komazo II as Shimizu Tonoinosuke Kiyoharu (left), in the Play Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1769

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1764

Danjuro as a Youth with a Toy Horse under Plum Blossoms

Danjuro as a Youth with a Toy Horse under Plum Blossoms

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1615

The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Shume no Hangan Morihisa (right), and Sanogawa Ichimatsu II as Chujo (left), in the Play Edo no Hana Wakayagi Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Second Month, 1769

The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Shume no Hangan Morihisa (right), and Sanogawa Ichimatsu II as Chujo (left), in the Play Edo no Hana Wakayagi Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Second Month, 1769

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1764

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

The Actor Otani Hiroji III, Armed with a Sword

The Actor Otani Hiroji III, Armed with a Sword

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1759

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the Heron Maiden in the play "Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysanthemums (Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata)," performed at the Ichimura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1770

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the Heron Maiden in the play "Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysanthemums (Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata)," performed at the Ichimura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1770

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1770

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as Kudo Saemon Suketsune (?) in the Play Haru wa Soga Akebono-zoshi (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1772 (?)

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as Kudo Saemon Suketsune (?) in the Play Haru wa Soga Akebono-zoshi (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1772 (?)

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1767

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Okaru in Act Seven of the Play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers), Performed at the Morita Theater from the Third Day of the Fourth Month, 1769

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Okaru in Act Seven of the Play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers), Performed at the Morita Theater from the Third Day of the Fourth Month, 1769

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1764

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II in an Unidentified Role

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1766

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1755

Scene from a Drama

Scene from a Drama

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1769

The Actors by Ippitsusai Buncho — VisualArtsDB