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Editorial Memorial Portrait of Iwai Hanshiro VI.
Editorial Katsukawa Shunei, Japanese, 1768-1819, Kabuki Actor Iwai Hanshiro with a Horse, ca. 1790, woodcut printed in color ink, Sheet: 11 3/4 ? 5 1/2 inches (29.8 ? 14 cm).
Editorial Katsukawa Shunsho, Japanese, 1726-1792, Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in a Female Role, c. 1770, Ink and colors on paper.
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as the courtesan Agemaki in the play "Sukeroku Yukari no Hatsu-zakura," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the third month, 1776. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1771-1781. Dimensions: 12 3/8 x 6 in. Col...
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Princess Sakura (Sakura Hime) in the Play Wada Sakamori Eiga Kagami, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1773. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1768-1778. Dimensions: 31.3 x 15 cm (12 5...
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Agemaki in the Play Sakai-cho Soga Nendaiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1771. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1766-1776. Dimensions: 31.7 x 14.5 cm (12 1/2 x 5 5/8 in.). Color...
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as the Courtesan Agemaki in the Play Sukeroku Yukari no Hatsu-zakura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Third Month, 1776. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1771-1781. Dimensions: 32.8 x 15.1 cm (12 1...
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Okumi of the Mieido Fan Shop (?) in the Play Sanjuk-koku Yobune no Hajimari (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Fifth Month, 1789 (?). Katsukawa Shun'ei; Japanese, 1762-1819. Date: 1784-1794. Dimensions: 30.7...
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as a Boy Blowing on His Hands beside a Large Snowball, in the Play Nigiwai Genji Hana Saku Kado, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1793. Katsukawa Shun'ei; Japanese, 1762-1819. Date: 1788-1798. Dimens...
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Hitomaru Disguised as the Geisha Oshun in the Play Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1783. Katsukawa Shunko I; Japanese, 1743-1812. Date: 1778-1788. Dimensions: 30.6 x 14.4 cm (...
Editorial The actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as a skeleton, spirit of the renegade monk Seigen (left), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Princess Sakura (right), in the joruri "Sono Omokage Matsu ni Sakura (Vestiges of Pine and Cherry)," from part two of the play "Edo no Hana ...
Editorial The Actors Iwai Hanshiro IV as Sakura Hime and Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Priest Seigen in the play "Wada Sakamori Eiga Kagami," performed at the Namakumura Theater in the first month, 1773. Torii Kiyomitsu I; Japanese, 1735-1785. Date: 1773. Dimensions: ...
Editorial The Actors Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kuzunoha, Ichikawa Yaozo III as Yakanpei, and Ichikawa Ebizo IV as Abe no Doji, in the play "Ashiya Doman Ouchi Kagami," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the ninth month, 1784. Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Dat...
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Mitsuogiya Usukumo in the Play Shida Choja-bashira, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1781. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1776-1786. Dimensions: 30.3 x 14.5 cm (11 15/16 x 5 11/16...
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kojoro-gitsune of Hakata in the Play Hikitsurete Yagoe Taiheiki, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1771-1781. Dimensions: 31.5 x 14.5 cm (12 3/...
Editorial 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; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: ...
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kiyohime in the Play Hidakagawa Iriai-zakura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Ninth Month, 1770. Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1765-1775. Dimensions: 29.7 x 13.8 cm (11 11/16 x 5 7/16 in.). C...
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Yaegushi no Oroku (?) in the Play Keisei Kogane no Hakarime (?), Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater (?) in the Third Month, 1792 (?). Katsukawa Shun'ei; Japanese, 1762-1819. Date: 1787-1797. Dimensions: 31.6 x 14.2 cm (12...
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in the "Sangai-gasa" (Triple-Umbrella) Dance Interlude of the Joruri "Yukashii wa Miyako no Naredoko" (Yearning After One's Own Bedchamber in the Capital), from Part Two of the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji (Flower of Jap...
Editorial Bando Mitsugoro II as Tennen no Mansaku-kitsune and Ichikawa Monnosuke III as Nikaido Shinanonosuke and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Okura no Kojoro-kitsune in the scene from the drama Moto Mishi Yuki Sakae Hachi-no-ki (Nidaime Bando Mitsugoro no Tennen no mans...
Editorial Yamatoya Tojaku (The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Otoma, Daughter of Ohina from Inamuragasaki in Kamakura) (Yondai-me Iwai Hanshiro no Kamakura Inamuragasaki no Ohina musume Otoma). Toshusai Sharaku ??? ??; Japanese, active 1794-95. Date: 1789-1799. Dimen...
Editorial Memorial Portrait of the Actor Iwai Hanshiro VI. Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III); Japanese, 1786-1864. Date: 1836. Dimensions: 35.6 x 24.6 cm (14 x 9 11/16 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan.
Editorial The actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Otoma. Toshusai Sharaku ??? ??; Japanese, active 1794-95. Date: 1794. Dimensions: 30.4 x 14.6 cm. Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan.
Editorial The Actors Iwai Hanshiro IV as Okaru and Onoe Kikugoro I (?) as Yuranosuke. Katsukawa Shunko I; Japanese, 1743-1812. Date: 1764-1774. Dimensions: 30.7 x 14 cm (12 1/16 x 5 1/2 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan.
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in an Unidentified Role. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 29 x 13.7 cm (11 7/16 x 5 3/8 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan.
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in a Female Role. Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1764-1774. Dimensions: 31.3 x 14.3 cm (12 5/16 x 5 5/8 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan.
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in Street Attire (by Shun'ei) Conversing with Two Women (by Shuncho). Katsukawa Shun'ei; Japanese, 1762-1819; Katsukawa Shuncho; Japanese, active c. 1780-1801. Date: 1783-1793. Dimensions: 32.3 x 21.7 cm (12 11/16 x 8 9/16 in...
Editorial Yodaime Iwai Hanshiro, The actor Iwai Hanshiro IV., [between 1801 and 1804], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 12.9 x 24.7 cm., Print shows actor Iwai Hanshiro IV, three-quarter length portrait, reclining, facing left.
Editorial Godaime iwayahanshiro no fujimusume to sandaime bandomitsugoro no zato, Iwai Hanshiro V as Fuji Musume and Bando Mitsugoro III as Zato., Yanagawa, Shigenobu, 1787-1832, artist, 1820., 1 print : woodcut, color ; 20.7 x 18.5 cm., Print shows the actor Iw...
Editorial Iwai hanshiro, The actor Iwai Hanshiro., Katsukawa, Shunsho, 1726-1793, artist, [between 1777 and 1781], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 31 x 14.4 cm., Print shows Iwai Hanshiro, full-length portrait, standing beneath umbrella, facing left.
Editorial Matsumoto koshiro, iwaya hanshiro, nakamura shikan, The actors Matsumoto Koshiro, Iwai Hanshiro, and Nakamura Shikan., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865, artist, [between 1825 and 1830], 1 print (3 sheets) : woodcut, color., Print shows two actors on the sh...
Editorial Seki sanjuro ichikawa danjuro iwai hanshiro, The actors Seki Sanjuro, Ichikawa Danjuro, and Iwai Hanshiro., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865, artist, [between 1818 and 1830], 1 print (3 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 37.2 x 25.7 cm (left panel), 36.5 x 25.7 cm...
Editorial Iwai hanshiro no shirabyoshi, The actor Iwai Hanshiro in the role of Shirabyoshi., Torii, Kiyotsune, artist, [between 1764 and 1775], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 29.6 x 12.5 cm., Print shows Iwai Hanshiro, an actor, full-length portrait, standing, facin...
Editorial Seki sanjuro ichikawa danjuro iwai hanshiro, The actors Seki Sanjuro, Ichikawa Danjuro, and Iwai Hanshiro., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865, artist, [between 1818 and 1830], 1 print (3 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 37.2 x 25.7 cm (left panel), 36.5 x 25.7 cm...
Editorial Rokudaime iwai hanshiro shichikaiki tsuizen (shigenoi ko wakare), Iwai Hanshiro VI in a memorial performance., Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861, artist, [between 1835 and 1840], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 35.2 x 23.4 cm., Print shows the actor Iwai Hanshi...
Editorial Iwai hanshiro, The actor Iwai Hanshiro., Katsukawa, Shunsho, 1726-1793, artist, [between 1777 and 1781], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 31 x 14.4 cm., Print shows Iwai Hanshiro, full-length portrait, standing beneath umbrella, facing left.
Editorial Yodaime Iwai Hanshiro, The actor Iwai Hanshiro IV., [between 1801 and 1804], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 12.9 x 24.7 cm., Print shows actor Iwai Hanshiro IV, three-quarter length portrait, reclining, facing left.
Editorial Iwai Hanshiro no Sagoemon musume Oyone, The actor Iwai Hanshiro in the role of Sagoemon's daughter Oyone., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1769-1825, artist, [between 1811 and 1818], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 35.8 x 24 cm., Print shows the actor Iwai, Hanshiro in ...
Editorial San yakusha kaian-ji no momijigari, Three actors gathering maple leaves at Kaian Temple., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1769-1825, artist, [between 1804 and 1818], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 37.7 x 25.2 cm., Print shows the actors Matsumoto Koshiro V, Bando Mitsu...
Editorial Rokudaime iwai hanshiro shichikaiki tsuizen (shigenoi ko wakare), Iwai Hanshiro VI in a memorial performance., Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861, artist, [between 1835 and 1840], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 35.2 x 23.4 cm., Print shows the actor Iwai Hanshi...
Editorial Matsumoto koshiro, iwaya hanshiro, nakamura shikan, The actors Matsumoto Koshiro, Iwai Hanshiro, and Nakamura Shikan., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865, artist, [between 1825 and 1830], 1 print (3 sheets) : woodcut, color., Print shows two actors on the sh...
Editorial Godaime iwayahanshiro no fujimusume to sandaime bandomitsugoro no zato, Iwai Hanshiro V as Fuji Musume and Bando Mitsugoro III as Zato., Yanagawa, Shigenobu, 1787-1832, artist, 1820., 1 print : woodcut, color ; 20.7 x 18.5 cm., Print shows the actor Iw...
Editorial Iwai hanshiro no shirabyoshi, The actor Iwai Hanshiro in the role of Shirabyoshi., Torii, Kiyotsune, artist, [between 1764 and 1775], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 29.6 x 12.5 cm., Print shows Iwai Hanshiro, an actor, full-length portrait, standing, facin...
Editorial San yakusha kaian-ji no momijigari, Three actors gathering maple leaves at Kaian Temple., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1769-1825, artist, [between 1804 and 1818], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 37.7 x 25.2 cm., Print shows the actors Matsumoto Koshiro V, Bando Mitsu...
Editorial Iwai Hanshiro no Sagoemon musume Oyone, The actor Iwai Hanshiro in the role of Sagoemon's daughter Oyone., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1769-1825, artist, [between 1811 and 1818], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 35.8 x 24 cm., Print shows the actor Iwai, Hanshiro in ...
Editorial Actors Matsumoto Koshiro IV and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Yoemon and Kasane, Yoemon with sickle in right hand, pushing his wife Kasane to the ground to kill her, Matsumoto Koshiro IV, Iwai Hanshiro IV, Katsukawa Shunko (mentioned on object), Japan, 1775 - 17...
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as the courtesan Agemaki in the play "Sukeroku Yukari no Hatsu-zakura," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the third month, 1776. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1771-1781. Dimensions: 12 3/8 x 6 in. Col...
Editorial The Actors Iwai Hanshiro IV as Sakura Hime and Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Priest Seigen in the play "Wada Sakamori Eiga Kagami," performed at the Namakumura Theater in the first month, 1773. Torii Kiyomitsu I; Japanese, 1735-1785. Date: 1773. Dimensions: ...
Editorial The Actors Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kuzunoha, Ichikawa Yaozo III as Yakanpei, and Ichikawa Ebizo IV as Abe no Doji, in the play "Ashiya Doman Ouchi Kagami," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the ninth month, 1784. Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Dat...
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Princess Sakura (Sakura Hime) in the Play Wada Sakamori Eiga Kagami, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1773. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1768-1778. Dimensions: 31.3 x 15 cm (12 5...
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kojoro-gitsune of Hakata in the Play Hikitsurete Yagoe Taiheiki, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1771-1781. Dimensions: 31.5 x 14.5 cm (12 3/...
Editorial 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; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: ...
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as the Courtesan Agemaki in the Play Sukeroku Yukari no Hatsu-zakura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Third Month, 1776. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1771-1781. Dimensions: 32.8 x 15.1 cm (12 1...
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Yaegushi no Oroku (?) in the Play Keisei Kogane no Hakarime (?), Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater (?) in the Third Month, 1792 (?). Katsukawa Shun'ei; Japanese, 1762-1819. Date: 1787-1797. Dimensions: 31.6 x 14.2 cm (12...
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as a Boy Blowing on His Hands beside a Large Snowball, in the Play Nigiwai Genji Hana Saku Kado, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1793. Katsukawa Shun'ei; Japanese, 1762-1819. Date: 1788-1798. Dimens...
Editorial Bando Mitsugoro II as Tennen no Mansaku-kitsune and Ichikawa Monnosuke III as Nikaido Shinanonosuke and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Okura no Kojoro-kitsune in the scene from the drama Moto Mishi Yuki Sakae Hachi-no-ki (Nidaime Bando Mitsugoro no Tennen no mans...
Editorial Yamatoya Tojaku (The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Otoma, Daughter of Ohina from Inamuragasaki in Kamakura) (Yondai-me Iwai Hanshiro no Kamakura Inamuragasaki no Ohina musume Otoma). Toshusai Sharaku ??? ??; Japanese, active 1794-95. Date: 1789-1799. Dimen...
Editorial The actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as a skeleton, spirit of the renegade monk Seigen (left), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Princess Sakura (right), in the joruri "Sono Omokage Matsu ni Sakura (Vestiges of Pine and Cherry)," from part two of the play "Edo no Hana ...
Editorial Memorial Portrait of the Actor Iwai Hanshiro VI. Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III); Japanese, 1786-1864. Date: 1836. Dimensions: 35.6 x 24.6 cm (14 x 9 11/16 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan.
Editorial The actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Otoma. Toshusai Sharaku ??? ??; Japanese, active 1794-95. Date: 1794. Dimensions: 30.4 x 14.6 cm. Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan.
Editorial The Actors Iwai Hanshiro IV as Okaru and Onoe Kikugoro I (?) as Yuranosuke. Katsukawa Shunko I; Japanese, 1743-1812. Date: 1764-1774. Dimensions: 30.7 x 14 cm (12 1/16 x 5 1/2 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan.
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in an Unidentified Role. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 29 x 13.7 cm (11 7/16 x 5 3/8 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan.
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in a Female Role. Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1764-1774. Dimensions: 31.3 x 14.3 cm (12 5/16 x 5 5/8 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan.
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in Street Attire (by Shun'ei) Conversing with Two Women (by Shuncho). Katsukawa Shun'ei; Japanese, 1762-1819; Katsukawa Shuncho; Japanese, active c. 1780-1801. Date: 1783-1793. Dimensions: 32.3 x 21.7 cm (12 11/16 x 8 9/16 in...
Editorial Kabuki Actors: Bando Mitsugoro and Iwai Hanshiro.
Editorial Iwai Hanshiro in the role of Nuregami Chokichi's sister, Oseki, Utagawa Toyokuni II (Japanese, 1777-1835), Edo, about 1815, color woodblock print, 14-9/16 x 9-3/4 in., publisher's mark, censor's mark, Asian Art.
Editorial Memorial Portrait of Iwai Hanshiro VI.
Editorial Iwai Hanshiro IV.
Editorial The Fourth Iwai Hanshiro as an Onnadate (Woman Kyokaku).
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro.
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in an Unidentified Role, c. 1792, Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??, Japanese, 1726-1792, Japan, Color woodblock print, hosoban, 30.7 x 15.1 cm (12 1/16 x 5 15/16 in.).
Editorial The Actors Yamashita Mangiku, Iwai Hanshiro IV, and Iwai Kumesaburo from a pentaptych of eleven actors celebrating the festival of the shrine of the Soga brothers, 1788, Torii Kiyonaga, Japanese, 1752-1815, Japan, Color woodblock print, hosoban, pentap...
Editorial The Fourth Iwai Hanshiro as a Woman Standing under a Torii.
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in Female Role, Standing Beside a Litter.
Editorial The Fourth Iwai Hanshiro as a Woman.
Editorial The Fourth Iwai Hanshiro as a Courtesan Dressed in a Pink Kimono.
Editorial Iwai Hanshiro IV in a Dance of Seven Changes, c. 1793 or 1794. Katsukawa Shunei (Japanese, 1762-1819). Color woodblock print; sheet: 38.8 x 25.8 cm (15 1/4 x 10 3/16 in.).
Editorial Iwai Hanshiro IV as Oiso no Tora, c. mid-1770s. Katsukawa Shunko (Japanese, 1743-1812). Color woodblock print; sheet: 33 x 14.6 cm (13 x 5 3/4 in.).
Editorial Yamatoya: Iwai Hanshiro IV as Okaru, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)". Utagawa Toyokuni I ?? ?? ??; Japanese, 1769-1825. Date: 1795. Dimensions: 38.8 x 26.1 cm (15 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.). Color woodblock print; oban...
Editorial The Actors Iwai Hanshiro IV as Sakura Hime and Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Priest Seigen in the play "Wada Sakamori Eiga Kagami," performed at the Namakumura Theater in the first month, 1773. Torii Kiyomitsu I; Japanese, 1735-1785. Date: 1773. Dimensions: ...
Editorial The actors Kataoka Nizaemon VII as Iyo no Taro and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kojoro-gitsune of Okazaki in the play "Seiwa Nidai Oyose Genji," performed at the Miyako Theater in the eleventh month, 1796. Utagawa Toyokuni I ?? ?? ??; Japanese, 1769-1825. Date:...
Editorial The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Yasukata (right), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Utou (left) in the Play Godai Genji Mitsugi no Furisode, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1782. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1777...
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kitsune ga Saki Otama (?) in the Play Miyakodori Yayoi no Watashi (?), Performed at the Kiri Theater (?) in the Third Month, 1787 (?). Katsukawa Shunko I; Japanese, 1743-1812. Date: 1782-1792. Dimensions: 31.1 x 14.5 cm (1...
Editorial The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Matsukaze (right), Ichikawa Komazo II as Ariwara no Yukihira (center), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Murasame (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771. Kat...
Editorial The actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as the wet nurse Shigenoi. Toshusai Sharaku ??? ??; Japanese, active 1794-95. Date: 1794. Dimensions: 39.3 x 25.8 cm. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan.
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)". Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1770. Dimensions: 9 5/8 x 6 in. Color woodblock print; page from illustrated book. Origin: Japan.
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Princess Sakura (Sakura Hime) in the Play Wada Sakamori Eiga Kagami, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1773. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1768-1778. Dimensions: 31.3 x 15 cm (12 5...
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kojoro-gitsune of Hakata in the Play Hikitsurete Yagoe Taiheiki, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1771-1781. Dimensions: 31.5 x 14.5 cm (12 3/...
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Agemaki in the Play Sakai-cho Soga Nendaiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1771. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1766-1776. Dimensions: 31.7 x 14.5 cm (12 1/2 x 5 5/8 in.). Color...
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as the Courtesan Agemaki in the Play Sukeroku Yukari no Hatsu-zakura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Third Month, 1776. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1771-1781. Dimensions: 32.8 x 15.1 cm (12 1...
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Shirai Gompachi in the Play Gozen-gakari Sumo Soga, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the Second Month, 1793. Katsukawa Shun'ei; Japanese, 1762-1819. Date: 1788-1798. Dimensions: 30.5 x 13.6 cm (12 x 5 3/8 in.). Color...
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Tonase (?) in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura (?), Performed at the Kiri Theater (?) in the Eighth Month, 1787 (?). Katsukawa Shun'ei; Japanese, 1762-1819. Date: 1782-1792. Dimensions: 32.7 x 14 cm (12 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.). Col...
Editorial Surimono commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of the actor Iwai Hanshiro III. Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1804-1814. Dimensions: 42.7 x 30.4 cm. Color woodblock print; surimono. Origin: Japan.
Editorial Memorial Portrait of the Actor Iwai Hanshiro VI. Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III); Japanese, 1786-1864. Date: 1836. Dimensions: 35.6 x 24.6 cm (14 x 9 11/16 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan.
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in an Unidentified Role. Katsukawa Shunko I; Japanese, 1743-1812. Date: 1779-1789. Dimensions: 30.9 x 14.2 cm (12 3/16 x 5 9/16 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan.
Editorial The Actors Iwai Hanshiro IV as Okaru and Onoe Kikugoro I (?) as Yuranosuke. Katsukawa Shunko I; Japanese, 1743-1812. Date: 1764-1774. Dimensions: 30.7 x 14 cm (12 1/16 x 5 1/2 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan.
Editorial Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as a Young Woman with a Sword, 1791. Katsukawa Shunei (Japanese, 1762-1819). Color woodblock print; sheet: 31.5 x 14 cm (12 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.).
Editorial Yamatoya: Iwai Hanshiro IV as Okaru, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)". Utagawa Toyokuni I ?? ?? ??; Japanese, 1769-1825. Date: 1795. Dimensions: 38.8 x 26.1 cm (15 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.). Color woodblock print; oban...
Editorial The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as the courtesan Agemaki in the play "Sukeroku Yukari no Hatsu-zakura," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the third month, 1776. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1771-1781. Dimensions: 12 3/8 x 6 in. Col...
Editorial The Actors Iwai Hanshiro IV as Sakura Hime and Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Priest Seigen in the play "Wada Sakamori Eiga Kagami," performed at the Namakumura Theater in the first month, 1773. Torii Kiyomitsu I; Japanese, 1735-1785. Date: 1773. Dimensions: ...