EditorialThe Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Izu no Jiro Disguised as Kemmaku no Sabu in the Play Edo-zakura Sono Omokage, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1769. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1764-1774. Dimensions: 31.2 x 1...
EditorialThe 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 ...
EditorialThe Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as the ghost of Yatsuhashi, Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no Juro, and Ichikawa Danjuro V as the ghost of Seigen, in the play "Sono Omokage Matsu ni Sakura," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1783. Torii...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as Soga no Juro Sukenari Disguised as a Fox Trapper in the Play Kagami-ga-ike Omokage Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1770. Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1765-1775. Dimens...
EditorialThe Actor Sawamura Sojuro I as Furukoori Shinzaemon disguised as Shimada Kanzaemon in the play "Ima wa Mukashi Omokage Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fifth month, 1737. Torii Kiyomasu II; Japanese, 1706 (?)-1763 (?). Date: 1737. Dimens...
EditorialThe Actor Ichimura Takenojo IV as Kanaya Kingoro in the play "Ima wa Mukashi Omokage Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fifth month, 1737. Torii Kiyomasu II; Japanese, 1706 (?)-1763 (?). Date: 1737. Dimensions: 31.0 x 15.0 cm (12 1/4 x 5 7...
EditorialThe Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as the ghost of Yatsuhashi, Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no Juro, and Ichikawa Danjuro V as the ghost of Seigen, in the play "Sono Omokage Matsu ni Sakura," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1783. Torii...
EditorialThe Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Izu no Jiro Disguised as Kemmaku no Sabu in the Play Edo-zakura Sono Omokage, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1769. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1764-1774. Dimensions: 31.2 x 1...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as Soga no Juro Sukenari Disguised as a Fox Trapper in the Play Kagami-ga-ike Omokage Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1770. Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1765-1775. Dimens...
EditorialThe 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 ...
EditorialThe Actor Sawamura Sojuro I as Furukoori Shinzaemon disguised as Shimada Kanzaemon in the play "Ima wa Mukashi Omokage Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fifth month, 1737. Torii Kiyomasu II; Japanese, 1706 (?)-1763 (?). Date: 1737. Dimens...
EditorialThe Actor Ichimura Takenojo IV as Kanaya Kingoro in the play "Ima wa Mukashi Omokage Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fifth month, 1737. Torii Kiyomasu II; Japanese, 1706 (?)-1763 (?). Date: 1737. Dimensions: 31.0 x 15.0 cm (12 1/4 x 5 7...
EditorialThe 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; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1765-1775....
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as Soga no Juro Sukenari Disguised as a Fox Trapper in the Play Kagami-ga-ike Omokage Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1770. Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1765-1775. Dimens...
EditorialThe Actor Sawamura Sojuro I as Furukoori Shinzaemon disguised as Shimada Kanzaemon in the play "Ima wa Mukashi Omokage Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fifth month, 1737. Torii Kiyomasu II; Japanese, 1706 (?)-1763 (?). Date: 1737. Dimens...
EditorialThe Actor Ichimura Takenojo IV as Kanaya Kingoro in the play "Ima wa Mukashi Omokage Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fifth month, 1737. Torii Kiyomasu II; Japanese, 1706 (?)-1763 (?). Date: 1737. Dimensions: 31.0 x 15.0 cm (12 1/4 x 5 7...
EditorialMemorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII Commemorating the Sixth Anniversary of His Death, from the diptych "Visions of Mementos in Double Mirrors (Awase kagami katami no omokage)". Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III); Japanese, 1786-1864. Da...
EditorialMemorial Portrait of the Actor Onoe Kikugoro IV, from the diptych "Visions of Mementos in Double Mirrors (Awase kagami katami no omokage)". Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III); Japanese, 1786-1864. Date: 1860. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; right s...
EditorialThe Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as the ghost of Yatsuhashi, Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no Juro, and Ichikawa Danjuro V as the ghost of Seigen, in the play "Sono Omokage Matsu ni Sakura," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1783. Torii...
EditorialThe Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Izu no Jiro Disguised as Kemmaku no Sabu in the Play Edo-zakura Sono Omokage, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1769. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1764-1774. Dimensions: 31.2 x 1...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as Soga no Juro Sukenari Disguised as a Fox Trapper in the Play Kagami-ga-ike Omokage Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1770. Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1765-1775. Dimens...
EditorialThe 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 ...
EditorialThe Actor Ichimura Takenojo IV as Kanaya Kingoro in the play "Ima wa Mukashi Omokage Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fifth month, 1737. Torii Kiyomasu II; Japanese, 1706 (?)-1763 (?). Date: 1737. Dimensions: 31.0 x 15.0 cm (12 1/4 x 5 7...
EditorialThe Actor Sawamura Sojuro I as Furukoori Shinzaemon disguised as Shimada Kanzaemon in the play "Ima wa Mukashi Omokage Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fifth month, 1737. Torii Kiyomasu II; Japanese, 1706 (?)-1763 (?). Date: 1737. Dimens...
EditorialIchikawa Komazo III in the Role of Kameo with Iwai Kumesaburo in the Role of Kameo's Wife, Oyasu, from the Play Shunkan futatsu omokage, Edo period (1615?1868), 1798?99, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 15 in. (38.1 cm); W....