EditorialThe 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; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1764-1774. Dimensions: 31.9 x 14.8 cm (12...
EditorialThe Actors Nakamura Utaemon I as Karashi Baba (right), and Ichikawa Danjuro IV as Sanshodayu (left), in the Play Kawaranu Hanasakae Hachi no Ki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1769. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792...
EditorialThe Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Yamaoka no Saburo in "Momiji Kumo Nishiki no Tsuri Yogi" (Maple Clouds: A Brocade of Coverlets Hung Up), Act Three of the Play Kawaranu Hanasakae Hachi no Ki (The Ever-Blooming Potted Tree), Performed at the Nakamura Thea...
EditorialThe 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; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1764-1774. Dimensions: 31.9 x 14.8 cm (12...
EditorialThe Actors Nakamura Utaemon I as Karashi Baba (right), and Ichikawa Danjuro IV as Sanshodayu (left), in the Play Kawaranu Hanasakae Hachi no Ki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1769. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792...
EditorialThe Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Yamaoka no Saburo in "Momiji Kumo Nishiki no Tsuri Yogi" (Maple Clouds: A Brocade of Coverlets Hung Up), Act Three of the Play Kawaranu Hanasakae Hachi no Ki (The Ever-Blooming Potted Tree), Performed at the Nakamura Thea...
EditorialThe 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; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1764-1774. Dimensions: 31.9 x 14.8 cm (12...
EditorialThe 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; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1764-1774. Dimensions: 31.9 x 14.8 cm (12...
EditorialThe Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as a Male Fox Disguised as the Sake Seller Iseya (left) and Nakamura Tomijuro I as a Female Fox Disguised as the Beancake Peddler Hyugaya, in the Dance Sequence "Myoto-zake Kawaranu Nakanaka" (Everlasting Harmony of the M...
EditorialThe Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Onmaya Kisanda Dressed as Kakubei the Lion Dancer (Kakubei-jishi) (right) and Segawa Kikunojo III as Shizuka Gozen (left), in the Dance Sequence "Myoto-zake Kawaranu Nakanaka" (Everlasting Harmony of the Marital Cup), fr...
EditorialThe Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Yamaoka no Saburo in "Momiji Kumo Nishiki no Tsuri Yogi" (Maple Clouds: A Brocade of Coverlets Hung Up), Act Three of the Play Kawaranu Hanasakae Hachi no Ki (The Ever-Blooming Potted Tree), Performed at the Nakamura Thea...
EditorialScene From the Second Act of the Drama 'Kawaranu Hana Sakae Hachinoki', Edo period (1615?1868), 12th month, 1769, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 12 11/32 x 5 7/16 in. (31.4 x 13.8 cm), Prints, Katsukawa Shunsho (Japanese, 17...