EditorialThe Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu III in a Female Role, Possibly Masago Gozen in the Play Keisei Azuma Kagami (A Courtesan's "Mirror of the East") (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Second Month, 1788. Katsukawa Shunko I; Japanese, 1743-1812. Dat...
EditorialThe actors Nakamura Fukusuke I as Matsugae Matonosuke and Ichikawa Komazo VII as Nikki Danjo in the play "Konoshita Kage Masago no Datezome," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the ninth month, 1855. Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III); Japanese, 1786-...
EditorialThe Actor Segawa Tomisaburo II as Lady Masago (Masago Gozen) (?) in the Play Genji Saiko Kogane no Tachibana (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1788 (?). Katsukawa Shunko I; Japanese, 1743-1812. Date: 1783-1793. Dimension...
EditorialThe actors Nakamura Fukusuke I as Matsugae Matonosuke and Ichikawa Komazo VII as Nikki Danjo in the play "Konoshita Kage Masago no Datezome," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the ninth month, 1855. Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III); Japanese, 1786-...
EditorialThe Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu III in a Female Role, Possibly Masago Gozen in the Play Keisei Azuma Kagami (A Courtesan's "Mirror of the East") (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Second Month, 1788. Katsukawa Shunko I; Japanese, 1743-1812. Dat...
EditorialThe Actor Segawa Tomisaburo II as Lady Masago (Masago Gozen) (?) in the Play Genji Saiko Kogane no Tachibana (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1788 (?). Katsukawa Shunko I; Japanese, 1743-1812. Date: 1783-1793. Dimension...
EditorialThe actors Nakamura Fukusuke I as Matsugae Matonosuke and Ichikawa Komazo VII as Nikki Danjo in the play "Konoshita Kage Masago no Datezome," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the ninth month, 1855. Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III); Japanese, 1786-...
EditorialThe Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu III in a Female Role, Possibly Masago Gozen in the Play Keisei Azuma Kagami (A Courtesan's "Mirror of the East") (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Second Month, 1788. Katsukawa Shunko I; Japanese, 1743-1812. Dat...
EditorialThe Actor Segawa Tomisaburo II as Lady Masago (Masago Gozen) (?) in the Play Genji Saiko Kogane no Tachibana (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1788 (?). Katsukawa Shunko I; Japanese, 1743-1812. Date: 1783-1793. Dimension...
EditorialKabuki actor. Yakusha hama no masago (myriad actors, like sand o. Wakayama, 1805. The kabuki actor, Yoshizawa Hako (1755-1810) in the role of the courtesan, Hana Tachibana. Image taken from Yakusha hama no masago (myriad actors, like sand on a beach)....
EditorialTwo Kabuki actors. Yakusha hama no masago (myriad actors, like sand o. Wakayama, 1805. The actors Ichikawa Danzo IV (shiko) right, and Arashi Hinoisuka I (Koshichi) on the left. Image taken from Yakusha hama no masago (myriad actors, like sand on a be...
EditorialIchikawa Danjuro VII as Konoshita Tokichi, Nakamura Daikichi as His Wife, and Iwai Hanshiro V as Masago in the Play Yakko Yakko Edo no Hanayari, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1819, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, 8 3...