EditorialThe Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Spirit of Joro-gumo (Harlot Spider) Disguised as the Maiko Tsumagiku (?), in the Play Shitenno Tonoi no Kisewata (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1781 (?). Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; J...
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 Warrior Watanabe no Tsuna Fighting the Demon at Rashomon. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1765-1775. Dimensions: 28 x 21.3 cm (11 x 8 3/8 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialTwo Courtesans on a Moonlit Balcony at a House of Pleasure in Shinagawa, from the series "Nan'eki Shufu". Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1769-1779. Dimensions: 38 x 25.5 cm (15 x 10 1/16 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: J...
EditorialThe Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Ono Sadakuro in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Sixth Month, 1783. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1778-1788. Dimensions: 32.1 x 14.4 cm (12 5/8 x 5 11/16 in.)....
EditorialAct Eight: Bridal Journey from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers). Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1774-1785. Dimensions: 26.2 x 19.5 cm (10 5/16 x 7 5/6 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Minamoto no Yorinobu in the Play Kikujido Shuen no Iwaya, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1770-1780. Dimensions: 31.5 x 13.9 cm (12 /8 x...