EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danzaburo II as Usui no Sadamitsu (?) in the Play Edo Katagi Hikeya Tsunasaka (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1772 (?). Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 32.8...
EditorialIchikawa Monnosuke II as Urabe no Suetake; Onoe Matsusuke as Usui Sadamitsu; Nakamura Nakazo I as Watanabe no Tsuna, 1781. Katsukawa Shunzan (Japanese). Color woodblock print; overall: 31 x 14.5 cm (12 3/16 x 5 11/16 in.).
EditorialThe actor Ichikawa Ebizo as Usui Arataro Sadamitsu in the Shibaraku scene of the play "Seiwa Nidai Oyose Genji," performed at the Miyako Theater in the eleventh month, 1796. Utagawa Kunimasa; Japanese, 1773-1810. Date: 1796. Dimensions: 38.3 x 26 cm (1...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danzaburo II as Usui no Sadamitsu (?) in the Play Edo Katagi Hikeya Tsunasaka (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1772 (?). Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 32.8...
EditorialMiniature of the giving of a battle-standard to a mounted emperor by a bishop (Ambrose?), below the end of a prayer for the emperor, and facing a prayer entitled 'For the blessing of a military standard' (signum bellicum) that refers to the imperial ba...