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Three actors as samurai in formal dress, observing the execution of a criminal within a fenced compound. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1847-1852.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: 1847-1852Reference: 35713i- Pictures
Actor as the robber Ishikawa Goemon struggling with two opponents. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1854.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: Month 12, 1854Reference: 35793i- Pictures
Actor as a heroic warrior clutching a sword in its protective bag; a dragon decorates his outer robe. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1867.
Toyohara, Kunichika, 1835-1900.Date: 1867Reference: 35292i- Pictures
Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō VII striking a defiant pose, dressed in formal attire. Colour woodcut by Toyokuni, ca. 1815.
Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1769-1825.Date: [1815?]Reference: 35372i- Pictures
Kawarasaki Gonjūrō as a traveller or fugitive who pauses by a fire with his pipe in his hand. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1861.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: Month 10, 1861Reference: 36017i- Pictures
Two actors, Sawamura Tosshō and Nakamura Shikou, in court dress in a violent confrontation: a third actor, Iwai Shijaku, wears a female robe and looks down from a roundel. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1870.
Toyohara, Kunichika, 1835-1900.Date: Month 6, 1870Reference: 35242i- Pictures
Nakamura Shikon V as Taira no Kiyomori seeking to halt the rising sun: Bandō Mitsugovō as his mistress. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1870s.
Toyohara, Kunichika, 1835-1900.Date: [between 1870 and 1879]Reference: 35672i
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Actor Matsumoto Kōshirō V as a samurai at an open-air tea house, holding a pipe with his smoking kit at his side. Colour woodcut by Toyokuni, ca. 1815.
Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1769-1825.Date: [1815?]Reference: 35363i
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Actors in procession and a fight. Colour woodcut by Yoshitaki, early 1860s.
Utagawa, Yoshitaki, 1841-1899.Date: [early 1860s]Reference: 35441i- Pictures
Actor as the sculptor Hidari Jingorō who drinks a cup of sake as a doll he made comes to life. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1859.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: Month 11, 1859Reference: 35951i- Pictures
A seated actor eating in a domestic setting. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1852.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: 1852Reference: 36002i- Pictures
Actor Bandō Mitsugorō III as a workman: rolls of silk in the background which he pounds. Colour woodcut by Kuninao, ca. 1820.
Utagawa, Kuninao, 1793-1854.Date: [1820?]Reference: 35325i
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A female role actor with a scene of modern dress Genji behind. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1852.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: 1852Reference: 36657i- Pictures
Three actors in a formal chamber that opens on to a garden. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1851.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: 1851Reference: 35886i- Pictures
Actor Sawamura Tossho dancing with a fan and mask at a festival. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1868.
Toyohara, Kunichika, 1835-1900.Date: 1868Reference: 35275i- Pictures
Nakamura Tsuruzō as a hunter and Sawamura Kunisaburō as Okuni butterfly toys; Kabuki chanters are seated behind the actors. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, late 1830s.
Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861.Date: [late 1830s]Reference: 35624i- Pictures
Four actors as carpenters on scaffolding assembling a wooden structure. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1858.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: Month 3, 1858Reference: 36007i- Pictures
Actor Baudō Mitsugorō V, with a drawn sword. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1866.
Toyohara, Kunichika, 1835-1900.Date: Month 1, 1866Reference: 35202i- Pictures
Actor as ruffian with his tattooed arm. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1859.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: 1859Reference: 35803i
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Actor Nakamura Uzaemon killing himself on a roof as an assailant strikes at him. Colour woodcut by Yoshiiku, 1868.
Ochiai, Yoshiiku, 1833-1904.Date: 1868Reference: 35387i- Pictures
Actor Sawamura Tossho as the popular hero Shirai Gompachi escaping from a sedan chair. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1868.
Toyohara, Kunichika, 1835-1900.Date: 1868Reference: 35301i- Pictures
Actors out on a summer's evening, enjoying the fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge. Colour woodcut by Kuniyasu, late 1810s.
Utagawa, Kuniyasu, 1794-1832.Date: [late 1810s]Reference: 35338i- Pictures
Kabuki theatre interior. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1859.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: Month 6, 1859Reference: 35678i- Pictures
Ichimura Uzaemon as one of the Soga brothers, reading a long letter on a verandah. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1820s.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: [between 1820 and 1829]Reference: 35708i- Pictures
Actor Kawarasaki Gonjurō as a young hero in a defiant pose. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1866.
Toyohara, Kunichika, 1835-1900.Date: Month 1, 1866Reference: 35262i