Artworks · Katsukawa Shunsho

Ichikawa Danjūrō V as a Skeleton, Spirit of the Renegade Monk Seigen, and Iwai Hanshirō IV as the Cherry Princess, in “Flower of Edo: An Ichikawa Saga” (Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga)

1783 · Color woodblock print; hosoban diptych

Right: 32.9 × 15 cm (12 15/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Left: 32.9 × 15.2 cm (12 15/16 × 6 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Drama of Hikeyahike Kanhiki Dojoji

1780 · Triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

A: 12 7/8 x 5 5/8 in. (32.7 x 14.3 cm) B: 12 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (32.4 x 14.6 cm) C: 12 3/4 x 5 7/8 in. (32.4 x 14.9 cm)

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Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V

1774 · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

H. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm); W. 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)

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The Actor Nakamura Nakazo with a Sword, Fighting the Actor Ichikawa Raizo II who is Armed with a Lance

1769 · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

H. 12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm); W. 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)

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The Actor Nakamura Noshio I in an Unidentified Role

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32 × 15.9 cm (12 5/8 × 6 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Arashi Hinaji I as Hananoi in the Play Gosho-zakura Horikawa Youchi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1773

1768 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych (?)

30.5 × 14.3 cm (12 × 5 5/8 in.)

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The Actor Nakamura Matsue I as Kasaya Sankatsu (?) in the Play Hana no Gosho Konegen Butai (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eighth Month, 1772 (?)

1767 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

33.5 × 15.1 cm (13 3/16 × 5 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Weaving silk, plate 11 from the series "Silkworm Cultivation (Kaiko yashinai gusa)"

1767 · Color woodblock print; chuban

24.8 × 18.4 cm (9 3/4 × 7 1/4 in.)

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The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Kawazu no Saburo in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

1765 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition

32 × 15.2 cm (12 5/8 × 6 in.)

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Actors Segawa Kikunojô II as Reizei, Ichikawa Komazô I as Suruga no Hachirô, and Ichikawa Yaozô II as Tada no Kurando in “The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith” (“Ima o sakari suehiro Genji”)

1763 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.6 × 15.2 cm (12 13/16 × 6 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Samurai Ready to Fight

1761 · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

H. 12 13/16 in. (32.5 cm); W. 5 9/16 in. (14.1 cm)

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Scene from a Drama

1726 · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm); W. 6 3/16 in. (15.7 cm)

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Danjurō V as Kakogawa Honzō with a Komuso Hat and a Flageolet

1726 · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

H. 12 15/16 in. (32.9 cm); W. 5 15/16 in. (15.1 cm)

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Woman in a Black Kimono

1600 · Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk

Image: 33 1/2 × 11 1/4 in. (85.1 × 28.6 cm) Overall with mounting: 67 11/16 × 15 7/8 in. (172 × 40.4 cm) Overall with knobs: 67 11/16 × 17 13/16 in. (172 × 45.2 cm)

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