Artworks · Katsukawa Shunshō

The Gate of the New Yoshiwara, frontispiece from the third volume of "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)"

1776 · Color woodblock print; illustration cut from a book

22.6 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Courtesans of the Obishiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

1776 · Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

21.8 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Courtesans of the Maruya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

1776 · Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

22.6 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

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Courtesans of the Kiribishiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

1776 · Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

22.6 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

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Courtesans of the Echizenya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

1776 · Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

22.6 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

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Courtesans of the Yamashiroya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

1776 · Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

22.6 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Courtesans of the Kadokaneya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

1776 · Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

22.6 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

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Courtesans of the Nakaomiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

1776 · Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

21.6 × 30.4 cm (8 1/2 × 11 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Courtesans of the Nakaomiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

1776 · Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

21.6 × 30.2 cm (8 1/2 × 11 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Winter Flowers: Chrysanthemums, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

1776 · Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

22.6 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

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Courtesans of the Tamaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

1776 · Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

22.6 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

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Courtesans of the Yadaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

1776 · Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

21.8 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Courtesans of the Kadotsutaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

1776 · Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

21.8 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

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Courtesans of the Kadotsutaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

1776 · Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

22.6 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Courtesans of the Chojiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

1776 · Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

21.8 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 89 in.)

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Courtesans of the Chojiya, from the book "A Comparison of Beauties of the Green Houses: A Mirror of Their Forms (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

1776 · Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

22.6 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

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Courtesans of the Ogiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

1776 · Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

22.6 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

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Courtesans of the Wakanaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

1776 · Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

22.6 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

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Courtesans of the Takeya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

1776 · Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

22.6 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

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Courtesans of the Matsuneya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

1776 · Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

22.6 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Courtesans of the Ogiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

1776 · Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

22.6 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Courtesans of the Gakuiseya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

1776 · Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

22.6 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Summer Flowers: Irises and Water Plantains, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

1776 · Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

22.6 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Spring Flowers: Violets and Dandelions, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

1776 · Color woodblock print; single-page illustration cut from a book

22 × 15.3 cm (8 5/8 × 6 in.)

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Courtesans of the Asahimaruya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

1776 · Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

22.6 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

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Courtesans of the Kagemanjiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

1776 · Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

22.6 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Courtesans of the Matsubaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

1776 · Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

22.6 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Courtesans of the Kadotamaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

1776 · Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

22.6 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Courtesans of the Matsubaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

1776 · Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

22.6 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II Dancing with a Parasol

1776 · color woodblock print

Image: 33.3 x 14.6 cm (13 1/8 x 5 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô II (1689-1758)

1775 · Hanging scroll; Ink and colors on silk

81.5 × 31 cm (32 1/8 × 12 3/16 in.); Overall with mount and knobs: 170.8 × 50.2 cm (67 1/4 × 19 3/4 in.)

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The Actor Nakamura Riko I in an Unidentified Role

1775 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

30.8 × 14.5 cm (12 1/8 × 5 3/4 in.)

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The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Kojoro-gitsune Disguised as the Florist Okiku in the Play Mure Takamatsu Yuki no Shirahata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780

1775 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.5 × 14.7 cm (12 3/8 × 5 13/16 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Stone Image of Fudo Myoo in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780

1775 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych

31.1 × 14.8 cm (12 1/4 × 5 13/16 in.)

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The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Miura no Katagai Disuigsed as the Nun Narukami, in the Play Ume-goyomi Akebono Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Second Month, 1780

1775 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; center sheet of triptych

32.6 × 14.7 cm (12 13/16 × 5 13/16 in.)

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The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Naoe in the Play Tsuma Mukae Koshiji no Fumizuki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1780

1775 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych

29 × 13.3 cm (11 7/16 × 5 1/4 in.)

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Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II, Iwai Hanshirô IV, and (possibly) Iwai Karumo on a Landing Backstage

1775 · Color woodblock print; ôban

37.5 × 26.2 cm (14 3/4 × 10 5/16 in.)

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The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I in the Wardrobe Room of a Theater

1775 · Color woodblock print; oban

38.3 × 25.5 cm (15 1/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

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The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo Disguised as a Pilgrim (left), and Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kazusa no Gorobei Tadamitsu (right), in the "Silent Encounter" Scene (Dammari) from the End of Part One of the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka (Returning Home in Splendor), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1780

1775 · Color woodblock print; chuban

26.4 × 19 cm (10 3/8 × 7 1/2 in.)

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Nishiki hyakunin isshu azuma-ori

1775 · Woodblock printed book

18.5 × 26.5 cm (7 5/16 × 10 7/16 in.)

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The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III (right), in His Dressing Room in Conversation with the Actor Segawa Kikunojo III (left)

1775 · Color woodblock print; oban

36 × 24.6 cm (14 3/16 × 9 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Sumo Wrestler Onogawa Kisaburo of the Eastern Group, with an Attendant

1775 · Color woodblock print; oban

39 × 26 cm (15 3/8 × 10 1/4 in.) (untrimmed)

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The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Monk Renseibo in the Play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1780

1775 · Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of triptych

33.2 × 15.1 cm (13 1/8 × 5 15/16 in.)

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The Actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II as the Courtesan Miyagino (?) in the Play Go Taiheiki Shiraishi-banashi (?), Performed at the Morita Theater in the Fourth Month, 1780 (?)

1775 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

33 × 15.2 cm (13 × 6 in.)

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The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as the Thunder God, an Incarnation of Kan Shojo, in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Third Month, 1780

1775 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.8 × 14.9 cm (12 15/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kazusa no Gorobei Tadamitsu in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780

1775 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.1 × 14.5 cm (12 5/8 × 5 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kakogawa Honzo, from the play "Kanadehon Chushin Nagori no Kura," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the ninth month, 1780

1775 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.2 × 14 cm (12 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)

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The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Saito Sanemori in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780

1775 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

30.4 × 15 cm (11 15/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

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