Artworks · Kiyohiro

Three Young Dreamers

1755 · Color woodblock print; uncut hosoban triptych, benizuri-e

31.8 × 43.9 cm (12 1/2 × 17 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actors Ichikawa Ebizo I as Miura Osuke, Ichikawa Danjuro lV as Okazaki Akushiro, and Nakamura Sukegoro I as Kato Arajiro in the play "Miura no Osuke Bumon no Kotobuki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1754

1754 · Color woodblock print; oban, benizuri-e

43.8 × 30.6 cm (17 1/8 × 12 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Omi no Okane in the play "Kongen Okuni Kabuki" performed at the Nakamura Theater in the seventh month, 1754

1754 · Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e

31.6 × 14.5 cm (12 1/2 × 5 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Kabuki Actor Onoe Kikugorō I in The Belle of Asakusa Temple (Keisei Asakusa no Kane)

1754 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

12 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. (31.8 x 14.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Beauties of the Three Capitals: Shimabara in Kyoto (right), Yoshiwara in Edo (center), and Shinmachi in Osaka (left)

1750 · Hand-colored woodblock print; uncut hosoban triptych, urushi-e

38.8 × 53.1 cm (15 1/4 × 20 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ichikawa Danjuro II as a Young Samurai

1750 · color woodblock print

Sheet: 29.8 x 14.3 cm (11 3/4 x 5 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu (right), Nakamura Tomijuro (center), and Nakamura Kumetaro (left), from A Comparison - Set of Three (Nazorae Sanpukutsui)

1748 · Color woodblock print; uncut hosoban triptych, benizuri-e

44 × 30.7 cm (17 5/16 × 12 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Scene from the Drama "Kashiwa-ga-Tōge Kichirei sumō"

1747 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

H. 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm); W. 5 9/16 in. (14.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Actor Nakamura Kumetaro I as a Oiran

1746 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

H. 12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm); W. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The First Nakamura Sukegoro in the Role of Ōmi Kotōda in "Kiku wa Mukashi Soga-monogatari"

1746 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

11 15/32 x 5 7/16 in. (29.1 x 13.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Actor Arashi Otohachi as a Young Samurai in Woman's Clothes

1746 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

H. 12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm); W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Five Popular Actors as the Gonin Otoko or Five Otokodate, in "Ume Wakana Futaba Soga"

1745 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

H. 16 1/4 in. (41.3 cm); W. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Young Woman Holding an Umbrella

1745 · Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e

26.4 × 14 cm (10 3/8 × 5 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sugoroku Players

1745 · Color woodblock print; oban, benizuri-e

43.5 × 29.3 cm (17 1/8 × 11 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sanogawa Ichimatsu in the Role of Otsuru

1734 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Overall: 11 7/8 x 5 5/8 in. (30.2 x 14.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art