Database / Artworks
Artworks

The Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as the Wrestler Iwakawa Jirokichi
Shunbaisai Hokuei
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; vertical ōban · 1837
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Courtesan Emu of the Matsuya Brothel as a Cormorant Fisherwoman (Ukai Matsuya Emu), from the series “A Costume Parade in the Shimanouchi District” (Shimanouchi nerimono)
Shunbaisai Hokuei
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban · 1836
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Kabuki Actor Arashi Rikan II as Akogi Heiji, from the print series Tōsei keshōkagami (Makeup Mirrors of Our Time)
Shunbaisai Hokuei
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · 1835
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Kabuki Actor Arashi Rikan II as Iemon Confronted by an Image of His Murdered Wife, Oiwa, on a Broken Lantern, Referring to Katsushika Hokusai’s Hyaku monogatari (One Hundred Ghost Stories)
Shunbaisai Hokuei
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · 1832
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Album of Twenty Half-Length Portraits of Actors in Roles
Shunbaisai Hokuei
Folding album; ink and color on paper · 1830
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Three Heroes of the Water Margin Capture the Bandit Queen Ichijōsei, from the series One Hundred Eight Heroes of the Theater Suikoden
Shunbaisai Hokuei
Tetraptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban · 1825
The Metropolitan Museum of Art