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“Act II, Scene 2: Along Train Tracks in America,” from the series The Strange Tale of the Castaways: A Western Kabuki
Adachi Ginkō
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban · 1879
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Act II, Scene 5: At the Opera in Paris,” from the series The Strange Tale of the Castaways: A Western Kabuki
Adachi Ginkō
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban · 1879
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Actor Arashi Rikaku II as Isogai Tōsuke, from the series Lives of Men who Carried Out Revenge for Loyalty or Filial Piety
Hasegawa Sadanobu
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical chūban · 1848
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Woman with a Folding Fan and Hand Mirror, from the series Sensuous Young Women of Contemporary Times
Utagawa Kunisada
Woodblock print (nishiki-e) · 1838
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
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
Arashi Rikan II as Miyamoto Musashi
Ashiyuki
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); vertical ōban · 1832
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Actors Arashi Kitsusaburō II as the Hairdresser Kamiyui Tasuke, and Arashi Koroku IV as Gonza the Lancer (Yari no Gonza)
Ashiyuki
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban · 1824
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Act I (Shodan), from the series Perspective Pictures of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Uki-e Kanadahon Chushingura)
Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper · 1815
Art Institute of Chicago
Wisteria Maiden with an Ōtsu Demon Dressed as an Itinerant Monk, from the series Souvenir Paintings from Ōtsu, Stocked in Edo (Edo Shi-ire Ōtsu Miyage)
Kitagawa Utamaro
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper · 1802
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Wisteria Maiden with an Ōtsu Demon Dressed as an Itinerant Monk, from the series Souvenir Paintings from Ōtsu, Stocked in Edo (Edo Shi-ire Ōtsu Miyage)
Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper · 1802
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Onnagata Actor Hanagiri Toyomatsu (Shisei) III as Ohaya
Ryûkôsai
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical hosoban · 1793
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Courtesan Konosumi, from the series Beauties of the Southern Quarter (Nangoku bijin awase)
Kitagawa Utamaro
Woodblock print (nishiki-e) with mica on paper · 1793
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Courtesan Konosumi, from the series Beauties of the Southern Quarter (Nangoku bijin awase)
Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese
Woodblock print (nishiki-e) with mica on paper · 1793
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Courtesan Umematsu of the Atarashiya Brothel Costumed as an Ohara Maiden
Ryûkôsai
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical hosoban · 1790
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Kiyomizu Komachi, from the series Futabagusa nana Komachi
Kitagawa Utamaro
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper · 1790
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Kiyomizu Komachi, from the series Futabagusa nana Komachi
Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper · 1790
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fan Vendor
Kitagawa Utamaro
Woodblock print (nishiki-e) · 1787
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fan Vendor
Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese
Woodblock print (nishiki-e) · 1787
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V
Katsukawa Shunshō
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper · 1774
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V
Katsukawa Shunshō
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper · 1774
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Actor Nakamura Nakazo with a Sword, Fighting the Actor Ichikawa Raizo II who is Armed with a Lance
Katsukawa Shunshō
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper · 1769
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Actor Nakamura Nakazo with a Sword, Fighting the Actor Ichikawa Raizo II who is Armed with a Lance
Katsukawa Shunshō
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper · 1769
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Samurai Ready to Fight
Katsukawa Shunshō
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper · 1761
The Metropolitan Museum of Art