Artworks

A Triptych (Sanpukutsui): Courtesans of the Pleasure Quarters of the Three Cities

The Actors Ichimura Kamezo I as Yosaku and Arashi Tominosuke I as Koman

Susano-o no Mikoto Killing the Eight-headed Dragon

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

Susano-o no Mikoto Killing the Eight-headed Dragon

The Actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Soga no Goro and Ikushima Daikichi II as Kewaizaka no Shosho in the play "Monzukushi Nagoya Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1748

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

Susano-o no Mikoto Killing the Eight-headed Dragon

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo I as Soga no Goro

The Actors Arashi Koroku I as Makomo no Mae and Ichikawa Uzaemon VIII as Taira no Koremochi in the play "Shusse Momijigari," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1747

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon VIII as Oguri Hangan in the play "Mangetsu Oguri Yakata," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eighth month, 1747

The Actors Ichimura Kamezo I as Urashima Taro and Takinaka Hidematsu I as Kanemoto Gozen in the play "Ichi no Tomi Seiwa Nendaiki," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fifth month, 1746

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Yaoya Oshichi

In a Pleasure House in Shinagawa (Shinagawa no rojo)

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo I as Katakai in the play "Mugen no Kane Omoi no Akatsuki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1746

Young Woman Holding an Umbrella

Sugoroku Players

Young Woman Holding an Umbrella

Sugoroku Players

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro II

The Elopement

The Actors Tamazawa Saijiro I as the pageboy Umezaburo and Segawa Kikunojo I as Oroku in the play "Sazareishi Suehiro Genji," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1744

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo I as Ochiyo and Matsushima Kichisaburo as Ochiyo's spirit in the play "Higashiyama Gojitsu Yaoya Hanbei," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eighth month, 1744

The Actors Ichikawa Ebizo II as Mushanosuke, Segawa Kikunojo I as Ochiyo, and Matsushima Kichisaburo as Ochiyo's spirit in the play "Higashiyama Gojitsu Yaoya Hanbei," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eighth month, 1744