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Yakusha-e

Japanese woodblock prints of kabuki actorsCreated by: LOC's Public Domain ArchiveDated: 1877
Kudanme, Utagawa Kuniyasu, Forty Seven Rōnin
Yakusha-e (役者絵), or "actor prints", are Japanese woodblock prints of kabuki actors, popular through the Edo period (1603–1867) and into the beginnings of the 20th century.
Prints, especially earlier ones, depict actors generically, and plainly, showing in a sense their true natures as actors merely playing roles. Other prints, meanwhile, take something of the opposite: they show kabuki actors and scenes elaborately, intentionally blurring the distinction between a play and the actual events it seeks to evoke.
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Ushiwaka denji shinzo shiratama - Ukiyo e print

Ushiwaka denji shinzo shiratama - Ukiyo e print

Print shows actors portraying the roles of a man and a woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms pa... More

Segawa kikunojō no nuregami no chōgorō to nakamura shikan no hanaregoma no chōkichi

Segawa kikunojō no nuregami no chōgorō to nakamura shikan no hanaregom...

Print shows two actors in the role of warriors during a sword fight. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie ... More

Segawa kikunojō no nuregami no chōgorō to nakamura shikan no hanaregoma no chōkichi

Segawa kikunojō no nuregami no chōgorō to nakamura shikan no hanaregom...

Print shows two actors in the role of warriors during a sword fight. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie ... More

Hachimantarō Yoshiie Abe Sadatō : Sadatō Tsuma Sodehagi.

Hachimantarō Yoshiie Abe Sadatō : Sadatō Tsuma Sodehagi.

Ukiyo-e triptych showing night scene lit by a lantern from a Kabuki play. Left section: Actor Hachiman Tarō Yoshiie, standing holding a parasol, with an unidentified actor dressed as a lion. Center section: Act... More

Ishikawa goemon ichidai banashi sawamura gennosuke ichikawa danjūrō

Ishikawa goemon ichidai banashi sawamura gennosuke ichikawa danjūrō

Print shows two actors in the role of Ishikawa Goemon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie diptych. Dipty... More

Hikyoku no biwa no hana matsunami kengyō jitsuwa akushichibyōe

Hikyoku no biwa no hana matsunami kengyō jitsuwa akushichibyōe

Head-and-shoulders portrait of the actor Aku Hichibei. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie (Chirimen-e). Fr... More

Saitō go Kunitake Tada no kurando Yukitsuna : Naruto no mae : Akugenta Yoshihira.

Saitō go Kunitake Tada no kurando Yukitsuna : Naruto no mae : Akugenta...

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sandaime sawamura sojūrō, Shunk Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Sandaime sawamura sojūrō, Shunk Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Kurando Yukinaga Saitō go Kunitake onnagyōja : Osada no tarō Nagamune.

Kurando Yukinaga Saitō go Kunitake onnagyōja : Osada no tarō Nagamune.

Four actors (right to left): Kurḡoda Ukinaga, Saitogo Kunitake and Onna Gyōja, and Nagata no Tarō Nagamune. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More

Dōguya jinza hōkaibō bōkon shimobe gunsuke, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Dōguya jinza hōkaibō bōkon shimobe gunsuke, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Print shows three actors, two with swords and one who appears to be an evil spirit. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in... More

Iwai Shijaku no Miyahime - Public domain scan of print

Iwai Shijaku no Miyahime - Public domain scan of print

Print shows onnagata actor Iwai Shijaku, full-length portrait, in the role of Miyahime, standing next to a stream in a hilly landscape with two rabbits in the background.

Igami no gonta gonta nyōbō kosen shūme kokingo

Igami no gonta gonta nyōbō kosen shūme kokingo

Print shows a scene from the play Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura, with actors playing Igami no Gonta, his wife Kosen, the servant Kokingo, and another person. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichi... More

Sawamura Sōjūrō no Ichihōshi Ōtomo Hitatinosuke Yamatogawa Tomigorō no Sukewaka Yonosuke

Sawamura Sōjūrō no Ichihōshi Ōtomo Hitatinosuke Yamatogawa Tomigorō no...

Sawamura Sojurō and Yamatogawa Tomigoro in the role of a samurai and his page who is offering him a cup of tea. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... More

Nakamura shikan segawaki kunojō nakamura karoku

Nakamura shikan segawaki kunojō nakamura karoku

Print shows the actors Nakamura Shikan, Segawa Kikunojō, and Nakamura Karoku as samurai, one disguised(?) as a woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More

Sekiguchi yatarō yoshioka kanefusa miyamoto musashi

Sekiguchi yatarō yoshioka kanefusa miyamoto musashi

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Attributed to: Enryosai Shigemitsu. Triptych matted in 3 sect... More

Seki sanjūrō ichikawa danjūrō iwai hanshirō

Seki sanjūrō ichikawa danjūrō iwai hanshirō

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (1457a), center (1457b), right (1457c). Format: vertical Oban Nish... More

Sannin no yakusha - A painting of a group of women with umbrellas

Sannin no yakusha - A painting of a group of women with umbrellas

Print shows three actors, two playing shamisens and one with a teapot or sake pot, two are in the roles of women.

Ichikawa ebizō no shinozuka goseki yaburi, Kiyomasu Torii

Ichikawa ebizō no shinozuka goseki yaburi, Kiyomasu Torii

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Urushi-e. Ukiyoe oroshi [gōrd] Tori shio cho Okumura-ya. Forms part of: Japanese print... More

Ichikawa ebizō no kinzaemon yorikata, Kiyomasu Torii

Ichikawa ebizō no kinzaemon yorikata, Kiyomasu Torii

Print shows the actor Ichikawa Ebizō as Kinzaemon Yorikata fighting a tiger. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Benizuri-... More

[Caricature of musician or actor dancing, with a cat at his feet]

[Caricature of musician or actor dancing, with a cat at his feet]

Title and date devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Kitao Shigemasa - Ichikawa raizō no umeōmaru to nakajima mihoemon no shihei

Kitao Shigemasa - Ichikawa raizō no umeōmaru to nakajima mihoemon no s...

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Benizuri-e. Attributed to: Shigemasa, Kitao. Forms part of: R. Leicester Harmsworth co... More

Yamashita kinsaku no yoshitomo no shōjin tokiwagozen

Yamashita kinsaku no yoshitomo no shōjin tokiwagozen

Print shows Yamashita Kinsaku II, full-length, standing, facing left, holding a long, narrow wall hanging, in the role of Tokiwa Gozen. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored ... More

Ichikawa komazō no sano no genzaemon segawa kikunojō no keisei tamagiku

Ichikawa komazō no sano no genzaemon segawa kikunojō no keisei tamagik...

Print shows the actor Ichikawa Komazō as Sanno no Genzaemon holding an umbrella and walking with the courtesan Tamagiku, portrayed by the actor Segawa Kikunojō. Title and other descriptive information compiled ... More

Onoe matsusuke, Bunch Ippitsusai - Ukiyo e print

Onoe matsusuke, Bunch Ippitsusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Onoe Matsusuke, half-length portrait framed by a fan, facing right. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the ser... More

Nidaime ichikawa monnosuke, Bunch Ippitsusai - Ukiyo e print

Nidaime ichikawa monnosuke, Bunch Ippitsusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with painting of a deer in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo... More

Nakajima kanzaemon, Shunsh Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Nakajima kanzaemon, Shunsh Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Nakajima Kanzaewmon, half-length portrait, facing right in fan-shaped frame. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Fro... More

Sanogawa ichimatsu, Bunch Ippitsusai - Ukiyo e print

Sanogawa ichimatsu, Bunch Ippitsusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu, half-length portrait, portraying a female, facing left in fan-shaped frame. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More

Kudanme, Shunsh Katsukawa, Forty Seven Rōnin

Kudanme, Shunsh Katsukawa, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows Tonase holding a sword, standing behind her step-daughter Konami on a veranda as Honzō walks by, disguised as a traveling monk, wearing a beehive-shaped basket over his head and playing a recorder. ... More

Kudanme, print by Utamaro Kitagawa, Forty Seven Rōnin

Kudanme, print by Utamaro Kitagawa, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows two women (Konami and her stepmother Tonase) and another person (possibly Oishi, wife of Yuranosuke) standing behind a screen, listening to them. Title and other descriptive information compiled by ... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - San yakusha kaian-ji no momijigari

Utagawa Toyokuni - San yakusha kaian-ji no momijigari

Print shows the actors Matsumoto Koshirō V, Bandō Mitsugorō III, and Iwai Hanshirō V in rural landscape. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Segawa Rokō to Bandō Mitsugorō

Utagawa Toyokuni - Segawa Rokō to Bandō Mitsugorō

Print shows the actors Segawa Roko and Bando Mitsugoro as travelers, one carrying a large box suspended from a pole that rests on his shoulder. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sp... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Sawamura Tanosuke no Yūsuke nyōbō Osen

Utagawa Toyokuni - Sawamura Tanosuke no Yūsuke nyōbō Osen

Print shows Sawamura Tanosuke, an actor, in the role of Osen, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, carrying a wooden bucket containing flowers. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichib... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Seki sanjurō no umeōmaru

Utagawa Toyokuni - Seki sanjurō no umeōmaru

Print shows the actor Seki Sanjurō, full-length portrait, standing in a crouching position in front of a stone wall, with bamboo staff at his feet. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunke... More

Manzai, Yajima Gogaku - Public domain scan / drawing

Manzai, Yajima Gogaku - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows a screen painting of two strolling comedic actors, one carrying a hand-held drum and the other is holding a fan in front of his face. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-... More

Nakamura shikan, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print

Nakamura shikan, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Nakamura Shikan as a samurai holding a bow and arrow in a snowy landscape. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Forma... More

Otowaya baikō yamashironokuni meisho ide no tamagawa

Otowaya baikō yamashironokuni meisho ide no tamagawa

Print shows Otowaya Baikō, an actor, full-length, wearing flowing kimono and geta, standing, holding a fan in his right hand and a pipe in his left hand, raised and pointing to the right; a procession of men is... More

Wada yoshimori tomoe gozen yamabuki, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Wada yoshimori tomoe gozen yamabuki, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (423a), center (423b), right (423c). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishi... More

Hachimantarō Yoshiie Abe Sadatō : Sadatō Tsuma Sodehagi.

Hachimantarō Yoshiie Abe Sadatō : Sadatō Tsuma Sodehagi.

Ukiyo-e triptych showing night scene lit by a lantern from a Kabuki play. Left section: Actor Hachiman Tarō Yoshiie, standing holding a parasol, with an unidentified actor dressed as a lion. Center section: Act... More

Tsubone iwafuji chūrō onoe meshitukai hatsu, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Tsubone iwafuji chūrō onoe meshitukai hatsu, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (424a), center (424b), right (424c). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishi... More

Ibaragiya denzō ibaragiya kokonoe akita hideie hoka

Ibaragiya denzō ibaragiya kokonoe akita hideie hoka

Print shows actors and musicians performing for a nobleman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Diptych matted in 2 sections: left (1497a)... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Nakamura karoku ichikawa yaozō

Utagawa Toyokuni - Nakamura karoku ichikawa yaozō

Print shows two actors, Nakamura Karoku and Ichikawa Yaozo, one sitting on the back of a giant toad. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. D... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Nakamura karoku ichikawa yaozō

Utagawa Toyokuni - Nakamura karoku ichikawa yaozō

Print shows two actors, Nakamura Karoku and Ichikawa Yaozo, one sitting on the back of a giant toad. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. D... More

Tanizawa tanomo wakatō kihei iwafuji meshitsukai chiyo, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Tanizawa tanomo wakatō kihei iwafuji meshitsukai chiyo, Kuniyoshi Utag...

Print shows actors portraying a woman and two men in an episode depicting the ritual suicide of one of the male characters. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (425a), center (425b), right (425c). Title and oth... More

Saitō go Kunitake Tada no kurando Yukitsuna : Naruto no mae : Akugenta Yoshihira.

Saitō go Kunitake Tada no kurando Yukitsuna : Naruto no mae : Akugenta...

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]

[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]

[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ichikawa Danjūrō, Iwai Hanshirō, Bandō Mitsugorō

Ichikawa Danjūrō, Iwai Hanshirō, Bandō Mitsugorō

Print shows the actors Ichikawa Danjuro, Iwai Hanshiro, and Bando Mitsugoro as two warriors about to attack an unarmed person, possibly a scene from the chushingura.

Soga no taimen, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Soga no taimen, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print showing a man sitting on a raised platform, with a warrior sitting on the left and a warrior standing on the right. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Bandō mitsugorō to bandō minosuke

Utagawa Toyokuni - Bandō mitsugorō to bandō minosuke

Print shows two actors in roles as samurai. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: The right and left panels of a vertical Oban Nis... More

Igami no gonta gonta nyōbō kosen shūme kokingo

Igami no gonta gonta nyōbō kosen shūme kokingo

Print shows a scene from the play Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura, with actors playing Igami no Gonta, his wife Kosen, the servant Kokingo, and another person. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichi... More

Nakayama tomisaburō - Public domain  print

Nakayama tomisaburō - Public domain print

Portrait of the actor Nakayama Tomisaburō. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sanjō Kokaji no manebigoto zu - Public domain portrait drawing

Sanjō Kokaji no manebigoto zu - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows three actors as warrior/metalworkers hammering a sword. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: lef... More

Matsumoto kōshirō, iwaya hanshirō, nakamura shikan

Matsumoto kōshirō, iwaya hanshirō, nakamura shikan

Print shows two actors on the shoulders of a giant and the third actor leaping onto the giant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forma... More

Narutonomae; taira no munemori kyō; akugenta yoshihira

Narutonomae; taira no munemori kyō; akugenta yoshihira

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Seki sanjūrō ichikawa danjūrō iwai hanshirō

Seki sanjūrō ichikawa danjūrō iwai hanshirō

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (1457a), center (1457b), right (1457c). Format: vertical Oban Nish... More

Torii Kiyonobu II - Sawamura kodenji to otoko

Torii Kiyonobu II - Sawamura kodenji to otoko

Print shows two actors, one holding a fan, the other, in the role of a woman, is holding a drum. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Forma... More

Nakamura nakazō, Shunsh Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Nakamura nakazō, Shunsh Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Nakamura Nakazo, an actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding sword in right hand. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists i... More

Nidaime bandō mitsugorō, Shunk Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Nidaime bandō mitsugorō, Shunk Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a set of Hosoban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library o... More

Ichikawa danjuro no kudo suketsune - Ukiyo e print

Ichikawa danjuro no kudo suketsune - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Ichikawa Danjuro's reflection in a mirror, in the role of Kuro Suketsune. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format... More

Onoe matsusuke no bikuni, Shunsh Katsukawa

Onoe matsusuke no bikuni, Shunsh Katsukawa

Print shows Onoe Matsusuke, an actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing a large hat. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06... More

Sandaime ichikawa yaozō (no fuwa banzaemon to) sandaime sakata hangorō (no kosodate no kannonbō)

Sandaime ichikawa yaozō (no fuwa banzaemon to) sandaime sakata hangorō...

Print shows actors Ichikawa Yaozō III and Sakata Hangorō III. Public domain scan of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, depicting male actor in kabuki theater scene, free to use, no copyright restrictions image... More

Kadomatsu saruwaka - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Kadomatsu saruwaka - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows five actors dancing in front of the kadomatsu, a traditional Japanese New Year's decoration.

Godaime matsumoto kōshirō no torikaji no chōan

Godaime matsumoto kōshirō no torikaji no chōan

Print shows the actor Matsumoto Koshiro V (Ichikawa, Danjūrō), full-length, standing in the rain beneath a tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists i... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Nakamura karoku no sagami

Utagawa Toyokuni - Nakamura karoku no sagami

Print shows the actor Nakamura Karoku portraying a woman, Sagami. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: probably the left panel of a... More

Soga no harukoma, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Soga no harukoma, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows two kabuki actors with hobby horses. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Shikishi Nishikie Surimono. Actors. Forms par... More

Ōsaka kudari iwai hanshirō - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Ōsaka kudari iwai hanshirō - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Yamabayashi fusahachi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Yamabayashi fusahachi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (L... More

Danshichi kurobee, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Danshichi kurobee, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (L... More

Iga goe norikake kappa - Public domain scan / drawing

Iga goe norikake kappa - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows several actors in a battle scene with one warrior defending himself against several attackers during an assault on a fortress, with bridge in the background. Title and other descriptive information ... More

Segawa kikunojō no nuregami no chōgorō to nakamura shikan no hanaregoma no chōkichi

Segawa kikunojō no nuregami no chōgorō to nakamura shikan no hanaregom...

Print shows two actors in the role of warriors during a sword fight. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie ... More

Arashirikan no mashiba hisatugu; nakamura utaemon; ichikawa hakuen

Arashirikan no mashiba hisatugu; nakamura utaemon; ichikawa hakuen

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (1930a), center (1930b), right (1930c). Format: vertical Oban Nish... More

Toyonobu Ishikawa - Sanogawa ichimatsu to segawa kikunojō no aiaigasa

Toyonobu Ishikawa - Sanogawa ichimatsu to segawa kikunojō no aiaigasa

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Benizuri-e. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Ishikawa goemon ichidai banashi sawamura gennosuke ichikawa danjūrō

Ishikawa goemon ichidai banashi sawamura gennosuke ichikawa danjūrō

Print shows two actors in the role of Ishikawa Goemon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie diptych. Dipty... More

Hikyoku no biwa no hana matsunami kengyō jitsuwa akushichibyōe

Hikyoku no biwa no hana matsunami kengyō jitsuwa akushichibyōe

Head-and-shoulders portrait of the actor Aku Hichibei. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie (Chirimen-e). Fr... More

Kinokuniya, portrait - Public domain portrait print

Kinokuniya, portrait - Public domain portrait print

A full-length portrait of the actor Sawamura Sanj-ro III, facing left, holding a fan, in the role of Oboshi Yuranosuke.

Iwai kumesaburō ichikawa danjūrō iwai shijyaku

Iwai kumesaburō ichikawa danjūrō iwai shijyaku

Print shows actors in a fight scene. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (1499a), center (1499b), righ... More

[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]

[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]

[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kurando Yukinaga Saitō go Kunitake onnagyōja : Osada no tarō Nagamune.

Kurando Yukinaga Saitō go Kunitake onnagyōja : Osada no tarō Nagamune.

Four actors (right to left): Kurḡoda Ukinaga, Saitogo Kunitake and Onna Gyōja, and Nagata no Tarō Nagamune. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More

Saitōgo kunitake; kurando yukinaga; osada no tarō nagamune

Saitōgo kunitake; kurando yukinaga; osada no tarō nagamune

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (2122a), center (2122b), right (2122c). Format: vertical Oban Nish... More

Kō no moronao [to] kaoyo - Public domain  drawing

Kō no moronao [to] kaoyo - Public domain drawing

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Tyuushingura meimeiden : Various biographies of the major characters from Chushingura... More

Seki sanjūrō sakata hangorō - Public domain  drawing

Seki sanjūrō sakata hangorō - Public domain drawing

Print shows two actors, Seki Sanjūrō and Sakata Hangurō, one with a large sword and the other carrying a large anchor over his shoulder. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored... More

Tamashima ittō tenjiku tokubei tsukimoto inabanosuke, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Tamashima ittō tenjiku tokubei tsukimoto inabanosuke, Kuniyoshi Utagaw...

Print shows three actors portraying the roles of Tamashima Itto, possibly from the popular play known as Benten Kozō, Tenjuku Tokubei, perhaps the adventurer/magician, and Tsukimoto Inabanosuke. Title and other... More

Taira no munemori mikazuki osen ebizako no jū

Taira no munemori mikazuki osen ebizako no jū

Print shows three actors in a line, the one in the middle is wearing oversized garments, which are being pulled to the right and left by the other two actors. Title and other descriptive information compiled by... More

Taira no munemori mikazuki osen ebizako no jū

Taira no munemori mikazuki osen ebizako no jū

Print shows three actors in a line, the one in the middle is wearing oversized garments, which are being pulled to the right and left by the other two actors. Title and other descriptive information compiled by... More

Nakamura tomijūrō no ōiso no tora

Nakamura tomijūrō no ōiso no tora

Print shows the actor Nakamura Tomijūrō, full-length portrait, holding a bonsai on a tray, in the female role of Ōiso no Tora.

Mimasu tokujirō no san - Public domain  drawing

Mimasu tokujirō no san - Public domain drawing

Ukiyo-e actor print, full-length portrait showing the actor Mimasu Tokujirō in an onnagata role as San fixing her hair and holding large wooden container in left hand. Title and other descriptive information co... More

Rokudaime iwai hanshirō shichikaiki tsuizen (shigenoi ko wakare)

Rokudaime iwai hanshirō shichikaiki tsuizen (shigenoi ko wakare)

Print shows the actor Iwai Hanshiro VI, full-length, standing, facing slightly left, holding dish of rice cakes as a memorial offering, with a child at his feet holding a broadside or paper gameboard. Title and... More

[Kabuki scene of early photography] / Yoshiiku.

[Kabuki scene of early photography] / Yoshiiku.

Triptych shows four actors: two men on the left, a man in the center holding a book and some prints or photographs, and a woman on the right standing with a large camera behind her. Triptych matted in 3 sectio... More

Sogano jūrō sukenari soga no gorō tokimune tegoshi no sukuna

Sogano jūrō sukenari soga no gorō tokimune tegoshi no sukuna

Print shows a scene from a Soga play, with the Soga brothers and a woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 section... More

Nidaime bandō mitsugorō no asahina, Shunk Katsukawa

Nidaime bandō mitsugorō no asahina, Shunk Katsukawa

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a set of Hosoban Nishikie. Set includes 2234. Forms part of: Japanese prints and ... More

Mukashigatari kuwana matsuri no furugoto - Ukiyo e print

Mukashigatari kuwana matsuri no furugoto - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two men, probably actors, and a woman with a shoulder pole carrying two buckets.

Sekiguchi yatarō yoshioka kanefusa miyamoto musashi

Sekiguchi yatarō yoshioka kanefusa miyamoto musashi

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Attributed to: Enryosai Shigemitsu. Triptych matted in 3 sect... More

Sekiguchi yatarō yoshioka kanefusa miyamoto musashi

Sekiguchi yatarō yoshioka kanefusa miyamoto musashi

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Attributed to: Enryosai Shigemitsu. Triptych matted in 3 sect... More

Chotto hitokuchi hauta no ateburi - Ukiyo e print

Chotto hitokuchi hauta no ateburi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows several actors in various costume, posture, and roles. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left... More

Torii Kiyonobu II - Ichikawa danjūrō [to] sakata hangorō

Torii Kiyonobu II - Ichikawa danjūrō [to] sakata hangorō

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Purchase; H. Irving Olds; 1938. Forms part of: the H. Irving Olds colle... More

Sanogawa ichimatsu no shakkyō - Public domain image related to music prformance, drawing

Sanogawa ichimatsu no shakkyō - Public domain image related to music p...

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Urushie. Rare work. Ichimatsu went to Edo in Kampo, so this urushi-e print is unusual ... More

[Warrior or actor with long hair and bracelets around wrist and ankles, full-length, seen from behind, holding a sword]

[Warrior or actor with long hair and bracelets around wrist and ankles...

Title and date devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Segawa yūjirō to onoe tamizō - Public domain  drawing

Segawa yūjirō to onoe tamizō - Public domain drawing

Print shows the actors Segawa Yūjirō and Onoe Tamizō, one in the role of a woman, the other a man kneeling in front of a hibachi. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pr... More

Yamasita kyōnosuke - Public domain portrait engraving

Yamasita kyōnosuke - Public domain portrait engraving

Print shows Yamashita Kyōnosuke, an actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, looking at a poster mounted on a building showing a deer. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-... More

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