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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

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

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

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]

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

[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.

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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)

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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...

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

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

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

Ichikawa danzō, Shunsh Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

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

Onoe tamizō, Shunk Katsukawa - Public domain portrait engraving

Print shows the actor Onoe Tamizō, full-length portrait, standing, facing right in an onnagata role. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006.... More

Kataoka nizaemon, Shun Ei Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows actor Kataoka Nizaemon, full-length portrait, facing left, wearing ceremonial costume. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Ada... More

Hachidanme, Forty Seven Rōnin - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows two women (one probably Konami on her bridal journey to Rikiya's home) in a landscape setting with Mount Fuji in the background.

Nidanme, print by Utamaro Kitagawa, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows a young man (Rikiya) speaking to a young woman (Konami), they are observed by an older man (possibly Yuranosuke, Rikiya's father, or Honzo, Konami's father). Title and other descriptive information ... More

[Kyōgen play with three characters, two with swords, the third lying d...

Signature or inscription in upper right corner. Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[Kyōgen play with four characters, two wear hats, one possibly portray...

Drawing shows an actor on the left, wearing a hat, approaching three actors, one also wearing a hat, sitting on the right.

Yanone gorō - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Ceremonial arrowhead. Japan. Public domain photograph of Japanese ceremonial arms object, Yanone, arrowhead, metal artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Utagawa Toyokuni - Seki sanjūrō no ukai kujūrō

Print shows Seki Sanjūrō, an actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, in front of a folding screen. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in ... More

Sandaime onoe kikugorō no yūjo - Public domain portrait print

Print shows actor Onoe Kikugorō III, facing right, sitting on the floor, holding a sheet of paper, in an onnagata role as a courtesan.

Segawa kikunojō to bandō minosuke no shiohigari

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

Tuzure no nishiki, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Kiyogaki nanatsu iroha : Seven types of the alphabet beautifully written. Format: ver... More

Hakata kojorō kezori kuemon komatsuya sōshichi, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Print shows three actors portraying a woman and two men on board a ship; one of the men holds a large ax. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (426a), center (426b), right (426c). Title and other descriptive inf... More

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

Ichikawa Ebizō, Kiyomasu Torii - Public domain drawing

The actor Ichikawa Ebizō, full-length, standing on stage, holding a cannon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Urushie. F... More

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

Soga no adauchi - Public domain drawing

Print shows actors portraying the two Soga brothers and other warriors in a Soga kabuki play. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Diptych ... More

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

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

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

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

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

Soga no taimen - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows actors portraying the official Kudō Suketsune, a warrior, the two Soga brothers, and a woman in a Soga kabuki play.

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

Yodaime iwai hanshirō, Shunk Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Iwai Hanshirō, full-length portrait, standing at the edge of a pond, facing left, portraying a female role. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pr... More

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

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

Sanjō Kokaji no manebigoto zu - Public domain 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

Kiyonobu Torii - Matsumoto kyōzou - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Matsumoto Hyōzo, an actor in an onnagata (female impersonator) role, full-length, walking to the right, holding a child by the hand and carrying a parasol in her left hand. Title and other descripti... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Matsumoto kōshirō, segawa kikunojō, iwai kumesaburō

Print shows three actors beneath a tree with blossoms. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Trip... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Matsumoto kōshirō, segawa kikunojō, iwai kumesaburō

Print shows three actors beneath a tree with blossoms. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Trip... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Matsumoto kōshirō, segawa kikunojō, iwai kumesaburō

Print shows three actors beneath a tree with blossoms. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Trip... More

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

Sawamura sōjūrō no soga no jūrō to ichimura takenojō no soga no gorō

Two actors, Sawamura Sojurō I (1689-1756) in a kneeling position and Ichimura Takenojō (standing), dancing with a tsuzumi. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spe... More

[A beauty with an umbrella], Kiyomasu Torii

Print shows the actor Nakamura Sanya as a young woman standing beneath an umbrella, wearing a head covering and geta. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Sawamura Sōjūrō no Soga no Jūrō to Ichikawa Yaozō no Soga no Gorō

Print shows two actors (possibly Sawamura Sōjūrō, 1685-1756, and Ichikawa Yaozō) in the roles of two brothers who attempt to revenge their father's murder. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Ni... More

[Two men, possibly actors] - Public domain drawing

Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of 18th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ichikawa danzō no shinozuka gorō [to] sakata hangorō no omo

Print shows two actors struggling over an anchor. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Benizuri-e. Forms part of: R. Leices... More

Iwai hanshirō no shirabyōshi - Public domain portrait print

Print shows Iwai Hanshirō, an actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in the role of a shirabyōshi dancer (as a woman dressed as a man). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibun... More

Yamashita kinsaku no senjichauri omiya - Ukiyo e print

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

Segawa tomisaburō [as yadorigi, wife of ogishi kurando]

Print shows Segawa Tomisaburō, an actor, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in the role of Yadorigi, the wife of Ogishi Kurando. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored... More

Sandiaime bandō hikosaburō (no obiya chōmemon to) yodaime iwai hanshir...

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Purchase; H. Irving Olds; 1938. Forms p... More

Yodanme, Forty Seven Rōnin - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows an old man (possibly Yuranosuke), a woman (probably Lady Kawayo), and a young man (possibly Rikiya).

[Actors or musicians standing next to a large, decorated cylindar with...

Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Ichikawa Dannosuke, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the actor Ichikawa, Danzō, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, holding cloth or paper in right hand. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Ichikawa Dannosuke no Tsunajo

Print shows the actor Ichikawa Dannosuke as Tsunajo sitting beneath a tree, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Verti... More

Shichidaime ichikawa danjūrō no shimizu no kanja yoshitaka

Print shows Ichikawa Danjūrō VII, full-length portrait, facing slightly left, sitting on a sofa, in the role of a warrior, wild-eyed and clutching a bamboo staff. Title and other descriptive information compile... More

Kira Yoshinaka - Jūichidanme, Utagawa Kuniyasu, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows three Rōnin samurai attacking the entrance to Moronō's (Kira Yoshinaka) home. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the s... More

Yodanme, Utagawa Kuniyasu - Public domain drawing

Print shows three actors, two possibly represent royal envoys who are to deliver the message that Enya Hangan (Asano Naganori) is to committ seppuku, ritual suicide, the third man is possibly Hangan brandishin... More

Kira Yoshinaka - Sandanme, Utagawa Kuniyasu, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows, at the entrance to a foot-bridge, a man (Kampei) with sword raised over his head, poised to strike, and standing next to him is a woman (Okaru), and lying on the ground is a man who is possibly one... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Godaime segawa kikunojō no koharu

Print shows the actor Segawa Kikunojō V portraying a woman, Koharu. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: probably the central panel... More

Yatsushi hangonko, Shigenobu Yanagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman looking at a small vase or incense burner on a table next to a letter on the floor. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-20... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Segawa kikunojō no hashihime (Genji Monogatari)

Print shows Segawa Kikunojō, an actor, full-length portrait, standing in front of a screen, facing front, in an onnagata role portraying Hashihime (Lady at the Bridge, chapter 45 of the Tale of Genji). Title an... More

Nakasaina sonja, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows possibly the center panel of a tripytch an actor portraying Nakasaina Sonja, a Buddhist holy man or rakan, sitting on the head of a large frog(?), holding an incense bowl in right hand, with a small... More

Sugizakeya musume omiwa, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

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

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

Sandaime segawa kikunojō - Public domain portrait print

Print shows actor Segawa Kikunojō III, full-length portrait, standing, body turned to the left, facing right.

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

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

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

Yamauba to kaidōmaru, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows actors portraying the old woman of the mountain, Yamauba, and the wild boy, Kaidomaru. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Dip... More

[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]

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

[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]

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

Nagoya sanzaburō fuwa banzaemon katsuragi, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Print shows the courtesan Katsuragi outside a sedan chair between two rival lovers and samurai, one is her husband Nagoya Sanza and the other is Fuwa Banzaemon. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (422a), cente... More

Mukōjima miyamoto musashi, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of the actor Miyamoto Musashi.

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

Kyō kudari osagawa tsuneyoshi [to] ichimura kamezō no soga no jūrō

Print shows two actors, one portraying a woman and the other in the role of one of the Soga brothers. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. ... More

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

Soga no taimen - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows actors portraying the official Kudō Suketsune, a warrior, the two Soga brothers, and a woman in a Soga kabuki play.

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