Dude sweet music, superb costumes.
Harry Montague's Comedy Company. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
[A popular hero, Shibaraku]
Print shows an actor as a samurai making a grand entrance at the "Shibaraku" moment on the kabuki stage. Title devised by Library staff. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawing... more
[A beauty with an umbrella]
Print shows the actor Nakamura Sanya as a young woman standing beneath an umbrella, wearing a head covering and geta. Title devised by Library staff. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese print... more
Ichikawa danjūrō [to] ichikawa monnosuke
Print shows the actor Ichikawa Monnosuke as a courtesan and Ichikawa Danjūrō as a merchant.
[Benjamin Johnson, English actor, head-and-shoulders portrait facing s...
Signed and dated on plate. Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection.
[Playing with a puppet]
Print shows kabuki actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I in the role of a puppeteer, standing, full-length, facing right, holding a puppet of the courtesan Matsuyama above his head. Title devised by Library staff. Adachi ... more
[The black knight]
Print shows a man, possibly an actor or a samurai, with sword, holding an umbrella, wearing a black kimono and geta. Title devised by Library staff. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints... more
DCM 0997: Augustin Grenser I; Jeremias Schlegel Flute in C
"Germany" stamped in English on the upper joint further confuses the identity. Possibly it pertains to the 1890 tariff mentioned in DCM 996, although that customs law does not apply to antiques. Instrument type... more
Ichikawa ebizō no kinzaemon yorikata
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
[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).
[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).
Bandō hikosaburō
Print shows Bandō Hikosaburō, an actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Hosoban... more
Onoe kikugorō no sanjō kokaji munechika
Print shows Onoe Kikugorō, an actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Hosoban Be... more
Nakamura matsue
Print shows the actor Nakmura Matsue in a female role. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Attributed to: Torii, Kiyomitsu. Format: part o... more
Ichimura kamezo no kyo no jirō
Print shows the actor Ichimura Kamezo performing a fan dance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Benizuri-e. Forms part o... more
Arashi hinaji no jōrurigozen
Print shows actor Arashi Hinaji in an onnagata role as the princess Jōruri Gozen, standing on a veranda, holding a lantern. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print sp... more
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
Iwai hanshirō no shirabyōshi
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
Okumura masanobu no kakejiku o miru yūjo
Print shows an interior scene with two courtesans admiring a screen painting of an actor or beautiful woman by the painter Okumura Masanobu. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spons... more
Yamasita kyōnosuke
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
Sugawara no michizane
Print shows Sugawara no Michizane, an actor, sitting on a platform beneath pine and plum trees. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Form... more
Segawa kikunojō
Print shows an actor portraying a woman holding an umbrella. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Purchase; ... more
Nidaime ichikawa monnosuke
Print shows the actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II, full-length portrait, facing left, standing on snow-covered veranda.
Nakamura kanzaburō
Print shows the actor Nakamura Kanzaburō, full-length portrait, facing right, holding fan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the se... more
Ichikawa danzō
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
Tomizawa hanzaburō
Print shows the actor Tomizawa Hanzaburō, half-length portrait framed by a fan, in the role of a female servant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists i... more
Nidaime ichikawa monnosuke
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
Onoe matsusuke
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
Nakajima kanzaemon
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
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
Nakajima mihoemon
Print shows the actor Nakajima Mihoemon, half-length portrait framed by a fan, in the role of a rogue samurai.
Onoe matsusuke
Print shows the actor Onoe Matsusuke standing with his right hand inside a closed parasol. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hos... more
Nakamura tomijurō
Print shows the actor Nakamura Tomijurō portraying a woman performing a Noh dance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one of a se... more
Onoe tamizō
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
Nakamura nakazō
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
Sandaime segawa kikunojō
Print shows the actor Segawa Kikunojō III, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in the role of a woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists i... more
Yodaime ichikawa danzō
Print shows Ichikawa Danzō I, a kabuki actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, holding a sword over right shoulder, possibly in the role of a samurai or as Shoki the demon queller.
Nakamura kumesaburō
Print shows the actor Nakamura Kumesaburō, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in the role of a woman walking near a stream. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored E... more
Yodaime iwai hanshirō
Print shows the actor Iwai Hanshirō, full-length portrait, standing, portraying a female role. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format:... more
Godaime ichikawa danjūrō
Print shows the actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with large hat and carrying a paper lantern. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo ... more
Nidaime ichikawa monnosuke
Print shows the actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II, full-length portrait, facing right, holding a piece of cloth around his neck. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spe... more
DCM 0405: Potter Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ivory, silver keys.; 66.2 cm. Key Holes System: 6 keys, square flaps, with pewter plug and silver mount for high C. Mark Maximum: POTTER / SENIOR / LONDON / 1778 Mark Additi... more
Nidaime yamashita kinsaku
Print shows the actor Yamashita Kinsaku II, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in an onnagata role. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in ... more
Onoe matsusuke no raikō sitennō
Print shows Onoe Matsusuke, an actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: one of a ... more
Sandaime sawamura sōjurō
Print shows the actor Sawamura Sōjurō III, full-length portrait, standing, facing right. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one p... more
Segawa Kikunojō
Print shows the actor Segawa Kikunojō III, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in the role of a geisha. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists ... more
Komekitte o motsu nakamura nakazō
Print shows the actor Nakamura Nakazō, full-length, standing on the shore, facing slightly left, holding a rice coupon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specia... more
Ichikawa danjuro no kudo suketsune
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
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
Nidaime bandō mitsugorō no anno heibei
Print shows Bandō Mitsugorō, an actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing right. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: central p... more
DCM 0767: Tuerlinckx; Heinrich Grenser Flute in C
Lower body and foot joint by H. Grenser, head joint and possibly upper body joint by Tuerlinckx. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ebony, ivory cap, cork-setting mechanism and ferrules, silver keys.; 62.4 cm... more
A cotilion sic
[By] W. H. Kingsbury. (statement of responsibility) A continuous strip mounted on linen (26 1/2 x 208 cm) folded, accordion fashion, to form 10 leaves. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as... more
Theatrical portraiture no. 1 - Henry V
Illustration shows an actor portraying Henry V in Shakespear's play by the same name. Illus. in: The Attic miscellany or, characteristic mirror of men and things, vol. 1. London : Bently & Co., 1790. Caption: H... more
DCM 0949: Augustin Grenser I Flute in C
The block for the G# mount was broken off and has been filed away to receive a substitute, likely metal replacement saddle, also missing. It is also possible that the G# key was an addition in that there is ver... more
Hunchback in the character of Richard
Print shows an actor portraying Richard III in a tent on a stage, appearing through trap doors in the stage are a king, queen, prince regent, and another prince, all crying "Murder." Title from item. Caption: L... more
Theatrical portraiture no. 4 - King Dick
Illustration shows an actor portraying Richard III in Shakespeare's Henry VI, part 2. Illus. in: The Attic miscellany or, characteristic mirror of men and things, vol. 1. London : Bently & Co., 1790. Caption: A... more
A strolling player
"An actor stands on the stage, wearing contemporary dress of a military cut, his hair in a pigtail queue which curls upwards grotesquely..." (Source: George) [I. Cruikshank?] This record contains unverified dat... more
Kataoka nizaemon
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
Bandō Hikosaburō
Print shows the actor Bandō, Hikosaburō, full-length portrait, standing, wearing a cape, and holding with his right hand raised, a bamboo rod with a paper attached to the end. Title and other descriptive inform... more
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
Ichikawa ebizō no takemura sadanoshin
Print shows actor Ichikawa Ebizō, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in the role of Takemura Sandanoshin.
Sandaime ichikawa yaozō
Print shows the actor Ichikawa Yaozō III, bust portrait, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. ... more
DCM 0386: Johann Georg Otto Flute in C
The present steel spring appears to be a replacement and the foot joint bottom ferrule also appears to be a replacement. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, stained, ivory cap and ferrules, brass key.;... more
The cockney's travels
Lead sheet enclosed. Printed in USA in 1896.
[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.
[Kyōgen play with two characters]
Drawing shows an actor on the left with short sword and holding a fan, on the right is an actor wearing a hat and standing on a bundle with his arms spread, as though about to fly. Title devised by Library staf... more
The Duke of Yorks march
For piano. Staff notation. (language)
[Actors performing]
Print shows two actors, on the right, one appears to be climbing out of his costume to take the lid off a basket while the other actor crawls to the left. Title devised by Library staff. Gift; Crosby Stuart Noy... more
Bandō minosuke no rikiya
Print shows the actor Bandō Minosuke as the young samurai Rikiya from the Chushingura. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one pan... more
Yodaime Iwai Hanshirō
Print shows actor Iwai Hanshirō IV, three-quarter length portrait, reclining, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Attributed ... more
Sandaime ichikawa yaozō no yoshidaya kizaemon
Print shows Ichikawa Yaozō III, a kabuki actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding a fan, portraying the role of Yoshida-ya Kizaemon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichib... more
Segawa michisaburō
Print shows the actor Segawa Michisaburō, full-length portrait, body turned to the right, facing left, holding a board in raised left hand, in an onnagata role. Title and other descriptive information compiled ... more
Iwai Hanshirō
Print showing the actor Iwai Hanshirō, full-length, sitting on the floor, playing the role of a woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.... more
Bandō, Mitsugorō no Ukiyo Tōei
Print showing the actor Bandō, Mitsugorō, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in the role of Ukiyo Tōei. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... more
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
Ichikawa Dannosuke
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
Segawa Kikunojō
Print showing the actor Segawa Kikunojō, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, on a low pier with flowers growing around it. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo ... more
Matsumoto kōshirō
Print shows the actor Matsumoto Kōshirō, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, possibly wearing a mask. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speci... more
Godaime matsumoto kōshirō
Print shows Matsumoto, Kōshirō V, a kabuki actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, holding a picture showing the head of a horned monster in his left hand. Title and other descriptive information c... more
Sandaime bandō hikosaburo no saemon suketsune
Print shows Bandō Hikosaburo III, an actor portraying Saemon Suketsune who killed the father of the Soga brothers in 1193. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spe... more
DCM 1051: Claude Laurent Flute in C
Unlike Laurent's system of a cemented glass disk for the head joint cork, this instrument has, as received by DCM, a threaded cork tuning device with silver cap possibly from a period English instrument. The or... more
Burton Bernstein to Leonard Bernstein, August 30, 1979
excerpt: " it was your 61st birthday five days ago congratulate you on that signal event "
Rōka no geigi
Print shows an actor or actress as a woman, full-length portrait, standing on a veranda, facing left, with several hairpins; behind her, across a courtyard, are the silhouettes of persons in an illuminated room... more
Sawamura Tanosuke no Oshichi
Print shows the actor Sawamura Tanosuke in the role of Yaoya Oshichi as she rings the bell at the top of the fire tower. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speci... more
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
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
Segawa Rokō no Matsukaze
Print shows Segawa Roko, an actor, as Matsukaze, one of two sisters, with a shoulder pole carrying salt water from the sea.
Iwai Hanshirō no Sagoemon musume Oyone
Print shows the actor Iwai, Hanshiro in the role of Oyone, Sagoemon's daughter, full-length, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialist... more
Sakakiyama shirōtarō no tōgokuya sentarō
Print shows the actor Sakakiyama Shirōtarō, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding a paper lantern on the end of a stick, in the role of Tōgokuya Sentarō. Title and other descriptive information c... more
Richard the Third, to the right hon'ble. Baroness Howe, this print rep...
Print shows actor David Garrick in the role of Richard the Third during the Battle of Bosworth Field, full-length portrait, facing left, holding a sword in right hand, standing, braced for assault. Includes a r... more
The rehearsal or the baron and the elephant / G. Cruikshank, fect.
A satire on the Covent Garden pantomime of 1812-13, which caused a sensation by the performance of an elephant. The elephant crushes under a fore-foot a bust of Shakespeare and a number of open books. Baron Ger... more
DCM 1293: H. Faveryear Flute in C
Instrument may have had several corps de rechange. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Figured boxwood, ivory cork-setting mechanism and ferrules, silver keys, brass-lined head.; 67.3 cm. Key Holes System: 6 k... more
Nakamura utaemon no fukuoka mitsugi
Print shows the actor Nakamura Utaemon, full-length portrait, standing at the seashore, facing left, holding a piece of paper. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print... more
DCM 0475: Claude Laurent Flute in C
With 3 pewter rings, in case. Locks on both joints. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Clear glass, silver keys, ferrules, sockets. Faceted rock crystal "rose-cut" cap (same as DCM 378).; 60.85 cm., 62.55 cm.... more
Defence of Fort M'Henry
This is the first printing of Key's poem. B24 in Star spangled books.