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EditorialThe actors Nakamura Tomijuro II as the wet nurse Shigenoi and Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Jinenjo no Sankichi in the play "Koi Nyobo Somewake Tazuna," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fifth month, 1854. Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III); Japanese,...
EditorialCarp in the Tone River (Tonegawa no koi), section of a sheet from the series "Cutout Pictures of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho harimaze zue)". Utagawa Hiroshige ?? ??; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1857. Dimensions: 18.2 x 14.5 cm. Color woodblock prin...
EditorialThe Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Courtesan Toyama in the Play Koi Nyobo Somewake Tazuna, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1777. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1772-1782. Dimensions: 32.2 x 15.1 cm (12 11/16...
EditorialThe Actors Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no Juro, Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Oiso no Tora, Azuma Tozo III as Miura Katagai, and Otani Tokuji I as Danzaburo, in the joruri "Chidorigake Koi no Tamaboko," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 178...
EditorialThe Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Munesada, Segawa Kikunojo III as the courtesan Sumizome, and Nakamura Nakazo I as Sekibei, in the play "Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To," performed at the Kiri Theater in the eleventh month, 1784. Torii Kiyonaga; Japa...
EditorialThe actors Segawa Kikunojo III as the courtesan Kojoro of the Mikuniya and Arashi Sanpachi I as her elder brother Kujuro in the play "Tomigaoka Koi no Yamabiraki," performed at the Kiri Theater in the first month, 1798. Utagawa Toyokuni I ?? ?? ??; Jap...
EditorialThe Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Osuwa in the Play Koi no Yosuga Kanagaki Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Monther, 1789. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1784-1794. Dimensions: 32.1 x 14.7 cm (12 5/8 x 5 13/16 in.)...
EditorialThe Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Okoma (right), and Arashi Sangoro III as the Hairdresser Obana Saizaburo (left), in the Play Koi Musume Mukashi Hachijo, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1776. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 17...
EditorialThe Actor Arashi Sangoro II as the Hairdresser Obana Saizaburo in the Play Koi Musume Mukashi Hachijo, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1776. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1771-1781. Dimensions: 29.7 x 14 cm (...
EditorialReflective Love, from the series "Anthology of Poems: The Love Section (Kasen koi no bu) (Mono-omou koi)". Kitagawa Utamaro ??? ??; Japanese, 1753 (?)-1806. Date: 1788-1799. Dimensions: 37.7 x 24.8 cm. Color woodblock print, oban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialEguchi and Love's Fishing Boat (Koi no tsuribune Eguchi), no. 4 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays. Okumura Masanobu; Japanese, 1686-1764. Date: 1711-1740. Dimensions: 27.2 x 38.6 cm. Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e. Origin: Japan.
EditorialIchikawa Danj?r? VII as Yoshimune no Munesada with fan and Ichikawa Omez? in the role of Sekibei with ax, The actors Ichikawa Danj?r? VII (1791-1859) in the role of Yoshimune no Munesada and Ichikawa Omez? ( 1769-1833) as Sekibei from the play Tsumoru ...