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Ippitsusai Bunchō

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Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in red costume with a sword, beside plum blossoms and a lattice window.

Onoe Kikugorō I as Izumi no Saburō in the Play Snowflakes: Plum Blossoms Kaomise

1769

Woodblock print of a woman in a pale kimono holding a yellow parasol beside a willow tree, with grass at her feet.

Segawa Kikunojo II as the Heron Maiden (from the series Ichimura Theater)

1770

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a plaid hakama and patterned kimono, arm raised, with swords at his waist.

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Umeo-maru in the Play Ayatsuri Kabuki Ogi, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Se…

c. 1768

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped kimono holding a sword and lantern beside straw bundles and flowering plants.

The First Ichikawa Komazo (who in 1772 became the fourth Matsumoto Koshiro) in the Role of Yoemon

1770

Woman in patterned kimono holding a pipe before a red lattice, with onlookers peering through, in a Japanese woodblock print.

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo II in the Role of the Oiran Hatsuito of Yamashiro-ya

ca. 1770

Woman in a floral kimono leaning on a veranda beside a green screen, with a spotted cat at her feet, Japanese woodblock print

The Third Princess (Onna San no Miya)

ca. 1771

Woodblock print of a figure in a patterned kimono beside a striped screen and bamboo, by Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1769.

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in a Female Role

c. 1769

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in kimono on a veranda beside a pine tree and hanging curtain.

The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Shume no Hangan Morihisa (right), and Sanogawa Ichimatsu II as Chujo (left), in the…

c. 1769

Japanese woodblock print of two women on a veranda overlooking a river with boats, a net, and a thatched house.

Ayase no Yusho, from the series "Bokusui Hakkei"

c. 1769

Japanese woodblock print of a standing figure in a patterned kimono beside a tree, red torii gate and white snake.

Portrait of an Actor

ca. 1770

Woodblock print of a man with umbrella below a lattice balcony where a woman reads a letter, with Japanese calligraphy above.

The Lovers O-Hatsu and Tokubei

ca. 1770

Woodblock print of a muscular kabuki actor in wrestler costume with a maple-leaf robe and sword, c. 1770.

Actor Sakata Hongoro II as a Wrestler in a Play

ca. 1770

Woodblock print of a woman with a fan under a willow and a kneeling man with a sword on a grassy bank.

Scene from a Drama

1769

Woodblock print of two elegantly dressed figures under a parasol on a wooden veranda, one holding a sword.

Segawa Kikunojo II as a Girl and Ichikawa Tomiyeimon?

ca. 1770

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors, one in a white robe holding plum blossoms, the other kneeling in a striped kim

Ichikawa Monnosuke II as a Woman

ca. 1770

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red kimono holding a red monkey mask, with a sword at his waist.

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo I as a Man Holding a Monkey Mask

1764-71

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with red face paint holding a sword before bamboo, by Ippitsusai Bunchō, ca. 1769.

The Actor Otani Hiroji III, Armed with a Sword

ca. 1769

Japanese woodblock print of a figure in a red cape with white crests and a blossom-patterned kimono, beside a screen.

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro as a Woman Wearing a Red Cape

ca. 1772

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono and red robe, holding a sword, with iris-decorated hakama.

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro 3rd in an Unidentified Role

ca. 1769

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a female role, wearing a floral kimono beside a shoji screen.

The Actor Arashi Hinaji in a Female Role

ca. 1770

Ink line drawing of a kabuki-style figure in a patterned kimono holding a bottle, beside bamboo stalks and rocks.

Actor

Ink line drawing of two kimono-clad figures on a veranda beside a shoji screen, with bamboo and a shell-strewn stream.

The Actors

Woodblock print of a performer in a fox-head hood and patterned kimono beneath a blossoming cherry tree.

A Fox Dance from the Drama The Thousand Cherry Trees

Woodblock print of a figure in a patterned kimono holding a fan beside a bench, with a flowering branch above.

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro I, 1689-1756 in an Unidentified Female Role

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a female role holding a swallow-decorated fan, with a sword at the waist and a veranda b

The Actor Ichikawa Uzayemon IX 1724-1785 in a Female Role

Japanese woodblock print of a young man in a plum-blossom kimono holding a toy horse beneath a flowering plum branch.

Danjuro as a Youth with a Toy Horse under Plum Blossoms

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor as a sweet cake peddler holding a fan and paper slip beside a lattice screen.

Actor Matsumoto Koshiro II as Uiro-uri (Peddler of Sweet Cakes Called Uiro)

ca. 1770

Woodblock print of a standing man in a striped kimono beside a lantern, teapot and lacquered box, in a wooden interior.

Ichikawa Komazo I

ca. 1769

Woman in patterned kimono holding a striped umbrella in falling snow beside a wooden railing and bamboo fence.

The Actor Nakamura Kiyozo

ca. 1769

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned kimono holding a fan beside flowering shrubs and bundled straw.

Ichikawa Yaozō II

ca. 1772

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor as a woman in patterned kimono, holding a cloth, beside a pine tree and green curtain.

Ichimura Uzaemon IX in the Role of Kiyohime in Musume Dōjōji (the Girl of Dōjōji)

ca. 1771

Woodblock print of two women in kimono walking under a yellow parasol through falling snow, one holding a patterned bundle.

The Oiran Chōzan of Chōjiya, from the series Love Letters

ca. 1769