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Katsukawa Shunkō

92 works

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Hanging scroll of a kabuki actor in white robe and plaid hakama holding a sword, with a long white object over his shoulder.

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo III as Matsuomaru in the play <em>Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy</em>

1800

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor as a warrior in a red patterned robe, holding a katana beside a pine tree.

Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Travelling Warrior

late 1780s

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned robes raising a sword and holding a red pine branch, 1779.

Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga no Gorō

1779

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a checked kimono with a sword, arm raised, on a yellow ground.

Actor Ichikawa Yaozō II as Sakuramaru

1776

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned robes holding a rooster, with a spear and banner beside him.

Actor Matsumoto Kōshirō IV

c. 1780s

Woodblock print of a standing man in formal kimono holding a sword beside blossoming plum branches and a lattice screen.

Ichikawa Monnosuke II as a Lord in Formal Dress

1789

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned kimono holding a letter beside a lattice window and potted plants.

Arashi Murajiro as a Courtesan Holding a Letter

late 1780s

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a green kimono beside a pink box, with pine trees behind him.

Ichikawa Yaozo II as an Itinerant Peddler

mid or late 1770s

Woodblock print of a standing figure in a patterned red and grey kimono holding a hair pin before a bamboo blind.

Iwai Hanshiro IV as Oiso no Tora

c. mid-1770s

Woodblock print of a samurai in beige kimono and green hakama holding a sword beside a stream with rocks.

Otani Hiroji III as a Samurai Standing Beside a Stream

c. 1780

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a bamboo-patterned kimono standing before a lattice window, head bowed.

Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu III Possibly as Masago Gozen in “A Courtesan’s ‘Mirror of the East’” (“Keisei azuma kagami”)

About 1788

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black patterned robe and headscarf, with branches and paper tags above.

Bust Portrait of Actor Onoe Matsusuke I, Perhaps as the Cowherd in “Genji in Long Sleeves at Mt. Otoko” (“Otokoyama f…

About 1785

Two-sheet Japanese woodblock print of two standing figures before a plank wall and bamboo lattice, one in checkered olive rob

The Actor Otani Hiroemon as a Man Standing in a Room

ca. 1789

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of standing figures in patterned kimono before a wooden lattice screen.

In the Room of a House of the Yoshiwara

ca. 1788

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono holding a pestle beside a wooden mortar under a maple tree.

Iwai Kiyotaro in a Shosa Act, Holding a Kine (Pestle)

ca. 1789

Woodblock print of a standing figure in a patterned kimono holding a chrysanthemum fan on a veranda beside a pine and lantern

Arashi Ryuzo as a Tall Woman Standing on the Engawa

ca. 1789

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a fan beneath cherry blossoms beside a river.

The Third Segawa Kikunojo as a Woman

ca. 1780

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a green kimono with a black headdress, holding a fan, against a lattice background.

The First Nakamura Nakazo in the Role of Ko no Moronao

June 1786

Japanese woodblock print of a man in striped winter robes and a straw hat, with a sword and basket, in a snowy bamboo grove.

The Fifth Ichikawa Danjuro as a Man in Winter Apparel

dated 1788

Japanese woodblock print of three figures in patterned kimono beneath a lattice ceiling, one holding a folding fan.

The Fourth Iwai Hanshiro in three roles of the shosa "Shichi Henge"

dated 1787

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in costume beside a stone lantern against a dark night background.

Scene from the Drama "Yuki-motsu-take Furisode Genji"

December 1785

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black kimono holding a parasol and sword, standing on green ground.

The Third Ichikawa Yaozo in the Role of the Otokodate Sukeroku

1784

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in a room, one carrying a wooden bucket in a checkered robe, the other kneeling and hold

Scene from the Play Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees (Yoshitsune senbon zakura)

8th or 9th month, 1784

Woodblock print of an elderly bald man in a patterned kimono glancing backward beside a bamboo fence and red shrubs.

The Second Nakamura Sukegoro as an Old Man

ca. 1788?

Woodblock print of a standing actor in a striped blue kimono, looking up, with a sword at his side.

An Unidentified Actor

ca. 1790

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono and striped hakama, holding two swords against a geometric background

The Third Segawa Kikunojo in the Role of Oboshi Rikiya

1787

Japanese woodblock print of a man and a woman in kimono standing together in a grassy field.

The Third Segawa Sojuro and the Third Segawa Kikunojo as Lovers

ca. 1779?

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a floral robe holding a sword and round fan, with a scowling expression.

The First Nakamura Nakazo as a Samurai

ca. 1780

Woodblock print of a robed figure with a bowl and straw sandals standing in snow beside a bamboo fence and a bare tree.

Onoe Matsusuke as a Kannen-Butsu or Mendicant Buddhist Monk

ca. 1790?

Woodblock print of a woman in a floral kimono holding a cherry blossom branch, walking left on a cream background.

The First Nakamura Tomijuro as a Woman Walking Toward the Left

late 1777 or early in 1778

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a pipe to his chin, with a red bag and lattice backdrop.

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Nakazō I

4th month, 1783

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in samurai costume holding a katana, standing before stylized waves.

The Fifth Ichikawa Danjuro as a Samurai

ca. 1785?

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