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Tōshūsai Sharaku

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Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with shaved head in brown kimono holding a gold-tipped fan against gray background.

The actor Otani Tokuji I as manservant Sodesuke

1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with topknot holding a swirl-patterned fan, wearing a pink kimono against a dark background

The actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Ogishi Kurando

1794

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors, one standing in a checkered kimono with a sword, one kneeling in a black patterned robe

The actors Segawa Kikunojo III (R) as the courtesan Katsuragi and Sawamura Sojuro III (L) as Nagoya Sanza Motoharu

1794

Japanese woodblock print of a standing figure in a patterned kimono with chrysanthemum motifs, against a yellow background.

Segawa Kikunojo lll in the Role of Courtesan Katsuragi

c. 1795

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a floral kimono and elaborate hairstyle against a gray background.

The actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as the wet nurse Shigenoi

1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in orange kimono with elaborate black hairstyle and gold ornaments against gray background.

The actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Osan, Ippei’s elder sister

1794

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red kimono holding a lantern, against a gray background.

The actor Bando Hikosaburo III as Sagisaka Sanai

1794

The actor Morita Kan'ya VIII as the Palanquin-bearer Uguisu no Jirosaku

1794

Ukiyo-e print of two kabuki actors, one kneeling in a patterned kimono holding a sword, one standing behind him.

The actors Ichikawa Yaozo lll (R) as Fuwa Banzaemon and Sakata Hangoro lll (L) as Kosodate Kannonbo

1794

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors, one with shaved blue-tinted head and red eye makeup, the other with long black

The actors Sawamura Yodogoro II (R) as Kawatsura Hogen and Bando Zenji (L) as Onisadobo

1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with topknot holding a folding fan, wearing a pink and green patterned kimono.

Tachibanaya Chusha (The actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Hachiman Taro Minamoto no Yoshiie)

1794

Woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor in a hexagonal patterned robe with a sword, by Toshusai Sharaku, c. 1794.

Morita Kan'ya Vll in the Role of Yura Hyogonosuke Nobutada

c. 1794

Ukiyo-e print of a kabuki actor in a courtesan's elaborate hairpins and patterned kimono against a grey background.

The actor Matsumoto Yonesaburo as Shinobu in the guise of the courtesan Kewaizaka no Shosho

1794

Omiya Kinsha (The actor Nakayama Tomisaburo I as Ohide, wife of Sazanami Tatsugoro [actually Teriha, younger sister o…

1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a female role with an elaborate hairstyle and floral black kimono.

The actor Segawa Tomisaburo II as Yadorigi, wife of Ogishi Kurando

1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a blue-tinged shaved head, glaring, holding a green sword hilt in a tan kimono.

The actor Tanimura Torazo as Washizuka Hachiheiji

1794

Woodblock portrait of a kabuki actor with white face makeup, black kimono and topknot against a grey background.

The actor Ichikawa Komazo III as Shiga Daishichi

1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in white kimono with red sash holding a sword, against a gray background.

The actor Bando Mitsugoro II as Ishii Genzo

1794