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Utagawa Kunisada I

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Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in courtesan costume with tall black hair and pink hairpins against a yellow circle.

Iwai Kumesaburo II as the Courtesan Takao in Banzei Okuni Kabuki

c. 1827

Woodblock print of three costumed kabuki-style figures on a stage ledge, one in a black cloak with a white crane crest.

Three actors and a puppet

late 1810s

Japanese woodblock print of a striped tiger crouching with its tail raised, against an olive green background with calligraph

Crouching tiger

1830

Woodblock print of a standing actor in a patterned robe with a sword and staff against a blue background with calligraphy.

Actor in riding garb

1834

Woodblock print of a seated man in blue kimono holding prayer beads, with Japanese calligraphy inscriptions beside him.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Nakamura Kanjaku II

1861

Woodblock print of a seated bald man in a dark kimono beside a tea kettle and brazier, with calligraphy above.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Ebizo V (Ichikawa Danjuro VII)

1859

Japanese woodblock portrait of a sumo wrestler in a striped kimono holding an inscribed black fan.

Portrait of the Sumo Wrestler Ikezuki Geitazaemon

c. 1845

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman in pink kimono holding prayer beads beside a lacquer table, with calligraphy above.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Iwai Hanshiro VI

1836

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling man in a purple robe holding a bowl beside a wooden box, with calligraphy above.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Sawamura Tanosuke II

1817

Woodblock print of a seated man with prayer beads, sword and incense burner, with Japanese calligraphy above.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Ebizo V

1859

Japanese woodblock print of a seated man in blue robes reading a scroll beside an incense burner and prayer beads.

Memorial portrait of the actor Arashi Rikan III

1863

Woodblock print of a kneeling kabuki actor in a patterned kimono beside a large basket, with Japanese calligraphy.

The actor Seki Sanjuro II as Stuttering Matahei (Domo no Matahei)

1826

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a blue kimono and headcloth, hand raised to his face, against a pale blue flora

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII Commemorating the Sixth Anniversary of His Death, from the dipty…

1860

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a brown and blue kimono with an upswept hairstyle against a pale floral background.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Onoe Kikugoro IV, from the diptych "Visions of Mementos in Double Mirrors (Awase kagam…

1860

Woodblock print of kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII kneeling in a red robe beside a sword, with calligraphy.

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII

1826

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono beside a lacquered box and red lantern.

The actors Ichikawa Ebizo V and Ichikawa Saruzo I

1849

Woodblock print of a seated kabuki-style man in black kimono and blue hakama beneath a red zigzag border.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII

1854

Woodblock print of a standing man in green robes holding prayer beads, with calligraphy beside him, memorial portrait of acto

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Nakamura Tamasuke

1838

Woodblock print of a seated bald man in a blue kimono holding prayer beads, with Japanese calligraphy beside him.

Memorial portrait of Utagawa Hiroshige

1858

Japanese woodblock print of a misty river landscape with a distant mountain, a wooden bridge, and framing pine trees.

Landscape in Mist (Muchu no sansui), from an untitled series of landscapes

c. 1832

Woodblock print of travelers on a hillside path among autumn maple trees, with a bay, boat, mountains, and river below.

Viewing Maple Trees

1835

Triptych woodblock print of two women in snowy landscape with village, bridge, and pine trees, by Kunisada.

Snow View (Yuki no nagame), from the series Fashionable Genji (Furyu Genji)

about 1853

Japanese woodblock print of a seated woman in a patterned kimono beneath pink cherry blossoms, with a Japanese title cartouch

The actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Churo Onoe

1847

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling woman with a fan beside a roundel showing blossoming cherry trees.

Goten Hill (Goten-yama), from the series "Flower Viewing in Edo (Edo hanami tsukushi)"

c. 1820s

Woodblock print of kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII in patterned robes before rough waves, with lantern boats and a ghostly

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Sagami Goro, from the series "Popular Actors as the 108 Heroes of the Water Margin…

c. 1828

Japanese woodblock print of three figures among white flowering plum branches against a grey background.

Cherry Blossom Viewing (Shunchaku hana no shizuku)

c. 1833

Woodblock print of a robed man balancing on a sword over blue waves, with clouds and a dark gradient sky.

Joriken riding his sword across water, section of a sheet from an untitled harimaze series

1858

Japanese woodblock print of a man in blue robes and a woman beside baskets of chrysanthemums and peonies.

Actors Kataoka Gado II as Florist (Hanaya) Tokubei (R) and Nakamura Daikichi III as Tokubei's Wife (Tsuma) Ofusa (L)

1855

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with black topknot and checkered robe, beside a pink panel of plum blossoms and calligraphy

The actor Morita Kan'ya, from the series "Pictures and Calligraphy of Kabuki Actors-Poets (Haika shoga kyodai)"

c. 1847/50

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with stylized makeup and topknot in an oval frame, with calligraphy on a cream background.

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII (Ebizo V) as Shirafuji Genta in the play "Sono Uwasa Sakura no Irodoki," from the seri…

1825

Diptych Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors in ornate costumes beneath blossoming cherry branches, one holding a sw

The actors Onoe Kikugoro III (R) as Nagoya Sanza and Iwai Kumesaburo II (L) as the courtesan Katsuragi in the play "O…

1827

Japanese woodblock diptych of two kabuki actors under cherry blossoms, one holding an umbrella and one leaning on a staff.

The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Sukeroku (R) and Onoe Kikugoro III as the white sake peddler Shinbei (L) in the pl…

c. 1823