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PROGRAM OF KABUKI PLAYS

Artists

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国Artist

Teisai Hokuba 蹄斎北馬Artist

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "naga-surimono" format; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Related Artworks

Prints

Courtesan Suehiro of the Ōgiya with Attendants and New Year's Gifts (Toshidama no Ōgiya uchi Suehiro), first from the series Views of the Nakanochō for the Hisakata Poetry Club (Hisakataya Nakanochō no ichi), with poems by Seikaitei Kamehito and Sawanoya

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1825

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; Ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Defying a Shower of Bullets, He, Alone, Opened Hyonmu Gate

Kobayashi Kiyochika 小林清親, 1894 (Meiji 27)

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Evening Glow at Motomura (Motomura no yūdachi) with Two Englishmen Looking at the Sunset, from the series Eight Views of Yokohama, Bushu (Bushu Yokohama hakkei no uchi), published by Yamadaya Shōjirō

Utagawa Yoshitora 歌川芳虎, Late Edo period, first month of 1861

Yokohama woodblock print in ōban format; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Two Court Ladies Skeining Silk, with five poems by actors and associates

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満, Edo period, circa 1806 (Bunka 3) or 1815 (Bunsei 1)

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "nagaban" format; ink, color and embossing on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Climbing Rope (Zairu)

Azechi Umetarō, Shōwa period, dated 1957

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese

Prints

Kihō gafu

Kawamura Kihô, 1827 (Bunsei 10)

Woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Dragonfly and Morning Glory

Keiri, Late Edo period, dated 1840

Ink

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Lion with Peony

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, Late Edo period, 1800

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actors

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, 19th century

Center panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Triptych: Summer Evening at Ryōgoku Bridge, from the series...

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Travelers Crossing the Ōi River/ Shimada, from the series Exhaustive Illustrations of the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsantsugi ezukushi)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, 1810

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; Ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Courtesan and Customer Behind Shōji

Toyohara Kunichika, Meiji period, circa 1876-1886

Unmatted ukiyo-e woodblock print in ōban format; ink and colors on paper, with p

19th centuryJapanese