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ContributorsGosōtei Hirosada (Artist) / 五粽亭廣貞 (Artist)
Created1852
DescriptionThis print is a portrait of a kabuki actor in the role of a courtesan named Usaki from the play Tsugai Chou Somete Irodori 翻蝶潤彩色
ContributorsUtagawa Kunikazu (Artist) / 歌川 国員 (Artist) / Kinkodō 錦鯱堂 (Publisher)
Created1859
Description
This print by Utagawa Kunikazu (also known as Isshusai) depicts the actor Bandō Hikosaburō 坂東彦三郎 twice: in his roles as Sanbasō 三番叟 (left) and Urashima 浦しま (right).
ContributorsUtagawa Kuniyoshi (Artist) / 歌川 国芳 (Artist) / The Pride Publishing Company (Publisher)
Created1835 to 1841
Description
Triptych depicting backstage preparations during a kabuki play.
ContributorsUtagawa Kunisada (Artist) / 歌川 国貞 (Artist) / The Pride Publishing Company (Publisher)
Created1851
Description
This diptych shows the ghost of Asakura Tōgo 朝倉當吾 returning to haunt the man responsible for his death, the corrupt governor Orikoshi Tairyō 織越大領. A kappa (a traditional folk monster) tumbles comically at Orikoshi’s feet.
Created1855
Description
This shini-e (death print) commemorates the deaths of three kabuki actors: Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII (right), who committed suicide in 1854, and Arashi Otohachi III (center) and Bandō Shūka I (left) who both died in 1855.