EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Court Servant Shoheida Sadamori in the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1772-1782. Dimensions: ...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Taira no Masakado Disguised as the Pilgrim Junjo in the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1772-1782. Di...
EditorialThe Actor Otani Hiroji III as Makino Arataro Tokizumi in the Play Hana no O-Edo Masakado Matsuri, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1789. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1784-1794. Dimensions: 31.8 x 14.8 cm (...
EditorialThe Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Spirit of Taira no Masakado Disguised as Otomo no Kuronushi in the Play Shida Yuzuriha Horai Soga, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1775. Tamagawa Shunsui; Japanese, active c. 1770s. Date: 1770-17...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in a "Shibaraku" Role, Probably as Kato Hyoeisa Shigemitsu, in the Third Scene of the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki (The First Snow on Taira no Masakado's Court Headdress), Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Elev...
EditorialThe Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Taira no Masakado Disguised as Otomo no Kuronushi (?) or Sugawara Micihizane (?) in the Play Shida Yuzuriha Horai Soga (?) or Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the First or Fifth ...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Hei Shinno Masakado in the Play Hana no O-Edo Masakado Matsuri, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1789. Katsukawa Shun'ei; Japanese, 1762-1819. Date: 1784-1789. Dimensions: 32.5 x 14.1 cm (12 13/16...
EditorialThe Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Taira no Masakado Disguised as Otomo no Kuronushi (?) or Sugawara Micihizane (?) in the Play Shida Yuzuriha Horai Soga (?) or Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the First or Fifth ...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in a "Shibaraku" Role, Probably as Kato Hyoeisa Shigemitsu, in the Third Scene of the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki (The First Snow on Taira no Masakado's Court Headdress), Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Elev...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Court Servant Shoheida Sadamori in the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1772-1782. Dimensions: ...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Taira no Masakado Disguised as the Pilgrim Junjo in the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1772-1782. Di...
EditorialThe Actor Otani Hiroji III as Makino Arataro Tokizumi in the Play Hana no O-Edo Masakado Matsuri, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1789. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1784-1794. Dimensions: 31.8 x 14.8 cm (...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in a "Shibaraku" Role, Probably as Kato Hyoeisa Shigemitsu, in the Third Scene of the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki (The First Snow on Taira no Masakado's Court Headdress), Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Elev...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Hei Shinno Masakado in the Play Hana no O-Edo Masakado Matsuri, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1789. Katsukawa Shun'ei; Japanese, 1762-1819. Date: 1784-1789. Dimensions: 32.5 x 14.1 cm (12 13/16...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Court Servant Shoheida Sadamori in the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1772-1782. Dimensions: ...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Taira no Masakado Disguised as the Pilgrim Junjo in the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1772-1782. Di...
EditorialThe Actor Otani Hiroji III as Makino Arataro Tokizumi in the Play Hana no O-Edo Masakado Matsuri, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1789. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1784-1794. Dimensions: 31.8 x 14.8 cm (...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Hei Shinno Masakado in the Play Hana no O-Edo Masakado Matsuri, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1789. Katsukawa Shun'ei; Japanese, 1762-1819. Date: 1784-1789. Dimensions: 32.5 x 14.1 cm (12 13/16...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in a "Shibaraku" Role, Probably as Kato Hyoeisa Shigemitsu, in the Third Scene of the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki (The First Snow on Taira no Masakado's Court Headdress), Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Elev...
EditorialThe actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as Taira Shinno Masakado, c. 1847/52, Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), Japanese, 1786-1864, Japan, Color woodblock print, oban, 36.5 x 24.6 cm (14 3/8 x 9 11/16 in.).
EditorialPrincess Takiyasha summons a skeleton spectre to frighten Mitsukuni, Edo period, Japan, c1844. The princess is reciting a spell written on a handscroll. She summons up a giant skeleton which comes rearing out of a terrifying black void, crashing its wa...
EditorialThe Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Taira no Masakado Disguised as Otomo no Kuronushi (?) or Sugawara Micihizane (?) in the Play Shida Yuzuriha Horai Soga (?) or Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the First or Fifth ...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Court Servant Shoheida Sadamori in the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1772-1782. Dimensions: ...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Taira no Masakado Disguised as the Pilgrim Junjo in the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1772-1782. Di...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Court Servant Shoheida Sadamori in the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1772-1782. Dimensions: ...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Taira no Masakado Disguised as the Pilgrim Junjo in the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1772-1782. Di...
EditorialThe Actor Otani Hiroji III as Makino Arataro Tokizumi in the Play Hana no O-Edo Masakado Matsuri, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1789. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1784-1794. Dimensions: 31.8 x 14.8 cm (...
EditorialThe Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Spirit of Taira no Masakado Disguised as Otomo no Kuronushi in the Play Shida Yuzuriha Horai Soga, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1775. Tamagawa Shunsui; Japanese, active c. 1770s. Date: 1770-17...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Hei Shinno Masakado in the Play Hana no O-Edo Masakado Matsuri, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1789. Katsukawa Shun'ei; Japanese, 1762-1819. Date: 1784-1789. Dimensions: 32.5 x 14.1 cm (12 13/16...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in a "Shibaraku" Role, Probably as Kato Hyoeisa Shigemitsu, in the Third Scene of the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki (The First Snow on Taira no Masakado's Court Headdress), Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Elev...
EditorialPrincess Takiyasha summons a skeleton spectre to frighten Mitsukuni, Edo period, Japan, c1844. The princess is reciting a spell written on a handscroll. She summons up a giant skeleton which comes rearing out of a terrifying black void, crashing its wa...