Amusements of Kabuki Actors of the “Third Floor” [Dressing Room], by Shikitei Sanba 俳優三階興

The image shows a two-page spread from a book with a traditional Japanese illustration. The pages are yellowed with age and have a black border around the artwork. The scene on the left page depicts four men in traditional Japanese clothing, with one man bent over and partially obscured by an umbrella. Another man stands to his right, holding an open umbrella. The background on the left includes a tree and a fence. The right page shows four men, with one sitting at a low table and another standing to his right. A third man stands behind the seated man, and another man stands to the right. The background on the right includes a window with blinds and a curtain with pink flowers. The illustrations are in muted colors, including shades of brown, gray, and black. The artwork appears to be a woodblock print.

Artwork details

Date:: 1801
Medium:: First volume of a two-volume set of woodblock-printed books; ink and color on paper
Culture:: Japan
Dimensions:: 599 × 400 px
Museum record:: View original

Palette

The Actors Ichikawa Komazo II as Minamoto no Yorimasa (right), Matsumoto Koshiro II as Osada no Taro Kagemune Disguised as Yatsurugi Zaemon (center), and Ichikawa Danzo III as I no Hayata Tadazumi (left), In the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

Parody of the Episode of the Third Princess (Modoki Onna San no Miya)

Mirror of the Beauties of the Green-houses (Seirō bijin awase sugata kagami) 青楼美人合姿鏡

Collection of Short Poems in Chinese from Itako (Itako zekku shū) 潮来絶句集

Entertainers of Nakazu, from the series "A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tosei yuri bijin awase)"

Three Women (from the series A Brief Collection of Japanese Beauties)

Courtesans of Yoshiwara and their attendants viewing the peonies on Nakanocho

A Girl and Four Servants, from the series "A Brocade of Eastern Manners (Fuzoku Azuma no nishiki)"

"Yo": A Man Meets a Former Lover, now Serving in a Provincial Household, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

Street Scene in the Springtime

The Actors Ichikawa Yaozo II as Yoshimine no Munesada (right), Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III as Shizuya (center), and Nakamura Matsue I as Sakuragi (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771