China en Japan

A Priest Sweeping in the Snow

The Actors Ichimura Tamagashiwa I as Iwaki Hime, Murayama Heiemon III as Katsuta Jiro, and Katsuyama Matagoro as Minamoto no Yoshiie in the play "Yoroi Kurabe Oshu Kogane," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1716

Chinese trommelaar op plateau in landschap

The Actors Nakajima Mihoemon II as Aramaki Mimishiro (right), Matsumoto Koshiro II as Otomo no Yamanushi (center), and Ichikawa Danzo III as Hannya no Goro (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

Nieuwjaarsprent

Japanse man en vrouw, rokend voor een kamerscherm

The Yugao Chapter from "The Tale of Genji" (Genji Yugao), from a series of Genji parodies

Two Actors in a Drama

Korean Embassy Parade

Shikata nue, from the series "Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake)"

Scene at the Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine, from Act One of Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers), from the series "Chushingura Juichimai-Tsuzuki (Set of Eleven Sheets Illustrating Chushingura)"

Actors as Ushiwakamaru, Kisanta, Kiichi Hogen, and Minazuru-hime

Sanbaso Dance in a Brothel (Ageya sanbaso), no. 1 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays

The Fourth Month (Shigatsu), from an untitled series of genre scenes in the twelve months, with kyoka poems

Chinese man en jongen

The Actors Ichikawa Danzo IV as Arakawa Taro Takesada Disguised as the Palanquin Bearer Tarobei (right), and Ichikawa Danjuro V as Abe no Sadato Disguised as the Pilgrim Kuriyagawa Jirodayu (left), in the Play Godai Genji Mitsugi no Furisode, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1782

Rensho arriving at Mt. Koya (Rensho Koya-iri), from the series "Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake)"

Yasumasu and Kidômaru

House cleaning in preparation for the New Year

Samurai and Courtesan Seated; A Servant Beside Them

Tadanori

The Bamboo Flute and the Potted Tree (Shakuhachi hachi-no-ki), no. 12 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays

Behind the Screen

Katsuyama Matagoro as a Yane-chi Seated on a Straw Mat on the Tiled Roof of a House