Actors and Theatrical Performances

TOYOKUNI (1769-1825)
The actor Bandô Mitsugorô III - early 19th century
Signature: Toyokuni
Publisher's seal: Kawara (?)
Size: ôban

KUNISADA (1786-1864)
Portrait of the actor Nakamura Matsue III - mid 1810s
Signature: Kunisada
Publisher's seal: Kawara(?)
Censor's seal: kiwame
Size: ôban

SADAFUSA (active ca 1825-1850)
The actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VII - late 1820s?
Signature: Gofûtei Sadafusa
Publisher's seal: Jôshûya Kinzô
Censor's seal: kiwame
Size: ôban

KUNIYASU (1794-1832)
The actor Bandô Mitsugorô III
Signature: Kuniyasu
Publisher's seal: Hei
Censor's seal: kiwame
Size: ôban

HIROSADA (act ca 1820s - 1860s - Osaka school))
Portrait of an actor - ca 1850
Signature: Hirosada
Size: chûban

KUNISADA (1786-1864)
From the series "The fifty-three stations of the Tôkaidô" (with portraits of actors) - 1852
Signature: Toyokuni
Publisher's seal: Sumimasa (Sumiyoshi Masagorô?)
Censors' seals: Hama & Magomi
Date seal: Rat 5
Size: ôban

KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)
From the series "Thirty-six fashionable meeting places in the Eastern Capital" - 1852-1853
Signature: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi
Publisher's seal: Yamaguchiya Tôbei
Censors' seals: Murata & Kinugasa
Date seal: Rat 12
Size: ôban

KUNISADA (1786-1864)
Portrait of an actor - 1855
Signature: Toyokuni
Publisher's seal: Tsutaya Kichizô
Date seal: Hare 6
Censor's seal: aratame
Size: ôban

SHUMPÛSHA (act late 1850s)
Two actors - 1859
Signature:Shumpûsha
Seal: combined censor (aratame) and date (Goat 5) seal
Size: ôban diptych (or two parts of a triptych)

YOSHITAKI (1841-1899)
Actor portrait
Signature: Yoshitaki
Censor's seal: aratame
Size: chûban

KUNICHIKA (1835-1900)
Two actors - 1887
Signature: Toyohara Kunichika
Size: ôban