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Theater Prints (280)

Artists Known for Theater

Kabuki Actor Portrait, Taishô period, circa 1922-1924 by Kanpo Yoshikawa

Kabuki Actor Portrait, Taishô period, circa 1922-1924

Woodblock print

Chinese Theatre, Shôwa period, dated 1959 by Naoko Matsubara

Chinese Theatre, Shôwa period, dated 1959

Woodblock print

Kabukiza [Kabuki Theater] by Sonoyama Harumi

Kabukiza [Kabuki Theater]

歌舞伎座

Lithograph

Inside Scene of Kabukiza [Kabuki theater] (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century) by Obata Tsutomu

Inside Scene of Kabukiza [Kabuki theater] (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century)

1999

Color woodblock print

WORK - 466 by Tatsuo Ichien

WORK - 466

2019

Woodblock

WORK - 496 by Tatsuo Ichien

WORK - 496

2023

Woodblock

Form 77 Ice Coffin Svalbard by Fuki Hamada

Form 77 Ice Coffin Svalbard

2022

Etching, aquatint

WORK - 437 by Tatsuo Ichien

WORK - 437

2015

Woodblock

The Dissipating Stage by Klara Vith

The Dissipating Stage

2021

Other

Nighttime Stage by Brian Williams

Nighttime Stage

2025

Oil on Dibond

Noh by Naoko Matsubara

Noh

1977

Woodblock Print

The Noh play The Stone Bridge by Paul Binnie

The Noh play The Stone Bridge

1997

Two-color woodblock print on gold paper

Kabuki Actor by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Kabuki Actor

1848

Original Woodcut

Bungorô on Stage, Shôwa period, 1953 by Jun'ichiro Sekino

Bungorô on Stage, Shôwa period, 1953

Woodblock print

Actor Ichikawa Sadanji as Hishikawa Gengobei, Taishô period, circa 1923 by Kanpo Yoshikawa

Actor Ichikawa Sadanji as Hishikawa Gengobei, Taishô period, circa 1923

Woodblock print

Actor Minokawa Enjaku as Igami-no-gonta in the Play  by Kanpo Yoshikawa

Actor Minokawa Enjaku as Igami-no-gonta in the Play

Woodblock print

Actor Nakamura Ganjirô as Kamiya Jihei, Taishô period, circa 1922 by Kanpo Yoshikawa

Actor Nakamura Ganjirô as Kamiya Jihei, Taishô period, circa 1922

Woodblock print

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Ganjirô as Kamiya Jihei, Taishô period, circa 1922 by Kanpo Yoshikawa

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Ganjirô as Kamiya Jihei, Taishô period, circa 1922

Woodblock print

The Actor Nakamura Enjaku II as the Snarling Gonta by Kanpo Yoshikawa

The Actor Nakamura Enjaku II as the Snarling Gonta

Woodblock print

From the Theatre Wings by Kawase Hasui

From the Theatre Wings

Woodblock print

From the Theatre Wings by Kawase Hasui

From the Theatre Wings

Woodblock print

The Actor Nakamura Utaemon by Kawase Hasui

The Actor Nakamura Utaemon

Woodblock print

"Hideyoshi's adopted son Toyotomi Hideyasu performing on a stage" by Kobayashi Kiyochika

"Hideyoshi's adopted son Toyotomi Hideyasu performing on a stage"

Woodblock print

The Actor Nakamura Utaemon VI as Tonase in Kanadehon Chushingura / Okubi-e (Bust Portraits, Series IV) by Tsuruya Kokei

The Actor Nakamura Utaemon VI as Tonase in Kanadehon Chushingura / Okubi-e (Bust Portraits, Series IV)

Woodblock print

Actor Ichimura Uzaemon as Naoji, Taishô period, circa 1925? by Natori Shunsen

Actor Ichimura Uzaemon as Naoji, Taishô period, circa 1925?

Woodblock print

The Actor Bandö Juzaburö as Seigoro by Natori Shunsen

The Actor Bandö Juzaburö as Seigoro

Woodblock print

The actor Ichikawa Sadanji II as Narukami Uejin by Natori Shunsen

The actor Ichikawa Sadanji II as Narukami Uejin

Woodblock print

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XV as Iriya Naozamurai by Natori Shunsen

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XV as Iriya Naozamurai

Woodblock print

The Actor Jitsukawa Enjaku II as Danshichi Kurobei by Natori Shunsen

The Actor Jitsukawa Enjaku II as Danshichi Kurobei

Woodblock print

The Actor Onoe Matsunosuke IV as the Unlucky Master Chöbei by Natori Shunsen

The Actor Onoe Matsunosuke IV as the Unlucky Master Chöbei

Woodblock print

The Actor Sawada Shöjirö as the Swordsman Hayashi Buhei by Natori Shunsen

The Actor Sawada Shöjirö as the Swordsman Hayashi Buhei

Woodblock print

Kabuki-za (theatre in Tokyo) — 歌舞伎座 by Noël Nouët

Kabuki-za (theatre in Tokyo) — 歌舞伎座

Woodblock print

Noh play by Ogata Gekko

Noh play

Woodblock print

Noh play by Ogata Gekko

Noh play

Woodblock print

Unidentified actor in the role of Okuma by Yamamura Toyonari

Unidentified actor in the role of Okuma

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

The actor Ichimura Uzaemon XV as the gardener Kichigorô by Yamamura Toyonari

The actor Ichimura Uzaemon XV as the gardener Kichigorô

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Noh by Wada Sanzo

Noh

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Noh Players by Wada Sanzo

Noh Players

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Actor by Takumi Shinagawa

Actor

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Actor by Takumi Shinagawa

Actor

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Two small envelops with actor portraits by Ota Masamitsu

Two small envelops with actor portraits

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

The actor Onoe Kikugoro VI playing the role of Kosho in Kagami Jishi by Ota Masamitsu

The actor Onoe Kikugoro VI playing the role of Kosho in Kagami Jishi

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

The actor Nakamura Utaemon VI playing the role of the shirabyôshi Hanako in the famous dance Musume Dôjôji by Ota Masamitsu

The actor Nakamura Utaemon VI playing the role of the shirabyôshi Hanako in the famous dance Musume Dôjôji

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

The actor Nakamura Utaemon VI playing the role of the shirabyôshi Hanako in the famous dance Musume Dôjôji by Ota Masamitsu

The actor Nakamura Utaemon VI playing the role of the shirabyôshi Hanako in the famous dance Musume Dôjôji

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

The actor Nakamura Utaemon V playing the role of nanny Masaoka in the play Meiboku Sendai Hagi by Ota Masamitsu

The actor Nakamura Utaemon V playing the role of nanny Masaoka in the play Meiboku Sendai Hagi

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

The actor Kitamura Ryokurô in the role of Otsuta by Ota Masamitsu

The actor Kitamura Ryokurô in the role of Otsuta

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

The actor Ichimura Uzaemon XV in the role of fireman Megumi Tatsugorô by Ota Masamitsu

The actor Ichimura Uzaemon XV in the role of fireman Megumi Tatsugorô

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

To Geki Theatre by Oda Kazuma

To Geki Theatre

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Theatre going by Oda Kazuma

Theatre going

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

The actor Sawamura Sôjûrô VII in the role of Mizuno by Natori Shunsen

The actor Sawamura Sôjûrô VII in the role of Mizuno

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

The Actor Onoe Tamizo III in the role of Otsuma by Natori Shunsen

The Actor Onoe Tamizo III in the role of Otsuma

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Actor Onoe Baiko VI by Natori Shunsen

Actor Onoe Baiko VI

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

The Actor Ichikawa Uzaemon in the role of Shirai Gonpachi by Natori Shunsen

The Actor Ichikawa Uzaemon in the role of Shirai Gonpachi

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

The actor Ichikawa Sadanji II as Narukami Uejin by Natori Shunsen

The actor Ichikawa Sadanji II as Narukami Uejin

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Kabuki magazine - September 1925 by Natori Shunsen

Kabuki magazine - September 1925

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Striptease at the Nichigeki theatre by Fumio Kitaoka

Striptease at the Nichigeki theatre

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Striptease at the Nichigeki theatre by Fumio Kitaoka

Striptease at the Nichigeki theatre

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Behind the stage by Fumio Kitaoka

Behind the stage

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Audience and stage by Hide Kawanishi

Audience and stage

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Cinema actress with twelve hours by Kamei Tobei

Cinema actress with twelve hours

Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

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Hanga currently catalogues 280 prints tagged with theater, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.