Theater Prints (280)
Artists Known for Theater

Kabuki Actor Portrait, Taishô period, circa 1922-1924
Woodblock print

Chinese Theatre, Shôwa period, dated 1959
Woodblock print
![Kabukiza [Kabuki Theater] by Sonoyama Harumi](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/10806d46-109a-d67f-30ac-d57e9b374873/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
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](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/33905fb8-c304-71f5-6150-cb9260cf9efa/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Inside Scene of Kabukiza [Kabuki theater] (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century)
1999
Color woodblock print

WORK - 466
2019
Woodblock

WORK - 496
2023
Woodblock

Form 77 Ice Coffin Svalbard
2022
Etching, aquatint

WORK - 437
2015
Woodblock

The Dissipating Stage
2021
Other

Nighttime Stage
2025
Oil on Dibond

Noh
1977
Woodblock Print

The Noh play The Stone Bridge
1997
Two-color woodblock print on gold paper

Kabuki Actor
1848
Original Woodcut
Bungorô on Stage, Shôwa period, 1953
Woodblock print
Actor Ichikawa Sadanji as Hishikawa Gengobei, Taishô period, circa 1923
Woodblock print
Actor Minokawa Enjaku as Igami-no-gonta in the Play
Woodblock print
Actor Nakamura Ganjirô as Kamiya Jihei, Taishô period, circa 1922
Woodblock print
Kabuki Actor Nakamura Ganjirô as Kamiya Jihei, Taishô period, circa 1922
Woodblock print
The Actor Nakamura Enjaku II as the Snarling Gonta
Woodblock print
From the Theatre Wings
Woodblock print
From the Theatre Wings
Woodblock print
The Actor Nakamura Utaemon
Woodblock print
"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)
Woodblock print
Actor Ichimura Uzaemon as Naoji, Taishô period, circa 1925?
Woodblock print
The Actor Bandö Juzaburö as Seigoro
Woodblock print
The actor Ichikawa Sadanji II as Narukami Uejin
Woodblock print
The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XV as Iriya Naozamurai
Woodblock print
The Actor Jitsukawa Enjaku II as Danshichi Kurobei
Woodblock print
The Actor Onoe Matsunosuke IV as the Unlucky Master Chöbei
Woodblock print
The Actor Sawada Shöjirö as the Swordsman Hayashi Buhei
Woodblock print
Kabuki-za (theatre in Tokyo) — 歌舞伎座
Woodblock print
Noh play
Woodblock print
Noh play
Woodblock print

Unidentified actor in the role of Okuma
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

The actor Ichimura Uzaemon XV as the gardener Kichigorô
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Noh
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Noh Players
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Actor
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Actor
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Two small envelops with actor portraits
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

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
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

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
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

The actor Kitamura Ryokurô in the role of Otsuta
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

The actor Ichimura Uzaemon XV in the role of fireman Megumi Tatsugorô
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

To Geki Theatre
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Theatre going
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

The actor Sawamura Sôjûrô VII in the role of Mizuno
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

The Actor Onoe Tamizo III in the role of Otsuma
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Actor Onoe Baiko VI
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

The Actor Ichikawa Uzaemon in the role of Shirai Gonpachi
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

The actor Ichikawa Sadanji II as Narukami Uejin
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Kabuki magazine - September 1925
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Striptease at the Nichigeki theatre
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Striptease at the Nichigeki theatre
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Behind the stage
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Audience and stage
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

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.





