Theater Prints (280)
Artists Known for Theater

Beauty in kimono with an actor-fan in her hand
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Actor portrait
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Actor portrait
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Unidentified actor.
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Photo kabuki magazine November 1925
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Photo kabuki magazine October 1925
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Children playing kabuki
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Children's kabuki (Children practising Soga no Goro)
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Aya no Tsuzumi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print

Hagoromo, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print

Aoi no Ue, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print

Ikkaku Sennin, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print

Adachiga Hara, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print

Akogi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print

Genzai Shichimen, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print

Atsumori, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print

Ikari-Kazuki, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print

Adachi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print

Sotoba Komachi, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print

Nue, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print

Setsubun (Kyogen), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print

Hashi Benkei, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print

Soshi-arai Komachi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print

Arashiyama, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print

Asahina (Kyogen), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print

Kamabara (Kyogen), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print

Eboshi-ori, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print

Atago Kuya, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print

Scene of a No Drama: The Gold Charms, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print

Ama, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print

Kurama Tengu, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban diptych (right: 1943.833.49b)

Chikubushima, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print

Hibari-yama, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print

Funa-Benkei, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print

Kamo, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print

Hachi no Ki, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print

Aisomegawa, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print

Dojoji, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print

BUNRAKU doll (variant 2)
Color woodblock print

The Kabuki actor Kataoka Gado as the blind musician, Miyuki in in the play Asagao Nikki

Matsukaze, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print

Basho, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print

Sekidera Komachi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print

Saigyo-zakura, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print

Dampu, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print

Yugyo Yanagi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print

Tsuen (Kyogen), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print

Hanjo, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print

Hakama No, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print

Shoki, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print

Kagekiyo, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print

Kayoi Komachi, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print

Makigaki, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print

Rasho-mon, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print

Yowa Hoshi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print

Ebisu- Bishamon (Kyogen), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print

Utsubo-saru, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print

Futari Shizuka, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print

Matsuyama Tengu, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
1898
Color woodblock print

Shakkyo, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
1898/1903
Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban diptych (right: 1943.833.9b)
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Frequently Asked Questions
Tsukioka Kōgyo, Natori Shunsen, and Kanpo Yoshikawa are among the artists most associated with theater in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.
Hanga currently catalogues 280 prints tagged with theater, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.




