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Theater Prints (280)

Artists Known for Theater

Mikuni Hikari, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Mikuni Hikari, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

1898

Color woodblock print

Kiso, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Kiso, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

1898

Color woodblock print

Eguchi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Eguchi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

1898

Color woodblock print

Shari, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Shari, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

1898

Color woodblock print

Sahoyama, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Sahoyama, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

1898

Color woodblock print

Setsubun, from the series "Fifty Kyogen Plays (Kyogen gojuban)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Setsubun, from the series "Fifty Kyogen Plays (Kyogen gojuban)"

1927 (Published)

Color woodblock print

Obagasake, from the series "Fifty Kyogen Plays (Kyogen gojuban)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Obagasake, from the series "Fifty Kyogen Plays (Kyogen gojuban)"

1927 (Published)

Color woodblock print

Wakana, from the series "Fifty Kyogen Plays (Kyogen gojuban)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Wakana, from the series "Fifty Kyogen Plays (Kyogen gojuban)"

1927 (Published)

Color woodblock print

Beach Girl by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Beach Girl

Kou, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Kou, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

1898

Color woodblock print

Yurimasa, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Yurimasa, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

1898

Color woodblock print

Ohara-gokô, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Ohara-gokô, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"

1898/1903

Color woodblock print

Iyogu, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Iyogu, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

1898

Color woodblock print

Rokujizo (Kyogen), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Rokujizo (Kyogen), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

1898

Color woodblock print

Mokuzuku, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Mokuzuku, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

1898

Color woodblock print

Ukon, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Ukon, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

1898

Color woodblock print

Shiga, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Shiga, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

1898

Color woodblock print

Scene from Noh Play by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Scene from Noh Play

Shunkan, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Shunkan, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"

1898/1903

Color woodblock print

Teika, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Teika, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"

1898/1903

Color woodblock print

Su-yo or Suutai, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Su-yo or Suutai, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

1898

Color woodblock print

Mekari, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Mekari, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"

1898/1903

Color woodblock print

Sakaga, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Sakaga, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

1898

Color woodblock print

Tatsuta, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Tatsuta, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

1898

Color woodblock print

Tama-no-i, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Tama-no-i, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

1898

Color woodblock print

Mochizuki, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Mochizuki, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"

1898/1903

Color woodblock print

Daija, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Daija, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

1898

Color woodblock print

Kappo, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Kappo, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

1898

Color woodblock print

Domyoji, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Domyoji, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

1898

Color woodblock print

Roppo, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Roppo, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

1898

Color woodblock print

Karafune, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" by Tsukioka Kōgyo

Karafune, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

1898

Color woodblock print

Actor Arashi Tokusaburō II (later Kitsusaburō II) as O-Karu with Onoe Kikugorō as Kampei, by Castle Moat in Night Scene (from Chūshingura) by Kitagawa Toyohide

Actor Arashi Tokusaburō II (later Kitsusaburō II) as O-Karu with Onoe Kikugorō as Kampei, by Castle Moat in Night Scene (from Chūshingura)

c. 1840

Color woodblock diptych (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as both Yamauba and Kaidōmaru by Nansenrō Shibakuni

Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as both Yamauba and Kaidōmaru

c. 1823

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Actor Ichikawa Danzō V as both Tsurifune no Sabu and Tamashima Isonojō by Nansenrō Shibakuni

Actor Ichikawa Danzō V as both Tsurifune no Sabu and Tamashima Isonojō

1824

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Actor Kataoka Gadō II as Hattori Kingorō by Kitagawa Toyohide

Actor Kataoka Gadō II as Hattori Kingorō

1841

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Actor Kataoka Gadō II as Yodoya Tatsugorō by Kitagawa Toyohide

Actor Kataoka Gadō II as Yodoya Tatsugorō

1841

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Just Arrived from Edo, Actor Arashi Kitsusaburō (II) by Nansenrō Shibakuni

Just Arrived from Edo, Actor Arashi Kitsusaburō (II)

c. 1824

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Actor Arashi Kitsusaburō I as Chinzei Hachirō by Nansenrō Shibakuni

Actor Arashi Kitsusaburō I as Chinzei Hachirō

c. 1821

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Actor Ichikawa Danzō as the Courtesan Akoya by Kitagawa Toyohide

Actor Ichikawa Danzō as the Courtesan Akoya

1839

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Actor Nakamura Tomijūrō as Matsukaze by Kitagawa Toyohide

Actor Nakamura Tomijūrō as Matsukaze

1839

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

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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.