The important Japanese woodblock printmaker Katsukawa Shunsho is a well-known representative of the ukiyo-e art style, whose subject is the flowing, transient world. He lived from about 1726 to 1793 in Edo, today's Tokyo. To this day his unique works, which show mainly Kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers, fascinate. The special thing about these illustrations is the way the characters of Katsukawa Shunsho are portrayed. His portraits appear extremely realistic and lively.
In 1764 Katsukawa Shunsho began to paint actors and scenes from the Kabuki theatre. At that time the Kabuki Theater was the theater of the bourgeoisie, which was characterized by striking costumes as well as music and dance. Highlights of the theater were the characteristic poses of the Kabuki actors. Especially these poses were captured by Shunsho in ukiyo-e wood color prints. This is how Shunsho's works of art such as "Nakamura Sukegoro II as Samurai" or "Onoe Matsusuke in a female role" were created. With his unique drawing style, Katsukawa Shunsho founded his Katsukawa school, which produced several famous Japanese artists of the ukiyo-e style.
In addition to the depictions of Kabuki actors, Shunsho's works also include numerous portraits of sumo players and images of ladies in fine kimonos. His works radiate a unique atmosphere and captivate with their fine lines. All his pictures express the character of the portrayed person in a special way, which helped Katsukawa Shunsho to become very popular.
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.jpg "Actor as Evil Imperial Messenger by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-146602).jpg "Japanese Women Reading and Writing by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in Private Life, Standing in a Snow-Covered Garden by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1283526).jpg "Act Eight: Bridal Journey, from the play")
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.jpg "The Actor Anegawa Shinshiro II, from \"A Picture Book of Stage Fans\" by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in a")
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.jpg "The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as the Courtesan Agemaki in the Play \"Sukeroku Yukari no Hatsu-zakura,\" Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Third Month, 1776 by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "Act Two: The House of Kakogawa Honzo from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers) by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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_a_-_(MeisterDrucke-1281806).jpg "The Actors Sawamura Sojuro II as the Chinese Sage Huangshi Gong (on horseback), and Ichikawa Danzo III as the Chinese Warrior Zhang Liang (mounted on a dragon), in the Finale of the Play Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe (At Mt. Otoko, a Trial of Strength in Drawing by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1293988).jpg "The Actor Ichikawa Somegoro, from \"A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)\" by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Actor Nakajima Kanzaemon III, from \"A Picture Book of Stage Fans\" by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1612774).jpg "Act Six: Yoichibei")
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.jpg "The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Matano no Goro in the Play Hana-zumo Genji Hiiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775 by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Female Fox from Mt. Ubagadake in the Play")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1274932).jpg "Act Ten: The Amakawaya from the Play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers) by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "\"Ra\": Narihira Requests a Painting from a Former Lover, from the series \"Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures\" by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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_Matsumoto_Koshiro_II_as_G_-_(MeisterDrucke-1298972).jpg "The Actors Yamashita Yaozo I as Ono no Komachi, Matsumoto Koshiro II as Godai Saburo, and Ichikawa Danzo III as Otomo no Kuronushi, in the play \"Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji,\" performed at the Nakamura Theater by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "Narihira Presents a Chancellor with a Model of a Pheasant, from the series")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1278845).jpg "An Actor as Senzai, from")
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.jpg "The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as Hige no Ikyu in the scene “Sukeroku” in the play \"Hitokidori Harutsuge Soga\" (\"The Soga Play: Announcement of the Spring Season by the Bush Warbler\") by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Arakawa Taro in the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1778 by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "Courtesans of the Matsuneya, from the Book")
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_Kashiwado_Kandayu_from_Edo_(left)_an_-_(MeisterDrucke-1291602).jpg "Sumo Wrestlers of the Western Group: Kashiwado Kandayu from Edo and Inagawa Masaemon from Osaka by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "A Man Meets a Former Lover, now Serving in a Provincial Household, from the series Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "Actor Iwai Hanshirō IV Performs the Triple Umbrella Dance in")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1283188).jpg "Weaving Silk, plate 11 from the series \"Silkworm Cultivation\" by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Renegade Monk Wantetsu of Okami-dani in the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1778 by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "Courtesans of the Yamashiroya, from the book")
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.jpg "Summer Flowers: Irises and Water Plantains, from the book")
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.jpg "Act Nine: Yuranosuke")
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.jpg "Sumida River, Musashi and Shimosa Provinces, from the series")
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.jpg "The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kakogawa Honzo in the Play")
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_and_Nakamura_N_-_(MeisterDrucke-1280932).jpg "The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as Watanabe Kiou Takiguchi (bottom), and Nakamura Nakazo I as Taira no Kiyomori (top), in the \"Shibaraku\" Scene from the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato (Forest of the Nue Monster: Target of the Eleventh Month), Performed at t by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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_in_the_Play_Kabu_-_(MeisterDrucke-1295852).jpg "The Actor Nakayama Tomisaburo I as the Geisha Yukino (or Oyuki?) in the Play Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1781 by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "Courtesans of the Kiribishiya, from the book \"Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami),\" vol. 2 by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as the Renegade Monk Dainichibo in the Play Edo Meisho Midori Soga, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1779 by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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_c1781_(_-_(MeisterDrucke-1426602).jpg "The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Spirit of Joro-gumo (Harlot Spider), c.1781 by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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_of_Ono_no_Tofu_in_the_Play_Geiko_Zashiki_Kyogen_-_(MeisterDrucke-1282470).jpg "Parody of Ono no Tofu in the Play")
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.jpg "I: Coming of Age, from the series Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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![[Untitled] (Page from 100 Poets of Edo) by Katsukawa Shunsho](/kunstwerke/300px/Katsukawa_Shunsho_-_Untitled_(Page_from_100_Poets_of_Edo)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1397495).jpg "[Untitled] (Page from 100 Poets of Edo) by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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_in_the_Play_Wada-g_-_(MeisterDrucke-1287877).jpg "The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Lady Hangaku in the Play")
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.jpg "The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Moshio in the Play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772 by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1281604).jpg "The Actor Nakamura Utaemon I, from")
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.jpg "The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as a Thunder Goddess in the Play Onna Narukami by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Actor Arashi Sangoro II as Ito Kuro Disguised as Banta in the Play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772 by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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_from_the_series_Kaiko_Yashinai-gusa_-_(MeisterDrucke-1286505).jpg "Plate 6 (Examining the Newly Spun Cocoons), from the series")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1300422).jpg "The Actor Ichikawa Shoemon, from A Picture Book of Stage Fans by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV as Kamakura no Gongoro Kagemasa, in the Fifth Scene of the Play")
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.jpg "A Courtesan of the Matsubaya House by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "Nakamura Nakazō I as Ono Sadakurō in Kanadehon Chūshingura (Model for Kana Calligraphy: Treasury of the Forty-Seven Loyal Retainers) by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Mitsuogiya Usukumo in the Play Shida Choja-bashira, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1781 by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Tsukimasu, Acting as Sakura-maru, in the Play Miya-bashira Iwao no Butai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1773 by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Ageha no Chokichi Disguised as Soga no Goro Tokimune in the Play Kaido Ichi Yawaragi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1778 by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Courtesan Michinoku of the Tsutaya House with her Kamuro Midare and Shinobu, from the series")
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.jpg "The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Tezuka no Taro Mitsumori Disguised as the Monkey Trainer Tonkichi Tochibei, in the Play Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1769 by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Kichisaburo, Temple Page of Kichijo-ji, in the Play")
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.jpg "The Actor Nakamura Utaemon I as Monk Seigen of Kiyomizu Temple in the Play Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1769 by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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_Courtesan_and_Her_Attendant_-_(MeisterDrucke-1297205).jpg "Evening Bell at Yagurashita, Courtesan and Her Attendant at the Yagurashita Unlicensed Pleasure District in Fukagawa, from the series")
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.jpg "The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II and Segawa Kikunojo III as the Lovers Seijuro (right) and Onatsu (left), in the Elopement Scene \"Michiyuki Hiyoku no Kiku-cho\" (An Elopement: Chrysanthemum-and-Butterfly Lovebirds), a Dance Interlude from Part Two of the Pl by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "Courtesans of the Yadaya, from the book \"Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters,\" vol. 1 by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Actor Nakamura Noshio I as the Goddess Benzaiten of Enoshima in the Play Onno Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773 by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1614773).jpg "The Earth Spider Slain by Brave Samurai Watanabe no Tauna (center image) by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Actor Arashi Hinaji I as Hananoi in the Play Gosho-zakura Horikawa Youchi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1773 by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Saito Sanemori in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780 by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Actor Nakamura Juzo II as Asahara Hachiro disguised as the servant of a princely family (from the play Onna Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai, performed at the Morita Theater in the eleventh month, 1773) by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1291190).jpg "The Announcement, page from \"A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)\" by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "\"Ri\": The Well Curb, from the series \"Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures\" by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "Scene at the Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine, from Act One of Chushingura, from the series \"Chushingura Juichimai-Tsuzuki\" by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Actor Nakajima Mihoemon II as Bomon no Saisho Kiyotada in the Play Oyafune Taiheiki, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775 by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "Dancing Actor by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Kawazu no Saburo in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770 by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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_in_the_-_(MeisterDrucke-1274485).jpg "The Actor Akizuki Sampei from Osaka Standing on a Galloping Horse, in the Play Dai Kyokuba by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "Courtesans of the Ogiya, from the book \"Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters,\" vol. 1 by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Actor Nakamura Ju_zo_ in a Samurai Role by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Taira no Masakado Disguised as the Pilgrim Junjo in the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777 by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Actor Otani Tomoemon I as Otsuma in the Play Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1781 by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "Two Courtesans on a Moonlit Balcony at a House of Pleasure in Shinagawa, from the series \"Nan")
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.jpg "The Actor Segawa Yujiro I in an Unidentified Role by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "Three Courtesans of the Ōgiya House and Their Attendants by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "Guards at the Love Passage, from the series Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Courtesan Kewaizaka no Shosho in the Play")
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.jpg "The Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as I no Hayata Tadazumi in the Play")
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_in_the_Play_Shida_Yuzuriha_H_-_(MeisterDrucke-1284131).jpg "The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Soga no Dozaburo in the Play Shida Yuzuriha Horai Soga, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1775 by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo III as Matsuo-maru in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1776 by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1288672).jpg "The Actor Arashi Hinaji I Dancing")
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.jpg "Act VII: The Ichiriki Teahouse in the play Chushingura Juichidan Tsuzuki by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "Spring Flowers: Violets and Dandelions, from the book")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1272570).jpg "The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV, from")
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.jpg "The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in an Unidentified Role by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Actor Nakamura Noshio I in an Unidentified Role by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Spirit of Monk Seigen in the Shosagoto Dance Sequence \"Sono Utsushi-e Matsu ni Kaede\" (A Shadow-Picture of Pine and Maple), the Last Scene of Part Two of the Play Keisei Momiji no Uchikake (Courtesan in an Over-Kimono) by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1298203).jpg "Young Woman with a Caged Monkey (Calendar Print for New Year 1776) by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1405653).jpg "An Actor in a Samurai Role Holding a Bamboo Flute by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "Nakajima Kanzaemon as a Lord Disguised as a Hunter with a Rifle by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Actor Nakamura Juzo II in an Unidentified Role by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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.jpg "The Actor Ichikawa Raizo I as Hanakawado no Sukeroku in the Scene")
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.jpg "The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in an Unidentified Role by Katsukawa Shunsho")
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