Hagitsubo - A Parody of Shibaraku

Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V in a Shibaraku Role

Minneapolis Institute of Art

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in a "Shibaraku" Role, Probably as Kato Hyoeisa Shigemitsu, in the Third Scene of the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki (The First Snow on Taira no Masakado's Court Headdress), Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actors Bando Hikosaburo I as Araki Shozaemon and Nakamura Sukegoro I as Daidoji Tahatanosuke in the play "Chigozakura Futabajikki," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the tenth month, 1746

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV in a "Shibaraku" Role, Possibly from the Play Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji (The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1768

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Nagoya Sanzaburo in the play "Higashiyama-dono Kabuki no Tsuitachi," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1766

Art Institute of Chicago

Visual Parody of the Noh Play Hachi no ki

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Ichikawa Danjuro's costume for Shibaraku, from the series "Acting Skills of the Ichikawa Family, A Set of Three (Mimasuke no gei, sanban tsuzuki)"

Art Institute of Chicago

Parody of a scene from "The Pillow Book"

Art Institute of Chicago

Evening Rain at Shukaku - the actor Nakamura Nakazo as Sadakuro, from an untitled series of actor prints

Art Institute of Chicago

First Love (Hatsu koi), a parody of the well-curb episode of the "Tales of Ise"

Art Institute of Chicago

Ebisu (Shobishin), from the series "A Parody of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune (Mitate shichifukujin)"

Art Institute of Chicago

Writing Box (Suzuribako) with the “First Song” (Hatsune) Chapter from the Tale of Genji (lid)

Cleveland Museum of Art