Shikisamba posters & prints

Three Actors in the Roles of Senzai, Okina, and Sanbaso, on Stage Performing in the Noh Play Shikisanba (or Shikisamba) Anonymous

Yatsushi shikisanba, A modern version of the Sarugaku play Shikisanba Katsukawa Shunsen

Furyu onna shikisanb Utagawa Toyokuni

Oshichi and Kichisaburo at the Gameboard (Oshichi Kichisaburo no bansho), 1800 Kitagawa Utamaro

From the series Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets: Shikishi Naishinno, c1830. Hokusai

Nakamura Tomijuro and Nakamura Shichisaburo II as the Lovers Agemaki and Sukeroku, 1753 Torii Kiyonobu II

Three Women (or the Male Actors Portraying Women) in the Role of the Three Old Men Who Typically Perform the... Anonymous

The Courtesan Kisagata of Ohishiya Strolling at Night with Two Shinzo and a Kamuro, c. 1790 Ch?bunsai Eishi

Murasaki Shikibu at Ishiyamadera Temple, based on the print…, ca. 1892 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Okubi-e portraits of the wrestler Onogawa Kisaburo and the noted beauty Ohisa of the Takashimaya Katsukawa Shuncho

Shishi Amongst Peonies, detail. Japan, mid-19th century Unknown

Ichikawa Monnosuke III as the Geisha Otsuma of Mirokucho Utagawa Kunisada (I)

Onogawa Kisaburo and Tanikaze Kajinosuke performing the shikiri in the dohyo, the referee Kimura Shonosuke behind them Katsukawa Shunsho

The Shishi-mai Dance Utagawa Kunisada

Oshichi the greengrocer's daughter, Kichisaburô the boy-servant and Dozaemon Denkichi. Chiwa kagami tsuki no murakumo Utamaro Kitagawa

Shichidanme, Act Seven Anonymous

Oshichi and Kichisaburo, c. 1800 Kitagawa Utamaro

Kano Minshi I as Chigusahime in Koimomiji Ogura no Shikishi Asayama Ashikuni

Sugatami shichinin keshô, Seven women applying make-up using a full-length mirror Utamaro Kitagawa

Shichidanme, Act seven of the Chushingura Kitagawa Utamaro

Urashim Kawanabe Gyosai

Act II of Chushingura, the young samurai Rikiya, with Konami, Honzo partly hidden behind the door Kitagawa Utamaro

Sugatami shichinin keshô, Seven women applying make-up using a full-length mirror Utamaro Kitagawa

Oshichi the greengrocer's daughter, Kichisaburô the boy-servant and Dozaemon Denkichi Utamaro Kitagawa

Rokudaime iwai hanshiro shichikaiki tsuizen (shigenoi ko wakare) Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Hikyoku No Biwa No Hana Matsunami Kengyo Jitsuwa Akushichibyoe, Secret Song of the Biwa (Loquat) Blossom: Matsunami Kengyo As Akushichi... Anonymous

Standing Figure of the Bodhisattva Jizo (K'Shitegarbha) Anonymous

Shichidanme, Act seven of the Kanadehon Chushingura Katsushika Hokusai

Dai Shichi, Act Seven Anonymous

Doguya jinza hokaibo bokon shimobe gunsuke, Actors in the roles of Doguya Jinza, Hokaibo Bokon, and Shimobe Gunsuke Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Shichidaime Ichikawa Danjuro No Shimizu No Kanja Yoshitaka, Ichikawa Danjuro VII As Shimizu Yoshitaka Anonymous

Hibanobambusa tranquillans 'Shiroshima' (Shiro-shima-inyÃinyouchikuzoku, bamboo) - leaf Anonymous

Zashiki No Yujo to Kamuro, Courtesan and Kamuro in a Parlour Anonymous

Hibanobambusa tranquillans 'Shiroshima' (Shiro-shima-inyÃinyouchikuzoku, bamboo) - leaf Anonymous

Dream Ukihashi Utagawa Toyokuni

Cool of the Evening at Shijo Riverbed Utagawa Hiroshige