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Mari Ito 2, Tono Kabuki
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Department of Photography, College of Art, at Nihon University in 1975, he moved to Los Angeles and became
Vintage Japanese Lacquer Kabuki Actor Plaque
Located in Papaikou, HI
A striking and dramatic image of a traditional Japanese kabuki actor done in fine Japanese lacquer
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Wood

Kabuki Theatre: Zo-Hiki (Drawing the Elephant)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Kabuki Theatre Meji 33 (ca1900) Woodblock Original Hand-Color. Woodblock printing flowered in
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Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Woodcut

Jun Masuda as Oyanagi, Matsuo Kabuki
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Department of Photography, College of Art, at Nihon University in 1975, he moved to Los Angeles and became
Marina Ema Kazusa Ito, Matsuo Kabuki
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Department of Photography, College of Art, at Nihon University in 1975, he moved to Los Angeles and became
Mari Ito as Osato, Tono Kabuki
By Hiroshi Watanabe
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Department of Photography, College of Art, at Nihon University in 1975, he moved to Los Angeles and became
The Kabuki Blushes (from Secrets in Carnations)
By James Rosenquist
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Lithograph with monoprint and hand applied collage on Chiri Kozo paper - Hand signed, numbered, titled and dated in pencil Edition of 59
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20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Mixed Media

Kabuki Theatre: Ya No Ne - The Arrow-Head
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Kabuki Theatre Meji 33 (ca1900) Woodblock Original Hand-Color. Woodblock printing flowered in
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Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Woodcut

Lynn Matsuoka, SOMEGORO (The most Beautiful Face) , KABUKI ACTOR
By Lynn Matsuoka
Located in Miami, FL
A Kabuki Tachiyaku (Male role specialist)putting on his make up, assisted by his young tsukebito
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2010s Realist Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Archival Paper, Graphite

Sculptural Pair of Kabuki Actors on Stage
Located in New York, NY
Japanese pair of Takeda Ningyo depicting two actors from a Kabuki play with brocade costumes and
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Antique 1840s Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Fabric

Japanese Scroll, Kabuki Dancers by Torii Kiyotada
Located in New York, NY
Japanese colors, gofun and metallics on silk painting of Noh/Kabuki Dancers, depicting two figures
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Vintage 1930s Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paint

Japanese Takeda Ningyo, Kabuki Actor, Edo Period
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Takeda Ningyo, depicting a kabuki actor on the stage, dressed in kinran dragon and cloud
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Antique 1820s Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Textile

Toyokuni III Utagawa, Onnagata, Kabuki Actor, Sakura, Japanese Woodblock Print
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in London, GB
portrait of an onnagata, a young male kabuki actor who performs female roles. He stands in front of a
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Mid-19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut

Set of 8 Antique Japanese Woodblocks of Kabuki Theater
Located in Florham Park, NJ
art form of great precision and beauty. The vitality and life inherent in the Kabuki Theatre is
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Prints

Traditional Japanese Kabuki Lion Dancer "Renshishi" Dolls, 1970s, Japan
Located in Paris, FR
Renshishi / Lion Dancer is traditional Japanese kabuki play. In the story of Renshishi, the father
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Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Antiquities

Materials

Fabric, Silk, Wood

Kunichika Toyohara, Kabuki Actors, Firemen, Original Japanese Woodblock Print
By Toyohara Kunichika
Located in London, GB
Artist: Kunichika Toyohara (1835-1900) Title: The Firemen's Dezomeshiki played by Kabuki Actors
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Late 19th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut

Kunichika Toyohara, Kabuki, Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Waterfall, Meiji
By Toyohara Kunichika
Located in London, GB
Artist: Kunichika Toyohara (1835-1900) Title: Nachi no Taki Chikai no Mongaku Publisher: Kishida Chojiro Date: 1896 Size: (L) 24.2 x 35.8 (C) 24.1 x 35.9 (R) 23.9 x 35.7 cm Condition...
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Late 19th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut

Kunichika Toyohara, Japanese Woodblock Print, Sword, Kabuki, Ghost Story
By Toyohara Kunichika
Located in London, GB
Artist: Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900) Title: Konoma no Hoshi Hakone no Shikabue Date: 1880 Publisher: Fukuda Kumajiro Size: (L) 35.7 x 23.8, (C) 35.6 x 23.9, (R) 35.7 x 23.8 cm Con...
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Late 19th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut

Spotting a celebrity outside Kabuki-za Theatre, Ginza, Tokyo
By James Whitlow Delano
Located in New York, NY
This photograph is part of the series "Mangaland: A Tokyo Retrospective". James Whitlow Delano (b. 1960), is an American-born photographer based in Tokyo, Japan. Working mainly in bl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Chikanobu Yoshu, Japanese Woodblock Print, Ukiyo-e, Kabuki, Yakusha-e, Meiji
By Yoshu Chikanobu
Located in London, GB
Artist: Chikanobu Yoshu (1838-1912) Title: The Battle between Lord Uesugi Kenshin and Lord Takeda Shingen Publisher: Inoue Mohei Date: 1882 Condition report: Pinholes. Slight tear on...
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Late 19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut

Chikanobu, Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Ukiyo-e, Meiji, Kabuki, Samurai
By Yoshu Chikanobu
Located in London, GB
. Some pinholes. Actors of the kabuki theatre don samurai armour, as they recreate the seminal Battle
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Late 19th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut

Kunichika Toyohara, Tattoo, Japanese Woodblock Print, Ukiyo-e, Kabuki Actor
By Toyohara Kunichika
Located in London, GB
of kabuki theatre. His colourful prints are records of a long lost, decadent underworld of Edo. Since
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1860s Edo Figurative Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Mulberry Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut

Kuniyoshi, Ukiyo-e, Japanese Woodblock Print, Fencing, Kabuki Theatre, Play
By Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Located in London, GB
Artist: Kuniyoshi Utagawa (1798-1861) Title: Story of Tamiya Botaro Publisher: Ningyoya Takichi Date: c. 1847-1852 Size: (L) 34.8 x 23.8, (C) 34.8 x 25.3, (R) 34.8 x 24.3 cm Conditio...
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Mid-19th Century Edo Figurative Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Mulberry Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut

Toyokuni III, Kabuki Play, White Fox, Kimono Design, Japanese Woodblock Print
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in London, GB
rooted in Japanese myth and retells the events of a popular legend on the kabuki stage. After the
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Mid-19th Century Edo Figurative Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut

Toyokuni III, Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Tokaido, Ukiyo-e, Kabuki, Edo
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in London, GB
Kunisada Utagawa (1786-1865) Title: 43. Kuwana, Tokuzo from the Kabuki play Series: The Fifty-Three
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Mid-19th Century Edo Portrait Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Mulberry Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut

Kuniyoshi, Ukiyo-e, Japanese Woodblock Print, Ghost Story, Oiwa, Kabuki Theatre
By Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Located in London, GB
Artist: Kuniyoshi Utagawa (1798 - 1861) Series: The Sixty-nine Post Stations of the Kisokaido Road Station: Oiwake Main scene: The deformed Oiwa squeezing blood from a hank of her h...
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Mid-19th Century Edo Figurative Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut

Small Antique Japanese Takeda Ningyo of a Kabuki Actor on the Stage
Located in New York, NY
NH22047 A small antique Japanese Takeda Ningyo of a Kabuki Actor on the Stage in the role of a
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Antique 1840s Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Textile

Antique Japanese Takeda Ningyo Doll Set of Two Kabuki Actors on the Stage
Located in New York, NY
Antique Japanese Takeda Ningyo doll set of two kabuki actors on the stage. Each figure with a wide
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Antique Early 1800s Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Fabric

Early Japanese Takeda Ningyo of a Kabuki Actor in the Role of Kumagai Naozane
Located in New York, NY
Early Japanese Takeda Ningyo of a kabuki actor in the role of Kumagai Naozane from the play Kumagai
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Antique 1780s Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Textile

Japanese Signed Print Actor Reflected in Mirror
Located in San Francisco, CA
A colorful Japanese woodcut print relating to the art of Kabuki (traditionally composed of three
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Prints

Art Deco Bronze Sculpture of a Lion Kabuki Shumei Japan 1940
By Kabuki Shumei
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco bronze sculpture of a lion by Kabuki Shumei, Japan Showa period.
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Vintage 1940s Japanese Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Kabuki: Musume"
By Albert Al Hirschfeld
Located in Astoria, NY
Albert Hirschfeld (American, 1903-2003), "Kabuki: Musume", Lithograph on Paper, circa 1976
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1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

"Kabuki: Sumano"
By Albert Al Hirschfeld
Located in Astoria, NY
Albert Hirschfeld (American, 1903-2003), "Kabuki: Sumano", Lithograph on Paper, circa 1976
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Kabuki Actors
By Toyoharu Kunichika
Located in Plano, TX
Kabuki Actors. c. 1864. Oban diptych (14 1/8 x 18 3/4). 2 small repairs in the top margin, 1 foxing
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Mid-19th Century Edo Portrait Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Flowers in a Vase (Kabuki)
Located in New York, NY
Etching and hand coloring on paper
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Color Pencil, Etching

Grand Kabuki Stainless Steel Abstract Brutalist Sculpture
By Alfred Van Loen
Located in Surfside, FL
reverence for God's work, for the art of every living thing. Van Loen is a prolific and steady worker with
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1970s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Kabuki Scene in a Bath House
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signature: Toyokuni ga Publisher: Daikokuya Kinnosuke Date Of Execution: 1858 2nd month
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19th Century Interior Prints

Beautiful Japanese Set of Bronze Kabuki Dancers
Located in New York, NY
Four elegant bronze Kabuki dancers from the 1950's, Japanese
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Portrait of the Kabuki Actor Sadanji II
Located in Burbank, CA
Strong portrait of the kabuki actor Ichikawa Sadanji II in the role of Hishikawa Gengobei
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1920s Showa Figurative Prints

Materials

Mulberry Paper, Woodcut

Antique Japanese Hand-Painted Kabuki Theatre Posters, 19th Century
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Rare pair of Japanese Kamigata-e, 'kabuki' theatre posters with hand-painted depictions of famous
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Antique Late 19th Century Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900) -19th Century Japanese Woodblock, Kabuki Play
By Toyohara Kunichika
Located in Corsham, GB
Kunichika. Toyohara was best known for his kabuki theater scenes and this is a fine example of one of these
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19th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Lowell Hecking (1908-1994) "Kabuki Theater" Original Oil on Canvas c.1970s
Located in San Francisco, CA
. He then established a commercial art business in Berkeley and painted fine art in his leisure. He
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Set of 4, Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese 1835-1900) Kabuki Performance Woodblock
Located in Atlanta, GA
Set of 4, Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese 1835-1900) Kabuki Performance Woodblock. Kabuki (歌舞伎, かぶき
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Decorative Art

Materials

Giltwood, Paper

Japan Important Antique Bronze Kabuki Actor with Fine Details, Signed
Located in South Burlington, VT
Unusual Opportunity to collect an authentic Antique "Kabuki" Signed Bronze Treasure Japanese
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

Colorful Dynamic Edo Period Kabuki Play Yakusha-e Woodblock Print Triptych
By Kunichika Toyohara
Located in Houston, TX
dressed kabuki actors in the middle of a dynamic scene. Currently hung in a black frame with a light cream
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19th Century Edo Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Pair of Japanese Vases Decorated with Kabuki Figures and Samurai Warriors
Located in San Francisco, CA
with Kabuki dancers in traditional garb, the reverse with Samurai warriors, further embellished with an
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Snowy scene in the kabuki play, "Senryo Tazuna Koi no Somekomi"
By Utagawa Kunikazu
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Snowy scene in the kabuki play, "Senryo Tazuna Koi no Somekomi" performed at Naka theater. Actors
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1850s Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Important Japan Complete Antique Kabuki Woodblock 42 Prints 1870 Lacquer Box
Located in South Burlington, VT
Important Japanese complete antique Kabuki actors woodblock print set of forty two (42) original
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Lacquer, Washi Paper

Group of Five Life Size Carved and Painted Japanese Kabuki Theatre Masks
Located in Dallas, TX
emotions in ordinary life. Kabuki is interpreted as “the art of singing and dancing.” The term is further
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Antique Mid-18th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Shadow Boxes

Materials

Paint, Wood

Julian Schnabel, Portraits, Jose Luis Ferrer
By Julian Schnabel
Located in New York, NY
the art scene. Using Kabuki theatrical sets, velvet and animal hides, his bold, somewhat
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Kabuki
By Alfredo de Giorgio Crimi
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
). Kabuki, c.1960. Oil on canvas measures 36 x 46 inches; 38 x 48 inches framed. Signed lower right
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1960s Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Kabuki Scene
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed: Toyokuni ga in Toshidama cartouche Publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi Format: Oban triptych Publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi Seal: Aratame Very good color
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Mid-19th Century Landscape Prints

Farewell at Iwahashi Village - Kabuki
By Toyoharu Kunichika
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Zu." Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro is in the role of Kiuchi Sogoro (left). He is bidding farewell to
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1880s Other Art Style Landscape Prints

Materials

Woodcut

"Kabuki Colors" Expressionist Mixed Media
By Albert Christ-Janer
Located in Houston, TX
Expressionist textured painting inspired by Japanese woodblock print colors of the Kabuki Theater
Category

1960s Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Oil

Kabuki Actors Iwai and Ichikawa
By Toyoharu Kunichika
Located in Plano, TX
Kabuki Actors Iwai and Ichikawa 1864. Oban diptych (14 1/8 x 19 1/4. Good color and condition. The
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Mid-19th Century Edo Portrait Prints

Materials

Color, Woodcut

Actors in a Kabuki Play.
By Toyoharu Kunichika
Located in Plano, TX
Actors in a Kabuki Play. 1865.The actors are, left to right, Kinokuniya Bunzaemon, Suberoku, Miura
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1860s Edo Portrait Prints

Materials

Color, Woodcut

The Kabuki Actor: Iwai Kumesaburo
Located in Plano, TX
The Kabuki Actor: Iwai Kumesaburo as the Geisha Otsuma in a Summer Silk Kimono Standing by a Bench
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Mid-19th Century Edo Figurative Prints

Materials

Color, Woodcut

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