Osome and Hisamatsu (Osome Hisamatsu), series Tokiwazawa Tomimoto Jōruri Puppet Theater Series

Osome and Hisamatsu, from the series "Beauties in Joruri Roles (Bijin awase joruri kagami)"

Art Institute of Chicago

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Osome and Hisamatsu

Art Institute of Chicago

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Osome and Hisamatsu (Aburaya Osome Utazaimon)

Honolulu Museum of Art

Honolulu Museum of Art Collection

Love Story of Osome and Hisamatsu (Somemoyō Imose no Kadomatsu), series New and Old Joruri

Honolulu Museum of Art

Honolulu Museum of Art Collection

Actors in the Roles of Osome and Hisamatsu

Brooklyn Museum

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Aburaya Osome and the Shop Boy Hisamatsu

Harvard Art Museums

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Tokiwazu Tomimoto Joruri-zukushi (Series)

British Museum

British Museum Collection

Scene from the jōruri Ukina no Hatsugasumi (Kiriza, Spring 1788) showing Actors Iwai Hanshirō 4th as Hisamatsu and Segawa Kikunojō 3rd as Osome with Three Musicians (Takatsu edition)

Harvard Art Museums

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The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro II as Kamada Matahachi and Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Hisamatsu in the play "Osome Hisamatsu Shinju Tamoto no Shirashibori," performed at the Morita Theater, 1720

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Libretto for the Jōruri Puppet Play 'Michitose', series One Hundred Poetry Illustrations: A Collection of Multicolor Woodblock Prints

Honolulu Museum of Art

Honolulu Museum of Art Collection

Libretto for the Jōruri Puppet Play 'Ohan Chōemon', series One Hundred Poetry Illustrations: A Collection of Multicolor Woodblock Prints

Honolulu Museum of Art

Honolulu Museum of Art Collection

Yoshitsune (Ushiwaka) and Princess Joruri, from the series "Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake)"

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Ushiwakamaru and Princess Jōruri (Sanryakuden Dai Roku), series Scenes in the Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune

Honolulu Museum of Art

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The Dressing Room of a Puppet Theater, the table of contents from the series "Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake)"

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Severed Arm, series Ten Theater Performances Past and Present

Honolulu Museum of Art

Honolulu Museum of Art Collection

Arashi Rikan II as Osome (right panel); Ichikawa Danzō V as Hisamatsu, and Nakamura Utaemon III as Yamagaya Seibei (left panel)

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Philadelphia Museum of Art collection

Shirai Gonpachi and Komurasaki, from the series "Beauties in Joruri Roles (Bijin awase joruri kagami)"

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Onoe Kikugorō in two roles as Osome and Sōryō Zinroku, Bandō Shiuka as Hisamatsu, Bandō Hikosaburō as Seibei, Nakamura Shikan as Genzaemon

Honolulu Museum of Art

Honolulu Museum of Art Collection

Yazama Jūtarō and His Wife Orie in Snow, series New and Old Joruri

Honolulu Museum of Art

Honolulu Museum of Art Collection

Ohan and Obiya Choemon eloping in the drama Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami, from the series "A Collection of Ancient and Modern Dramas (Kokon Joruri zukushi)"

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The Actors Nakamura Riko I as Tanbaya Otsuma and Ichikawa Yaozo III as Furuteya Hachirobei, in the joruri "Sakamachi Yoi no Yotsutsuji," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1785

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The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Omi no Kotoda (right), and Otani Hiroji III as Bamba no Chuda (left), in the Joruri "Sono Chidori Yowa no Kamisuki" (The Plovers: Combing Hair at Midnight), from Part Two of the Play O-atsurae-zome Soga no Hinagata (A Soga Pattern Dyed to Order), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the Tenth Day of the Third Month, 1774

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The Actors Ichikawa Yaozo III as Shiragiku, Ichikawa Danjuro V as the puppeteer Dekurokubei, and Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no Juro, in the joruri "Shinobukoi Yanagi no Katsura Otoko," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1785

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The Actors Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no Juro, Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Oiso no Tora, Azuma Tozo III as Miura Katagai, and Otani Tokuji I as Danzaburo, in the joruri "Chidorigake Koi no Tamaboko," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1784

Art Institute of Chicago

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Departing Geisha (Geisha no okuri)

Honolulu Museum of Art

Honolulu Museum of Art Collection

The Courtesan Yoso'oi of the Matsubaya Brothel and the Courtesan Tsukioka of the Hyōgoya Brothel

Honolulu Museum of Art

Honolulu Museum of Art Collection

The Matchmaking Kite (Tako no En)

Honolulu Museum of Art

Honolulu Museum of Art Collection

Two Women Visiting Enoshima

Harvard Art Museums

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woman reading a letter and woman biting a cloth

Honolulu Museum of Art

Honolulu Museum of Art Collection

Courtesan Riding a Carp (parody of the Daoist Immortal Kinko [Chinese: Qin Gao])

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Courtesan Wearing a Kimono Decorated with Peacock Feathers

Honolulu Museum of Art

Honolulu Museum of Art Collection

Courtesan With Flowers

Honolulu Museum of Art

Honolulu Museum of Art Collection

Two Women with Umbrella Caught in a Rainstorm

Honolulu Museum of Art

Honolulu Museum of Art Collection

Children Playing (Kodomo no Asobi)

Honolulu Museum of Art

Honolulu Museum of Art Collection