DISCOVERART

Ippitsusai Buncho

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II in Shakkyo Dance in the Play Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Second Month, 1769

c. 1769
Color woodblock print; hosoban
31.4 × 14.3 cm (12.4 × 5.6 in)

SEE IT IN PERSON

Not currently on view

In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026

View at artic.edu ↗Plan a visit ↗

Discussion

Be the first to share your thoughts.

Sign in to join the discussion.

Community guidelines

More by Ippitsusai Buncho

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Otatsu-gitsune in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Otatsu-gitsune in the Play NueThe Actor Segawa Kikunojo II, Possibly as Princess Ayaori in 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, 1768The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II, Possibly as Princess Ayaori inThe Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Nijo no Kisaki (?) in the Play Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1770 (?)The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Nijo no Kisaki (?) in the Waitress at the Owariya TeahouseWaitress at the Owariya TeahouseThe Shrine Dancers (Miko) Ohatsu and OnamiThe Shrine Dancers (Miko) Ohatsu and OnamiThe Actor Yamashita Kyonosuke I in a Female RoleThe Actor Yamashita Kyonosuke I in a Female RoleThe Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Kikuchi Hyogo Narikage in the Play Katakiuchi Chuko Kagami (Vendetta: A Model of Loyalty and Filial Duty), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the Fifth Day of the Sixth Month, 1770The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Kikuchi Hyogo Narikage inThe Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Shume no Hangan Morihisa (right), and Sanogawa Ichimatsu II as Chujo (left), in the Play Edo no Hana Wakayagi Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Second Month, 1769The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Shume no Hangan Morihisa (

More like this

Viewing Maple Leaves (Momijigari), from the series "Dance Customs of Captivating Figures (Adesugata odori fuzoku)"Kitao Shigemasa — Viewing Maple Leaves (Momijigari), from thThe Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX in an Unidentified RoleKatsukawa Shunsho — The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX in an UnidStone BridgeKitagawa Utamaro — Stone BridgeOsagawa Tsuneyo II as Itsukushima Tennyo in the Kabuki Play “Tokimekuya o-Edo no hatsuyuki”Katsukawa Shunsho — Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Itsukushima TennyoThe Actor Nakamura Nakazo I in a Shak-kyo Dance in the Play Aioi Jishi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1784Katsukawa Shunkо̄ — The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I in a Shak-kyYoung Man Playing the Flute Beside a FenceSuzuki Harunobu — Young Man Playing the Flute Beside a FenceThe Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Onatsu in the Play Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Third Month, 1781Katsukawa Shunjо̄ — The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Onatsu The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as a Female Fox from Mt. Ubagadake in the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777Katsukawa Shunsho — The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as a FemalThe Actor Segawa Yujiro I in an Unidentified RoleKatsukawa Shunsho — The Actor Segawa Yujiro I in an UnidentiThe Actor Segawa Yujiro I as Oshichi in the play "Edo no Haru Meisho Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the third month, 1773Torii Kiyomitsu I — The Actor Segawa Yujiro I as Oshichi in The Actor Nakamura Noshio I as Princess Usuyuki (Usuyuki Hime) in the play "Shin Usuyuki Monogatari," performed at the Morita Theater in the fifth month, 1774Katsukawa Shunsho — The Actor Nakamura Noshio I as Princess The Actor Nakamura Noshio I in a "Shak-kyo Odori" (Stone Bridge Dance), in the Play Onna Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773Katsukawa Shunsho — The Actor Nakamura Noshio I in a "Shak-k