
“Takebun,” from the Musical Drama “The New Piece” (Shinkyoku)
Unrecorded maker
early 17th century · Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold and silver leaf on paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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“Takebun,” from the Musical Drama “The New Piece” (Shinkyoku)
Unrecorded maker
early 17th century · Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold and silver leaf on paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Young Samurai on Horseback Crossing a Bridge
Isoda Koryūsai (d. 1790)
ca. 1770 · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Scene from the Tempest: Caliban, Prospero and Miranda
Thomas Rowlandson (d. 1827)
1783–87, reissued 1801 · Etching
Cleared · Public Domain
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Kayoi Komachi, from the series "Seven Episodes of the Poet Komachi"
Utagawa Toyokuni I (d. 1825)
ca. 1795 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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The Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō III in the Role of Shimada Jūzaburō, from the series "Image of Actors on Stage"
Utagawa Toyokuni I (d. 1825)
ca. 1795 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Cleared · Public Domain
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Summer Robe (Hito-e) with Cormorant-Fishing Scene
Unrecorded maker
late 18th–early 19th century · Thin crepe silk (chijimi) with paste-resist dyeing, stencil-dyed dots (suri-bitta), hand-painted details, silk embroidery, and couched gold thread
Cleared · Public Domain
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The Play-Within-A-Play
Eugène Delacroix (d. 1863)
1835 · Lithograph; second state of three
Cleared · Public Domain
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Incense Box with Scene from Noh Play Kokaji
Koma School
second half of the 19th century · Black lacquer with gold, silver, and red hiramaki-e and togidashimaki-e
Cleared · Public Domain
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"He smothers her": plate 13 from Othello (Act 5, Scene 2)
Théodore Chassériau (d. 1856)
etched 1844, reprinted 1900 · Etching and engraving on chine collé; second edition (Gazette des Beaux-Arts)
Cleared · Public Domain
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Noh Play Scene from the series Pictures of Noh Plays (Nōgaku zue)
Tsukioka Kōgyo (d. 1927)
1897–1902 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Scene from the Noh play "Matsukaze"
Tsukioka Kōgyo (d. 1927)
ca. 1910 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Scene from the Noh Play "Takasago"
Tsukioka Kōgyo (d. 1927)
ca. 1910 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
In copyright
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