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Katsukawa Shun’ei

Also known as: Shun’ei, Katsukawa Kyûjirô, Isoda Kyûjirô, Shunyei, Shunyei, Katsukawa, Kytokusai, Kutokusai, Shuko, Tani Shun
Date of birth: 1762
Date of death: 1819

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Shoki the Demon Queller, c. 1793
Katsukawa Shun’ei
Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as Akita Jônosuke Yoshikage in a “Shibaraku” role in “Memorial Service for St. Nichiren: A Model of ‘The Potted Trees’”(“Mieiko Nori no Hachi no Ki”), About 1791
Katsukawa Shun’ei
The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Tonase (?) in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura (?), Performed at the Kiri Theater (?) in the Eighth Month, 1787 (?), c. 1787
Katsukawa Shun’ei
The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in Street Attire (by Shun’ei) Conversing with Two Women (by Shuncho), c. 1788
Katsukawa Shun’ei
Actor Segawa Kikunojô III Possibly as Ono no Komachi in “Komachi Village: New Year at the Theater” (“Komachimura shibai no shôgatsu”), About 1789
Katsukawa Shun’ei
The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as Ono Sadakuro in the Play Chuko Ryogoku Ori, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1790, c. 1790
Katsukawa Shun’ei
The Sumo Wrestler Kurogumo Otozô with the Teahouse Waitress Naniwa Okita, Early 1790s
Katsukawa Shun’ei
The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as the Spirit of Lady Shiragiku in the Play Hatsu Midori Saiwai Soga, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the Third Month, 1791, c. 1791
Katsukawa Shun’ei
The Actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Oiso no Tora in the Play Gohiiki no Hana Aikyo Soga, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the First Month, 1794, c. 1794
Katsukawa Shun’ei
Act Five: Yamazaki Highway from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers), c. 1795
Katsukawa Shun’ei
The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Okaru in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eighth Month, 1787, c. 1787
Katsukawa Shun’ei
Empress Jingu (left), and Her Minister Takenouchi no Sukune (right), late 1780s
Katsukawa Shun’ei

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