Kabuki Collection

Puppet in kimono being manipulated by two bunraku puppeteers in black robes. Woodblock ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada II, Tokyo, 1850s

The interior of a kabuki theater

A Kabuki Play / Japan / C19
An actor with a brilliant red wig, and a long flowing gown, dances wildly during a scene from a Kabuki play

Kabuki actor as Kiyohime, Japanese traditional story
Kabuki actor as Kiyohime, in a Japanese traditional story involving the beautiful daughter of a village magistrate who falls in love with a young priest

Toshusai Sharaku image. He was a Japanese ukiyo-e print designer, known for his portraits of kabuki actors. Neither his true name nor the dates of his birth or death are known

Japanese Actor (possibly dressed as a woman?) - traditional play Date: circa 1930s

Toshusai Sharaku image. He was a Japanese ukiyo-e print designer, known for his portraits of kabuki actors. Neither his true name nor the dates of his birth or death are known

Theatre - Exotic - Kabuki
A scene from a Kabuki play. Date: 19th century

Kabuki Theatre - Japan - Three performers
Traditional Japanese Kabuki Theatre - Japan - Three performers, one seated in an outdoor moonlight setting by a fence, the other two inside. Date: circa 1902

Actors pretending to be Samurai - Japan
Four actors pretending to be Samurai - Japan. Date: 1915

Japan - Kabuki Theatre Performer - the reverse of this card shows that is was postcard published by Sapporo Brewery Company, Japan - welcoming the arrival of the British fleet

A Japanese actor plays a female role
A Japanese male actor plays a remale role. It is common in long plays for men to play a variety of different roles. Date: 1932

A Japanese actor dresses
A Japanese male actor prepares to play a female role. It is common in long Japanese plays for the same actors with play many roles. Date: 1932

Kabuki Theatre, Tokyo, Japan
View of the Kabuki Theatre, Tokyo, Japan. Date: circa 1930s

Japan - Kabuki actress with large headdress and sword Date: circa 1901

Tokyo, Japan - The Kabuki Theatre Date: circa 1930

Ernie Pyke Theatre and the Kabuki Theatre - Tokyo, Japan. The Ernie Pyle Theater was built in 1934 and originally named the Tokyo Takarazuka Theater, before getting its new name after WW2

Japan - Nara Park and the Golden Pavilion, Kyoto
Japan - Nara Park and the Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion), Kyoto. The inset photographs are set within a lavish border/background featuring a Kabuki Mask and traditional Japanese drum. Date: circa 1910s

Tokyo Kabuki theatre - Japan - Kabuki Meiji Za Theatre Date: 1952

18 plays of Kabuki. Date 1834

Kabuki scene of early photography. Triptych shows four actors: two men on the left, a man in the center holding a book and some prints or photographs

The Joruri and Kabuki play, Igagoe dochUSugoroku The Joruri
The Joruri and Kabuki play, Igagoe dochUSugoroku. Print shows a fight scene from the play Igagoe DochUSugoroku, with Watanabe Shizuma and Araki Mataemon fighting with Kawai Matagoro

Musume Dojoji, a popular kabuki dancer. Print shows a dancer from the popular Musume Dojoji dance drama of the kabuki theater. Date 1758, printed later

Famous heroes of the kabuki stage played by frogs. Ukiyo-e print illustration showing frogs dressed in costume acting out scenes from kabuki plays

Japanese Kabuki Actor / Dancer
Japanese Kabuki Actor/Dancer - possibly in the role of a lion or tiger. Date: circa 1910s

Japanese actors
Japanese kabuki theatre with actors wearing elaborate make-up and costumes

1911 Silhouette Gose 2
Silhouette of 1911: kimono style evening mantle with eastern style embroidery & cocoon silhouette. These coats were based on Japanese Kabuki costumes

Morita Kanya / Ils 1929
MORITA KANYA Japanese Kabuki actor

Racial / Japan / Courtesan
Japanese courtesan in a scene from a Kabuki play

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