Kamigata-e: The Drama of Osaka Kabuki Prints
Ronin Gallery is pleased to present Kamigata-e: The Drama of Osaka Prints, an exhibition featuring over 80 Osaka kabuki prints. As stars of the Edo period, Kabuki actors were celebrated icons, adored by a devoted public and immortalized by ukiyo-e artists. In Osaka—also known as Kamigata—printmakers focused almost exclusively on the world of Kabuki theater, capturing its drama, glamour, and larger-than-life personalities in richly detailed compositions. Osaka prints are distinguished by their exceptional craftsmanship. Lavish printing techniques, including embossing, burnishing, and the use of metallic pigments such as gold, silver, and copper, bring these works to life with remarkable texture and brilliance. Their vivid colors, theatrical intensity, and jewel-like scale give kamigata-e a unique place within the world of ukiyo-e.
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Kunikazu
Yamato Province: The Fox Tadanobu and Kakuhan
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Kunikazu
Actor Arashi Kichizaburo as the Porter Mitahei
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Unsigned / Unknown Artist
Actor Jitsukawa Enjyaku as the Bandit Benten Kozo Kikunosuke
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Hirosada
Warrior Mashiba Hisayoshi (modeled after Toyotomi Hideyoshi)
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Munehiro
Actor Nakamura Kanjyaku as the Maid Ochiyo
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Actor Onoe Tamizo as Ishikawa Goemon at Sanmon Gate
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Actor Jitsukawa Enzaburo as Sano Genzaburo Breaking Through a Gate
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Actor Jitsukawa Enju as Kan Shojo in the Kabuki Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
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Actors Nakamura Sennosuke as Chigiriya Oume and Arashi Rikan III as Yamagataya Gihei
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Actor Arashi Rio as Inukai Gonpachi in the Kabuki Play Eight Courtesans
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Sadanobu
Kabuki Actor in the role of Matsunaga Daizen in the play The Golden Pavilion
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Sadanobu
The Attendant Wadasaku Drawing His Sword in the Play Ise Monogatari
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Actor Nakamura Shibazo as Inukawa Sosuke
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Kabuki Actors as Princess Kariya and Kakuju in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
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Actor Ichikawa Udanji as the Daughter Osan in the Kabuki Play Tama Tazuna
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Kabuki Actor Arashi Rio Carrying a Large Chest in the Play Dochu Kameyama Banashi
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Actor Arashi Hinasuke as the Bandit Nippon Daemon
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Hironobu
Wood: Actor Jitsukawa Enjyaku as Warrior Cutting A Stone Lantern
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Oda Harunaga, an Imaginary Ghost-like figure
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Actor Kataoka Gado II as Honchomaru Tsunagoro
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Sadahiro
Actor Mimasu Gen'nosuke as Yoshida Shojuan
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Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Udanji as the Daughter Osome
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Kabuki Actor Arashi Kichizaburo as Kuranosuke in the Play Keisei Somewake Tazuna
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Fujikawa Tomokichi as Sakuragi in the Play Keisei Somewake Tazuna
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Yoshitaki
Inauspicious Day: Ichikawa Udanji as Princess Yaegaki
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Sadanobu
Honorary Commentary of Swordsmanship (Diptych)
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Munehiro
Scene from Kabuki Play Ehon Taikoki (Diptych)
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Kunikazu
Bando Hikosaburo as Asahina and Jitsukawa Ensaburo as Soga Juro (Diptych)
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Hirosada
Warriors Kanki and Watonai from the Kabuki play Kokusenyagassen
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Yoshikuni
Yasunari and the Yakko Jingobei in the Kabuki play Keisei Hanaigata (Diptych)
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Sadahiro
Actors Nakamura Kanjaku as Naoe Yamashiro-no-Kami and Otani Tomomatsu as Yamamoto Kansuke
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Shimotsuke Province: Kabuki Scene with Two Bandits
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Izumi Province: The Fox Kuzunoha and Abe no Yasuna
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Actor Mimasu Baisha as the Warrior Akagaki
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Onoe Tamizo and Asao Daikichi in the Kabuki Play of Shiranami Bandits
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Kabuki Actors as Fukuoka Mitsugi and Okon in the Kyogen Play Ise Ondo
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Shigeharu
Two Actors from the Stories of Faithful Hearts (Chugiden)
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Kunikazu
Actors Ichikawa Takijiro as Watanabe Shizuna, Onoe Tamizo as Karaki Masaemon, and Ichikawa Ebijuro as Honda Naiki in the Play Igagoe
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Kabuki Actors Jitsukawa Yaozo as Kyonojiro and Ichikawa Udanji as Miuranosuke
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Kabuki Actors Mimasu Baisha and Arashi Rinosuke
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Actor Arashi Rikan as Hangaku Holding a Lantern
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Yoshitaki
Two Kabuki Actors as a Princess and the Warrior Shinzaemon
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Actors Nakamura Sojuro as Fusahachi and Arashi Risuke as Kobungo
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Actor Fujikawa Tomoyoshi as Princess Asaka (Asakahime)
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Yoshitaki
Jitsukawa Ensaburo as Kinoshita Tokichi (Toyotomi Hideyoshi)
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Yoshitaki
Nakamura Kashichi as Nenoi Oyata and Arashi Rikan as Yuki Shichiro
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Ki: Actor Jitsugawa Gakujyuro as Akamatsu Jidomaru
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Actor Nakamura Fukusuke III as Kawaji Zaemon
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Yoshitaki
Actor Arashi Kichizaburo with a long pipe
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Sadahiro
Portraits of Six Kabuki Actors from Soga Monogatari
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Yoshitaki
Earth: Ichikawa Udanji as the Spirit of Hototokisu and Ichikawa Ujimaru as Kocho
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Sadanobu
Honcho Tsunagoro and Kamihara Sagoro in the play Thread Shop Daughter (Diptych)
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Yoshitoyo
Koina and Hanbei in the Kabuki Play Michiyuki Kuruwa Iroage (Diptych)
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Kunikazu
Kyoto: Actors as Ishikawa Goemon (Famous Bandit) and Ishida Tsubone
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Unsigned / Unknown Artist
Tokko no Daroku and Ono no Tofu in Kabuki Play
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Munehiro
Nakamura Tamashichi and Nakamura Kanjaku II as Palace Maids Tamagawa and Inoue in Kabuki Play
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Yoshitaki
Actor Onoe Tamizo as Yakko Fudesuke and Arashi Kichizaburo as Sato
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Hironobu
Portraits of Actors in Warrior Roles (Triptych)
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Sadahiro
Act VII: Oboshi Rikiya Delivers a Letter to his Father Oboshi Yuranosuke
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Hironobu
Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Yonezo in a Female Role
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