BUNRAKU
(文楽)

                 
[[Yoshida] Bungorô in the Dressing Room
[aka Yoshida Bungorô in the Green Room]
Gakuya no Bungorô-zô (楽屋 の[吉田]文五郎像)

Play: ?
Print Date:  1947
Artist: Sekino Jun'ichirô (関野準一郎)
Personal Collection
 
Note: This is an early, pre-edition state with Zyun Sekino signature.
 
 

                 
[Puppet-maker] Ningyô-shi no Zô (人形師の像)

Print Date:  1949
Artist: Sekino Jun'ichirô (関野準一郎)
Image courtesy of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
 
 

                 
[[Yoshida] Eizô and Matsuomaru] [Yoshida]
Eizô to Matsuômaru  ([吉田]栄三と松王丸)

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑; 菅原傳授手習鑑)
Print Date:  1953
Artist: Sekino Jun'ichirô (関野準一郎)
Personal Collection (#26/30)
 
 
 
 

                 
[[Yoshida] Bungorô on Stage] Butai no Bungorô-zô
([吉田]舞台の文五郎像)

Play: ?
Print Date:  1953
Artist: Sekino Jun'ichirô (関野準一郎)
*Image courtesy of Scholten Japanese Art

                 
[Sanbasô (三番叟)] Bunraku Actor

Play: Okina (翁) or a Sanbasômono (三番叟物) play
Print Date:  1956
Artist: Sekino Jun'ichirô (関野準一郎)
Image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Note: The title and date was taken from a pencil
inscription on a different copy.
 
 
 

                 
[Sanbasô (三番叟)] Bunraku Actor

Play: Okina (翁) or a Sanbasômono (三番叟物) play
Print Date:  1956?
Artist: Sekino Jun'ichirô (関野準一郎)
Personal Collection
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Note: Color variant.

                 
[Puppeteer with Musashibô Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)]

Play: Ataka no Seki (安宅関) ([Gohiiki Kanjinchô (御摂勧進帳)]
Print Date:  1956
Artist: Sekino Jun'ichirô (関野準一郎)
Title: "Benkei" - Atakagaseki (勧進帳(安宅関)) [Kanjinchô (Ataka no Seki)]
Medium: Woodblock printed New Year's card
Personal Collection
 

Bunraku (文楽)

Date: 1956 (ed. 13)
Artist: Kamei Tôbei (亀井藤兵衛)
*Image courtesy of the National Museum of Asia Art

                 
[Awaji Puppet aka Awaji Doll]
Awaji Ningyô (淡路人形)

Print Date: c. 1959
Artist: Saitô Kiyoshi (斎藤清)
Image courtesy of the John & Mabel
Ringling Museum of Art
 
 
 

                 
Bunraku (A) (文楽 (A))

Print Date: 1959  (ed. 80)
Artist: Saitô Kiyoshi (斎藤清)
Image courtesy of the John & Mabel
Ringling Museum of Art
 
 
 
 

                 
Bunraku (B) (文楽 (B))

Print Date: 1959 (ed. 100)
Artist: Saitô Kiyoshi (斎藤清)
*Image courtesy of the John & Mabel
Ringling Museum of Art
 
Note: This print was used in a cut-down form as a magazine cover in 1961.
 
 
 

                 
Bunraku (C) (文楽 (C))

Print Date: 1959 (ed. 100)
Artist: Saitô Kiyoshi (斎藤清)
Image courtesy of the John & Mabel
Ringling Museum of Art
 
 
 
 

                 
Bunraku (D)  (文楽 (D))

Print Date: 1959
Artist: Saitô Kiyoshi (斎藤清)
 
 
 

                 
Bunraku (E)  (文楽 (E))

Print Date: 1959 (ed. 150)
Artist: Saitô Kiyoshi (斎藤清)
Image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
 
 
 
 

                 
[Puppet Show]

Print Date:  1960
Artist: Sekino Jun'ichirô (関野準一郎)
Image courtesy of the Harvard Art Museum
 
 

                 
Bunraku (F) (文楽 (F))

Print Date: 1961
Artist: Saitô Kiyoshi (斎藤清)
Image courtesy of the Harvard Art Museums
 
 
 
 

                 
Bunraku (G) (文楽 (G))

Print Date: 1961
Artist: Saitô Kiyoshi (斎藤清)
Image courtesy of the Harvard Art Museums
 
 
 
 

                 
Bunraku (B) (文楽 (B))

Print Date: 1961
Artist: Saitô Kiyoshi (斎藤清)
Medium: Mechanical woodblock print reproduction
Published in Holiday (October 1961)
Image courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art
 
Note: The original woodblock print was produced in 1959.
 
 
 

                 
[Kiritake Monjûrô Portrait (Bunraku)]
Kiritake Monjûrô-zô (Bunraku)  (桐竹紋十郎像（文楽）)

Print Date:  1968
Artist: Sekino Jun'ichirô (関野準一郎)
 
 
 

                 
[Before Going On Stage (Two Ayukos)]
De no Mae (Futari Ayuko) (出の前（二人鮎子）)

Date: 1972
Artist: Sekino Jun'ichirô (関野準一郎)
Image courtesy of Scriptum Fine Japanese Prints
 
 

                 
Bunraku (文楽)

Play: ?
Print Date: 1976
Artist: Al Hirschfeld
Series: Kabuki
Medium: Lithograph
Personal Collection (#221/275)

[Bunraku Puppet Play] Bunraku  (文楽) 6

Print Date: 1976 (ed. 60)
Artist: Kimura Kôsuke (木村光佑)
Medium: Lithograph and silkscreen; stencil
Image courtesy of Honolulu Museum of Art
 
 
 
   

Noroma (のろま)
 
Play: ?
Date: 1977
Artist: Takahashi Shin'ichi (高橋信一)
Image courtesy of https://takedagarou.com.
 
 
 

                 
Hatsugiku-D (初菊)

Play: Ehon Taikôki (繪本太功記)
Print Date: 1978 (ed. 30)
Artist: Nishizawa Shizuo (西澤静男)
Medium: Screen print with aquatint
*Image courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art

 
 

                 
[Secret Talk] Mitsudan (密談)

Place: Bunraku-za, Osaka
Print Date: 1979 (ed. 100)
Artist: Katô Yuichirô (加藤裕一郎?)
Medium: Silkscreen
Personal Collection (#37/100)
 
Note: The copy in the Karl collection was printed in 2009.  The artist does not print all edition
numbers at one time.
 
 
 
 

            
Bunshichi (文七 )

Play: Ninjô Banashi Bunshichi Mottoi (人情噺文七元結)
Print Date: 1981 (ed. 200)
Artist: Idô Masao (井堂雅夫)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 

            
Musume (娘)

Play: ?
Artist: Idô Masao (井堂雅夫)
Print Date: 1981 (ed. 200)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

            
[Sleeping Princess] Nemuri no hime (眠り姫)

Play: ?
Artist: Idô Masao (井堂雅夫)
Print Date: 1981 (ed. ?)
Image courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art

Shizuka Gozen (静御前)
 
Title: Bunraku Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (文棄義経千本桜)
Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Bunraku-za
Date: 1982
Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)
Personal Collection
 
 
  
 

Shizuka Gozen (静御前)
 
Title: Bunraku Michiyuki Hatsune no Tabi (道行初音旅)
Play: Act IV, Scene 1 of Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Performance Place: Bunraku-za
Date: 1982
Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)
Personal Collection

Omiwa (お三輪)

Title: Bunraku Imoseyama Omiwa (文楽妹背山お三輪)
Play: Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓)
Performance Place: Bunraku-za
Date: 1982
Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)
Personal Collection

                 
[Concersation] Danai (談?)

Place: Bunraku-za, Osaka
Print Date: 1983 (ed. 150)
Artist: Katô Yuichirô (加藤裕一郎?)
Medium: Silkscreen
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
Note: Additional prints in the edition were printed in 2009.
 
 
 
 

                 
Bunraku-Shizuka Gozen (文楽 [静御前])

Play: Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜)
Print Date: 1985 (ed. 30)
Artist: Nishizawa Shizuo (西澤静男)
Medium: Intaglio print
Image courtesy of the Japanese Art Open Database

 
 

                 
Dayû (***) I  [Tayû I?]
 
Play: ?
Print Date: 1986
Artist: Takahashi Hiromitsu (髙橋宏光)
Medium: Kappazuri (ed. 30)
Image courtesy of the Yoseido Gallery
 
 

                 
Bunraku-Osan (文楽 [おさん])

Play: Shinjû Ten no Amijima  (心中天網島)
Print Date: 1987 (ed. 30)
Artist: Nishizawa Shizuo (西澤静男)
Medium: Etching/Silkscreen
*Image courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art

 
 

                 
Bunraku-Tamate Gozen (文楽 [玉手御前])

Play: Sesshû Gappô ga  Tsuji (摂州合邦辻)
Print Date: 1987 (ed. 30)
Artist: Nishizawa Shizuo (西澤静男)
Medium: Etching/Silkscreen

 
 
 

                 
Bunraku-Oshun (文楽 [お俊])

Play: Chikagoro Kawara no Tatehiki (近頃河原の達引)
Print Date: 1988 (ed. 30)
Artist: Nishizawa Shizuo (西澤静男)
Medium: Etching
Image courtesy of the Japanese Art Open Database

 
 

                 
Noroma Ningyô (野呂間人形)

Performance Place: Sado Island
Print Date: 1999
Artist: Miyashita Tokio (宮下登喜雄)
Series: [Memories of Journey to Sado Island]
Sado Kikou (佐渡紀行)
Medium:  hand-colored etching (ed. 12)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 

                 
[Bunraku Puppets - III]

Print Date: 2009
Artist: Katô Yuichirô (加藤裕一郎?)
Medium: Silkscreen
Personal Collection (#22/100)
 
Note: The design was originally produced in 1979 but not all copies of that edition were printed at
that time..