Ukiyo-e — Page 64

Two Geisha Struggling for a Letter (Fumi no arasoi), from the series "Flowers of Nakasu (Nakasu no hana)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1781

Miyanoshita, from the series "Seven Famous Hot Springs of Hakone (Hakone shichito meisho)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1780

Fishing, from the series "A Set of Ten Beauties in Flowerlike Styles (Enshoku hana fuzoku ju awase)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1782

Asuka no Suika, form the series "Eight Scenes of Edo (Koto hakkei)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1781

Umeyashiki, from the series "Collection of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho shu)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1782

Visiting (Kayoi), from the series "Floating World Versions of the Seven Komachi (Ukiyo Nana Komachi)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1780

The Actors Nakayama Kojuro VI (Nakamura Nakazo I) as Chidori, Sawamura Sojuro III as Shigemori, and Ichikawa Yaozo III as Yoshibei, in the shosa "Fukyoku Edo Geisha," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1785

Torii Kiyonaga, 1785

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III and his attendant making cermonial rounds at New Year's

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783

The Actors Ichikawa Yaozo III as Shiragiku, Ichikawa Danjuro V as the puppeteer Dekurokubei, and Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no Juro, in the joruri "Shinobukoi Yanagi no Katsura Otoko," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1785

Torii Kiyonaga, 1785

The Actors Nakayama Kojuro VI (Nakamura Nakazo I) as Hatchotsubute no Kiheiji, Otani Hiroji III as Miura Arajiro, Ichikawa Yaozo III as Akugenta Yoshihira, Sawamura Sojuro III as Taira no Shigemori, in the shosa "Fukyoku Edo Geisha," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1785

Torii Kiyonaga, 1785

Scene at the Ishido Mansion (Ishido yakata no dan), from the series "Go Taiheiki Shiraishi Banashi"

Torii Kiyonaga, 1785

Chrysanthemum festival, from the series "Precious Children's Games of the Five Festivals (Kodakara gosetsu asobi)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1801

The Sixth Month (Kazemachizuki), from the series "Fashionable Monthly Visits to Sacred Places in the Four Seasons (Furyu shiki no tsuki mode)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784

The View from Komagata Hall, from the series "Eight Precincts of Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinruzan hakkei)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1782

The Actors Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no Juro, Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Oiso no Tora, Azuma Tozo III as Miura Katagai, and Otani Tokuji I as Danzaburo, in the joruri "Chidorigake Koi no Tamaboko," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1784

Torii Kiyonaga, 1784

The Actors Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Ukita Sakingo and Sawamura Sojuro III as the ghost of the courtesan Takao, in the play "Ominaeshi Sugata no Hatsuaki," performed at the Nakamura Theater, 1788

Torii Kiyonaga, 1788

Actors Representing the Feat of Asahina Breaking the Armer of Soga no Goro (Hirakawa-cho Yamamoto-cho kusazuribiki odori yatai) from the series The Festival of the Sanno Shrine (Sanno go-sairei)

Torii Kiyonaga, 1780

The Courtesan Hanaogi of the Ogiya with Her Attendants Yoshino and Tatsuta, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1781

Ise watching a flock of geese, from an untitled series of court ladies

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1785

Surimono commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of the actor Iwai Hanshiro III

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1809

The Nakamise Shopping Street, from the series "Eight Precincts of the Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryuzan hakkei)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1782

The First Month (Mutsuki), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Seasons (Furyu juni kiko)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1779

Courtesan Going to Bed, from the series "Ten Types of Beauties in Pictures (Jittai e-fuzoku)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1794

The Sixth Month (Minatsuki), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu juniko)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1779