Arts of Asia — Page 124

The Dressing Room of a Puppet Theater, the table of contents from the series "Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake)"

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1705/06

Courting Komachi (Kayoi Komachi), from the series Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake)

Okumura Masanobu, Edo period (1615–1868), 1705/06

Teika's Journey (Taika no michiyuki), from the series "Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake)"

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1705/06

Wada’s Banquet (Wada sakamori), from the series "Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake)"

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1705/06

The Demon Shutendoji, from the album Yamato Irotake

Okumura Masanobu, 1705-8

Sanbaso Dance in a Brothel (Ageya sanbaso), no. 1 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1716/35

Shikata nue, from the series "Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake)"

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1705/06

Legend of Taishi, Scene 2 (Taishiden nidanme), from the series "Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake)"

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1705/06

Eguchi and Love's Fishing Boat (Koi no tsuribune Eguchi), no. 4 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1716/35

Sleeve-Letter Takasago (Sodefumi Takasago), no. 2 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1716/35

The Servant Choryo (Yakko Choryo), no. 6 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1716/35

Kotatsu Dojoji, no. 5 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1716/35

Heating Sake with Maple Leaves (Kanzake momijigari), no. 9 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1716/35

The Courier Kantan dreaming of Himself as a Daimyo (Hikyaku Kantan: yume no daimyo), no. 8 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1716/35

Child Attendant and Bald Tengu of Mt. Kurama (Kaburo Kurama Tengu), no. 7 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1716/35

A Woman Nomori (Onna Nomori), no. 11 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1716/35

A Young Sanemori (Yaro Sanemori), no. 10 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1716/35

Snow on the Way Back from the Public Bath

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766/67

Child Attendants: A Set of Three (Kamuro sanpukutsui)

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1744/51

The Bamboo Flute and the Potted Tree (Shakuhachi hachi-no-ki), no. 12 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1716/35

The Merchant (Sho) from the series Beauties Illustrating the Four Social Classes (Adesugata shi no ko sho)

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1779

The Lion Dance

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

Young Man Riding a Giant Tortoise (parody of Urashima Taro)

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

A Modern Version of Ushiwakamaru Serenading Princess Joruri

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1785

The Artisan (Ko) from the series "Beauties Illustrating the Four Social Classes (Adesugata shi no ko sho)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1779

Women Viewing Scroll Paintings of the Gods of Good Fortune

Chôbunsai Eishi, late 18th–early 19th century

The Courtesan Sugawara of the Tsuruya House and Her Kamuro Namiji and Kashiko

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1771

A Triptych of Fashionable No Plays (Furyu Utai Sambukutsui)

Miyagawa Shunsui, c. late 1750s

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I in the Wardrobe Room of a Theater

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1780/83

Actor Segawa Kikunojô III as the Dragon Princess in the Play “Saki Masuya Ume no Kachidoki”

Katsukawa Shunsho, About 1778

Actors Onoe Tamizô I, Ichikawa Danjûrô V, and Osagawa Tsuneyo II, in (possibly) “A Dandyish Brocade: Opposing Warriors” (“Date Nishiki Tsui noYumitori”)

Katsukawa Shunsho, About 1778

Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II, Iwai Hanshirô IV, and (possibly) Iwai Karumo on a Landing Backstage

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1780–83

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Princess Hatsune (Hatsune Hime) (right), and Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Miyukinosuke Yukinari, in the Play Otokoyama Furisode Genji, Performed at the Kiri Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1785

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, c. 1785

The Actors Iwai Hanshiro IV as Okume (right), and Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Koshiba Yukienojo Disguised as the Eboshi Seller Rokusaburo (left), in the Play Katakiuchi Adana Kashiku, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1779

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, c. 1779

Actors Iwai Hanshirô IV, Ichikawa Monnosuke II, and Sakata Hangorô III, in “Snowflakes: Raising the Standard at Izu” (“Mutsu no Hana Izu no Hataage”)

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, About 1786

New Year's Day at Ogi-ya brothel

Katsushika Hokusai, 1811

Youth Dancing with a Spear

Katsukawa Shun'ei, early 1790s

Dance Interlude “The Wife from Shinoda Forest" (“Shinodazuma”) in “Mirror of Ashiya Dôman and Ôuchi” (“Dôman Ôuchi kagami”), from the series Designs for Patchwork Pictures (Oshie-gata)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, About 1795

Half-Length Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kazusa no Gorobei Tadamitsu in Act Three of the play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka (Returning Home in Splendor), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1780

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, c. 1780

Act Nine: Yuranosuke's House in Yamashina from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, early 1790s

Act Ten: The Amakawaya House from the play Chushingura (Treausry of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, early 1790s

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Kakogawa Honzo in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the Fifth Month, 1795

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1795

The Actor Segawa Tomisaburo I as the Heron Maiden (Sagi Musume)

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1774

The Actors Otani Hiroji III as Koga Saburo, and Ichimura Uzaemon IX as the Devil of Kogakeyama, the Spirit of Wakasa no Zenji Yasumura, in the Play Kono Hana Yotsugi no Hachi no Ki, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1771

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Courtesan Kisegawa in a "Nuno Sarashi" Dance, in the Play Hana-zumo Genji Hiiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1775

Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô IV as an Immortal Hermit in “Tenjiku Tokubei Turns the Helm toward Home” (“Tenjiku Tokubei kokyô no torikaji”)

Katsukawa Shunsho, About 1768

Courteousness (Rei), from the series "Five Virtues in the Manners of Women (Fuzoku onna gojo)"

Katsukawa Shunzan, c. 1781/1801

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kojoro-gitsune of Hakata in the Play Hikitsurete Yagoe Taiheiki, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1776