Arts of Asia — Page 147

The Courtesan Hinazuru of the Chojiya with her Attendants, from the series "Edo Purple in the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro Edo murasaki)"

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1790

Wakana, Part 1 (Wakana, jo), from the series "A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji)"

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1789/94

Ono no Komachi Washing the Copybook, from the series The Fashionable Seven Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi)

Chôbunsai Eishi, Edo period (1615–1868), about 1788

Komurasaki of the Kadotamaya with Attendants Hatsune and Utano

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1790

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): Shinoura of the Tsuruya

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): Miyagawa of the Matsubaya

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Komurasaki of the Kadotamaya with Attendants Hatsune and Shirabe

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1791

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): Tokiuta of the Chojiya

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): Momiji of the Echizenya

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): Mitsuito of the Hyogoya

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Wakana of the Matsubaya, from the series "Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters as the Six Floral Immortals (Seiro bijin rokkasen)"

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1794/95

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): Kumegawa of the Ogiya

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1793

A Selection of Beauty from the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bisen awase): Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya in Procession (Tamaya Hanamurasaki dochu no zu)

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1795

Ohana and Ofuku, from the series "A Selection of Entertainers from the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro geisha sen)"

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1794/95

The Poetess Gishumon-in no Tango, from the series The Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets (Nishikizuri onna sanjurokkasen)

Chôbunsai Eishi, Edo period (1615–1868), 1801

Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase): Kisegawa of the Matsubaya with Attendants Onami and Menami

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1797

The Courtesan Hinazuru of the Chojiya

Ichirakutei Eisui, c. 1795

A Selection of Beauty from the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bisen awase): Misayama of the Chojiya in Night Dress (Tokogi no zu - Chojiya Misayama)

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1796

Four Seasons in the South - Summer View (Minami shiki natsu no kei)

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1789/93

The Chofu Jewel River in Musashi Province (Musashi Chofu no Tamagawa), from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers

Rekisentei Eiri, c. 1785

Women Visiting the Bird and Flower Teahouse (Kachojaya)

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1792/93

Evening party at Shinagawa

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1790

Overlooking the bay at Shinagawa

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1790

Takashima Ohisa, from the series "A Fashionable Set of Three (Furyu sanpuku tsui)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1794

The Courtesan Takikawa of Ogiya, from the series Seven Beautiful Komachi (Bijin nana Komachi)

Utagawa Toyokuni I, Edo period (1615–1868), about 1794

Otawaya: Onoe Matsusuke I as Oboshi Yuranosuke, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1795

Fashionable Six Immortal Poets (Furyu rokkasen)

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1793

The actor Sawamura Sojuro III as the packhorse-man Muchizo in the play "Miyamairi Musubi no Kamigaki," performed at the Kiri Theater in the eleventh month, 1797

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1797

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VI and a boy

Utagawa Toyokuni I, n.d.

A Contemporary Parody of Komachi Prays for Rain (Tosei yatsushi Amagoi Komachi)

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1792

Yamatoya: Iwai Hanshiro IV as Okaru, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1795

Hamamuraya: Segawa Kikunojo III, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1794

Yamatoya: Bando Mitsugoro II as Ishii Genzo, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1794

Yamatoya Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kikusui in the play "Matsuwa Misao Onna Kusunoki," from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1794

A Public Bath House

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1790s

Nakayama Tomisaburo. Dressed as a Woman Wearing a Towel on Her Head

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1795

The actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Oboshi Yuranosuke in the play "Edo no Hana Ako no Shiogama," performed at the Kiri Theater in the fourth month, 1796

Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1796

The actors Sawamura Sojuro II as Satsuma Gengobei and Arashi Ryuzo II as Mawashi-otoko Yasuke in the play "Edo Sunago Kichirei Soga," performed at the Miyako Theater on the first month, 1795

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1795

Ichikawa Yaozo lll in the Role of Takebe Genzo and Iwai Kiyotaro in the Role of Tonami

Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1796

The actors Arashi Sanpachi I and Ichikawa Omezo I

Utagawa Toyokuni I, n.d.

The actor Ichikawa Hakuen as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo in the play "Hatsumonbi Yosooi Soga," performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the first month, 1802

Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1802

Onoe Matsusuke I as the Ghost of the Wet-Nurse Iohata and Matsumoto Kojiro as Mokuemon, in “Tokubei of India: Tales of Strange Lands” (Tenjiku Tokubei ikoku banashi)

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1804

The Fourth Month (Shi gatsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1793

The Courtesan Somenosuke of the Matsubaya, and Attendants Wakagi and Wakaba, from the series "A Comparison of Contemporary Beauties (Tosei bijin awase)"

Chokosai Eisho, c. 1796/97

The Seventh Month (Shichi gatsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1793

The Tenth Month (Ju gatsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1793

The Ninth Month (Ku gatsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1793

Painting (Ga), from an untitled series of the four accomplishments

Utagawa Toyoharu, c. 1772/75