Arts of Asia — Page 15

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Episode 73 (Nanajusan dan), from the series "Tales of Ise for the Asakusa Group (Asakusagawa Ise Monogatari)"

Kubo Shunman, c. 1812

Bowl, scissors, and morning glories

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1820

Two Girls Enjoying the Evening Cool in a Garden

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1765/70

Fukurokuju, from the series "The Seven Gods of Good Luck in the Floating World (Ukiyo Shichi Fukujin)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Double-page Illustration from Vol. 2 of "Picture Book of Spring Brocades (Ehon haru no nishiki)"

Suzuki Harunobu, 1771

A Spring Outing

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768

Woman Playing the Shamisen

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Girl Playing with a Cat

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

Double-page Illustration from Vol. 2 of "Picture Book of Spring Brocades (Ehon haru no nishiki)"

Suzuki Harunobu, 1771

The Kagura Dance

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69

Giving Daruma a Smoke

Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Girl Riding a Crane (parody of Hi Chobo [Chinese: Fei Zhangfang])

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766/67

Viewing the Moon

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Night Rain of Genjo (Genjo no yau), from the series "Parodies of Eight Scenes from Noh Chants (Furyu utai hakkei)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

The Actors Onoe Kikugoro I and Utagawa Shirogoro

Torii Kiyomasu II, c. 1747

Knocking the snow from a pair of clogs

Torii Kiyomasu II, c. 1730s

The Actors Yamashita Kinsaku I and Hayakawa Hatsuse as puppeteers in the play "Diary Kept on a Journey by Sea to Izu" ("Funadama Izu Nikki"), performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1725

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1725

A Poster for the Ichimura Theatre (Ichimuraza tsuji banzuke)

Torii Kiyomasu II, c. 1715

The Actor Sanogawa Mangiku I

Torii Kiyomasu II, c. 1731

A Modern Version of Urashima Taro

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1730s

Susano-o no Mikoto Killing the Eight-headed Dragon

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1748

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Nagoya Sanza Motoharu (Sandai-me Sawamura Sojuro no Nagoya Sanza Motoharu)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794 (Kansei 6)

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as the Spirit of Lady Shiragiku in the Play Hatsu Midori Saiwai Soga, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the Third Month, 1791

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1791

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Aza-maru in the Play Yui Kanoko Date-zome Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1774

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1774

Persimmon Bowl

Unknown, Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), 11th/12th century

Ox (Ushi), from the series "Twelve Hours of the Floating World (Ukiyo juni shi)"

Katsukawa Shunchô, c. 1780/1801

Around the Kotatsu

Katsukawa Shunchô, c. 1789

Crossing Nihonbashi Bridge

Katsukawa Shunchô, c. 1790

The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V and Ichikawa Ebizo IV, from a pentaptych of eleven actors celebrating the festival of the shrine of the Soga brothers

Torii Kiyonaga, 1788

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Miyukinosuke, Segawa Kikunojo III as Hatsune-hime, and Ichikawa Danjuro V as Ninnaji no Saibei, in the joruri "Shitenno Oe no Yamairi," performed at the Kiri Theater in the eleventh month, 1785

Torii Kiyonaga, 1785

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

Torii Kiyonaga, 1783

The Courtesan Wakakusa of the Chojiya with Her Attendants Asano and Midori, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo)"

Torii Kiyonaga, 1783/84

A Fan Peddler Passing Beneath a Balcony

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1786

Courtesans of the Chojiya and their attendants playing kemari

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1791/93

The Courtesan Hitomoto of the Daimonjiya, from the album "Comparing New Beauties of the Yoshiwara - A Mirror of Their Own Writings (Keisei shin bijin awase jikihitsu kagami)"

Kitao Masanobu, 1784

Act Ten: Amakawaya House from the play Kanadehon Chushingura

Katsukawa Shun'ei, 1807

The Sixth Month (Minazuki): Nioteru of the Ogiya, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1777/78

The actors Ichikawa Omezo I (R) as Tomita Hyotaro and Otani Oniji III (L) as Kawashima Jibugoro

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Karigane Bunshichi, Bando Mitsugoro I as An no Heibei, Ichikawa Danjuro V as Gokuin Sen'emon, Nakamura Sukegoro II as Kaminari Shokuro, and Sakata Hangoro II as Hotei Ichiemon (right to left), in "Gonin Otoko" (Five Chivalrous Commoners), an Interlude in Part Two of the Play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga (A Soga Drama on the First Festival Day in the Pleasure District), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Second Month, 1780

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1780

Five Courtesans of Various Houses, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 3

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1776

Goyu: Motono Plain along the Old Road (Kokaido Motonogahara)—No. 36, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Reisho Tokaido

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1847/52