Arts of Asia — Page 151

Maitreya Buddha

Unknown, Tang dynasty (618–906), dated 705

God Vishnu Riding His Mount, Garuda

Unknown, 16th/17th century

Ten-Armed Goddess Durga, Seated on a Double Lion Throne

Unknown, 11th century

Emblem of God Shiva with Four Faces (Chaturmukhalinga)

Unknown, 7th/8th century

God Vishnu Measures the Universe in Three Strides (Trivikrama)

Unknown, About 12th century

Buddhist Tower in Form of a Pagoda (Hokyointo)

Unknown, 13th century

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV in a "Shibaraku" Role, Possibly from the Play Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji (The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1768

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1768

Bodhisattva, possibly Maitreya

Pre-Angkorean, Pre-Angkor period, 7th‒8th century

Standing Beauty

Unknown, 1661/73

The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo Disguised as a Pilgrim (left), and Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kazusa no Gorobei Tadamitsu (right), in the "Silent Encounter" Scene (Dammari) from the End of Part One 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 Shunsho, c. 1780

The Actor Nakamura Riko I as Hanako, the Daughter of Koshiba Kamon, Disguised as a Yotaka (Low-class Prostitute), in the Play Kotobuki Banzei Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1783

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1783

Woman riding an ox

Katsushika Hokusai, 1829

Foliate Bowl with Stylized Peony Spray

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

A Poem from the Shin Kokinshu with Design of Shinobugusa (Moss Fern)

Kôetsu, 1605-10

Sudare-gai, hana-gai, sakura-gai, mumeno-gai, nadeshiko-gai, and kinuta-gai, from the illustrated book "Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1789

The Bodhisattva Kannon, from the triptych Approach of the Amida Trinity

Unknown, Kamakura Period; mid–13th century

Fragments of Tea Bowls, fused to their saggar

Unknown, Song dynasty (960–1279), 12th/13th century

The Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Konjin Chogoro, from the series "Atari senkin otoko kagami"

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1859

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Ito Sota

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1853

Maiden (Kimusume), from the series "Mirror of Flowering Humanity (Kaika ninjo kagami)"

Toyohara Kunichika, 1878

Pillow with Boy Supporting a Cloud-Shaped Headdrest

Unknown, Jin dynasty (1115–1234)

Narcissus

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), late 19th century

Reliquary and Printed Konpon Darani Text

Unknown, Nara period (710–794), c. 770

Flowers and Leaves

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 19th century

Women at Leisure

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 19th century

Tokimune (Soga Goro) Sneaking into Yoritomo's Residence (Tokimune Kamakura-dono no kariya o sawagasu)

Migita Toshihide, 1891

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II (?)

Katsukawa Shunsho, late 18th century

Lovers Parting in the Morning, from the series "Elegant Five-needled Pine (Furyu goyo no matsu)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797/98

Women on a Fishing Boat

Chokosai Eisho, c. 1780/1800

The Waitress Osen of the Kagiya teahouse Carrying a Cup of Tea

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

Child's nightmare of ghosts

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1800/01

Act Five (Godanme), from the series "The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Kanadehon Chushingura)"

Keisai Eisen, c. 1830/35

Drinking Sake at a Housewarming Party (Takubiraki shuen no zu)

Toyohara Kunichika, 1863

View of Sagano (Sagano fukei), from the series "A Modern Genji Picture Contest (Furyu Genji e-awase)"

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1853

Actor Bando Shuka I as Jujibei's Wife Ohaya (Jujibei nyobo Ohaya)

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), c. 1848

Painful (Itaso), from the series "Thirty-two Aspects of Women (Fuzoku sanjuniso)"

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1888

Shamsa Medallion

Islamic, 16th/17th century

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1849

Oracle Bones (76 total)

Unknown, Shang dynasty (about 1600–1046 BC)

The Actors Sawamura Sojuro III as Kusunoki Tatewaki Masatsura (right), Onoe Matsusuke I as the Monk Sahei Bozu (center) and Ichikawa Yaozo III as the Prince's Servant Kusunoki Uraminosuke (left), in the Play Kumoi no Hana Yoshino no Wakamusha, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1786

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1786

Heron Maiden from the series "New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts"

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1889

Beauties Under a Maple Tree, from the series "A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tosei yuri bijin awase)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784

Sasaki Moritsuna Asking Fisherman to Reveal the Shallows Where His Troops can Cross and Attack the Taira Forces at Fujito in Bizen Province (Sasaki Moritsuna Bizen no kuni Fujito no watari ni Heigun o osowanto gyojin ni mizu no senshin o tou zu)

Mizuno Toshikata, 1884

Escape of Emperor Godaigo, from the series "The Unofficial History of Japan (Nihon gaishi no uchi)"

Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1885

Mori Ranmaru Killed in Battle at Honnoji (Honnoji ni Mori Ranmaru uchijini no zu), from the series "The Record of Toyotomi's Achievements (Toyotomi kunkoki)"

Utagawa Yoshifuji, 1886

Lord Oda Nobunaga Viewing the Restoration of Kiyosu Castle (Oda Nobunaga ko Kiyosujo shuzen goran no zu)

Utagawa Yoshifuji, 1888 (printed posthumously)

Kagero: Akushichibei Kagekiyo, from the series "Japanese and Chinese Comparisons for the Chapters of Genji (Wakan nazorae Genji)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1855

The Naval Battle of Pungdo in Korea (Chosen Hoto kaisen no zu)

Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1894