Arts of Asia — Page 18

Archery (Sha), from the series "Informal Versions of the Six Accomplishments in the Floating World (Ukiyoe rikugei ryaku)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1773/75

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

Katsukawa Shunchô, c. 1780/1801

Act IX (Kudanme), from the series “The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

A Ferry on the Sumida River

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1787

The Fifth Month (Gogatsu), from the series "The Twelve Months (Juni toki)"

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1791

In a Pleasure House in Shinagawa (Shinagawa no rojo)

Chôbunsai Eishi, n.d.

The Courtesan Shizuka of the Shizutamaya

Chôbunsai Eishi, 1790s

Suma, from the series "A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji)"

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1789/94

Gathering at a Teahouse on the Bank of the Sumida River

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1788/90

Turning a Shamisen (Shamisen no nejime), from the series "Chanting to Shamisen by Young Women of Today (Tosei musume joruri)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1804/06

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV as Soga no Goro Tokimune in the Play Chigo Suzuri Aoyagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1777

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1777

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Honcho-maru Tsunagoro (?) in the Play Hono Nitta Daimyojin (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1777 (?)

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1777

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as Shinoda Jirodayu in the Play Keisei Momiji no Uchikake, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1772

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1772

The Actor Nakamura Riko I as Moshio (?) in the Play Honda Yayoi Meoto Junrei (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1778 (?)

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, c. 1778

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Lady Yaehata in the Play Sanga no Sho Haru no Hanayome, Performed at the Kiri Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1787

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, c. 1787

New Year in a Samurai Mansion, from the illustrated kyoka anthology "The Young God Ebisu (Waka Ebisu)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, New Year, 1789

"Ro": Seaweed, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1772/73

The Actor Nakajima Kanzaemon III as Yaguchi no Karasu-baba in the Play Hono Nitta Daimyojin, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1777

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1777

A courtesan holding a pipe

Okumura Masanobu, mid–1740s

The Actors Sanjo Kantaro II as Osome and Ichikawa Monnosuke as Hisamatsu in the play "Osome Hisamatsu Tamoto no Shiro Shibori," performed at the Morita theater, 1720

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1720

Solving a Puzzle

Okumura Masanobu, Early to mid-18th century

All Kinds of Household Items (Chodo zukushi), from the series "Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake)"

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1705/06

The Hahakigi Chapter from "The Tale of Genji" (Genji Hahakigi), from a series of Genji parodies

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1710

The Morning After, from "Thinking of Rising from Bed - A Set of Three (Toko banare omoi iri sanpukutsui)"

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1750

The Roles Reversed, no. 12 from a series of 12 prints

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1708

A Monkey Trainer and His Monkey

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1725

A Floating World Version of Saigyo at the Village of Eguchi (Ukiyo Saigyo Eguchi no sato)

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1715

The Actor Hayakawa Shinkatsu as Toyohime in the play "Goshozome Koyo Gunki," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1727 (?)

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1727

Happy Ending

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1715

Rensho arriving at Mt. Koya (Rensho Koya-iri), from the series "Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake)"

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1705/06

Original Perspective Picture of the Fashionable Seven Gods of Good Fortune (Furyu shichi fukujin uki-e kongen)

Okumura Masanobu, 1740s

Cooling Off on a Summer Evening

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1715

The Brazier of Elegance and the Bell of Damnation (Fuga hibachi muken no kane)

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1739/40

Courtesan Plying Shojo with Sake, no. 4 from a series of 12 prints

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1708

Courtesans Drawn in Osaka Style (Osaka kakiwake), from "Courtesans of the Three Capitals - A Set of Three (Sanga no tsu keisei sanpukutsui)"

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1748

Standing Courtesan

Okumura Masanobu, 1710s

Golden Pheasant (Kinkeicho)

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1720/25

Ukifune and Ukon approach the island of Tachibana

Okumura Masanobu, c.1740

Young Man Dressed as Mendicant Monk

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1755

Courtesan Likened to the Chinese Sage Zhang Guolao (Japanese: Chokaro)

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1715

Courtesan and Two Attendants

Torii Kiyonobu I, About 1705

Mandarin ducks

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Bottle with a goldfish design

Totoya Hokkei, c. late 1820s

Woman Playing with Pekingese Dog, or The Elegance and Freedom of Script (So), from the series "Three Works of Three Aesthetics (San tai san ban shoku)"

Totoya Hokkei, about 1830

Ryuo, the King of Dragon

Totoya Hokkei, 1820 or 1832

Visiting the Sanno Shrine

Totoya Hokkei, 1824

Ushiwakamaru (Minamoto no Yoshitsune) defeats Benkei in a game of sugoroku

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1825

Strong man at pillar

Totoya Hokkei, n.d.