Arts of Asia — Page 191

Parting at the Gate of the Capital

Yao Shou, Ming dynasty (1369–1644), 15th century

Portrait of Wen Zhengming

Unknown, late Ming/early Qing dynasty, 17th century

Two Scholar-Musicians in a Landscape

Unknown, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 15th century

Famous Scenes of Yandang Mountain

Yao Kuang, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 17th–century

United by Music 合樂圖

Zhou Wenju, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 15th/16th century

Water Pavilion by Twin Pines

Guo Xi, Yuan or early Ming dynasty, 14th–15th century

High Ranking Courtesan

Mihata Jôryû, c. 1830/43

The Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô II (1689-1758)

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1788 (inscription 1829)

Ewer with Incised Floral Decoration

Islamic, Safavid dynasty (1501-1722), late 17th/early 18th century

Bamboo in Wind

Ike Taiga, 1723–1776

Monk

Unknown, Sui Dynasty (589–618 A.D.)

Monk

Unknown, Sui Dynasty (589–618 A.D.)

Head of Guanyin

Unknown, late Northern Qi/Sui dynasty, late 6th century

Bodhisattva

Unknown, Tang dynasty (618–906), c. 725/50

Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara)

Unknown, Dali kingdom (c. 937–1253), 12th century

Head of Luohan

Unknown, Northern Song, Liao, or Jin dynasty, c. 11th century

Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara)

Unknown, Yuan/early Ming dynasty

Buddhist Votive Stele

Unknown, Western Wei dynasty (A.D. 535–557), dated A.D. 551

Architectural Brick with Ogre Mask

Unknown, Tang dynasty (A.D. 618–907), probably second half of 8th century

Fudo Myo-o

Unknown, 13th century

Dragon King

Unknown, 11th/early 12th century

Wrestler

Unknown, 5th–6th century

Mikazuki (male deity) Noh mask

Unknown, 16th century

Shinto Deity in the Guise of the Monk Hyeja

Unknown, 11th/early 12th century

Asakurajô (Old Man Asakura) Noh mask

Unknown, 16th century

Female Shinto Deity

Unknown, 12th century

Female Figurine with Topknot

Unknown, 1000–300 B.C.

Smiling Figurine

Unknown, c. 1000–300 B.C.

Deep Pot

Unknown, c. 2000–1000 B.C.

The Waitress Ohisa of the Takashimaya

Katsukawa Shunchô, c. 1792/93

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Hisamatsu

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1748

The Actor Onoe Kikugoro I holding a puppet of the Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1740s

Puppeteer

Okumura Toshinobu, c. 1730

The actor Fujimura Handayu II as Nowake no Mae in the play "Tategami Teika Kazura," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1719

Okumura Toshinobu, 1719

The Courtesan Yugiri of Ibarakiya, Osaka, from a triptych of beauties of the three capitals

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1725/30

The Actors Nakamura Takesaburo as Shikishi Naishinno and Tsuruya Nanboku as Gengoro in the play "Tategami Teika Kazura," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1719

Okumura Toshinobu, 1719

The Actor Sanogawa Mangiku I

Torii Kiyoshige, c. 1731

A Man and a Courtesan Watching a Young Man Writing, first sheet of the album "Mountain of Dyed Color, Specimens of Bedrooms (Someiro no yama neya no hinagata)"

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1739

Young Woman Walking Near a Stream

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1760

Head of Buddha

Unknown, 4th–5th century

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Minamoto no Yoshiie and Sodesaki Iseno I as Onoe no Mae in the play "Kaomise Junidan," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1726 (?)

Torii Kiyonobu II, c. 1726

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1771

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo II

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1760

A Yakshi Grasping a Tree

Unknown, Kushan period, 2nd/3rd century

Veneration of the Buddha's Relics

Unknown, Kushan period, 2nd/3rd century

Pigsty with Tower

Unknown, Eastern Han dynasty (A.D. 25–220)

The Actor Ichikawa Raizo I as Minamoto no Yoshitsune in the play "Nihon ga Hana Hogan Biiki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1761

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1761

Courtesan Standing in Front of a Barred Window

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1765