Arts of Asia — Page 196

Rounded Square-Shaped Snuff Bottle

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1750–1820

Snuff Bottle with Scholars and Assistants Opening a Scroll

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1800–1900

Spade-Shaped Snuff Bottle

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1800–1900

Goblet (jue)

Unknown, Ming dynasty, Tianshun period (1457–1464), 1464

Snuff Bottle with a Hawk and a Bear beneath a Pine Tree

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1820–1900

Bowl with Dragons and Phoenixes

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century

Gourd-Shaped Snuff Bottle with a Butterfly, Trailing Tendrils, and Fruit Branches

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1750–1800

Melon-Shaped Snuff Bottle with a Squirrel and Fruiting Branches

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1800–1900

Bowl with Blossoming Vines and the Eight Buddhist Symbols

Unknown, Qing dtnasty (1368–1911), Yongzheng period (1723–1735)

No. 20: Rain on the Hiratsuka Plain near Kutsukake Station (Niju: Kutsukake no eki, Hiratsukahara uchu no kei), from the series "[Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaido (Kisokaido [rokujukyu tsugi no uchi])"

Keisai Eisen, c. 1835/36

Tree-Shaped Snuff Bottle with a Hawk and Bear

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1850–1900

Two Women Viewing Plum Blossoms

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784

Melon-Shaped Water Pot

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century

Bottle-Shaped Vase

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), c. 18th century

Cup in the Shape of an Archaic Bronze Vessel with Lizards

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th/19th century

Garlic-Head Vase

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Rustam slaying jackal, from the Shahnama of Firdausi

Islamic, Ilkhanid dynasty (1256–1353), dated 1341

Otafuku Throwing Black Beans to Chase Away the Demons on New Year's Eve (Senmen Otafuku zu)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794/95

The Actors Arashi Ryuzo and Morita Kanya VIII

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

The Evening Mistress at Ueno (Ueno no bansho), from the series "Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as the Boatman Minagawa Shin'emon of Reisengasaki in Kamakura, Actually Hata Rokurozaemon Tokiyoshi (Yondai-me Matsumoto Koshiro no Kamakura Reizengasaki no sendo Minagawa Shin'emon, jitsuwa Hata Rokurozaemon)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794 (Kansei 6)

The Actors Yamashita Mangiku, Iwai Hanshiro IV, and Iwai Kumesaburo from a pentaptych of eleven actors celebrating the festival of the shrine of the Soga brothers

Torii Kiyonaga, 1788

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VI as Fuwa no Bansaku

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II and Segawa Kikunojo III, from a pentaptych of eleven actors celebrating the festival of the shrine of the Soga brothers

Torii Kiyonaga, 1788

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III and his attendant making cermonial rounds at New Year's

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783

The Actors Ichikawa Yaozo III as Shiragiku, Ichikawa Danjuro V as the puppeteer Dekurokubei, and Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no Juro, in the joruri "Shinobukoi Yanagi no Katsura Otoko," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1785

Torii Kiyonaga, 1785

The Actors Nakayama Kojuro VI (Nakamura Nakazo I) as Hatchotsubute no Kiheiji, Otani Hiroji III as Miura Arajiro, Ichikawa Yaozo III as Akugenta Yoshihira, Sawamura Sojuro III as Taira no Shigemori, in the shosa "Fukyoku Edo Geisha," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1785

Torii Kiyonaga, 1785

The Courtesan Senzan of the Chojiya, from the series "Beauties of the Five Festivals (Bijin gosekku)"

Ichirakutei Eisui, c. 1795/1800

The Actor Iwai Sagenta I

Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1701

Nakanocho in the Yoshiwara

Okumura Masanobu, n.d.

Misayama of the Chojiya, from the series Beauties of the Licensed Quarter (Kakuchu bijin kurabe)

Chokosai Eisho, c. 1795

Hanamurasaki of the Kadotamaya, from the series Six Flowery Immortals of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin rokkasen)

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1794/95

Komurasaki of the Kadotamaya, from the series Six Flowery Immortals of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin rokkasen)

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1794/95

Young Boy Beseeching Hotei

Kitao Shigemasa, late 18th century

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

Susaki, from the series "New Perspective Pictures (Shin uki-e)"

Shotei Hokuju, c. 1810s

Courtesan Playing a Hand Drum

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1775

Moto, a Waitress of the Yoshidaya, and the Geisha Mizue

Eishosai Choki, c. 1794

Scene at the Ishido Mansion (Ishido yakata no dan), from the series "Go Taiheiki Shiraishi Banashi"

Torii Kiyonaga, 1785

Chrysanthemum festival, from the series "Precious Children's Games of the Five Festivals (Kodakara gosetsu asobi)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1801

Kobo Daishi (Kukai) as a Boy (Chigo Daishi)

Unknown, 15th century

Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara) Standing before Flaming Aureole and Holding a Water Bottle

Unknown, Eastern or Western Wei dynasty, c. mid–5th century (rededicated 594)

Snake (Mi): Nitan Shiro, from the series "Heroes for the Twelve Animals of the Zodiac (Buyu mitate junishi)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1840

Sumo Wrestlers of the Eastern Group: Kurateyama Yadayû and Izumigawa Rin’emon

Katsukawa Shunsho, About 1780

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Loyal Ronin

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1783

Young Man Riding a Giant Tortoise (parody of Urashima Taro)

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Ono Sadakuro in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Sixth Month, 1783

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1783

Courtesan Reading a Letter

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1745