Arts of Asia — Page 197

Bowl with Medallions of Butterflies, Peonies, Chrysanthemums, Peaches, Plums and Orchids

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), spurious reign mark of Yongzheng (1723–35) , overglaze painting perhaps added later

Bowl with Medallionsof Butterflies, Peonies, Chrysanthemums, Peaches, Plums and Orchidsf Butterflies

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), spurious reign mark of Yongzheng (1723–1735), overglaze painting perhaps added later

The Courtesan Matsukaze of the Matsubaya and Her Attendant

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1776/81

The Courtesan Sugawara of the Tsuruya and Her Attendant

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1776/81

Gibbon snatching sake pot from flower-viewing party

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1772

Shoki (Chinese: Zhong Kui), the demon queller, standing on a bridge

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1765/70

Wakana, Part 1 (Wakana, jo), from the series "A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji)"

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1789/94

An Actors' Boating Party on the Sumida River

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1789

Actors Segawa Kikunojô II as Reizei, Ichikawa Komazô I as Suruga no Hachirô, and Ichikawa Yaozô II as Tada no Kurando in “The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith” (“Ima o sakari suehiro Genji”)

Katsukawa Shunsho, About 1768

Saigyo Hoshi

Okumura Masanobu, 1730s

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Female Beancake Peddler Hyugaya in the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1777

Scene from the Drama "Lyric Dance of Shizuka Gozen (Taihei Shizuka Horaku no mai)"

Torii Kiyomasu I, c. 1711

Crossing the River at Sano

Okumura Masanobu, 18th century

Hotei and Two Children on a Boat

Okumura Masanobu, 18th century

Two Boys as the Eccentric Monks Kanzan (Chinese: Hanshan) and Jittoku (Chinese: Shide)

Okumura Masanobu, 18th century

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

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Courtesan on White Elephant

Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

A Young Woman in a Summer Shower

Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Pinks in a Porcelain Pot

Unknown, c. 1765

Man in Thatched Hut Viewing the Moon

Nishimura Shigenaga, c. 1740s

Courtesan Parading Beneath Cherry Tree

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

Courtesan Writing a Letter as Two Men Watch through a Window Lattice

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

Shirabyoshi Dancer Standing in Asazuma Boat

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

The Jewel River of Bush Clovers (Hagi no Tamagawa), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers in Popular Customs (Fuzoku Mu Tamagawa)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

Hotoke Gozen Dancing before Taira no Kiyomori

Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

The Sixth Month (Kazemachizuki), from the series "Fashionable Monthly Visits to Sacred Places in the Four Seasons (Furyu shiki no tsuki mode)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784

Yushima from the series Scenes of Ten Teahouses (Chamise jikkei)

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo I as Ochiyo and Matsushima Kichisaburo as Ochiyo's spirit in the play "Higashiyama Gojitsu Yaoya Hanbei," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eighth month, 1744

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1744

Finely-Dressed Woman Crossing Nihonbashi Bridge

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783

Young Man with Symbols of the First Dream of the New Year

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1782

Courtesan Washing her Hands

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784

Crossing a River on a Moonlit Night

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1775

The Courtesan Segawa of Matsubaya Watching Her Attendants Play Cat's Cradle

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1773/75

The Bride Traveling in the Rain, from the series "The Foxes' Wedding"

Tachibana Minko, 1765

The Treasure Ship

Kitao Shigemasa, c. 1778

Jurojin with cranes, a stag, and a tortoise

Okumura Masanobu, 18th century

Yokihi (Chinese: Yang Guifei) with attendant

Nishimura Shigenaga, 18th century

Deep Bowl

Unknown, Northern Song (960–1127) or Jin dynasty (1115–1234), 12th/13th century

Double Melon-Shaped Box

Unknown, Five dynasties (907–960)

The Actor Arashi Hinasuke I as Watanabe Choshichi Tonau in the Play Tokimekuya O-Edo no Hatsuyuki (Thriving Now: The First Snow of Edo), Performed at the Morita Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1780

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1780

Act Five: Yamazaki Highway from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1795

Weaving silk, plate 11 from the series "Silkworm Cultivation (Kaiko yashinai gusa)"

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1772

Plate 6 (Examining the Newly Spun Cocoons), from the series "Kaiko Yashinai-gusa"

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1772

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Tsukimasu, Acting as Sakura-maru, in the Play Miya-bashira Iwao no Butai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1773

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1773

Act Eight: Bridal Journey, from the play "Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1779/80

The actor Sawamura Tozo I as Dogen no Okichi in the play "Yoshiwara Niwaka no Banzuke," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the ninth month, 1804

Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1804

Seiro niwaka zensei asobi: Hana no mitsugi sorou tebyoshi

Kitagawa Utamaro, n.d.

Goldfish, from the series "Elegant Comparison of Little Treasures (Furyu kodakara awase)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1802