Arts of Asia — Page 199

Catching Fireflies

Suzuki Harunobu, About 1767

Ono no Komachi Praying for Rain

Suzuki Harunobu, Edo period (1615–1868), 1770

Narihira at Yatsuhashi Bridge

Unknown, 1765

Shutendoji in Oeyama Palace

Komatsuya Hyakki, 1765

Onamushi no Mikoto Killing the Great Bird

Unknown, 1765

Incense Burner (Xianglu)

Unknown, Western Han dynasty, 206 BCE–9 CE

Courtesan Holding a Long Pipe

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1743

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo I as a courtesan

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1747

Standing Geisha

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1748

The Card Game

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1790

Conical Bowl with Decoration of Three Leaves

Unknown, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279), 12th/13th century

Lotus Cup

Chen Mingyuan, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), mid 17th/18th century

Model of a Wellhead with Roosters

Unknown, Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE), 100 BCE–100 CE

Mold

Unknown, Jin dynasty (1115–1234), 12th century

Yamashita Kinsaku II in an Unidentified Role

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, c. 1776

Nakamura Utaemon I as Karashi Baba and Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III as Shirotae

Katsukawa Shunsho, About 1769

Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Shimokōbe Shōji Yukihira and Segawa Yūjiro I as Matsukaze, Sister of Togashi no Saemon, in “Your Favorite Play: The Subscription List” (Gohiiki Kanjinchō)

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1773

Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Shimokōbe Shōji Yukihira and Segawa Yūjiro I as Matsukaze, Sister of Togashi no Saemon, in “Your Favorite Play: The Subscription List” (Gohiiki Kanjinchō)

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1773

Actor Nakamura Nakazō I as Yamaoka no Saburō, in “The Ever-Blooming Potted Tree” (Kawaranu Hanasakae Hachino Ki)

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1769

Yamashita Kyonosuke as Ono no Komachi

Unknown, Edo period (1615–1868), 1768

Wine Jar (Hu)

Unknown, Eastern Zhou dynasty, late Spring and Autumn/early Warring States period (770–222 B.C.), early 5th century B.C.

Bird Shaped Ewer with Daoist Priest

Unknown, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), 12th century

Asakurajô (Old Man Asakura) Noh mask

Unknown, 16th century

Mikazuki (male deity) Noh mask

Unknown, 16th century

Ono no Komachi Washing the Copybook (Soshiarai Komachi), from the series The Seven Ukiyo-e Aspects of Komachi (Ukiyo-e nana Komachi)

Torii Kiyonaga, Edo period (1615–1868), about 1779

Murasaki Shikibu

Torii Kiyonaga, Edo period (1615–1868), about 1784

Parody of Act VII of "The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69

Ono no Komachi Praying for Rain

Isoda Koryusai, Edo period (1615–1868), about 1771

Flask (bianhu)

Unknown, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (475–221 B.C.)

Love-Smitten Demons

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1782

Parody of act VII of the play "Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1782

Praying for Rain Komachi (Amagoi Komachi)

Ishikawa Toyonobu, Edo period (1615–1868), about 1755

A Chushingura Parody

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1787

Small Box

Unknown, 17th century

Wine Flask (Bian Hu)

Unknown, Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 220), 1st century B.C./A.D.

Bamboo-Covered Stream in Spring Rain

Xia Chang, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), dated 1441

Dish with a Prophetic Hadith

Islamic, Qajar dynasty (1796–1925), dated 1238 AH/1822 CE

Tile with Pious Inscription

Islamic, Ilkhanid dynasty (1256–1353), Late 13th/early 14th century

Ewer with Incised Floral Decoration

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

Bowl with Birds

Islamic, Ilkhanid dynasty (1256–1353), Late 13th/early 14th century

Buddhist Monk in a Grotto 乾隆御题诗玉山子

Unknown, Late Ming (1368–1644) or early Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 17th–early 18th century

Cross-Shaped Tile with Qur'anic Inscriptions

Islamic, Ilkhanid dynasty (1256–1353), Mid-13th century

Star-Shaped Tile with Qur'anic Inscriptions

Islamic, Ilkhanid dynasty (1256–1353), Mid-13th century

Buddhist Tower in Form of a Pagoda (Hokyointo)

Unknown, 13th century

Jar with Floral and Geometric Design

Unknown, Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258), 9th century

United by Music 合樂圖

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

Pair of Tiles with Floral Design

Islamic, Ottoman dynasty (1299–1923), c. 1560

Tile with a Double-Arched Prayer Niche (Mihrab)

Islamic, Ilkhanid dynasty (1256–1353), 13th century