Arts of Asia — Page 2

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Onatsu in the Play Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Third Month, 1781

Katsukawa Shunjо̄, c. 1781

The Actor Matusmto Koshiro IV as Ise no Saburo Disguised as Mizoro no Sabu in the Play Mure Takamatsu Yuki no Shirahata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780

Katsukawa Shunjо̄, c. 1780

Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase): the Hostess of the Izumiya Teahouse

Rekisentei Eiri, n.d.

Yokei Tsukuri Niwa no Zu

Hishikawa Moronobu, 1695

A sheet from a shunga album

Unknown, 1679

A sheet from a shunga album

Hishikawa Moronobu, 1680s

A Courtesan with Her Client, the first sheet of an untitled erotic picture album

Hishikawa Moronobu, c. 1673/81

A princess traveling with her attendants descends from a palanquin

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1801/04

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Segawa Roko IV

Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1812

Returning Sails (Kihan), from the series "Eight Views of Snow Scenes (Yukimi hakkei)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c.1810s

Toraya: Arashi Ryuzo II as the monk Tojibo in the play "Hatsu Akebono Kaomise Soga," from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1794

The courtesan Kashiku of the Tsuruya with two child attendants

Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1824/29

Snow on the Sumida River, from the series, Snow, Moon, and Flowers

Unknown, c. 1833

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Onoe Kikugoro IV and His Wife

Utagawa School, 1860

Yamatoya: Iwai Hanshiro IV as Katanaya Ohana, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1794

The actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as Taira Shinno Masakado

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), c. 1847/52

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII

Utagawa School, 1854

The actors Kataoka Nizaemon VII as Iyo no Taro and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kojoro-gitsune of Okazaki in the play "Seiwa Nidai Oyose Genji," performed at the Miyako Theater in the eleventh month, 1796

Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1796

Ichikawa Omezo

Utagawa Kunimasa, 1794

The actors Ichikawa Komazo III as Akuhachiro Tokikage and Nakayama Tomisaburo I as Yushide, the sister of Rokurozaemon, in the play "Hana to Mimasu Yoshino no Miyuki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1798

Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1798

The actors Segawa Kikunojo III as the courtesan Kojoro of the Mikuniya and Arashi Sanpachi I as her elder brother Kujuro in the play "Tomigaoka Koi no Yamabiraki," performed at the Kiri Theater in the first month, 1798

Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1798

Beauty and Attendant on New Year’s Day, from the series “Pleasures for Beauties on the Five Festival Days" ("Bijin gosetsu no asobi")

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1800

Woman Exhaling Smoke from a Pipe, from the series "Ten Classes of Women’s Physiognomy (Fujo ninso juppon)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1792/93

Okita and Ofuji

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1793/94

On top and beneath Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogokubashi no ue, shita)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1795/96

Greeting the Rising Sun on New Year's Day

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1774

Transom panels (ramma) from the Phoenix Pavilion (Hooden)

Takamura Kо̄un, 1893

Procession of Russian Soldiers with Bayonets, from the Album of seven prints of Russian Army and Warship (Roshia seigi shashin kan)

Keiga, 1853

Hairpin with Head formed as Melon, with Melon Blossoms, Foliage, and Small Melons

Unknown, Song/Jin dynasty, 12th/13th century

Soriko, from an untitled series of No plays

Takashima Chiharu, 1823

American Steam Train Travel

Utagawa Yoshikazu, n.d.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Nakamura Tamasuke

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1838

Memorial portrait of the artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Utagawa Yoshiiku, 1861

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Ebizo V

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1859

Woman on her way to visit a shrine

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), early 1830s

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro in the play "Soga Koyomi Biraki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month

Torii Kiyotomo, 1723

Mitsu-yama, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"

Tsukioka Kôgyo, 1898/1903

A Branch of White Peach Blossom, an Inro case, and a Hotchiku Flute

Hishikawa Sori III, early 19th century

Potted adonis with writing implements

Hishikawa Sori III, 1800

A Thatched Pavilion at the Foot of Two Old Cedar Trees

Luo Mu, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), dated 1693

The Front Room of the Naniwaya (Naniwaya misesaki)

Eishosai Choki, c. 1800

The Entertainer Tamino and the Serving Girl Nui of the Sumiyoshiya

Eishosai Choki, c. 1792

Good and Evil Influences (Zendama akudama)

Eishosai Choki, c. 1795

Kan, a waitress of the Izutsuya, and the geisha Fuseya of the Ogiya

Eishosai Choki, c. 1794

Good and Evil Influences (Zendama akudama)

Eishosai Choki, c. 1795

Moon viewing

Eishosai Choki, c. 1794

Image of Daikoku and the Artist's Seals

Nagasawa Rosetsu, 1754–1799

Woman with Willow Dumplings, Child with Ball

Ryuryukyo Shinsai, early 19th century