Arts of Asia — Page 21

Oboshi Yuranosuke at the Ichiriki Teahouse, from scene VII in the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers

Kubo Shunman, c. 1785/89

Kameyama, from the series "Fifty-three Stations [of the Tokaido] (Gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Figure Tokaido (Jinbutsu Tokaido)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Kawazu Saburo Sukemichi wrestling Matano Goro Kagehisa, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Tago Bay near Ejiri on the Tokaido (Tokaido Ejiri Tagonoura ryakuzu), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1830/33

Viewing Snow at the Uekiya Restaurant at Mokubo Temple (Mokuboji yukimi, Uekiya) from the series "Famous Restaurants of Edo (Edo komei kaitei zukushi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1838/40

The Compound of the Tenman Shrine at Kameido in the Snow (Kameido Tenmangu keidai no yuki), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1832/38

Yamato Province: Tatsuta Mountain and Tatsuta River (Yamato, Tatsutayama, Tatsutagawa), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)""

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1853

No. 45: Ochiai, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/38

Ishibe, from the series "Fifty-three Stations [of the Tokaido] (Gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Figure Tokaido (Jinbutsu Tokaido)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Paris, France (Furansu Parisu no fu), from the series "Collection of Scenic Places in Foreign Lands (Bankoku meisho zukushi no uchi)"

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1862

Russian (Oroshiajin), from the series "People of the Five Nations (Gokakoku no uchi)"

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1861

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Ichizo III

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1865

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1862

The Actor Yoshizawa Ayame II as Hotoke Gozen in the play "Onna Monji Heike Monogatari," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1748

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1748

The Actors Yamamoto Iwanojo as the courtesan Katsuragi and Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Fuwa Bansaku in the play "Monzukushi Nagoya Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1748

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1748

The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro II as Onio Shinzaemon and Ichikawa Masugoro as Soga no Goro in the play "Furiwake-gami Hatsugai Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1735

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1735

The Actors Ichikawa Ebizo II as Musashibo Benkei, Sakata Shintaro (?) as Soga no Goro, and Takigawa Kinya (?) as Soga no Juro in the play "Sazareishi Suehiro Genji," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1744

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1744

Sugoroku Players

Torii Kiyohiro, c. 1750

Actor Arashi Ryûzô II as Hachijô in “Pillar Calendar of the Genji and Heike Clans” (“Gempei hashira-goyomi”)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, About 1795

Rural Scene in Early Summer: Peasants Transplanting Rice and a Man Washing a Horse

Katsukawa Shun'ei, late 1790s

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Osaku in the Play Sayo no Nakayama Hiiki no Tsurigane, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1790

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1790

Actor Segawa Kikunojô III Possibly as Ono no Komachi in “Komachi Village: New Year at the Theater” (“Komachimura shibai no shôgatsu”)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, About 1789

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Lady Tomoe (Tomoe Gozen) in the Play Yasa Gumbai Miyako no Jindori, Performed at the Miyako Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1793

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1793

Actor Ichikawa Komazô III as Nyosan no Miya (The Third Princess), Ukare Zatô (A Blind Street Performer), and Sakata no Kaidô-maru in “Expanded Summer Festival” (“Zôho natsu matsuri”)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, About 1791

The Actor Onoe Kikugoro I as the pageboy Kichisaburo in the play "Nanakusa Wakayagi Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1744

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1744

Sakata Kintoki Wrestling with a Tengu

Torii Kiyomasu I, 1715-18

A Hawk on a Cliff near a Kiri Tree

Torii Kiyomasu I, c. 1716

Summer: Planting Rice (Natsu: taue no zu), No. 2 from the series "The Four Seasons of Farmers (Shiki no hyakusho)"

Torii Kiyomasu II, c. 1730s

Two Actors in a Drama

Torii Kiyomasu I, About 1715

Sparrowhawk and Macaw (Konori taka, inko)

Torii Kiyomasu I, c. 1718

Sparrowhawk (Konori taka)

Torii Kiyomasu I, c. 1716

Young Woman Holding Flowers

Okumura Toshinobu, c. 1730

The Actor Sanjo Kantaro as a courtesan

Okumura Toshinobu, c. 1723

Maple Leaf Viewing (Momiji gari)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

The actor Sakata Hangoro III as Fujikawa Mizuemon

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

The actors Iwai Hanshiro IV (R) as Ohan of the Shinanoya and Bando Hikosaburo III (L) as Obiya Choemon

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as the Wealthy Bumpkin from Yamato, Actually Magoemon of Ninokuchi Village (Yondai-me Matsumoto Koshiro no Yamato no Yabo Daijin, jitsuwa Ninokuchi-mura Magoemon)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794 (Kansei 6)

The actors Segawa Kikunojo III (R) as the courtesan Katsuragi and Sawamura Sojuro III (L) as Nagoya Sanza Motoharu

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Koraiya Kinsho

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

The actor Otani Oniji III as Edobei

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Yamatoya Tojaku (The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Otoma, Daughter of Ohina from Inamuragasaki in Kamakura) (Yondai-me Iwai Hanshiro no Kamakura Inamuragasaki no Ohina musume Otoma)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794 (Kansei 6)

The actors Nakajima Wadaemon (R) as Bodara Chozaemon and Nakamura Konozo (L) as Gon of the boat-keeper Kanagawaya

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

The actor Ichikawa Omezo as the manservant Ippei

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

The actor Ichikawa Komazo III as Shiga Daishichi

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

The Actor Yamashina Shirojuro as Nagoya Sanzaemon (Yamashina Shirojuro no Nagoya Sanzaemon)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794 (Kansei 6)

The actor Bando Hikosaburo III as Sagisaka Sanai

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Nakamura Nakazo II as Prince Koretaka disguised as the farmer Tsuchizo in the play "Intercalary Year Praise of a Famous Poem (Uruo Toshi Meika no Homare)," performed at the Miyako Theater in the eleventh month, 1794

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Morita Kan'ya Vll in the Role of Yura Hyogonosuke Nobutada

Tōshūsai Sharaku, c. 1794