Arts of Asia — Page 3

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Seiobo (Queen Mother of the West) and tortoise, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens

Ryuryukyo Shinsai, c. 1825

Lion Fittings for a Throne

Unknown, 18th century

Returning Sails of the Towel Rack (Tenugui-kake no kihan), from the series "Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766

Burning Maple Leaves to Heat Sake

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768

Clearing Weather at Asakusa (Asakusa no seiran), from the series "Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69

Egrets in the Snow

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768

The Young Horseman

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766/67

Shirabyoshi Dancer in Asazuma boat

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766

Cloth-fulling Jewel River, from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

Double-page Illustration from Vol. 1 of "Picture Book of Spring Brocades (Ehon haru no nishiki)"

Suzuki Harunobu, 1771

Gathering Bamboo Shoots

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1765

The Harugoma Dance

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Poem by Sakanoue no Korenori, from an untitled series of Thirty-Six Immortal Poets

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

The Jewel River at Chofu (Chofu no Tamagawa), from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

The Actors Ichikawa Yaozo II as Yoshimine no Munesada (right), Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III as Shizuya (center), and Nakamura Matsue I as Sakuragi (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1772

New Year Games of Shuttlecock, Battledore, and Hand Ball, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 1

Kitagawa Utamaro, New Year, 1801

The Hagi Jewel River, from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers

Shiba Kokan, c. 1770/71

Cutting and Sewing (Tachinui), from the series "Collection of of Fashionable Accomplishments (Furyu shogei zukushi)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770/72

The Kagura Dancer

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766

Visiting Kiyomizu Temple

Sugimura Jihei, c. 1684/98

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as the courtesan Agemaki in the play "Sukeroku Yukari no Hatsu-zakura," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the third month, 1776

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1776

The Salt Maidens, Murasame with Yukihira's Hat

Chôbunsai Eishi, Edo period, c. 1800

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Courtesan Takamura of Onoteruya (?) in the Play Sugata no Hana Yuki no Kuromushi (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1776 (?)

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, c. 1776

The Jewel River at Ide (Ide no Tamagawa), from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

Freeing a captured bird

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

The Bride Riding in the Palanquin to Her Husband's House (Koshi-iri), the third sheet of the series "Marriage in Brocade Prints, the Carriage of the Virtuous Woman (Konrei nishiki misao-guruma)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

The Eighth Month (Chushu), from the series "Popular Versions of Immortal Poets in Four Seasons (Fuzoku shiki kasen)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768

Washing Cloth in a Stream

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69

The Bride Changing Clothes (Iro-naoshi), the fifth sheet of the series "Marriage in Brocade Prints, the Carriage of the Virtuous Woman (Konrei nishiki misao-guruma)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

The Introduction (Miai), the first sheet from the series "Marriage in Brocade Prints, the Carriage of the Virtuous Woman (Konrei nishiki misao-guruma)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Under a Peach Tree

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766

Playing Battledore and Shuttlecock

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1765/70

Choemon Carrying Ohan on His Back

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801

Willow Shop (Yanagiya), from the series "A Series of Willows (Yanagi bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1828

Young Couple Enjoying the Cool of Evening

Shiba Kokan, c. 1771/72

Sunrise on New Year's Day at Kanazawa

Totoya Hokkei, early 19th century

Puppeteers - A Set of Three (Ayatsuri sanpukutsui)

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1752

The Actor Yoshizawa Ayame IV as Yadorigi, the Sister of Nikaido Shinanosuke, Disguised as Orie, the Wife of Aoto Magosaburo, in Part Two of the Play Motomishi Yuki Sakae Hachi no Ki (Looking up at Falling Snow: Thriving Potted Trees), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1778

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, c. 1778