Arts of Asia — Page 37

Calligraphy Accompanying Xugu's Painting

Xugu, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1897

Album of Landscapes and Calligraphy for Liu Songfu

Xugu, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1895/96

Portrait of a Gentleman

Unknown, Yuan dynasty (1260–1368) or Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Woman with Female Servant in a Palace Garden

Unknown, Yuan or early Ming dynasty, late 14th/15th century

Portrait of a Gentleman

Unknown, Yuan dynasty (1260–1368) or Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Portrait of a Gentleman

Unknown, Yuan dynasty (1260–1368) or Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Bowl with Three Boys amid Peony Scrolls

Unknown, Song dynasty (960–1279)

Zal and Rudaba in a Palace, page from a copy of the Shahnama of Firdausi

Islamic, Timurid dynasty (ca. 1370–1507), 1480/90

Lamp Stand

Unknown, Eastern Han dynasty (A.D. 25–220)

Incense Burner

Unknown, Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), 11th century

"Inkstone" in the Form of a Double-Headed Turtle

Unknown, Han dynasty (206 B.C.–221 A.D.) or six dynasties period (220–589) , c. 3rd–5th century A.D.

Rectangular Pillow with Quatrefoil Medallion

Unknown, Tang dynasty (618–907), first half of 8th century

Board Game Player

Unknown, Eastern Han dynasty (A.D. 25–220)

Articulated crab

Unknown, Active 19th century

Head of Buddha

Unknown, Kushan period, 2nd/3rd century

Kintaro dreaming of his childhood

Totoya Hokkei, 1829

Willow Island (Yanagishima), from the series "A Series of Willows (Yanagi bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1828

The shell-matching game, from the series Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa)

Totoya Hokkei, Early 1830s

Nobleman playing flute, from the series "Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa)"

Totoya Hokkei, early 1830s

Woman reading poems in a study room

Katsushika Hokuga, c. 1833

Promise (Seiyaku no ukei), from the series "Eighteen Illustrations of the Ladder of Ancient Words (Kogentei juhachiban tsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, 1831

Bridge post and crescent moon

Totoya Hokkei, n.d.

Benzaiten appearing to Taira no Kiyomori

Totoya Hokkei, n.d.

The Salt Dragon

Totoya Hokkei, 1832

Seated woman holding brush and poem card

Totoya Hokkei, early 1830s

Benzaiten with monkey and rat

Totoya Hokkei, 1828

The Horse Sekitoba and the General Guan Yu (Jp: Kan'u), from the series "A Series of Famous Horses (Meiba bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, 1822

Xiangru (Jp: Shojo), from the series "Meng Qiu (Jp: Mogyu)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1821

Wang Xiang (Jp: O Sho), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijushiko)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1825

Zeng Shen (Jp: So Shin), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijushiko)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1825

Madam Tang (Jp: To Fujin), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijushiko)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1825

Metal: Li Kui (Kin, Riki), from the series "The Five Elements of The Water Margin (Suiko gogyo)"

Totoya Hokkei, early 1830s

Water: Zhang Shun (Mizu, Chojun), from the series "The Five Elements of The Water Margin (Suiko gogyo)"

Totoya Hokkei, early 1830s

Wood: Lu Zhishen (Moku, Rochishin), from the series "The Five Elements of The Water Margin (Suiko gogyo)"

Totoya Hokkei, early 1830s

Earth: Lin Chong (Do, Rinchu), from the series "The Five Elements of The Water Margin (Suiko gogyo)"

Totoya Hokkei, early 1830s

It is good to cut one's fingernails (Tsume tori yoshi), from the series "A Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1822

It is good to do the first archery (Yumi hajime yoshi), from the series "A Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1822

Yu the Great battling a dragon

Totoya Hokkei, late 1820s

Sea turtles and Urashima Taro

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1825

Miyajima: Takafusa, No. 3 from "Three Famous Scenes (Sankei no uchi: Sono san)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1833

Geisha looking up at a cuckoo, from the series "Five Annual Festivals for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushika gosekku)"

Katsushika Taito II, 1822

Two women gathering herbs

Katsushika Taito II, early 1830s

A woman from Ohara on horseback

Katsushika Taito II, 1834

The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kan Shojo (Sugawara Michizane) and Segawa Kikunojo V as Umeomaru in the play "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami," performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the ninth month, 1832

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1832

The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Soga Goro and Bando Mitsugoro III as Kobayashi no Asahina

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1827

Women holding fan in her mouth

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. early 1830s

Huang Shigong (Kosekiho) and Zhang Liang (Choryo), from "A Set of Two on the States of Han and Chu (Kanso niban no uchi)"

Yanagawa Shigenobu II, 1834

Snow: Onoe Kikugoro III, from "A Set of Three (Sanbantsuzuki)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1829