Arts of Asia — Page 38

Court lady admiring plum blossoms

Yanagawa Shigenobu I, late 1820s

A Woman as Ebisu, from the series "Seven Women as the Gods of Good Fortune for the Hanagasa Poetry Club (Hanagasaren shichifukujin)"

Katsukawa Shuntei, c. 1820

No. 3: Kato Kiyomasa, from the series "Three Tales of Valor (Buyu sanban tsuzuki)"

Katsukawa Shuntei, 1820

Court Ladies on a Balcony Watching a Woman and a Girl Chasing a Man in the Yard under Blossoming Cherry Trees

Katsukawa Shun'ei, late 1790s

A Court Lady as Daikoku, from the series "Seven Women as the Gods of Good Fortune for the Hanagasa Poetry Club (Hanagasaren shichifukujin)"

Katsukawa Shuntei, c. 1820

Watanabe no Tsuna receiving the sign post for Rashomon Gate from Minamoto no Yorimitsu

Katsukawa Shun'ei, n.d.

Young woman holding poem slip

Utagawa Toyohiro, n.d.

Matsushima: Shunzei, No. 1 from "Three Famous Scenes (Sankei no uchi: Sono ichi)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1833

Yushima, from the series "A Comparison of Famous Things in the Eastern Capital (Toto meibutsu awase)"

Hotei Gosei, c. 1811/12

Dongfang Shuo (Tohosaku), from the series "Lives of Taoist Immortals Parodied by Courtesans - A Series of Seven (Keisei mitate ressenden, nanaban no uchi)"

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1821/22

Liu Haichan (Gamma), from the series "Lives of Taoist Immortals Parodied by Courtesans - A Series of Seven (Keisei mitate ressenden, nanaban no uchi)"

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1821/22

Willow Tea (Yanagicha), from the series "A Series of Willows (Yanagi bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1828

Willow Bridge (Yanagibashi), from the series "A Series of Willows (Yanagi bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1828

Cat Playing with a Toy Butterfly, from the series "Thirty-six Pictures of Birds (Sanjuroku kinzoku)"

Totoya Hokkei, 1828

Purse and mallet

Totoya Hokkei, n.d.

Ichikawa Danjuro's costume for Shibaraku, from the series "Acting Skills of the Ichikawa Family, A Set of Three (Mimasuke no gei, sanban tsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1818/24

It is good to open for business (Akinai hajime yoshi), from the series "A Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1822

Flowers: Onoe Kikugoro III, from an untitled series of actors representing snow, moon, and flowers

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1830s

The actor Iwai Kumesaburo II as the courtesan Katsuragi in the play "Oichiza Soga no Shimadai," performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the first month, 1827

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1827

The actors Iwai Hanshiro VI, Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Kintoki, and Ichikawa Ebizo V as the woodcutter Nekko no Yokizo

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1833

View of the Sumida River

Totoya Hokkei, n.d.

The actor Iwai Hanshiro VI in a female role

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1830s

Oteiroku, from the series "Fashionable Women as the One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Water Margin (Fuzoku onna Suikoden, ippyakuhachinin no uchi)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1828/30

Seaweed, portable writing case, and plum branch, no. 5 from the series "The Rabbit's Boastful Exploits (Usagi tegarabanashi)"

Ryuryukyo Shinsai, 1819

No. 3: Silent Flower (Mono iwanu hana), from the series "A Comparison of Flowers (Hana awase)"

Yanagawa Shigenobu II, late 1820s

Fish and shells

Ryuryukyo Shinsai, 1821

The actors Seki Sanjuro II, One Kikugoro III, and Ichikawa Danjuro VII on a Kabuki stage

Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1822

Monkey: Koshindo Hall at Takanawa (Saru, Takanawa Koshindo), from the series "Famous Places in Edo Compared to the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac for the Ichiyo Circle (Ichiyoren Edo meisho mitate junishi)"

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1827

Prosperity: Ding Gu (Roku, Teiko), from an untitled series of happiness, prosperity, and longevity

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1824

Chinese Poetry, from the series "Three Classical Arts for the Sugawara Circle (Sugawara sanseki)"

Yashima Gakutei, early 1820s

Satsuma no Fukuyorime from the Veritable Records of Emperor Montoku (Satsuma no Fukuyorime, Montoku jitsuroku), from the series "Twenty-four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honcho Circle (Honchoren Honcho nijushiko)"

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1821

Kibi ehime from the Chronicles of Japan (Kibi ehime, Nihongi), from the series "Twenty-four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honcho Circle (Honchoren Honcho nijushiko)"

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1821

The Lesser Water Dragon Year of the Tenpo Era

Totoya Hokkei, 1832

Magic (Tezuma), from the series "Various Arts (Shogei tsukushi)"

Hotei Gosei, c. 1811/13

Flower (Hana), from the series "Snow, Moon, and Flowers (Setsugekka)"

Teisai Hokuba, n.d.

No. 3: Shade Beneath a Tree (San: konoshitakage), from the series "A Collection of Famous Horses (Meiba zoroe)"

Yanagawa Shigenobu II, 1834

No. 4: Personally Arranged Flower (Teike no hana), from the series "A Comparison of Flowers (Hana awase)"

Yanagawa Shigenobu II, late 1820s

The brine maidens

Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1820s

Oniwakamaru subduing the giant carp

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1830/35

Willow Bath (Yanagiyu), from the series "A Series of Willows (Yanagi bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1828

Rokugo, from the series "A Record of a Journey to Enoshima, A Set of Sixteen (Enoshima kiko, jurokugban tsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, 1833

Autumn Maples at Takinogawa River, from the album "The Eternal Waterfall (Tokiwa no taki)"

Totoya Hokkei, 1833

Monkey performing Sanbaso dance

Totoya Hokkei, 1824

Court lady sitting beside hanging incense burner

Totoya Hokkei, 1820s

Camellia in Vase and Tea-utensil Box

Rintei, 1820s

The Yang Guifei Cherry Tree (Yokihisakura), from the series "Cherry Trees for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushika sakuratsukushi)"

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1821/22

The Ten Great Disciples of Confucius (Komon jittetsu), from the series "A Set of Ten Famous Numbers for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushikaren meisu juban)"

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1828

The Courtesans Hinazuru and Karauta of the Chojiya Holding a Letter

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1776/81