Arts of Asia — Page 4

9,604 artworks · Art Institute of Chicago

Attendant Holding a Teapot

Unknown, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Saishin, 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

Pleasure with the Beauties of Japan (Wakoku bijin asobi)

Hishikawa Moronobu, c. 1673

Chrysanthemum Boy

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801/02

Sketch of a High-Ranking Officer's Portrait, from the Great United States of America (Kita Amerika dai gasshukokujin, Jokan shozo no utsushi

Unknown, 1854

The Actor Nakamura Kojuro VI in a Daisho no Mai (Sword Dance), in the Play Gion Nyogo, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Tenth Month, 1786

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1786

Shunjo gidan mizuage cho

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1836

Bowl with Boys Playing amid Peony Flowers

Unknown, Jin dynasty (1115–1234), 12th century

Lobed Cup and Stand with Chrysanthemum Motif

Unknown, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), 12th-13th century

Covered Jar with Thousand Flowers (Millefleurs) Design

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), probably Jiaqing period (1796–1820)

Bottle-Shaped Vase

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng reign mark and period (1723–1735)

Cong

Unknown, Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture, c. 3300-2400 B.C.

Peony Ikebana Basket

Unknown, Date unknown

Mahavairochana

Unknown, 9th/10th century

The Courtesan Arihara of the Tsuruya, and Child Attendants Aoe and Sekiya (Tsuruya uchi Arihara, Aoe, Sekiya), from an untitled series of courtesans

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Pilgrim Kakuzan in the Play Shitenno Tonoi no Kisewata, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1781

Ikuyo no mutsugoto (Nocturnal pillow talk)

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), c.1831

Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Hida no kami Masakiyo

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), Edo period (1603–1867)

Ghosts

Yao Luan, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1893

Rebirth of the Nun Anyo

Unknown, Early 18th century

The Actor Nakamura Utaemon I as Monk Seigen of Kiyomizu Temple in the Play Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1769

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1769

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Ghost of the Renegade Monk Seigen in the Play Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Second Month, 1783

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1783

Gathering Shells at Low Tide, from the illustrated book "Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1789

Memorial portrait of the actor Matsumoto Yonesaburo I

Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1805

The Second Month (Ni gatsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1793

Yakusha Sangai Kyo

Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1801

Actor in a scene from a drama

Utagawa Toyokuni I, Late 18th century and early 19th century

Takinoya: Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga no Juro, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1794

The Daughter of Tomoyasu (Tomoyasu no musume), from the series "Three Beautiful Women (San bijin)"

Ryuryukyo Shinsai, c. 1820

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII

Utagawa School, 1854

Memorial Portraits of the Actors Bando Shuka I, Arashi Otohachi III, and Ichikawa Danjuro VIII

Utagawa School, 1855

The Death of Ichikawa Danjuro VIII

Utagawa School, 1854

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Onoe Kikugoro IV

Utagawa School, 1860

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Ebizo V (Danjuro VII)

Utagawa School, 1859

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Bando Shuka I

Utagawa School, 1855

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Sagami Goro, from the series "Popular Actors as the 108 Heroes of the Water Margin (Ryuko yakusha Suikoden goketsu hyakuichinin no hitori)"

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), c. 1828