Arts of Asia — Page 42

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

Rekisentei Eiri, c. 1785

The Cloth-fulling Jewel River in Settsu Province (Settsu Toi no Tamagawa), from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers

Rekisentei Eiri, c. 1785

The Jewel River of Bush Clovers in Omi Province (Omi Hagi no Tamagawa), from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers

Rekisentei Eiri, c. 1785

The Koya Jewel River in Kii Province (Kii Koya no Tamagawa), from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers

Rekisentei Eiri, c. 1785

Procession of a Daimyo

Hishikawa Moronobu, c. 1681/84

Procession of a Daimyo

Hishikawa Moronobu, c. 1681/84

Shun the Great (Tai Shun), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety in China (Morokoshi nijushiko)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1848/50

The Star Descends on Echi on the Thirteenth Night of the Ninth Month (Kugatsu jusan yoru Echi shoko), from the series "Concise Illustrated Biography of the Great Priest [Nichiren] (Koso go ichidai ryakuzu)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1830/35

Standing Attendant

Unknown, Style of Nothern Wei, early 6th century

Dragon and tiger

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1780

The Palace of Longevity

Totoya Hokkei, 1831

The drummer, No. 1 (Sono ichi) from the series "The Boulder Door of Spring (Haru no iwato)"

Totoya Hokkei, 1820s

Sarutahiko, No. 2 (Sono ni) from the series "The Boulder Door of Spring (Haru no iwato)"

Totoya Hokkei, 1820s

Geisha Talking to Her Maid

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1782

The Courtesan Somenosuke of the Matsubaya House, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)"

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1769/70

The Actor Yamashita Kyonosuke I in a Female Role

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1769

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Nijo no Kisaki (?) in the Play Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1770 (?)

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1770

Meeting her Lover (parody of the Yugao chapter of "Tale of Genji")

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766

The Courtesan Chibune of the Ebiya House, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)"

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1769/70

Lovers Parting in the Morning

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1765/70

Two Women and a Child Viewing the Full Moon

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

The Jewel River of Plovers (Chidori no Tamagawa), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers in Popular Customs (Fuzoku Mu Tamagawa)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

Sunset Glow of Late Summer (Choka no sekisho), from the series "Eight Scenes of the Four Seasons (Shiki hakkei)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1779

Geisha Carrying a Parasol under a Willow Tree

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784

Entertainers of the Tachibana, from the series "A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tosei yuri bijin awase)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1782

Courtesan Standing Beneath a Shelf for Talismans

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783

Calligraphy, from the series "Fashionable Versions of the Four Accomplishments (Furyu kinkishoga)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1776/81

Crane, Bamboo and Iris

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1775

Yu Kinro (Chinese: Yu Qianlou), from the series "Fashionable Japanese Versions of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Furyu Yamato nijushiko)""

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770/72

Cuckoo flying over deutzia flowers

Komatsuya Hyakki, c. 1766

Young Man with Umbrella Knocking on Gate in Snow

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1774

Taking Leave

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770

The Actors Onoe Matsusuke I and Ichikawa Omezo I at a Teahouse

Katsukawa Shunchô, c. 1780/1801

The actor Ichikawa Tomiemon as Inokuma Monbei

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III, Possibly as the Courtesan Kojoro of Hakata, in the Play Chiyo no Hajime Ondo no Seto (Beginnings of Eternity: The Ondo Straits in the Seto Inland Sea) (?), Performed at the Kiri Theater from the Twenty-seventh Day of the Seventh Month, 1785

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, c. 1785

The Actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II, Possibly as Misao Gozen, in the Play Chiyo no Hajime Ondo no Seto (Beginnings of Eternity: The Ondo Straits in the Seto Inland Sea) (?), Performed at the Kiri Theater from the Twenty-seventh Day of the Seventh Month, 1785

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, c. 1785

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II, Possibly as Matsuya Soshichi, in the Play Chiyo no Hajime Ondo no Seto (Beginnings of Eternity: The Ondo Straits in the Seto Inland Sea) (?), Performed at the Kiri Theater from the Twenty-seventh Day of the Seventh Month, 1785

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, c. 1785

The Actor Arashi Sangoro II as Sakura-maru in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1772

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1772

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kakogawa Honzo, from the play "Kanadehon Chushin Nagori no Kura," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the ninth month, 1780

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1780

The Actor Arashi Hinaji in an Unidentified Female Role

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1772

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Oishi (?) or Osono (?) in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Fifth Month, 1771 (?)

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1771

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Osuwa in the Play Koi no Yosuga Kanagaki Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Monther, 1789

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1789

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II in an Unidentified role

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1776

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as the Thunder God, an Incarnation of Kan Shojo, in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Third Month, 1780

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1780

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kazusa no Gorobei Tadamitsu in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1780

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as Soga no Dozaburo Disguised as the Ruffian Tobei (?) in the Play Haru no Nishi Date-zome Soga (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1790 (?)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1790

Koraiya: Ichikawa Komazo III, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1794

Masatsuya: Otani Oniji III as Ono Sadakuro, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1794