Arts of Asia — Page 50

Parody of Ariwara no Narihira's journey to the east

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Kumenosuke in the play "Nanohana Akebono Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the second month, 1741

Okumura Masanobu, 1741

Young Man Playing Ushiwaka

Okumura Toshinobu, c. 1725

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Momozono in the play "Katakiuchi Mogami no Inabune," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the seventh month, 1759

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1759

Tokaiji no Bansho, from the series "Shinagawa Hakkei (Eight Views of Shinagawa)"

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1771

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Tezuka no Taro Mitsumori Disguised as the Monkey Trainer Tonkichi Tochibei, in the Play Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1769

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1769

Act Eight: Bridal Journey from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers)

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1779/80

Shingen and Kenshin, from the series "Mirrors of Warriors in Fashionable Parodies (Furyu yatsushi musha kagami)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1769

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 Segawa Tomisaburo II in an Unidentified Role

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1793

Act Two: The House of Kakogawa Honzo from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers)

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1779/80

Actor Nakamura Nakazô I as Monk Shunkan in “Outing to Pick Pine Seedlings on the Rat-Day of the New Year” (“Hime Komatsu Ne no Hi Asobi”)

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, 1778

Act VIII (Hachidanme), from the series "The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Komurasaki and Gonpachi, from the series "Fashonable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Sankatsu and Hanshichi, from the series "Fashionable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Ohan and Choemon, from the series "Fashonable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Ohatsu and Tokubei, from the series "Fashionable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Viewing Cherry Blossoms

Katsukawa Shunchô, c. 1788/89

Washing Clothes

Chokosai Eisho, c. 1780/1800

Koharu and Jihei, from the series "Fashionable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

The Courtesan Komurasaki of the Tamaya

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801

Young Woman Throwing a Ball at a Young Man

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1774

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo I as Ochiyo and Nakamura Shichisaburo II as Hanbei in the play "Higashiyama Gojitsu Yaoya Hanbei," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eighth month, 1744

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1744

The Main Gate, New Yoshiwara

Torii Kiyotada I, c. 1745

Lovers Parting at Dawn

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

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

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

Girl Leaping from Kiyomizu Temple

Torii Kiyotsune, c. 1765

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in an Unidentified Role

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, c. 1784

Picnic in Autumn

Katsukawa Shunchô, late 1780s

Act Eight: The Bridal Journey from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, early 1790s

Two Courtesans on a Moonlit Balcony at a House of Pleasure in Shinagawa, from the series "Nan'eki Shufu"

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1774

Evening Snow at Sensoji Temple (Sensoji no bosetsu), from the series "Eight Fashionable View of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1776/81

The Day of Starting (Kotohajime), from the series "The Fashionable Five Days of Starting (Furyu go kotohajime)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1773/75

Miyato of the Kadotamaya, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1777

Ukifune of the Kanaya, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana hatsu moyo)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1776

The Dancing Fox

Unknown, 1766

The Courtesans Somenosuke and Kisegawa of the Matsubaya, from the series "A Mirror of Courtesans of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro yukun awase kagami)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797

Hour of the Tiger [4 am], Courtesan (Tora no koku, keisei), from the series "Customs of Beauties Around the Clock (Fuzoku bijin tokei)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/1800

Dragon in the clouds

Totoya Hokkei, 1832

Hour of the Ox (Ushi no koku) Fukagawa Pleasure Quarter (Tatsumi), from the series "Customs of Beauties Around the Clock (Fuzoku bijin tokei)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Otomo no Kuronushi in the Play Sugata no Hana Yuki no Kuronushi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1776

Righteousness (Gi), from the series "Five Cardinal Virtues"

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Courtesan Toyama of Tsuruga in the Play Keisei Tsuki no Miyako, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eighth Month, 1775

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1775

Cloth-Strecher, from the series "Twelve Types of Women's Handicraft (Fujin tewaza juni ko)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Act Nine: Yuranosuke's House in Yamashina from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers)

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1779/80

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Kusunoki Masayuki Disguised as Uji no Joetsu, in the Play Go Taiheiki Shirishi-banashi, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Fourth Month, 1780

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1780

Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Goten Hill

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1787

The Actor Nakamura Matsue I as Tsuchiya Umegawa Disguised as the Female Sumo Wrestler Oyodo (?) in the Play Naniwa no Onna-zumo (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Sixth Month, 1770 (?)

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1770