Arts of Asia — Page 51

Ushi-no-gozen, from the series "Famous Places of Edo (Edo meisho)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783/84

Two Entertainers and a Maid

Kitao Shigemasa, c. 1777

A procession of women holding shimadai decorations

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1789/1801

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

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1776

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Hayano Kampei in the Play Kanadehon Chushin Najori no Kura, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1780

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, c. 1780

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Hitomaru Disguised as the Geisha Oshun in the Play Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1783

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, c. 1783

Admiring the wisteria at Kameido Shrine

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1786

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Ippei (?) in the Play Koi Nyobo Somewake Tazuna (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eighth Month, 1778 (?)

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, c. 1778

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as a courtesan (right) and Sawamura Sojuro III as Oyamada Taro (?) disguised as Tarosaku of Oyamada Village (left) in the play "Azuma no Mori Sakae Kusunoki," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1779

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, c 1779

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1763

Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as Akita Jônosuke Yoshikage in a “Shibaraku” role in “Memorial Service for St. Nichiren: A Model of ‘The Potted Trees’”(“Mieiko Nori no Hachi no Ki”)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, About 1791

Shinto priest performing the seaweed-gathering ritual

Totoya Hokkei, early 1830s

No. 15: Itahana (Jugo: Itahana), from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"

Keisai Eisen, c. 1835/36

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Hatakeyama Shigetada in the Play Edo no Fuji Wakayagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1789

Katsukawa Shunsen, c. 1789

View of Tsukuda Island (Tsukudajima no kei), from the series "Eastern Capital (Toto)"

Shotei Hokuju, c. 1789/1818

Fudo Pass on the Mikuni Road in Kozuke Province (Joshu Mikuni goe Fudo toge), from the series "Famous Places in the Provinces (Shokoku meisho)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1830/34

No. 31: View of Lake Suwa from Shiojiri Pass (Sanjuichi: Shiojiri toge Suwa no kosui chobo), from the series "[Sixty-nine Stations of the] Kisokaido"

Keisai Eisen, c. 1835/36

The Jewel River of Plovers in Mutsu Province (Mutsu Chidori no Tamagawa), from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers

Rekisentei Eiri, c. 1785

Kokonoe of the Maruya, from the series Beauties of the Licensed Quarter (Kakuchu bijin kurabe)

Rekisentei Eiri, c. 1798

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Moshio, Wife of Ito Sukekiyo, in the Play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1772

Mother-in-Law Teasing the Bride, from the series "A Collection of Humorous Poems (Haifu yanagidaru)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1785

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in an Unidentified Role

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1776

Yaoya Oshichi and Kosho Kichisaburo (Yaoya Oshichi and Kosho Kichisaburo)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1800

The parlor of a brothel in the pleasure quarters

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1789/1801

The Actor Asao Tamejuro I as Drunken Gotobei in the Play Yoshitsune Koshigoe Jo, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1790

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1790

Pen Box (Qalamdan)

Islamic, Qajar dynasty (1796–1925), 19th century

Women Visiting Mimeguri Shrine

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1787

The Actor Yamashita Mangiku I as Lady Yuya (Yuya Gozen) (?) in the Play Heike Hyobanki (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1789 (?)

Katsukawa Shunsen, c. 1789

The actor Segawa Senjo as Shirotae

Utagawa Toyokuni I, n.d.

Newly Published Perspective Picture of Mount Fuji in Spring from Tagonoura (Shinpan uki-e Tagonoura haru no Fuji)

Utagawa Toyoharu, c. 1772/89

The Third Princess (Nyosan no miya)

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1792

No. 3 - Autumn: Chrysanthemum Festival, from the series "Pleasures of the Four Seasons (Shiki no asobi)"

Okumura Toshinobu, c. 1730

The Overgrowth of Weeds, No. 15 from the series "Genji in Fifty-four Sheets (Genji gojuyonmai no uchi)"

Nishimura Shigenaga, c. 1735

The Filial Son of Kamakura from the Collection of Stone and Sand (Kamakura koshi, Shasekishu), from the series "Twenty-four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honcho Circle (Honchoren Honcho nijushiko)"

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1821

Coiled Feline

Unknown, Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 221)

Dish with Phoenix and Stylized Flowers

Unknown, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Yongle mark and period

Hojo Tokiyori, from the series "Twenty-four Generals for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushika nijushisho)"

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1822

Paper: Fujiwara no Sadaie (Kami: Teika), from the series "The Four Friends of the Writing Table for the Ichiyo Circle (Ichiyoren bunbo shiyu)"

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1827

The Filial Son of Yoro from the Ten Moral Lessons (Yoro koshi, Jikkinsho), from the series "Twenty-four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honcho Circle (Honchoren Honcho nijushiko)"

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1821

Nibu Hiroyoshi from the Veritable Records of Three Reigns (Nibu Hiroyoshi, Sandai jitsuroku), from the series "Twenty-four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honcho Circle (Honchoren Honcho nijushiko)"

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1821

The Filial Child from Shinano Province from the Collection of Stone and Sand (Shinano koji, Shasekishu), from the series "Twenty-four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honcho Circle (Honchoren Honcho nijushiko)"

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1821

The Actor Onoe Tamizo I as Kureha (?) in the Play Shusse Taiheiki (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eighth Month, 1775 (?)

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1775

The Actor Otani Tomoemon I as Kasahari Hokkyo in the Play Kazoe Uta Ta Ue Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1776

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1776

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as the Renegade Monk Dainichibo in the Play Tsukisenu Haru Hagoromo Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in theThird Month, 1777

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1777

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Abe no Sadato (?) in the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1778 (?)

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1778

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Chinese Hero Kan'u in the Play Hatsu Akebono Niwatori Soga, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1772

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1772

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as the Renegade Monk Dainichibo in the Play Edo Meisho Midori Soga, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Second Month, 1779

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1779

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Arakawa Taro in the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1778

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1778