Arts of Asia — Page 81
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Beauty standing beside morning glories
Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1814/17
Emma-ten
Unknown, 1407, Muromachi Period 1333–1573
Katen
Unknown, 15th century
Nitten
Unknown, 15th century
Gatten
Unknown, 1407, Muromachi Period 1333–1573
Rasetsu-ten
Unknown, 15th century
The actor Ichikawa Ebizo as Usui Arataro Sadamitsu in the Shibaraku scene of the play "Seiwa Nidai Oyose Genji," performed at the Miyako Theater in the eleventh month, 1796
Utagawa Kunimasa, 1796
The Actors Onoe Kikugoro I and Sanogawa Ichimatsu I dressed as mendicant monks (komuso)
Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1749
The Actor Nakamura Gentaro as a woman playing battledore and shuttlecock
Torii Kiyomasu I, c. 1704
The theater manager Shinozuka Uraemon reading the program for the Miayako Theater
Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794
Narihira's Eastern Journey, from the illustrated book "Panorama of Paintings on Screens and Hanging Scrolls (Byobu kakemono ekagami)"
Hishikawa Moronobu, 1682
The courtesan Yachiyo of Matsubaya, from an untitled series of courtesans on parade
Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1814
The Actor Otani Hiroji III in an Unidentified Role
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1770
Man Pulling at a Woman's Kimono
Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69
The actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Kujaku Saburo Narihira
Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794
The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in Private Life, Standing in a Snow-Covered Garden
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1775
Two girls under an umbrella, from the series "Contemporary Flowers of the Southeast (Tosei Tatsumi no hana)"
Kikukawa Eizan, 1807
The Actor Uemura Kaemon (?)
Torii Kiyomasu I, c. 1706
Actors Nakayama Kojûrô VI as Osada Tarô Kagemune and Sawamura Sôjûrû III as Komatsu no Shigemori in “Snow-Covered Bamboo: Genji in Long Sleeves” (Yukimotsu Take Furisode Genji)
Katsukawa Shunsho, About 1785
Two Girls Leaving a Boat
Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68
Poem by Sanjo'in no Nyokurodo Sakon, from an untitled series of Thirty-Six Immortal Poets
Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68
Scene in the Yoshiwara, from the series "Views of Yoshiwara"
Hishikawa Moronobu, About 1680
Emon Hill, from the series "The Appearance of Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara no tei)"
Hishikawa Moronobu, c. 1681/84
Portrait of an Actor in Female Dress
Utagawa Kunimasa, n.d.
The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Court Servant Shoheida Sadamori in the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1777
The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Omi no Kotoda (right), and Otani Hiroji III as Bamba no Chuda (left), in the Joruri "Sono Chidori Yowa no Kamisuki" (The Plovers: Combing Hair at Midnight), from Part Two of the Play O-atsurae-zome Soga no Hinagata (A Soga Pattern Dyed to Order), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the Tenth Day of the Third Month, 1774
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1774
Battledore and shuttlecock
Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1748
Ichikawa Danjuro Vl
Utagawa Kunimasa, n.d.
Geisha of the West District
Kitagawa Utamaro, n.d.
Ariwara no Narihira, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)"
Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1814/17
Shintokumaru Dancing before Oto Hime, from the illustrated book "Collection of Pictures of Beauties (Bijin e-zukushi)"
Hishikawa Moronobu, c. 1683
Courtesans of the Kadotsutaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1
Katsukawa Shunsho, 1776
Artist, Block Carver, Applying Sizing (Eshi, hangashi, dosa-biki), from the series The Cultivation of Brocade Prints, a Famous Product of Edo (Edo meibutsu nishiki-e kosaku)
Kitagawa Utamaro, About 1803
Courtesans of the Yadaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1
Katsukawa Shunsho, 1776
Courtesans of the Chojiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1
Katsukawa Shunsho, 1776
The Actors Otani Hiroemon III as Shinagawa Okaminosuke (right), and Ichikawa Danjuro V as Arashishi Otokonosuke (left), in the Play Fuki Kaete Tsuki mo Yoshiwara (Rethatched Roof: The Moon also Shines Over the Yoshiwara Pleasure District), Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1771/72
The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III as the Hairdresser Jirokichi in the Play Shida Choja-bashira, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1781
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1781
The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Nagoya Osan in the Play Fuki Kaete Tsuki mo Yoshiwara (Rethatched Roof: The Moon also Shines Over the Yoshiwara Pleasure District), Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1771/72
The Actor Nakamura Juzo II as Asahara Hachiro Disguised as the Servant of a Princely Family, in the Play Onna Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1773
The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as a Female Fox from Mt. Ubagadake in the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1777
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Watanabe Kiou Takiguchi (?) in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1770 (?)
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1770
The Actor Nakamura Juzo II as Akita Jonosuke in the Play Onna Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1773
The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as a Female Fox from Mt. Ubagadake in the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1777
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Watanabe Kiou Takiguchi in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1770
The Actor Segawa Kitsuji III as Murasame in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1773
The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I in an Unidentified Role
Katsukawa Shunsho, early 1780s
The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Kudo Sukestune (?) in the Play Kokimazete Takao Soga (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Second Month, 1778
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1778
The Actor Nakamura Noshio I as the Goddes Benzaiten of Enoshima in the Play Onno Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1773