Arts of Asia — Page 9

Dish with Peony Scrolls and Chrysanthemum Spray, and Lotus Panels on Reverse

Unknown, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Hongwu period (1368–98)

A sheet from a shunga album

Hishikawa Moronobu, 1680s

A sheet from a shunga album

Hishikawa Moronobu, 1680s

A sheet from a shunga album

Unknown, 1679

A sheet from a shunga album

Unknown, 1679

Scroll with twelve erotic scenes

Hishikawa School, Early 18th century

The Actors Kameya Jujiro I as Soga no Juro and Segawa Kikunojo I as Oiso no Tora in the play ”Hatsu Hikage Maizuru Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1737

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1737

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro II as Kudo Suketsune (?) in the Play Edo no Hana Wakayagi Soga (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Second Month, 1769 (?)

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1769

A Golden Pheasant amid Snow-Covered Bamboo on a Steep Hillside

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1840

No. 6 (roku), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/1800

Geese Descending in Mid Autumn (Seishu no rakugan), from the series "Eight Scenes of the Four Seasons (Shiki hakkei)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1779

Returning Sails of the Towel Rack (Tenugui-kake no kihan), from the series "Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766

Young Woman Riding a Phoenix

Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Burning Maple Leaves to Heat Sake

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768

Clearing Weather at Asakusa (Asakusa no seiran), from the series "Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69

Egrets in the Snow

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768

The Young Horseman

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766/67

Shirabyoshi Dancer in Asazuma boat

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766

Cloth-fulling Jewel River, from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

Double-page Illustration from Vol. 1 of "Picture Book of Spring Brocades (Ehon haru no nishiki)"

Suzuki Harunobu, 1771

Gathering Bamboo Shoots

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1765

The Harugoma Dance

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Nakasu, from the series "Ten Scenes of Enjoying the Cool in the Three Cities (Sangatsu ryo jikkei)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1785/86

Poem by Sakanoue no Korenori, from an untitled series of Thirty-Six Immortal Poets

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

A Fan Suggesting a Dispersed Storm (Sensu no seiran) from the series "Eight Scenes of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1777

The Jewel River at Chofu (Chofu no Tamagawa), from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

The Actors Ichikawa Yaozo II as Yoshimine no Munesada (right), Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III as Shizuya (center), and Nakamura Matsue I as Sakuragi (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1772

New Year Games of Shuttlecock, Battledore, and Hand Ball, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 1

Kitagawa Utamaro, New Year, 1801

The Hagi Jewel River, from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers

Shiba Kokan, c. 1770/71

Cutting and Sewing (Tachinui), from the series "Collection of of Fashionable Accomplishments (Furyu shogei zukushi)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770/72

The Kagura Dancer

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766

Visiting Kiyomizu Temple

Sugimura Jihei, c. 1684/98

Shono, from an untitled series of the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1804

The Poet Sojo Henjo, from the series "Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1785

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as the courtesan Agemaki in the play "Sukeroku Yukari no Hatsu-zakura," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the third month, 1776

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1776

The Salt Maidens, Murasame with Yukihira's Hat

Chôbunsai Eishi, Edo period, c. 1800

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Courtesan Takamura of Onoteruya (?) in the Play Sugata no Hana Yuki no Kuromushi (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1776 (?)

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, c. 1776

Flower Arranging

Kitao Shigemasa, c. 1769

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

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

Freeing a captured bird

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

The Bride Riding in the Palanquin to Her Husband's House (Koshi-iri), the third sheet of the series "Marriage in Brocade Prints, the Carriage of the Virtuous Woman (Konrei nishiki misao-guruma)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

The Eighth Month (Chushu), from the series "Popular Versions of Immortal Poets in Four Seasons (Fuzoku shiki kasen)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768

Washing Cloth in a Stream

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69

The Bride Changing Clothes (Iro-naoshi), the fifth sheet of the series "Marriage in Brocade Prints, the Carriage of the Virtuous Woman (Konrei nishiki misao-guruma)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

The Introduction (Miai), the first sheet from the series "Marriage in Brocade Prints, the Carriage of the Virtuous Woman (Konrei nishiki misao-guruma)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Under a Peach Tree

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766

Playing Battledore and Shuttlecock

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1765/70

Choemon Carrying Ohan on His Back

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801