Arts of Asia — Page 9

The Actor Arashi Sangoro II as Asahina Saburo in the Play Iro Maki-e Soga no Sakazuki, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1773

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1773

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV Doing a Quick Change Between the Roles of Sadakuro and Yoichibei, in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Third Month, 1781

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1781

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1770

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV as Tonase in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Third Month, 1781

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1781

Courtesans of the Obishiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1776

The Actor Bando Matataro IV as Bando Taro in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1773

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Atomi no Ichii in the Play Miya-bashira Iwao no Butai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1773

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1773

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III (right), in His Dressing Room in Conversation with the Actor Segawa Kikunojo III (left)

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1780/83

Parody of the Armor-pulling Scene (Kusazuribiki), from the series "Fashionable Parodies of Bravery in Love (Furyu mitate iro-buyu)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770/72

The Actor Nakamura Riko I as Osen of the Komatsuya House (?) in the Play Nanakusa Yosooi Soga (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Second Month, 1782 (?)

Katsukawa Shunjо̄, c. 1782

Two Courtesans

Isoda Koryusai, 18th century

Mekari, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"

Tsukioka Kôgyo, 1898/1903

The Sixth Month (Roku gatsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1793

Girl Reading Letter while Mother and Child Gaze at Sparrows

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1791

The Sixth Month (Rokugatsu), from an untitled series of genre scenes in the twelve months, with kyoka poems

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1792/93

Reading a Letter in Front of a Screen, from an untitled series of 12 prints

Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1710

Flirting Lovers

Hishikawa Moronobu, c. 1673/81

A Parody of Hachi no ki

Utagawa Toyokuni I, n.d.

Iris Garden

Katsukawa Shunchô, c. 1781/89

Out for a Walk

Katsukawa Shunchô, c. 1780/1801

Visit to the Masaki Inari Shrine

Katsukawa Shunchô, 1786

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Yoshimine no Munesada in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1771

Parrot on Quince Tree

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770

After a little music, from an untitled series of 12 erotic prints

Hishikawa Moronobu, c. 1673/81

A Battle in Mid-Stream

Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1705/10

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as the Spirit of Joro-gumo (Harlot Spider) Disguised as the Maiko Tsumagiku (right), and Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Urabe no Suetake (left), in the Play Shitenno Tonoi no Kisewata, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1781

Descending Geese at Katada (Katada rakugan), from the series "Fashionable Eight Views of Omi (Furyu Omi hakkei)"

Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1814/17

Fire: Song Jiangming (Ka, Sokomei), from the Series "Shuihuzhuan Heroes for the Five Elements (Suiko gogyo)"

Totoya Hokkei, early 1830s

Ono no Tofu, from the series "A Gathering of the Elders of Poetry (Shoshikai bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1820

Warbler in a cage, from the series "A Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, 1823

Lady Seated by a Tokonoma Alcove

Totoya Hokkei, 1829

Lighthouse at Sumiyoshi, Osaka

Totoya Hokkei, 19th century

Tea House and Fishing Farm by the Grand View of Kanto

Totoya Hokkei, early 19th century

Paris, France (Furansu Parisu no fu), from the series "Collection of Scenic Places in Foreign Lands (Bankoku meisho zukushi no uchi)"

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1862

Russian (Oroshiajin), from the series "People of the Five Nations (Gokakoku no uchi)"

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1861

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Ichizo III

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1865

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1862

Sugoroku Players

Torii Kiyohiro, c. 1750

Actor Arashi Ryûzô II as Hachijô in “Pillar Calendar of the Genji and Heike Clans” (“Gempei hashira-goyomi”)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, About 1795

Rural Scene in Early Summer: Peasants Transplanting Rice and a Man Washing a Horse

Katsukawa Shun'ei, late 1790s

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Osaku in the Play Sayo no Nakayama Hiiki no Tsurigane, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1790

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1790

Actor Segawa Kikunojô III Possibly as Ono no Komachi in “Komachi Village: New Year at the Theater” (“Komachimura shibai no shôgatsu”)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, About 1789

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Lady Tomoe (Tomoe Gozen) in the Play Yasa Gumbai Miyako no Jindori, Performed at the Miyako Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1793

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1793

Actor Ichikawa Komazô III as Nyosan no Miya (The Third Princess), Ukare Zatô (A Blind Street Performer), and Sakata no Kaidô-maru in “Expanded Summer Festival” (“Zôho natsu matsuri”)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, About 1791

Maple Leaf Viewing (Momiji gari)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

The actor Sakata Hangoro III as Fujikawa Mizuemon

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

The actors Iwai Hanshiro IV (R) as Ohan of the Shinanoya and Bando Hikosaburo III (L) as Obiya Choemon

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as the Wealthy Bumpkin from Yamato, Actually Magoemon of Ninokuchi Village (Yondai-me Matsumoto Koshiro no Yamato no Yabo Daijin, jitsuwa Ninokuchi-mura Magoemon)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794 (Kansei 6)