Arts of Asia — Page 94

Courteousness (Rei), from the series "Five Cardinal Virtues"

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Benevolence (Jin), from the series "Five Cardinal Virtues"

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Courtesan Riding an Ox

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766

An Evening Visit (A Parody of Junidan Soshi)

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

Picking a Plum Branch

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Courtesan Riding a Carp (parody of the Daoist Immortal Kinko [Chinese: Qin Gao])

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69

The Smitten Thunder God Delivering a Love Letter to a Courtesan

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Woman Standing beside a Mosquito Net Reading a Letter

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69

Beauty Adjusting Her Hairpin

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69

Nui and Chiyo from Daimon Fujiya performing the hobby-horse dance, from the series "Comic Performances by the Entertainers of the Pleasure Quarters at the Niwaka Festival (Seiro geiko niwaka kyogen zukushi)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1776/81

Two Fighting Lions

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1772

New Year's Day, from the series "Fashionable Three Beginnings (Furyu mittsu no hajime)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770/72

Courtesan Watching her Attendant Detain Hooded Man

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1772

Sunrise, from the series "Fashionable Three Beginnings (Furyu mittsu no hajime)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770/72

The Evening Bell of the Nun (Bikuni no bansho), from the series "Eight Views of Fashionable Human Relations (Furyu jinrin mitate hakkei)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770/72

Young Woman in the Glow of Sunset (Musume no sekisho), from the series "Eight Views of Fashionable Human Relations (Furyu jinrin mitate hakkei)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770/72

Sugawara of the Tsuruya dreaming of Daikoku

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1778

Couple Standing on a Pier Embracing on a Moonlit Night

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1774

Women Holding Boy who is Reaching Out to Young Man Below

Kitao Shigemasa, c. 1776

The Tenth Month (Kannazuki): Wakamatsu and Wakatsuru of the Tawaraya, from the series "Twelve Patterns in the Northern Quarter (Hokkaku juni moyo)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1776/81

Young Man Holds a Kite for a Child

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1774

Parting

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1772

Tiger, from the series "Fashionable Twelve Signs of the Zodiac (Furyu juni shi)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770/72

Woman Wearing Black Hood Speaks to Young Boy

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1772

Young Woman Performing Sanbaso Dance

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1775

Young Woman Holding Parasol Admires Hirugao (noon-face) Flowers

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1772

The Moon (Tsuki), from the series "Fashionable Scenes of Snow, Moon and Flowers (Furyu setsugekka)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69

Courtesan Walking with Veiled Man under Cherry Tree

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1772

Two Young Women Looking out at Young Man Dressed as Komuso

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1774

Courtesan Pulling a Young Man's Umbrella (parody of Rashomon)

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1773

Feeding the Carp at Kameido

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1771

The Courtesan Shirotae of the Okanaya

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1776/81

Young Couple Dressed as Mendicant Monks (Genpachi and Komurasaki?)

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1777

An Auspicious Dream

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1775/76

Courtesan Dreaming of Eloping

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1775

Young Couple in a Boat

Uchimasa, c. 1770/75

Young Man Admiring a Girl through a Barred Window

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770

Sweeping a Cobweb

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1775

Narihira's eastern journey

Tomikawa Fusanobu (Ginsetsu), second half of 18th century

The Actors Arashi Otohachi I as Fukakusa no Shosho, Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Ariwara no Yukihira, and Nakamura Matsue I as Murasame in the play "Kisoe Uta Sakae Komachi," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1762

Tomikawa Fusanobu (Ginsetsu), 1762

Couple Lighting Pipes Under a Plum Tree

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1772

The Courtesan Matsukaze of Ogiya in Edo-machi Itchome (Edo-machi Itchome, Ogiya uchi Matsukaze)

Komai Yoshinobu, c. 1765/71

"Ni": Akutagawa, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1772/73

"Ha": Guards at the "Love Passage," from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1772/73

The Actor Nakamura Noshio I as Princess Usuyuki (Usuyuki Hime) in the play "Shin Usuyuki Monogatari," performed at the Morita Theater in the fifth month, 1774

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1774

"I": Coming of Age, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1772/73

"Chi": Musashi Plain, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1772/73

"To": Sumida River, Musashi and Shimosa Provinces, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1772/73