Arts of Asia — Page 96

The Poet Sojo Henjo, from the series "Modern Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Tosei kodomo rokkasen)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1804/05

The joruri, Nure tsubame negura no karakasa, from the series Joruri libretti (Joruri-bon) (Nure tsubame negura no karakasa, Osome, Hisamatsu)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1804/06

The actor Bando Hikosaburo III as Godai Saburo Chikatada

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

A Woman's Poetry Party

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1793

The actor Segawa Tomisaburo II as Prince Korehito in the guise of the maid Wakakusa of the Otomo family

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Kiyomizu, from the series "Seven Komachi (Nana Komachi)"

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1791/92

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro lV as Otoma, Daughter of Ohina from Inamuragasaki in Kamakura (Yondai-me Iwai Hanshiro no Kamakura Inamuragasaki no Ohina musume Otoma)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794 (Kansei 6)

Rectangular Cauldron

Unknown, Shang dynasty ( about 1600–1046 BC ), 12th/11th century

Osome and Hisamatsu, from the series "Beauties in Joruri Roles (Bijin awase joruri kagami)"

Ichirakutei Eisui, c. 1795

A Banquet Scene

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1795

The courtesan Hinazuru of the Chojiya

Ichirakutei Eisui, 1790/1823

The Courtesan Tsukioka of the Hyogoya

Ichirakutei Eisui, c. 1797

The Courtesan Somenosuke of the Matsubaya

Ichirakutei Eisui, c. 1797

Shirai Gonpachi and Komurasaki, from the series "Beauties in Joruri Roles (Bijin awase joruri kagami)"

Ichirakutei Eisui, c. 1795

The Courtesan Takigawa of the Ogiya, from the series "Beauties of the Five Festivals (Bijin gosekku)"

Ichirakutei Eisui, c. 1795/1800

New Year's Pilgrimage to Myohoji Temple in Horinouchi (Horinouchi Myohoji eho mairi no zu)

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1804/10

Three Beauties of Our Time (Tosei san bijin)

Chokosai Eisho, n.d.

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VI as Sukeroku in the play "Omiura Date no Nebiki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1799

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1799

Villagers Grinding Corn, page from the Fraser Album

Unknown, Company School, c. 1820

Autumn Maples at Takinogawa River (Takinogawa momiji), from the album "The Eternal Waterfall (Tokiwa no taki)"

Totoya Hokkei, 1833

Takanawa Okido at the Shinagawa Station (Shinagawa-juku Takanawa Okido), from the series "Eastern Capital (Toto)"

Shotei Hokuju, c. 1789/1818

Shirabyoshi Dancer in Asazuma Boat (Asazuma-bune), from an untitled series of landscapes

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), c. 1830/34

Snow on the Sumida River

Keisai Eisen, early 1830s

Bowl with Fruiting Peaches, Tree Peony, Flowering Plum, and Bats

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng reign mark and period (1723–1735)

Bowl with Fruiting Peaches, Tree Peony, Flowering Plum and Bats

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng reign mark and period (1723–1735), overglaze painting perhaps added later

Courtesan and Kamuro Strolling at the Entrance Gate of the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarters

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1820s/30s

Bell Inscribed with the Heart Sutra

Unknown, Northern Song dynasty (960–1127) or later

Monkey performing Sanbaso dance

Totoya Hokkei, 1824

No. 1 (Sono ichi), from the triptych "Three Musical Instruments (Sankyoku)"

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1825

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Female Fox-Fairy Otatsu-gitsune Disguised as Shizuka Gozen in the Play Kogane Saku Date no Okida, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1792

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1792

New Year’s Sake

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1810/20 (Meiji Facsimilie)

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

Kitao Shigemasa, 1776

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I, page from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1770

The actor Ichikawa Dajuro VII and a woman watching boy write first calligraphy of the New Year

Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV), 1831

The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Takamoto no kitsune and Segawa Kikunojo V as Izumi no Chieda-gitsune

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1818

A Cauldron on a Moonlit Night (Tsukiyo no kama), from the series "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi)"

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1886

A Playbill for the Ichimura Theater

Torii Kiyomasu I, 1715

The Fourth Month, from the series "Twelve Months in the South (Minami juni ko)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in the Hanagasa Dance in the Play Iromi-gusa Shiki no Somewake, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1781

Katsukawa Shunjо̄, c. 1781

Covered Ewer with Dragons and Peonies

Unknown, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 16th century, overglaze painting added later; with Japanese lid bearing seal of Eiraku

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro Vl as Soga no Goro Tokimune (Rokudai-me Ichikawa Danjuro no Soga no Goro Tokimune)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1795 (Kansei 7)

The Actoe Ichikawa Komazo llI as Nitta Yoshisada, Actually Oyamada Taro Takaie (Sandai-me Ichikawa Komazo no Nitta Yoshisada, jitsuwa Oyamada Taro Takaie)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794 (Kansei 6)

Actors Mimasu Tokujirô I as Hayano Kampei (Left) and Nakayama Kojûrô VI as Ono Sadakurô (Right) in “Treasury of the 47 Loyal Retainers” (“Kanadehon chûshingura”)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, About 1786

Cup

Unknown, Sui dynasty (581–618)

Female Sanbaso Dancer

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766/67

A Selection of Six Flowers - A Parody Rokkasen (Yatsushi rokkasen): Bishop Henjo

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1798

Bust Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Tanabe Bunzo in the play Hana-ayame Bunroku Soga (Blooming Iris: Soga Vendetta of the Bunroku Era), Performed at the Miyako Theater from the Fifth Day of the Fifth Month, 1794

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1794

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Saeki Kurando Tsunenori (Sandai-me Ichikawa Yaozo no Saeki Kurando Tsunenori)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794 (Kansei 6)