Arts of Asia — Page 97

Nakamura Nakazo II in the Role of Aramaki Mimishiro Kanetora Disguised as Saiwaka

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Visiting (Kayoi) - a parody of Shosho visiting Komachi

Mangetsudo, c. 1740s

The Cock Fight - Ohisa of the Takashimaya and Okita of the Naniwaya

Eishosai Choki, c. 1791

Yasuhide, from the series "Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)"

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1789/90

The Six Immortals of Poetry, Abbreviated

Chokosai Eisho, c. 1795

The Elopement

Torii Kiyohiro, c. 1750

Act Five: Yamazaki Highway from the play Kanadehon Chushingura

Katsukawa Shun'ei, 1807

Oiso no Tora and Shosho Playing Instruments

Nishimura Shigenaga, 1746

The Bodhisattva Seishi, from the triptych Approach of the Amida Trinity

Unknown, Kamakura Period, mid–13th century

Rectangular Tureen (fu)

Unknown, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period (770–481 B.C.)

Mitate (Parody) of Ono no Tofu in the Play Geiko Zashiki Kyogen

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1776

Ono no Komachi, from A Set of Three Beauties (Bijin sanpukutsui)

Nishimura Shigenobu, c. 1720s

The Actors Ichimura Kamezo I as Sengokuya Ihei and Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as his wife Omatsu in the play "Kashiwa ga Toge Kichirei no Sumo," performed at Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1755

Torii Kiyohiro, 1755

Eight-Plank Bridge (parody of "Tales of Ise")

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

Ichimura Kamezo I performing the Sanbaso dance

Torii Kiyohiro, c. 1756

Daruma and a young woman in the rain

Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Poem by Mibuno no Tadami, from an untitled series of Thirty-Six Immortal Poets

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

The Actors Bando Matakuro IV as Chubei, Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Umegawa, and Nakamura Katsugoro as Magoemon, in the play "Keisei Koibikyaku," performed at the Morita Theater in the fifth month, 1783

Torii Kiyonaga, 1783

The Twelfth Month (Harumachizuki), from the series "Fashionable Monthly Visits to Sacred Places in the Four Seasons (Furyu shiki no tsuki mode)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784

The Echigoya on New Year's Day

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1789

Dreaming of the Heron Maiden

Komai Yoshinobu, c. 1771

Young Man Walks in as Two Courtesans Read Love Letter

Shiba Kokan, c. 1772/74

Jurojin, from the series "A Comparison of the Treasures of the Gods of Good Fortune (Fukujin takara awase)"

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1795

Actor Nakayama Tomisaburô as a Shirabyôshi Dancer in “The Maiden at Dôjô Temple” (“Musume Dôjô-ji”)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, About 1794

Stem Cup

Unknown, Tang dynasty (618–907), 8th century

A Selection of Six Flowers - A Parody Rokkasen (Yatsushi Rokkasen): Ono no Komachi

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1798

The Courtesans Hanaogi, Segawa, and Miyahito of the Ogiya

Chokosai Eisho, c. 1796/97

Ukiyo Genji hakkei : Suzumushi no bansho

Chôbunsai Eishi, n.d.

Takigawa of the Ogiya (Ogiya uchi Takigawa, Onami, Menami, Kisagawa, Hanamichi, Himekawa, Kumegawa)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1793

Snow, Moon, and Flowers in the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro setsugekka) : Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya with Attendants Shirabe and Teriha

Kitagawa Utamaro, n.d.

Festivity at a teahouse, from a parody of Chushingura

Chokosai Eisho, c. 1797/98

New Clothes for the Festival of New Herbs (Wakana no hatsuisho): Tamagiku of the Kadotamaya with Attendants Kikuno and Kikuji

Chôbunsai Eishi, n.d.

Ladies behind screen in a daimyo's mansion

Utagawa Toyokuni I, n.d.

Beauty applying rouge, from the series "Comaprison of Beauties in Eastern Brocade (Azuma nishiki bijin awase)"

Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine), c. 1804/10

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro I as Ebisu in the play "Suehiro Eho Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1729

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1729

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Okaru in Act Seven of the Play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers), Performed at the Morita Theater from the Third Day of the Fourth Month, 1769

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1769

Bamboo and rising sun

Utagawa Kunimaru, 1829

Retrieving the Shuttlecock

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1773

Mirror with Mythical Creatures

Unknown, Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 220) or later

Six-Lobed Bowl with Bamboo, Morning Glories, and Spray of Cherry Blossoms

Unknown, Jin dynasty (1115–1234), 12th century

Fujiwara no Okikaze, from the series "One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu no uchi)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1842

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Kumenosuke in the play "Na no Hana Akebono Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the second month, 1741

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1741

Full Moon at Takanawa (Takanawa no meigetsu), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1831

Late Spring at Massaki (Massaki boshun no kei), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1831

View of Morning Cherry Blossoms in the New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara asazakura no zu), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Capitol (Toto meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1831

The Village of Yase (Yase no sato) from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1834

Autumn Moon over Tama River (Tamagawa no shugetsu), from the series "Eight Views in the Environs of Edo (Edo kinko hakkei no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/38

Returning Sails at Gyotoku (Gyotoku no kihan), from the series "Eight Views in the Environs of Edo (Edo kinko hakkei no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/38