Arts of Asia — Page 10
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The actors Segawa Kikunojo III (R) as the courtesan Katsuragi and Sawamura Sojuro III (L) as Nagoya Sanza Motoharu
Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794
Koraiya Kinsho
Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794
The actor Otani Oniji III as Edobei
Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794
Yamatoya Tojaku (The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV 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)
The actors Nakajima Wadaemon (R) as Bodara Chozaemon and Nakamura Konozo (L) as Gon of the boat-keeper Kanagawaya
Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794
The actor Ichikawa Omezo as the manservant Ippei
Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794
The actor Ichikawa Komazo III as Shiga Daishichi
Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794
The Actor Yamashina Shirojuro as Nagoya Sanzaemon (Yamashina Shirojuro no Nagoya Sanzaemon)
Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794 (Kansei 6)
The actor Bando Hikosaburo III as Sagisaka Sanai
Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794
Nakamura Nakazo II as Prince Koretaka disguised as the farmer Tsuchizo in the play "Intercalary Year Praise of a Famous Poem (Uruo Toshi Meika no Homare)," performed at the Miyako Theater in the eleventh month, 1794
Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794
Morita Kan'ya Vll in the Role of Yura Hyogonosuke Nobutada
Tōshūsai Sharaku, c. 1794
Parody of the Letter-Reading Scene in Chushingura
Katsukawa Shunchô, c. 1780/1801
Women Walking by a Moat
Katsukawa Shunchô, 1780s
Women watching fireworks at Sumida River
Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1795/96
Tatsuta, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
Tsukioka Kôgyo, 1898
Sanemori, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
Tsukioka Kôgyo, 1898
A Peddler of Colored Cloth (fukusa)
Torii Kiyotomo, c. 1724
The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Oishi (?) in the Play Kanadehon Chushin Nagori no Kura (?), Performed at the Nakamora Theater (?) in the Ninth Month, 1780 (?)
Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1780
The Actor Anegawa Chiyosaburo from Kyoto
Nishimura Shigenobu, 1734
Four PM, from the series "Twenty-Four Hours in Shinbashi and Yanagibashi"
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, n.d.
The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Umeo-maru in the Play Ayatsuri Kabuki Ogi, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1768
Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1768
Woman and Child Looking Out at Plum Tree in Garden
Ryuryukyo Shinsai, early 19th century
Jewel of the Full Tide (Manju), from the series "The Palace of the Dragon King (Ryugu)"
Ryuryukyo Shinsai, 1820
Plum blossoms and poet, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens
Ryuryukyo Shinsai, c. 1825
Minamoto no Yoshiie on horseback and a bird on a branch, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens
Ryuryukyo Shinsai, c. 1825
Monkey Trainers and Scenes of Chinese Life (耕作図屏風)
Kano Yasunobu, Edo period (1615–1868), 17th century
Plum blossoms and poet, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens
Ryuryukyo Shinsai, c. 1825
Empress Komyo (Komyoko), from the series "Three Beautiful Women (San bijin)"
Ryuryukyo Shinsai, c. 1820
Landscape and Oharame (a woman from Ohara), from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens
Ryuryukyo Shinsai, c. 1825
Yellow (Ki), from the series "Five Colors (Goshiki no uchi)"
Ryuryukyo Shinsai, c. 1820
Ladies Drinking Tea
Ryuryukyo Shinsai, date unknown
Mii Temple, from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei)"
Ryuryukyo Shinsai, early 19th century
Komachi, from the series "Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)"
Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1789/90
Cranes at the Sea Shore
Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768
Seio-bo, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"
Tsukioka Kôgyo, 1898/1903
Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as a Mendicant Monk in “Courtesan: Kerria Roses at Ide” (“Keisei Ide no yamabuki”)
Katsukawa Shunkо̄, About 1787
Scenting a kimono with incense
Yanagawa Shigenobu I, n.d.
Chisho, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
Tsukioka Kôgyo, 1898
Crested Myna Birds and Chrysanthemums
Xugu, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), c. 1892
The actors Ichikawa Ebizo V and Ichikawa Saruzo I
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1849
Guan Yu, Liu Bei, and Zhang Fei
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1825
Yoshitsune and Benkei at Ataka barrier
Ran-u, 1765
Blade
Unknown, Late Neolithic (3000BCE-2000BCE)
Momiji no ga, from the series "A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji)"
Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1789/94
Abalone Divers
Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797/98
A Courtesan Reading a Letter
Chôbunsai Eishi, 1820/25
Blade
Unknown, Shang dynasty (c.1600–1050 BC)
Sumirena: The Mistress of Yojiya (Yojiya musume, Sumirena), from the series "Beauties of the Floating World Compared to Flowers (Ukiyo bijin hana ni yosu)"
Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69