Arts of Asia — Page 100

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as the Plant Seller Awashima no Yonosuke in the Play Mukashi Otoko Yuki no Hinagata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781

Katsukawa Shunsen, c. 1781

Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu II as a Fashionable Young Man (Wakashu)

Ippitsusai Buncho, About 1769

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kiyohime in the Play Hidakagawa Iriai-zakura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Ninth Month, 1770

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1770

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II in cloth-bleaching (Nuno sarashi) dance

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1770

The Shrine Dancers (Miko) Ohatsu and Onami

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1769

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as Oiso no Tora in the Play Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1769

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1769

The Actors Sawamura Sojuro II and Ichimura Kichigoro in Unidentified Roles

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1768/70

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II in Shakkyo Dance in the Play Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Second Month, 1769

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1769

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II in an Unidentified Role

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1771

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Otatsu-gitsune in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1770

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Akita Jonosuke in the Play Kawaranu Hanasakae Hachi no Ki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1769

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1769

Ofuji of the Yanagi Shop

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1769

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Kyo no Jiro Disguised as an Uiro (Panacea) Peddler from the Play Kagami-ga-ike Omokage Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1770

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1770

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as Princess Hitomaru (Hitormaru Hime) (?) in te Play Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1769 (?)

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1769

The Actors Nakamura Tomijuro I as Enju Disguised as the Shirbyoshi Gio (right), and Nakamura Noshio I as Goo Disguised as Hotoke Gozen (left), in the Play Miyako-zome Gio Katsugi, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1770

The Courtesan Handayu of the Nakaomiya House of Pleasure, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)"

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1769/70

The Courtesan Mitsunoto of the Hishiya House, from the series "Sanjurokkasen (Thirty-six Flowers)"

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1772

Nikenjaya no Bosetsu, from the series "Azuma Hakkei"

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1769

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Oiso no Tora (?) (right), and Otani Taniji (left)

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1770

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo II as Fujitaro, disguised as the ferryman Tomokichi, in the play "Shomei Mugen no Kane," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the ninth month, 1767

Kitao Shigemasa, 1767

The Poet Ise Looking Up at a Flock of Returning Geese, from an untitled series of eight views

Kitao Shigemasa, early 1760s

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Nagoya Sanzaburo in the play "Higashiyama-dono Kabuki no Tsuitachi," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1766

Kitao Shigemasa, 1766

No. 6: Tama River of Koyasan in Kii Province, from the series "Six Jewel Rivers of the Floating World (Ukiyo Mu Tamagawa)"

Kitao Shigemasa, c. 1769

No. 5: Noda River in Mutsu Province, from the series "Six Jewel Rivers of the Floating World (Ukiyo Mu Tamagawa)"

Kitao Shigemasa, c. 1769

Actors Arashi Sangorô II asMinamoto no Yoritomo and Segawa Kikunojô II as the Snow Woman in “Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysanthemums” (“Myôto- giku Izu no Kisewata”)

Ippitsusai Buncho, About 1770

Five Young Boys Rolling a Large Snowball

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1772

Descending Geese in the Archery Gallery (Yokyuba no Rakugan)

Kitao Shigemasa, c. 1770s

Crossing the Bridge at Sano

Kitao Shigemasa, c. 1774

The Oystercatcher Dance (Miyakodori), from the series "Beautiful Dance Customs (Adesugata odori fuzoku)"

Kitao Shigemasa, c. 1778

Boy as Jurojin, from an untitled series of children as the Seven Gods of Good Fortune

Kitao Shigemasa, 1780s

The Hand-Drum Player, from an untitled series of five musicians

Kitao Shigemasa, 1780s

Returning Sails at Ryogoku River (Ryogoku no kihan), from the series "Eight Parodies by Contemporary Beauties (Tosei mitate bijin hakkei)"

Kitao Shigemasa, late 18th century

Viewing Maple Leaves (Momijigari), from the series "Dance Customs of Captivating Figures (Adesugata odori fuzoku)"

Kitao Shigemasa, c. 1772/80

Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Haya no Kanpei in "Chushingura Nagori no Kura."

Kitao Masanobu, Unknown

Enjoying the Evening Cool in Hirokoji (Hirokoji no ryosho), from the series "Eight Contemporary Views of Ryogoku (Tosei Ryogoku hakkei)"

Kitao Masanobu, late 18th/early 19th century

Flowers of Yamashita (Yamashita hana), from the series "Contest of Contemporary Beauties (Tosei bijin iro kurabe)"

Kitao Masanobu, late 1780s

Jaina Tirthankara Chandraprabha Standing in Meditation (Kayotsarga)

Unknown, 12th century

Painted Banner (Thangka) of Vajriputra, One of the Sixteen Great Arhats

Tibeto-Chinese, late 17th/early 18th century

A Low Class Prostitute (Gun [teppo]), from the series “Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter" ("Hokkoku goshiki-zumi")

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

A Pair of Carp

Unknown, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

Vase with Dragon Motif

Unknown, Joseon dynasty (1392–1897), 19th century

Water Bottle (Kundika)

Unknown, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)

Celadon-Glazed Dish

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

Orchids

Kim Eung-won, Joseon dynasty(1392–1910)

Celadon-Glazed Double-Gourd Vase

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th/19th century

Cylindrical Tripod Censer (Incense Burner) with Cloud-Scroll Feet

Unknown, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279), 12th/13th century

Bowl with Central Floret

Unknown, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279), 13th century

Pear-Shaped Vase with Dragon-Head Ring Handles

Unknown, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), 14th century