Arts of Asia — Page 134

Couple with a Pet Mouse

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69

Poem by Henjo Sojo, from an untitled series of Thirty-Six Immortal Poets

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Poem by Nakatsukasa, from an untitled series of Thirty-Six Immortal Poets

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

The Bon Festival in the Sixth Month, from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu juni setsu)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770/72

Young Man Seated on an Ox

Shichû, 1765

Sayoginu of the Yotsumeya, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana hatsu moyo)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1777

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

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770/72

The Flowered-hat Dance (Hanagasa odori), from the series "Comic Performances from the Niwaka Festival in the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro niwaka kyogen)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1776/81

Shirotae of the Okanaya, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1777/78

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as a young man holding an umbrella and a lantern

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1748

The Ninth Month (Choyo), from the series "A Fashionable Parody of the Five Festivals (Furyu yatsushi gosekku)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1776/81

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Okoma (right), and Arashi Sangoro III as the Hairdresser Obana Saizaburo (left), in the Play Koi Musume Mukashi Hachijo, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1776

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1776

A Courtesan of the Matsubaya

Katsukawa Shunsho, mid–late 1770s

Women Boarding a Pleasure Boat

Katsukawa Shunchô, 1780s

Travelers on the Tokaido

Katsukawa Shunchô, c. 1780/1801

Pleasure Boats at a Landing

Katsukawa Shunchô, c. 1780/1801

Parody of Minamoto no Yoritomo releasing cranes at Yuigahama

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1805

The Fifth Month, a Set of Three (Gogatsu sambukutsui), from the series "Twelve Months by the Twin Brushes of Toyohiro and Toyokuni (Toyohiro Toyokuni ryoga juni ko)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1798

Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1792

Picture Book: Selected Insects (Ehon mushi erabi)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1788

Portrait of Wen Zhengming

Unknown, late Ming/early Qing dynasty, 17th century

Two Scholar-Musicians in a Landscape

Unknown, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 15th century

Famous Scenes of Yandang Mountain

Yao Kuang, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 17th–century

Bamboo in Wind

Ike Taiga, 1723–1776

Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara)

Unknown, Dali kingdom (c. 937–1253), 12th century

Head of Luohan

Unknown, Northern Song, Liao, or Jin dynasty, c. 11th century

Architectural Brick with Ogre Mask

Unknown, Tang dynasty (A.D. 618–907), probably second half of 8th century

The Waitress Ohisa of the Takashimaya

Katsukawa Shunchô, c. 1792/93

The Actor Onoe Kikugoro I holding a puppet of the Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1740s

Young Woman Walking Near a Stream

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1760

Head of Buddha

Unknown, 4th–5th century

A Yakshi Grasping a Tree

Unknown, Kushan period, 2nd/3rd century

Veneration of the Buddha's Relics

Unknown, Kushan period, 2nd/3rd century

Pigsty with Tower

Unknown, Eastern Han dynasty (A.D. 25–220)

Courtesan Standing in Front of a Barred Window

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1765

Young Woman Holding a Kerria Branch (parody of Ota Dokan)

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1764/65

Lovers Beneath an Umbrella in the Snow

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

The Actor Yamanaka Heikuro I

Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1705

Beauty Playing with Cat and Kitten

Unknown, early 18th century

The Actors Tamazawa Rinya, Uemura Kohachi, and Ichikawa Monnosuke

Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1715

The actor Yamanaka Heikuro I as a demon

Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1706

The Actor Otani Hiroji I as Asahina Saburo

Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1723

The Actor Nakamura Denkuro I

Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1700

The Actor Nakamura Denkuro I

Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1710

The Actor Sakata Hangoro III as Kosodate Kannonbo (Sandai-me Sakata Hangoro no Kosodate no Kannonbo)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Incense Burner

Unknown, 14th century

Circular Box with Peacocks, Peonies, and Auspicious Motifs

Unknown, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Wanli period (1573–1620)

Bowl with Dragons amid Clouds

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Daoguang reign mark and period (1820–1850)