Arts of Asia — Page 139

Komurasaki of the Kadotamaya, from the series Six Flowery Immortals of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin rokkasen)

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1794/95

Young Boy Beseeching Hotei

Kitao Shigemasa, late 18th century

Susaki, from the series "New Perspective Pictures (Shin uki-e)"

Shotei Hokuju, c. 1810s

Courtesan Playing a Hand Drum

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1775

Moto, a Waitress of the Yoshidaya, and the Geisha Mizue

Eishosai Choki, c. 1794

Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara) Standing before Flaming Aureole and Holding a Water Bottle

Unknown, Eastern or Western Wei dynasty, c. mid–5th century (rededicated 594)

Snake (Mi): Nitan Shiro, from the series "Heroes for the Twelve Animals of the Zodiac (Buyu mitate junishi)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1840

Sumo Wrestlers of the Eastern Group: Kurateyama Yadayû and Izumigawa Rin’emon

Katsukawa Shunsho, About 1780

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Loyal Ronin

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1783

Young Man Riding a Giant Tortoise (parody of Urashima Taro)

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Ono Sadakuro in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Sixth Month, 1783

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1783

Courtesan Reading a Letter

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1745

Bowl with Medallions of Butterflies, Peonies, Chrysanthemums, Peaches, Plums and Orchids

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), spurious reign mark of Yongzheng (1723–35) , overglaze painting perhaps added later

Bowl with Medallionsof Butterflies, Peonies, Chrysanthemums, Peaches, Plums and Orchidsf Butterflies

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

The Courtesan Matsukaze of the Matsubaya and Her Attendant

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1776/81

The Courtesan Sugawara of the Tsuruya and Her Attendant

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1776/81

Gibbon snatching sake pot from flower-viewing party

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1772

Shoki (Chinese: Zhong Kui), the demon queller, standing on a bridge

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1765/70

Wakana, Part 1 (Wakana, jo), from the series "A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji)"

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1789/94

Actors Segawa Kikunojô II as Reizei, Ichikawa Komazô I as Suruga no Hachirô, and Ichikawa Yaozô II as Tada no Kurando in “The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith” (“Ima o sakari suehiro Genji”)

Katsukawa Shunsho, About 1768

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Female Beancake Peddler Hyugaya in the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1777

Benzaiten, from the series "The Seven Gods of Good Luck in the Floating World (Ukiyo Shichi Fukujin)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Courtesan on White Elephant

Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

A Young Woman in a Summer Shower

Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Pinks in a Porcelain Pot

Unknown, c. 1765

Courtesan Parading Beneath Cherry Tree

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

Courtesan Writing a Letter as Two Men Watch through a Window Lattice

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

Shirabyoshi Dancer Standing in Asazuma Boat

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

The Jewel River of Bush Clovers (Hagi no Tamagawa), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers in Popular Customs (Fuzoku Mu Tamagawa)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

Hotoke Gozen Dancing before Taira no Kiyomori

Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Crossing a River on a Moonlit Night

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1775

The Courtesan Segawa of Matsubaya Watching Her Attendants Play Cat's Cradle

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1773/75

The Bride Traveling in the Rain, from the series "The Foxes' Wedding"

Tachibana Minko, 1765

The Treasure Ship

Kitao Shigemasa, c. 1778

Deep Bowl

Unknown, Northern Song (960–1127) or Jin dynasty (1115–1234), 12th/13th century

The Actor Arashi Hinasuke I as Watanabe Choshichi Tonau in the Play Tokimekuya O-Edo no Hatsuyuki (Thriving Now: The First Snow of Edo), Performed at the Morita Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1780

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1780

Act Five: Yamazaki Highway from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1795

Weaving silk, plate 11 from the series "Silkworm Cultivation (Kaiko yashinai gusa)"

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1772

Plate 6 (Examining the Newly Spun Cocoons), from the series "Kaiko Yashinai-gusa"

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1772

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Tsukimasu, Acting as Sakura-maru, in the Play Miya-bashira Iwao no Butai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1773

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1773

Act Eight: Bridal Journey, from the play "Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1779/80

The actor Sawamura Tozo I as Dogen no Okichi in the play "Yoshiwara Niwaka no Banzuke," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the ninth month, 1804

Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1804

Seiro niwaka zensei asobi: Hana no mitsugi sorou tebyoshi

Kitagawa Utamaro, n.d.

Goldfish, from the series "Elegant Comparison of Little Treasures (Furyu kodakara awase)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1802

Waitress at the Minatoya Teahouse

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1769

Chizuka no Fumi no Bosetsu (The Evening Snow of a Thousand Bundles of Love-Letters), the Lovers Ohatsu and Tokubei, from the series "Sugata Hakkei (Eight Views of Lovers)"

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1772

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as Kudo Saemon Suketsune (?) in the Play Haru wa Soga Akebono-zoshi (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1772 (?)

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1772

Tachibanaya: Ichikawa Yaozo III as Fuwa Banzaemon, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1794