Arts of Asia — Page 160

The Actors Segawa Kikujiro I as Nobutsura's wife Karumo and Otani Oniji I as Tahara Matataro in the play "Shusse Momijigari," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1747

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1747

The Actors Onoe Kikugoro I (right), Sanogawa Ichimatsu I (center), and Sanogowa Senzo (left), from the triptych "Negura sanpukutsui"

Torii Kiyonobu II, c. 1748

The Actor Tomizawa Montaro I as Miyako no Mae in the play "Izu Genji Horai Yakata," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1736

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1736

The Actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Senjiro disguised as Kichisaburo and Nakamura Tomijuro I as Oshichi in the joruri "Midaregami Yoru no Amigasa," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1742

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1742

The Actor Ogino Isaburo I in two roles, Tora and Soga no Juro, in the play "Juhakko Imayo Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1734

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1734

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo I as Hanjo in the play "Tsumagoi Sumidagawa," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1733

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1733

The Actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Kosoke and Arashi Tominosuke I as Okiku

Torii Kiyomasu II, mid–18th century

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro I as Furukoori Shinzaemon disguised as Shimada Kanzaemon in the play "Ima wa Mukashi Omokage Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fifth month, 1737

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1737

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo II as Goto Saemon in the play "Tokaido Yukumi Guruma," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eighth month, 1736

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1736

The Actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Soga no Goro and Ikushima Daikichi II as Kewaizaka no Shosho in the play "Monzukushi Nagoya Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1748

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1748

The Actors Tamazawa Saijiro I as the pageboy Umezaburo and Segawa Kikunojo I as Oroku in the play "Sazareishi Suehiro Genji," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1744

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1744

The Actors Arashi Koroku I as Makomo no Mae and Ichikawa Uzaemon VIII as Taira no Koremochi in the play "Shusse Momijigari," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1747

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1747

The Actors Nakamura Kiyosaburo I as Okiku and Ichimura Kamezo I as Kosuke in the play "Hiyoku no Kagamon," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the seventh month, 1751

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1751

The Actors Ichimura Kamezo I as Yosaku and Arashi Tominosuke I as Koman

Torii Kiyomasu II, c. 1754

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro I as Usami no Saburo in the play "Yukun Yoroi Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1736

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1736

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo II as Miwa and Ichimura Kamezo I as Hikoso in the play "Ume Momiji Date no Okido," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1760

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1760

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo I as Kawazu Saburo in the play "Kaido Ichi Izu no Harugoma," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1766

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1766

The Actor Hanagawa Ichinojo as Akane Gozen in the play "Okunizome Shusse Butai," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1759

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1759

Evening Bell of Dojoji (Dojoji no bansho), no. 1 from the series "Eight Views of Children (Osana hakkei)"

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1764

A picnic under cherry trees

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1755/64

The Actor Arashi Hinaji as the maiko Uriuno in the play "Ume ya Suisen Izu no Irifune," performed at the Morita Theater in the eleventh month, 1763

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1763

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1758

Entertainers

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1764

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV as Kudo Suketsune in the play "Hatsugai Wada no Sakamori," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1759

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1759

An outing at Hagidera, from the series "A Brocade of Eastern Manners (Fuzoku Azuma no nishiki)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783/84

Women Crossing Nihonbashi Bridge

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1786

An Outing in Spring, from the series A Brocade of Eastern Manners (Fuzoku azuma no nishiki)

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783/84

The Actor Sanogawa Mangiku I

Torii Kiyoshige, c. 1731

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Minamoto no Yoshiie and Sodesaki Iseno I as Onoe no Mae in the play "Kaomise Junidan," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1726 (?)

Torii Kiyonobu II, c. 1726

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1771

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo II

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1760

The Actor Ichikawa Raizo I as Minamoto no Yoshitsune in the play "Nihon ga Hana Hogan Biiki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1761

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1761

Visiting (Kayoi), from the series "Floating World Versions of the Seven Komachi (Ukiyo Nana Komachi)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1780

The Actors Nakayama Kojuro VI (Nakamura Nakazo I) as Chidori, Sawamura Sojuro III as Shigemori, and Ichikawa Yaozo III as Yoshibei, in the shosa "Fukyoku Edo Geisha," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1785

Torii Kiyonaga, 1785

The Actors Ichimura Kamezo I as Kume no Sennin, Onoe Kikugoro I as Goi-no-suke Takenari, and Otani Hiroji II as Hata no Kawakatsu in the play "Keisei Asakusa no Kane," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1754

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1754

Couple Under a Tree

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1781

Two Women Viewing Plum Blossoms

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784

The Actors Yamashita Mangiku, Iwai Hanshiro IV, and Iwai Kumesaburo from a pentaptych of eleven actors celebrating the festival of the shrine of the Soga brothers

Torii Kiyonaga, 1788

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II and Segawa Kikunojo III, from a pentaptych of eleven actors celebrating the festival of the shrine of the Soga brothers

Torii Kiyonaga, 1788

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III and his attendant making cermonial rounds at New Year's

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783

The Actors Ichikawa Yaozo III as Shiragiku, Ichikawa Danjuro V as the puppeteer Dekurokubei, and Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no Juro, in the joruri "Shinobukoi Yanagi no Katsura Otoko," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1785

Torii Kiyonaga, 1785

The Actors Nakayama Kojuro VI (Nakamura Nakazo I) as Hatchotsubute no Kiheiji, Otani Hiroji III as Miura Arajiro, Ichikawa Yaozo III as Akugenta Yoshihira, Sawamura Sojuro III as Taira no Shigemori, in the shosa "Fukyoku Edo Geisha," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1785

Torii Kiyonaga, 1785

Beauties Under a Maple Tree, from the series "A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tosei yuri bijin awase)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784

Scene at the Ishido Mansion (Ishido yakata no dan), from the series "Go Taiheiki Shiraishi Banashi"

Torii Kiyonaga, 1785

Chrysanthemum festival, from the series "Precious Children's Games of the Five Festivals (Kodakara gosetsu asobi)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1801

An Actors' Boating Party on the Sumida River

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1789

Scene from the Drama "Lyric Dance of Shizuka Gozen (Taihei Shizuka Horaku no mai)"

Torii Kiyomasu I, c. 1711

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

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784