Arts of Asia — Page 163

The Tanabata Festival, from the from the series "Precious Children's Games of the Five Festivals (Kodakara gosetsu asobi)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1801

The Mimeguri Embankment on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Mimeguri tsutsumi), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu), 1862

The Eighth Month, from the series "Twelve Months in the South (Minami juni ko)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784

Parrot on plum branch

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu), c. 1848/52

A Picture of Prosperity: America (Amerika shin no zu)

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu), 1861

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1768

A Fan Suggesting a Dispersed Storm (Sensu no seiran) from the series "Eight Fashionable Scenes of the Parlor (Furyu zashiki hakkei)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1777

Hagitsubo - A Parody of Shibaraku

Torii Kiyonaga, 1785 (?)

Daimyo's Processions Passing along the Tokaido

Utagawa Sadahide, 1807–1873

Shoki the Demon Queller

Utagawa Toyoharu, Mid-to late 18th or early 19th century

Matsumoto Koshiro III as Kusunoki Bokon and Sawamura Kijuro as Omori Hikoshichi in the Scene from a Drama (Sandaime Matsumoto Koshiro no Kusunoki Bokon to Sawamura Kijuro no Omori Hikoshichi)

Torii Kiyonaga, 1773

The Actor Anegawa Daikichi as Ayame no Mae in the play "Miyo no Hana Yunzei Kagami," performed at the Morita Theater in the eleventh month, 1760

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1760

The Actor Segawa Senjo (Kikunojo III) as the wife of Amakawaya Gihei in the play "Kanadehon Chushingura," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the fifth month, 1776

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1776

The Actor Arashi Sankatsu as Kanamuraya Osan in the play "Soga Hiiki Nihon Sakura," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1762

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1762

The Actor Segawa Yujiro I as Oshichi in the play "Edo no Haru Meisho Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the third month, 1773

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1773

Towing boats against the current

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1764

Taking a Walk on New Year's Day

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1755

The Actors Ichikawa Raizo I as a peddler of tea whisks and Nakamura Matsue I as Yuya Gozen in the play "Daijobu Takadate Jikki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1763

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1763

The Actors Otani Hiroji II as Kawazu Saburo and Nakamura Sukegoro I as Matano Goro in the play "Kashiwa ga Toge Kichirei no Sumo," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1755

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1755

The Actors Iwai Hanshiro IV as Sakura Hime and Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Priest Seigen in the play "Wada Sakamori Eiga Kagami," performed at the Namakumura Theater in the first month, 1773

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1773

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo II as Ohatsu and Ichikawa Yaozo II as her lover Tokubei in the play "Yoni Osaka Nitsui no Meoto," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the second month, 1767

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1767

The Actors Bando Aizo as the courtesan Kewaizaka no Shosho and Ichikawa Raizo I as Soga no Goro in the play "Satsuki Matsu Unohana Soga," performed at the Morita Theater in the fourth month, 1766

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1766

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as Ishi no Mae in the play "Hoshi Aikotoba Higashiyama no Sakae," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the ninth month, 1763

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1763

The Actors Matsumoto Koshiro III as Oroku and Bando Hikosaburo II as Fujitaro in the play "Shomei Muken no Kane," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the ninth month, 1767

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1767

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo II as Ono no Yorikaze in the play "Ono no Tofu Aoyagi Suzuri," performed at the Morita Theater in the eighth month, 1764

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1764

The Actor Ichiyama Shichizo I as Terute Hime in the play "Shuen Soga Omugaeshi," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1768

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1768

The Actor Kirishima Gizaemon as Murasaki Daijin in the play "Hatsu Akinai Omise Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1767

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1767

The Actors Sakakiyama Sangoro as the page boy Kichisaburo and Segawa Kikunojo II as Oshichi in the play "Hatsugai Wada no Sakamori," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1759

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1759

The Soga Festival

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1768

Three couples sharing umbrellas

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1760

New Year's entertainers before standing screen of tiger

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 18th century

The Poet Ariwara no Narihira on the bank of the Sumida River

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1764

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Kamaya Buhei in the play "Fude Hajime Soga no Tamazusa," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1768

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1768

Two Actors Catching Fireflies

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1765/70

The Actors Ichikawa Komazo I (L) and Nakamura Matsue I (R)

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1770

The Actors Ichikawa Komazo I (L) and Nakamura Matsue I (R)

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1770

The Actors Nakamura Takesaburō as Kewaizaka no Shōshō and IchikawaDanjurō II as Soga Gorō

Torii Kiyomasu I, 1715

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro

Torii Kiyomasu II, c. 1725

The Actor Nakamura Takesaburo I in a female role

Torii Kiyomasu II, c. 1718

The Actor Sanogawa Mangiku I as Sanada, the daughter of the spinner Itoya, in the play "Hiragana Yomeiri Izu Nikki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1718

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1718

The Actor Fujimura Handayu II as Oiso no Tora

Torii Kiyomasu I, c. 1715

The Actors Otani Oniji I as Soga no Goro and Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as the sister of Yoshinaka in the play "Fuji no Yuki Mitsugi Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1746

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1746

The Actor Ichimura Kamezo I as Soga no Goro in the play "Hatsugoyomi Kotobuki Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1745 (?)

Torii Kiyonobu II, c. 1745

The Actors Ichimura Kamezo I as Urashima Taro and Takinaka Hidematsu I as Kanemoto Gozen in the play "Ichi no Tomi Seiwa Nendaiki," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fifth month, 1746

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1746

The Actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Minamoto no Yorimasa and Segawa Kikujiro I as Nobutsura's wife Karumo in the play "Shusse Momijigari," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1747

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1747

The Actors Bando Hikosaburo I as Araki Shozaemon and Nakamura Sukegoro I as Daidoji Tahatanosuke in the play "Chigozakura Futabajikki," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the tenth month, 1746

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1746

The Actors Fujikawa Heikuro as Masamune and Matsushima Kichisaburo as Rai Kunitsugu in the play "Shin Usuyuki Monogatari," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the sixth month, 1746

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1746

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

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1747