Arts of Asia — Page 22

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Soga no Goro in the play "Hatachiyama Horai Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1759

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1759

The Actor Onoe Kikugoro I as Kyo no Jiro in the play "Fujibumi Sakae Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the second month, 1763

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1763

The Actor Ichikawa Masuzo I as Soga no Goro in the play "Tokitsukaze Irifune Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1758

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1758

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the nun Seigen

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1762

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku holding a puppet of the Empress in the play "Diary Kept on a Journey by Sea to Izu (Funadama Izu Nikki)," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1725

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1725

The Sea at Miura in Sagami Province (Soshu Miura no kaijo), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Musashi Province: Morning after Snow on the Sumida River (Musashi, Sumidagawa yuki no ashita), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1853

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1770

Chrysanthemum Festival, from the series "Elegant Five-needled Pine (Furyu goyo matsu)"

Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine), early 19th century

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I and a geisha, from an untitled series of prints showing Actors in private life

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Sansho Dayu (?)

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1780

Cooling Off in the Evening at Shijogawara

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784

Outdoor Amusements at the Kankanro Teahouse in Yoshiwara

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1794

The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kajiwara Genta Kagesue and Ichikawa Monnosuke III as Umegae

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1821

Eleven Actors Celebrating the Festival of the Shrine of the Soga Brothers

Torii Kiyonaga, 1788

A Ferry on the Sumida River

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1787

Mandarin ducks

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Zenkoji Temple and the Ferry at Kawaguchi (Kawaguchi no watashi Zenkoji), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke I and Dekijima Daisuke II

Torii Kiyonobu II, c. 1728

The Actor Sanjo Kantaro II as Oshichi in the play "Nanakusa Fukki Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1718

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1718

Autumn: Harvesting Rice (Aki: inekari no zu), No. 3 from the series "The Four Seasons of Farmers (Shiki no hyakusho)"

Torii Kiyomasu II, c. 1730s

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo II as Shinozuka Goro in the play "Funayosooi Mitsugi Taiheiki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1743

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1743

Winter: Storing Rice (Fuyu: kome osame no zu), No. 4 from the series "The Four Seasons of Farmers (Shiki no hyakusho)"

Torii Kiyomasu II, c. 1730s

The Actor Tamazawa Saijiro in an unidentified role

Torii Kiyomasu II, c. 1740

(Facsimile?) Black-naped oriole and clematis

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1840s

Returning Sails at Yabase (Yabase kihan), from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Snow on the Kiso Gorge, Shinshu Province (Shinshu Kiso no yuki) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu), 1859

Aki Province: Festival at the Itsukushima Shrine (Aki, Itsukushima sairei no zu), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1853

Kai Province: Monkey Bridge (Kai, Saruhashi), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1853

Landscape

Gong Xian, Qing dynasty/early Republican period, 19th/early 20th century

Evening Glow at Nojima (Nojima no sekisho), No. 7 from the series "Eight Views of Kanazawa (Kanazawa hakkei)"

Nishimura Shigenaga, c. 1716/36

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1744

Jurojin with crane and tortoise

Nishimura Shigenaga, 18th century

Beauty and Young Man Riding an Ox (parody of Kyoyu and Sobu?)

Nishimura Shigenaga, c. 1740s

Bamboo and Tiger

Nishimura Shigenaga, c. 1725

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Hisamatsu

Nishimura Shigenaga, c. 1743

In the Style of a Young Man (Wakashu fu), Left Sheet of Triptych (Sanpukutsui hidari)

Nishimura Shigenaga, c. 1730

Landscape with Heron and Boat

Nishimura Shigenaga, 18th century

Set of Three Hanging Scrolls, Day Dream Plays (Kakemono sampukutsui utsusu no asobi)

Nishimura Shigenaga, c. 1755

The Actor Kirinami Onoe as Osasa in the play "Hachijin Taiheiki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eighth month, 1727

Okumura Masanobu, 1727

Comb Rashomon (Sashigushi Rashomon), no. 3 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1716–35

The Crossing of the Tanabata Boat (Tanabata no towataru fune)

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1715

Courtesans Drawn in Osaka style (right), Kyoto style (center), and Edo style (left), from "Courtesans of the Three Capitals: A Set of Three (Sanga no tsu keisei sanpukutsui)"

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1748

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Ushiwakamaru in the play "Kiichi Hogen Shinanguruma," performed at the Morita Theater in the eleventh month, 1754

Nishimura Shigenaga, 1754

The Suetsumuhana Chapter from "The Tale of Genji" (Genji Suetsumuhana), from a series of Genji parodies

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1710

Two Lovers, Oshichi and Kichisaburo

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1708

Lion and Peonies

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1720/25

A courtesan holding a pipe

Okumura Masanobu, mid–1740s