Arts of Asia — Page 35

Benzaiten appearing to Taira no Kiyomori

Totoya Hokkei, n.d.

The Salt Dragon

Totoya Hokkei, 1832

Seated woman holding brush and poem card

Totoya Hokkei, early 1830s

Benzaiten with monkey and rat

Totoya Hokkei, 1828

The Horse Sekitoba and the General Guan Yu (Jp: Kan'u), from the series "A Series of Famous Horses (Meiba bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, 1822

Xiangru (Jp: Shojo), from the series "Meng Qiu (Jp: Mogyu)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1821

Wang Xiang (Jp: O Sho), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijushiko)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1825

Zeng Shen (Jp: So Shin), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijushiko)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1825

Madam Tang (Jp: To Fujin), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijushiko)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1825

Metal: Li Kui (Kin, Riki), from the series "The Five Elements of The Water Margin (Suiko gogyo)"

Totoya Hokkei, early 1830s

Water: Zhang Shun (Mizu, Chojun), from the series "The Five Elements of The Water Margin (Suiko gogyo)"

Totoya Hokkei, early 1830s

Wood: Lu Zhishen (Moku, Rochishin), from the series "The Five Elements of The Water Margin (Suiko gogyo)"

Totoya Hokkei, early 1830s

Earth: Lin Chong (Do, Rinchu), from the series "The Five Elements of The Water Margin (Suiko gogyo)"

Totoya Hokkei, early 1830s

It is good to cut one's fingernails (Tsume tori yoshi), from the series "A Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1822

It is good to do the first archery (Yumi hajime yoshi), from the series "A Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1822

Yu the Great battling a dragon

Totoya Hokkei, late 1820s

Sea turtles and Urashima Taro

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1825

Miyajima: Takafusa, No. 3 from "Three Famous Scenes (Sankei no uchi: Sono san)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1833

Geisha looking up at a cuckoo, from the series "Five Annual Festivals for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushika gosekku)"

Katsushika Taito II, 1822

Two women gathering herbs

Katsushika Taito II, early 1830s

A woman from Ohara on horseback

Katsushika Taito II, 1834

The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kan Shojo (Sugawara Michizane) and Segawa Kikunojo V as Umeomaru in the play "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami," performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the ninth month, 1832

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1832

The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Soga Goro and Bando Mitsugoro III as Kobayashi no Asahina

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1827

Women holding fan in her mouth

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. early 1830s

Snow: Onoe Kikugoro III, from "A Set of Three (Sanbantsuzuki)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1829

Court lady admiring plum blossoms

Yanagawa Shigenobu I, late 1820s

A Woman as Ebisu, from the series "Seven Women as the Gods of Good Fortune for the Hanagasa Poetry Club (Hanagasaren shichifukujin)"

Katsukawa Shuntei, c. 1820

No. 3: Kato Kiyomasa, from the series "Three Tales of Valor (Buyu sanban tsuzuki)"

Katsukawa Shuntei, 1820

Court Ladies on a Balcony Watching a Woman and a Girl Chasing a Man in the Yard under Blossoming Cherry Trees

Katsukawa Shun'ei, late 1790s

A Court Lady as Daikoku, from the series "Seven Women as the Gods of Good Fortune for the Hanagasa Poetry Club (Hanagasaren shichifukujin)"

Katsukawa Shuntei, c. 1820

Watanabe no Tsuna receiving the sign post for Rashomon Gate from Minamoto no Yorimitsu

Katsukawa Shun'ei, n.d.

Matsushima: Shunzei, No. 1 from "Three Famous Scenes (Sankei no uchi: Sono ichi)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1833

Yushima, from the series "A Comparison of Famous Things in the Eastern Capital (Toto meibutsu awase)"

Hotei Gosei, c. 1811/12

Willow Tea (Yanagicha), from the series "A Series of Willows (Yanagi bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1828

Willow Bridge (Yanagibashi), from the series "A Series of Willows (Yanagi bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1828

Cat Playing with a Toy Butterfly, from the series "Thirty-six Pictures of Birds (Sanjuroku kinzoku)"

Totoya Hokkei, 1828

Purse and mallet

Totoya Hokkei, n.d.

Ichikawa Danjuro's costume for Shibaraku, from the series "Acting Skills of the Ichikawa Family, A Set of Three (Mimasuke no gei, sanban tsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1818/24

It is good to open for business (Akinai hajime yoshi), from the series "A Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1822

Flowers: Onoe Kikugoro III, from an untitled series of actors representing snow, moon, and flowers

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1830s

The actor Iwai Kumesaburo II as the courtesan Katsuragi in the play "Oichiza Soga no Shimadai," performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the first month, 1827

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1827

The actors Iwai Hanshiro VI, Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Kintoki, and Ichikawa Ebizo V as the woodcutter Nekko no Yokizo

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1833

View of the Sumida River

Totoya Hokkei, n.d.

The actor Iwai Hanshiro VI in a female role

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1830s

Oteiroku, from the series "Fashionable Women as the One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Water Margin (Fuzoku onna Suikoden, ippyakuhachinin no uchi)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1828/30

Seaweed, portable writing case, and plum branch, no. 5 from the series "The Rabbit's Boastful Exploits (Usagi tegarabanashi)"

Ryuryukyo Shinsai, 1819

Fish and shells

Ryuryukyo Shinsai, 1821

The actors Seki Sanjuro II, One Kikugoro III, and Ichikawa Danjuro VII on a Kabuki stage

Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1822