Arts of Asia — Page 47

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Hayano Kampei in the Play Kanadehon Chushin Najori no Kura, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1780

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, c. 1780

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Hitomaru Disguised as the Geisha Oshun in the Play Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1783

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, c. 1783

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Ippei (?) in the Play Koi Nyobo Somewake Tazuna (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eighth Month, 1778 (?)

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, c. 1778

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as a courtesan (right) and Sawamura Sojuro III as Oyamada Taro (?) disguised as Tarosaku of Oyamada Village (left) in the play "Azuma no Mori Sakae Kusunoki," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1779

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, c 1779

Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as Akita Jônosuke Yoshikage in a “Shibaraku” role in “Memorial Service for St. Nichiren: A Model of ‘The Potted Trees’”(“Mieiko Nori no Hachi no Ki”)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, About 1791

Shinto priest performing the seaweed-gathering ritual

Totoya Hokkei, early 1830s

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Hatakeyama Shigetada in the Play Edo no Fuji Wakayagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1789

Katsukawa Shunsen, c. 1789

View of Tsukuda Island (Tsukudajima no kei), from the series "Eastern Capital (Toto)"

Shotei Hokuju, c. 1789/1818

Fudo Pass on the Mikuni Road in Kozuke Province (Joshu Mikuni goe Fudo toge), from the series "Famous Places in the Provinces (Shokoku meisho)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1830/34

The Jewel River of Plovers in Mutsu Province (Mutsu Chidori no Tamagawa), from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers

Rekisentei Eiri, c. 1785

Kokonoe of the Maruya, from the series Beauties of the Licensed Quarter (Kakuchu bijin kurabe)

Rekisentei Eiri, c. 1798

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Moshio, Wife of Ito Sukekiyo, in the Play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1772

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in an Unidentified Role

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1776

Yaoya Oshichi and Kosho Kichisaburo (Yaoya Oshichi and Kosho Kichisaburo)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1800

The parlor of a brothel in the pleasure quarters

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1789/1801

The Actor Asao Tamejuro I as Drunken Gotobei in the Play Yoshitsune Koshigoe Jo, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1790

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1790

Pen Box (Qalamdan)

Islamic, Qajar dynasty (1796–1925), 19th century

The Actor Yamashita Mangiku I as Lady Yuya (Yuya Gozen) (?) in the Play Heike Hyobanki (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1789 (?)

Katsukawa Shunsen, c. 1789

The actor Segawa Senjo as Shirotae

Utagawa Toyokuni I, n.d.

The Third Princess (Nyosan no miya)

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1792

Coiled Feline

Unknown, Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 221)

Dish with Phoenix and Stylized Flowers

Unknown, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Yongle mark and period

The Actor Onoe Tamizo I as Kureha (?) in the Play Shusse Taiheiki (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eighth Month, 1775 (?)

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1775

The Actor Otani Tomoemon I as Kasahari Hokkyo in the Play Kazoe Uta Ta Ue Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1776

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1776

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as the Renegade Monk Dainichibo in the Play Tsukisenu Haru Hagoromo Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in theThird Month, 1777

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1777

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Abe no Sadato (?) in the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1778 (?)

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1778

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Chinese Hero Kan'u in the Play Hatsu Akebono Niwatori Soga, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1772

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1772

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as the Renegade Monk Dainichibo in the Play Edo Meisho Midori Soga, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Second Month, 1779

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1779

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Arakawa Taro in the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1778

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1778

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in an Unidentified Role

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1792

The Actor Nakamura Noshio I as a Dragon Maiden Disguised a Tamanami, in the Play Oyafune Taiheiki, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1775

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Sakura-maru in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1776

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1776

The Actor Yoshizawa Iroha I as Tamamo no Mae (?) in the Play Sakuya Kono Hana no Kaomise (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1776 (?)

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1776

Actor Otani Hiroemon III as Hige no Ikyû in “The Soga Play: Announcement of the Spring Season by the Bush Warbler” (“Hitokidori harutsuge Soga”)

Katsukawa Shunsho, About 1764

The Actor Otani Tomoemon I as Otsuma in the Play Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1781

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1781

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo III as the Thunder God, an Incarnation of Sugawara Michizane, in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1776

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1776

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Matsuo-maru in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1779

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1779

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Kudo Saemon Suketsune (?) in the Play Sakai-cho Soga Nendaiki (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1771 (?)

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1771

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Moriya no Daijin Disguised as Rokuju-rokubu in the Play Miya-bashira Iwao no Butai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1773

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1773

Globular Jar

Unknown, Tang dynasty (618–906), first half of 8th century

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Onmaya Kisanda Disguised as the Lion Dancer Kakubei in the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1777

Covered Jar with Spouts

Unknown, Song dynasty (960–1279) or later

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Kongara Doji in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1780

The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Hata no Daizen Taketora Disguised as Shikishima Wakahei in the Play Juni-hitoe Komachi-zakura, Performed at the Kiri Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1784

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1784

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Gokuin Sen'emon in the Play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Second Month, 1780

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1780

The Goddess Benten Holding a Biwa and a Young Man Holding a Shoulder Drum, from the series "Comparing the Smiles of the Lucky Gods (Fukujin egao kurabe)"

Katsukawa Shunsho, late 1780s

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as the Palanquin Bearer Gohei in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1780

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Hito-maru Disguised as the Courtesan Chiyozaki, in the Play Kuruwa no Hana Katsuragi no Kane, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the third Month, 1775

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1775