Arts of Asia — Page 49

Courtesans of Oebuji, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Kitao Shigemasa, 1776

Autumn Flowers: Peonies and Bellflowers, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. ２

Kitao Shigemasa, 1776

Courtesans of the Kadotsutaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1776

Courtesans of Maruebiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Kitao Shigemasa, 1776

The Actors Matsumoto Koshiro IV and Segawa Kikunojo III as the Lovers Choemon (right) and Ohan (left), in the Elopement Scene "Michiyuki Segawa no Adanami" (An Elopement: Treacherous Waves in the Shallow River), a Dance Interlude from Part Two of the Play Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga (Flower of Kabuki: The Eternal Soga), Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the Twenty-fifth Day of the Fourth Month, 1781

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1781

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Nakamura Kanjaku II

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1861

The Courtesans Misayama of the Chojiya and Wakana of the Matsubaya Parading under Cherry Blossoms

Gokyo, c. 1789/1801

Memorial Portraits of the Actors Otani Baju II (right) and Ichikawa Monnosuke III (left)

Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1824

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke III

Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1824

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Sawamura Tanosuke II

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1817

Memorial portrait of Ichikawa Danjuro VIII

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1854

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Ebizo V

Utagawa School, 1859

Ichikawa Danjuro VII before a screen decorated with peonies

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1847/52

Memorial portrait: Ichikawa Ebizo V (Danjuro VII) looking up at a painting of the late Danjuro VIII

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1854

Memorial Portrait of Utagawa Kunisada I (Kochoro Toyokuni shozo)

Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV), 1864

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Segawa Kikunojo V

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1832

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1826

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IX

Utagawa Kunisada III (Kunimasa IV, Toyokuni V), 1903

Circular Shard

Unknown, Song dynasty (960–1279)

An Actor on Stage

Unknown, Edo period, 1720–1730

A Banquet in a Pleasure House on the Bank of the Okawa (Okawa bata giro jo no yusen)

Angyûsai Enshi, c. 1792

Dish with Flared Rim and Fish

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng reign mark and period (1723–1735)

Ovoid Jar with Animals and Figures

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

Amphora

Unknown, c. 5th–3rd century B.C.

Bottle-Shaped Vase

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign mark and period (1736–1795)

Pear-Shaped Vase

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th/19th century

Vase

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century

Bowl

Unknown, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Birth of the Buddha

Hanegawa Chincho, c. 1710

Bottle-Shaped Vase

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th/19th century

Vase with Loop Handles, Peony Scrolls, Eight Buddhist Emblems, and Waves

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign mark and period (1736–1795)

Vase with Pomegranates and Stylized Floral Scrolls

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Bottle-Shaped Vase with Globular Body

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), c. 19th century

Miniature Brushwasher with Tiger in a Landscape

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Stemmed Bowl (dou)

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95)

Woman Fantasizing

Leng Mei, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662–1722)

Dish with Dragons amid Clouds, Chasing Flaming Pearls

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi reign mark and period (1662–1722)

Vajrasattva Seated on Lotus Flower with Hands Grasping a Thunderbolt (Vajra) and Bell (Ghanta) with Thunderbolt Handle

Unknown, Tang dynasty (618–907), late 8th/early 9th century

Circular Covered Box with Floral and Lingzhi Mushroom Scrolls

Unknown, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 16th century

Triangular Five-Tiered Box with Bamboo, Plum Blossom, and Pine Trees

Unknown, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 16th century

Oatsurae Kujiraobi

Utagawa Kuninao, 1826

The Poetess Gishumon-in no Tango, from the series The Thirty-Six Immortal Women Poets (Nishikizuri onna sanjurokkasen)

Chôbunsai Eishi, 1801

Umegonomi neya no utsuriga (Lingering plum scent in the sleeping chamber)(0017-0019)

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), c.1841

Shakahasso zokuyamato bunko (Erotic parody versions of Shaka Hasso Yamato Bunko written by Mantei Oga)(0020)

Koikawa Shozan, c.1854

Ehon waraji jogo (Picture book: The Laughing Drinker)(0013-0015)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1803

Pendant

Unknown, Shang dynasty (c. 1600–c. 1050 B.C.)

Ehon fudetsu bana (0010-0012)

Nishikawa Sukenobu, 1747

Fitting, with double-line incised motif

Unknown, Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1050BC)