Arts of Asia — Page 5

Bird cage and flowers

Ryuryukyo Shinsai, early 19th century

Woman on the bridge watching the moon

Katsushika Taito II, 1831

Itinerant female musician, from the triptych "Series of Three (Sanbantsuzuki)"

Katsushika Taito II, c. 1830

Two crabs by a spray of camellia

Katsushika Taito II, late 1820s–early 1830s

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in an Unidentified Role

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1772

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as a Buddhist Monk in the Play Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1783

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1783

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Fuwa Banzaemon in the Play Keisei Nagoya Obi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1771

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1771

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Ashiya Doman in the Play Kikyo-zome Onna Urakata, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1776

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1776

The Actor Otani Hiroji III in an Unidentified Role

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1780

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

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1776

Flirtation under the Cherry Tree

Sugimura Jihei, c. 1684/98

The Sakuragawa Teahouse

Kitao Shigemasa, c. 1777

Women on a Pleasure Boat

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1790

Hotei, from the series "Comparison of the Treasures of the Gods of Good Fortune (Fukujin takara awase)"

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1795

Henjo, from the series "Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)"

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1789/90

Takashima, from the series "A Collection of Flower-like Faces of Beauties (Bijin kagan shu)"

Chôbunsai Eishi, late 18th/early 19th century

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo II as Itsuki and Bando Hikosaburo II as Oyamada Taro in the play "Taiheiki Shizunome Furisode," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1767

Kitao Shigemasa, 1767

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

Kitao Shigemasa, 1776

Clearing Breeze from a Fan (Ogi no seiran)

Kitao Shigemasa, c. 1772

Two Geisha Holding a Shamisen and a Song Book

Kitao Shigemasa, c. 1777

The Big Snowman

Kitao Shigemasa, c. 1764

Ono no Tofu Watching a Leaping Frog

Kitao Shigemasa, early 1760s

Act Four: Enya Hangan's Castle from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1795

Begging for Alms

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1771

Two Women Washing Their Hair

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Fishing Excursion

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1799

Dawn over Mout Fuji and Susaki, from the series "Five Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji goban no uchi)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1827/29

Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Sukeroku in “The Seven Guises of Soga” (“Nanakusa Yosooi Soga”)

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, 1782

The Actor Nakayama Kojuro VI as Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo Disguised as Lady Hotoke (Hotoke Gozen) in the Play Yukimotsu Take Furisode Genji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1785

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, c. 1785

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V, Probably as Ise no Saburo Disguised as Sanjo Uemon, Leader of a Robber Gang, in Part Two of the Play Fude-hajime Kanjincho (First Calligraphy of the New Year: Kanjincho [The Subscription List]), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the Fifteenth Day of the First Month, 1784

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, c. 1784

The Actors Otani Hiroji III as Onio Shinzaemon (right), and Nakamura Sukegoro II as Wappa no Kikuo (left) in the Play Iro Moyo Aoyagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1775

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, c. 1775

The Actor Yamashita Mangiku I as Osan in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, c. 1780

The Actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II as the Courtesan Miyagino (?) in the Play Go Taiheiki Shiraishi-banashi (?), Performed at the Morita Theater in the Fourth Month, 1780 (?)

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1780

The Actor Iwai Kiyotaro II

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1790s

Votive Offering

Katsukawa Shunchô, 1780s

Wine Cup with Cover

Unknown, 18th/19th century

Chrysanthemum Dish

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng reign mark and period (1723–35)

Tadanori, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kôgyo, 1898

Arashiyama, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kôgyo, 1898

Pillar Fragment with Gods Shiva and Ganesha and Goddesses Parvati and Durga

Unknown, 8th/9th century

Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Mori no Rammaru in “Muromacho Chronicle in Kana Script” (“Kanagaki Muromachi bundan”)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, About 1791

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in Formal Attire

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1779

Boy Holding Hourglass and Chinese Fan

Unknown, 1780s

Altarpiece with Crowned Buddha

Unknown, Angkor period, 12th–13th century

Immortals in Clouds 云中仙人漆柄团扇

Chen Yongqi, Qing dynasty (1644–1912), 1894

Actors Kataoka Gado II as Florist (Hanaya) Tokubei (R) and Nakamura Daikichi III as Tokubei's Wife (Tsuma) Ofusa (L)

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1855

Moon and Smoke (Enchu no tsuki), from the series "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyaku sugata)"

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1886

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Taira no Masakado Disguised as the Pilgrim Junjo in the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1777