Arts of Asia — Page 7

Box with Boating Scene

Unknown, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Image from a Set of Initiation Cards (Tsakali)

Unknown, 14th/15th century

Dish with Peony Scrolls and Chrysanthemum Spray, and Lotus Panels on Reverse

Unknown, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Hongwu period (1368–98)

A sheet from a shunga album

Hishikawa Moronobu, 1680s

A sheet from a shunga album

Hishikawa Moronobu, 1680s

A sheet from a shunga album

Unknown, 1679

A sheet from a shunga album

Unknown, 1679

Scroll with twelve erotic scenes

Hishikawa School, Early 18th century

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro II as Kudo Suketsune (?) in the Play Edo no Hana Wakayagi Soga (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Second Month, 1769 (?)

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1769

No. 6 (roku), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/1800

Panels from a Funerary Couch (Guanchuang)

Unknown, Northern Wei dynasty (386–535); c. 525

A Beauty Behind a Screen

Miyagawa Chôshun, About 1750

Emblem of the God Shiva with One Face (Ekamukhalinga)

Unknown, c. 6th century

Calligraphy

Chen Jiru, 1558–1639

Courtesan Walking

Kaigetsudo Anchi, c. 1714

Tantric Female Enlightened Being (Vajrayogini) Holding a Skull Cup

Unknown, 18th century

Krishna Fluting for the Gopis

Unknown, Late 18th or early 19th century

Arita-ware Kakiemon Octagonal Dish

Unknown, 19th–early 20th century

A Spring Night (Yayoi no yube)

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), c. 1847-52

Landscape 山水扇面

Pei Zhi, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 17th century

Landscape

Qiu Ying, Ming dynasty (1369–1644) or Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

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

Kitao Shigemasa, 1776

Wang Pu (O ho), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety in China (Morokoshi nijushiko)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1848/50

The Actor Akizuki Sampei from Osaka Standing on a Galloping Horse (right), in the Play Dai Kyokuba

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1772

Candle Stand

Unknown, Tang dynasty (618–907), first half of 8th century

The Bamboo Slope 竹坡圖

Wang Hui, Qing dynasty (1644–1912), 1710

Dancing Mother Goddess Brahmani

Unknown, 10th century

Head of a Female Deity

Unknown, c. 9th/13th century

Drums and Shamisen

Kitagawa Utamaro, n.d.

Parody of the Letter-Reading Scene in Chushingura

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1776

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as Owata in the play "Taiheiki Shizunome Furisode," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1767

Kitao Shigemasa, 1767

Komachi and the Stupa (Sotoba Komachi), from the series "Informal Parodies of the Seven Komachi in the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro ryaku nana Komachi)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1776/81

Soji Temple in Settsu Province, No. 22 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei nijuniban Settsu no kuni Sojiji), from the series "The Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)"

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1859

Covered Tripod Caldron (Ding) with Geometric Designs

Unknown, Eastern Han dynasty (A.D. 25–220)

Emblem of the God Shiva (<em>Linga</em>)

Khmer, Angkor period, 9th–13th century

House cleaning in preparation for the New Year

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797/99

Angel (Peri) Riding a Composite Camel

Unknown, c. 1700

Preparing Food for a Nightingale, from the illustrated kyoka anthology "Men's Stamping Dance (Otoko toka)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1798

Bowl

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

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro II (formerly Utagawa Shirogoro) as Matsuomaru and Azumo Tozo I as Sakuramaru in the play "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami," performed at the Morita Theater, 1750

Ishikawa Toyonobu, 1750

Hotei Balances a Young Man on His Arm

Masunobu, c. early 1770s

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): Hanasaki of the Daimonjiya

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1793

The actors Ichikawa Yaozo lll (R) as Fuwa Banzaemon and Sakata Hangoro lll (L) as Kosodate Kannonbo

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

The Actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu I and Segawa Kikunojo I as lovers under an umbrella

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1740s

Zhang Qing (Botu'usen Chosei), from the series "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin (Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1827/30

Parody of courtly insect hunt

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1791/92

Imayo shokunin zukushi uta awase

Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai), Unkown

English (Igirisujin), from the series "A Collection of Various Countries (Bankoku zukushi)"

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1860