Arts of Asia — Page 83

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A Banquet Scene

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1795

The courtesan Hinazuru of the Chojiya

Ichirakutei Eisui, 1790/1823

The Courtesan Tsukioka of the Hyogoya

Ichirakutei Eisui, c. 1797

The Courtesan Somenosuke of the Matsubaya

Ichirakutei Eisui, c. 1797

Shirai Gonpachi and Komurasaki, from the series "Beauties in Joruri Roles (Bijin awase joruri kagami)"

Ichirakutei Eisui, c. 1795

The Courtesan Takigawa of the Ogiya, from the series "Beauties of the Five Festivals (Bijin gosekku)"

Ichirakutei Eisui, c. 1795/1800

New Year's Pilgrimage to Myohoji Temple in Horinouchi (Horinouchi Myohoji eho mairi no zu)

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1804/10

Three Beauties of Our Time (Tosei san bijin)

Chokosai Eisho, n.d.

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VI as Sukeroku in the play "Omiura Date no Nebiki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1799

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1799

Villagers Grinding Corn, page from the Fraser Album

Unknown, Company School, c. 1820

Autumn Maples at Takinogawa River (Takinogawa momiji), from the album "The Eternal Waterfall (Tokiwa no taki)"

Totoya Hokkei, 1833

Takanawa Okido at the Shinagawa Station (Shinagawa-juku Takanawa Okido), from the series "Eastern Capital (Toto)"

Shotei Hokuju, c. 1789/1818

Shirabyoshi Dancer in Asazuma Boat (Asazuma-bune), from an untitled series of landscapes

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), c. 1830/34

Bowl with Fruiting Peaches, Tree Peony, Flowering Plum, and Bats

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

Bowl with Fruiting Peaches, Tree Peony, Flowering Plum and Bats

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng reign mark and period (1723–1735), overglaze painting perhaps added later

Bell Inscribed with the Heart Sutra

Unknown, Northern Song dynasty (960–1127) or later

Monkey performing Sanbaso dance

Totoya Hokkei, 1824

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Female Fox-Fairy Otatsu-gitsune Disguised as Shizuka Gozen in the Play Kogane Saku Date no Okida, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1792

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1792

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

Kitao Shigemasa, 1776

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I, page from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

Ippitsusai Buncho, 1770

The actor Ichikawa Dajuro VII and a woman watching boy write first calligraphy of the New Year

Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV), 1831

The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Takamoto no kitsune and Segawa Kikunojo V as Izumi no Chieda-gitsune

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1818

A Cauldron on a Moonlit Night (Tsukiyo no kama), from the series "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi)"

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1886

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in the Hanagasa Dance in the Play Iromi-gusa Shiki no Somewake, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1781

Katsukawa Shunjо̄, c. 1781

Covered Ewer with Dragons and Peonies

Unknown, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 16th century, overglaze painting added later; with Japanese lid bearing seal of Eiraku

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro Vl as Soga no Goro Tokimune (Rokudai-me Ichikawa Danjuro no Soga no Goro Tokimune)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1795 (Kansei 7)

The Actoe Ichikawa Komazo llI as Nitta Yoshisada, Actually Oyamada Taro Takaie (Sandai-me Ichikawa Komazo no Nitta Yoshisada, jitsuwa Oyamada Taro Takaie)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794 (Kansei 6)

Actors Mimasu Tokujirô I as Hayano Kampei (Left) and Nakayama Kojûrô VI as Ono Sadakurô (Right) in “Treasury of the 47 Loyal Retainers” (“Kanadehon chûshingura”)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, About 1786

Cup

Unknown, Sui dynasty (581–618)

Female Sanbaso Dancer

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766/67

A Selection of Six Flowers - A Parody Rokkasen (Yatsushi rokkasen): Bishop Henjo

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1798

Bust Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Tanabe Bunzo in the play Hana-ayame Bunroku Soga (Blooming Iris: Soga Vendetta of the Bunroku Era), Performed at the Miyako Theater from the Fifth Day of the Fifth Month, 1794

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1794

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Saeki Kurando Tsunenori (Sandai-me Ichikawa Yaozo no Saeki Kurando Tsunenori)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794 (Kansei 6)

Nakamura Nakazo II in the Role of Aramaki Mimishiro Kanetora Disguised as Saiwaka

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Visiting (Kayoi) - a parody of Shosho visiting Komachi

Mangetsudo, c. 1740s

The Cock Fight - Ohisa of the Takashimaya and Okita of the Naniwaya

Eishosai Choki, c. 1791

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

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1789/90

The Elopement

Torii Kiyohiro, c. 1750

Act Five: Yamazaki Highway from the play Kanadehon Chushingura

Katsukawa Shun'ei, 1807

The Bodhisattva Seishi, from the triptych Approach of the Amida Trinity

Unknown, Kamakura Period, mid–13th century

Mitate (Parody) of Ono no Tofu in the Play Geiko Zashiki Kyogen

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1776

Ono no Komachi, from A Set of Three Beauties (Bijin sanpukutsui)

Nishimura Shigenobu, c. 1720s

The Actors Ichimura Kamezo I as Sengokuya Ihei and Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as his wife Omatsu in the play "Kashiwa ga Toge Kichirei no Sumo," performed at Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1755

Torii Kiyohiro, 1755