EditorialLady and Attendant under Cherry Tree, Ryujo Yamazaki (Japanese), Edo, 1700-1730, ink and color on silk, 31 x 11 in. (image) 62 x 15-1/4 in. (overall), Signed: Joryu hitsu Seal: illegible Seal: illegible Inscribed: Poem by Akazome Emon (l. 10- e. 11c), ...
EditorialEmon Hill, from the series "The Appearance of Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara no tei)". Hishikawa Moronobu; Japanese, (?)-1694. Date: 1676-1689. Dimensions: 50.5 x 71.0 cm (10 1/16 x 16 1/16 in.). Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e. Origin: Japan.
EditorialEmon Hill, from the series "The Appearance of Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara no tei)". Hishikawa Moronobu; Japanese, (?)-1694. Date: 1676-1689. Dimensions: 50.5 x 71.0 cm (10 1/16 x 16 1/16 in.). Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e. Origin: Japan.
EditorialThe actors Arashi Kichisaburo III as Aboshi Samojiro, Onoe Kikugoro II as Hamaji, Nakamura Kan?emon as Nurude Gobaiji, and Otani Tomoemon IV as Shokan Hikiroku, c. 1852, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Japanese, 1797-1861, Japan, Color woodblock print, oban, 36.5 x...
EditorialThe Courtesan Emon of Maruebiya with a View of Tago Bay (form the series Courtesans with a Playful Group of Eight Views), c. late 1820s or early 1830s. Ipposai Kuniyasu (Japanese, 1794-1834). Color woodblock print; sheet: 36.9 x 25.4 cm (14 1/2 x 10 in.).
EditorialEmon Hill, from the series "The Appearance of Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara no tei)". Hishikawa Moronobu; Japanese, (?)-1694. Date: 1676-1689. Dimensions: 50.5 x 71.0 cm (10 1/16 x 16 1/16 in.). Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e. Origin: Japan.
EditorialPoem by Lady Akazome Emon Poem by Sosei Hoshi, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by a Wet Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)". Katsushika Hokusai ?? ??; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1921. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print. Origin: Japan.
EditorialThe Actors Yamashita Kinsaku II as Mutsuhana (right), Bando Mitsugoro I as Kashiwagi no Emon (center), and Nakamura Sukegoro II as Akamatsu Mushanosuke (left), in the Play Fuki Kaete Tsuki mo Yoshiwara (Rethatched Roof: The Moon also Shines Over the Yo...
EditorialEmon Hill, from the series "The Appearance of Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara no tei)". Hishikawa Moronobu; Japanese, (?)-1694. Date: 1676-1689. Dimensions: 50.5 x 71.0 cm (10 1/16 x 16 1/16 in.). Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e. Origin: Japan.