EditorialEssays on laziness Tsurezuregusa (title on object) A comparison of Japanese writings (series title) Washo kurabe (series title on object), A still life of a fish and an iris on a porcelain dish decorated with two chinese boys (karako). Essays about laz...
EditorialAn anthology of things heard, past and present Chomonj? (title on object) A comparison of Japanese writings (series title) Washo kurabe (series title on object), Snake, two melons and a wooden box. The Chomonj? is a 30-volume book written by Tachibana ...
EditorialThe Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Katsuhei, Servant of a Princely Family, in the Play Uta Kurabe Tosei Moyo, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1779. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1774-1784. Dimensions: 32.8 x 15 ...
EditorialThe Actor Arashi Otohachi I as Numataro Kyusei Disguised as the Burglar Ipponzaemon in the Play Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1768. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1763-1773. Dimen...
EditorialMisayama of the Chojiya, from the series Beauties of the Licensed Quarter (Kakuchu bijin kurabe). Chokosai Eisho; Japanese, active 1780-1800. Date: 1790-1800. Dimensions: 38.0 x 24.0 cm. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialFlowers of Yamashita (Yamashita hana), from the series "Contest of Contemporary Beauties (Tosei bijin iro kurabe)". Kitao Masanobu (Santo Kyoden); Japanese, 1761-1816. Date: 1786-1789. Dimensions: 38.2 x 25 cm (15 x 9 13/16 in.). Color woodblock print;...
EditorialThe Actor Otani Hiroji III as Abe no Muneto Disguised as a Peddler of Buckwheat Noodles, in the Play Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1768. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1763-1773. ...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as Kamakura no Gongoro Kagemasa (?) in the Play Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1768 (?). Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1763-1773. Dimensions: ...
EditorialThe Actors Sawamura Sojuro II as the Chinese Sage Huangshi Gong (on horseback), and Ichikawa Danzo III as the Chinese Warrior Zhang Liang (mounted on a dragon), in the Finale of the Play Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe (At Mt. Otoko, a Trial of Strength in Dra...
EditorialThe Actors Ichimura Tamagashiwa I as Iwaki Hime, Murayama Heiemon III as Katsuta Jiro, and Katsuyama Matagoro as Minamoto no Yoshiie in the play "Yoroi Kurabe Oshu Kogane," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1716. Torii Kiyomasu I...
EditorialHada kurabe hana no shobuyu kurabe (hoso?), koshi yuki no ya, Naked bodies compared to irises in hot water, comparing hips to a snow laden willow in hot water., , artist, 1868., 1 print (6 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 37.1 x 24 cm (far left), 37.2 x 24.3...
EditorialHada kurabe hana no shobuyu kurabe (hoso?), koshi yuki no ya, Naked bodies compared to irises in hot water, comparing hips to a snow laden willow in hot water., , artist, 1868., 1 print (6 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 37.1 x 24 cm (far left), 37.2 x 24.3...
EditorialFlowers of Yamashita (Yamashita hana), from the series "Contest of Contemporary Beauties (Tosei bijin iro kurabe)". Kitao Masanobu (Santo Kyoden); Japanese, 1761-1816. Date: 1786-1789. Dimensions: 38.2 x 25 cm (15 x 9 13/16 in.). Color woodblock print;...
EditorialThe Actor Otani Hiroji III as Abe no Muneto Disguised as a Peddler of Buckwheat Noodles, in the Play Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1768. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1763-1773. ...
EditorialThe Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Katsuhei, Servant of a Princely Family, in the Play Uta Kurabe Tosei Moyo, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1779. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1774-1784. Dimensions: 32.8 x 15 ...
EditorialThe Actor Arashi Otohachi I as Numataro Kyusei Disguised as the Burglar Ipponzaemon in the Play Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1768. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1763-1773. Dimen...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as Kamakura no Gongoro Kagemasa (?) in the Play Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1768 (?). Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1763-1773. Dimensions: ...
EditorialMisayama of the Chojiya, from the series Beauties of the Licensed Quarter (Kakuchu bijin kurabe). Chokosai Eisho; Japanese, active 1780-1800. Date: 1790-1800. Dimensions: 38.0 x 24.0 cm. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialThe Actors Ichimura Tamagashiwa I as Iwaki Hime, Murayama Heiemon III as Katsuta Jiro, and Katsuyama Matagoro as Minamoto no Yoshiie in the play "Yoroi Kurabe Oshu Kogane," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1716. Torii Kiyomasu I...
EditorialFlowers of Yamashita (Yamashita hana), from the series "Contest of Contemporary Beauties (Tosei bijin iro kurabe)". Kitao Masanobu (Santo Kyoden); Japanese, 1761-1816. Date: 1786-1789. Dimensions: 38.2 x 25 cm (15 x 9 13/16 in.). Color woodblock print;...
EditorialThe Actor Arashi Otohachi I as Numataro Kyusei Disguised as the Burglar Ipponzaemon in the Play Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1768. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1763-1773. Dimen...
EditorialFlowers of Yamashita (Yamashita hana), from the series "Contest of Contemporary Beauties (Tosei bijin iro kurabe)". Kitao Masanobu (Santo Kyoden); Japanese, 1761-1816. Date: 1786-1789. Dimensions: 38.2 x 25 cm (15 x 9 13/16 in.). Color woodblock print;...
EditorialThe Actor Otani Hiroji III as Abe no Muneto Disguised as a Peddler of Buckwheat Noodles, in the Play Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1768. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1763-1773. ...
EditorialThe Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Katsuhei, Servant of a Princely Family, in the Play Uta Kurabe Tosei Moyo, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1779. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1774-1784. Dimensions: 32.8 x 15 ...
EditorialThe Actor Arashi Otohachi I as Numataro Kyusei Disguised as the Burglar Ipponzaemon in the Play Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1768. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1763-1773. Dimen...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as Kamakura no Gongoro Kagemasa (?) in the Play Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1768 (?). Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1763-1773. Dimensions: ...
EditorialMisayama of the Chojiya, from the series Beauties of the Licensed Quarter (Kakuchu bijin kurabe). Chokosai Eisho; Japanese, active 1780-1800. Date: 1790-1800. Dimensions: 38.0 x 24.0 cm. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialThe Actors Ichimura Tamagashiwa I as Iwaki Hime, Murayama Heiemon III as Katsuta Jiro, and Katsuyama Matagoro as Minamoto no Yoshiie in the play "Yoroi Kurabe Oshu Kogane," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1716. Torii Kiyomasu I...
EditorialScene From The Drama 'Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe', Edo period (1615?1868), 12th month, 1768, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 12 x 5 1/2 in. (30.5 x 14.0 cm), Prints, Katsukawa Shunsho (Japanese, 1726?1792).
EditorialHada kurabe hana no shobuyu kurabe (hoso?), koshi yuki no ya, Naked bodies compared to irises in hot water, comparing hips to a snow laden willow in hot water., , artist, 1868., 1 print (6 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 37.1 x 24 cm (far left), 37.2 x 24.3...
EditorialHada kurabe hana no shobuyu kurabe (hoso?), koshi yuki no ya, Naked bodies compared to irises in hot water, comparing hips to a snow laden willow in hot water., , artist, 1868., 1 print (6 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 37.1 x 24 cm (far left), 37.2 x 24.3...