EditorialUntitled, with narrative cartouche. The 47 Ronin returning with the head of their lord's enemy, Utagawa Sadahide (Japanese, 1807-1873), Edo, 1847-1852, ink on paper, color woodblock print, A-C) 14-3/8 x 9-7/8 in. (each), Signature: Gyokuransai Sadahide...
EditorialMair rise and development, Map of the River Mera (or Maira), Signed: Patrus van der Aa, Fig. 9-10 (Iter 6), to p. 446, Aa van der, Pieter, 1723, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer: Ouresiphoites Helveticus, sive, itinera per Helvetiae alpinas regiones facta annis...
EditorialPrince Genji with fan standing at a well, looking at a woman sitting on veranda of first floor; a servant girl with sword in right hand watches, Japanese print, Kunisada (I), Utagawa, Mera Taichiro, Murata Heiemon, 1847 - 1850.
EditorialOmi ??, Utagawa Hiroshige ???? (Japanese, 1797-1858), Yokogawa Takejiro, Engraver (Japanese), Edo, 1853 (Ox 7), ink on paper, color woodblock print, 13-1/2 x 9 in, Signed: Hiroshige hitsu Censors' seals: Mera and Watanabe, other title, Subtitle: Lake B...
EditorialTogo's Departure in the Snow (scene from a kabuki play), Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1798-1861), Edo, 1851 (by date of play), ink on paper, color woodblock print, 13-1/2 x 9-5/8 in. (image, trimmed), Signed by artist and artist's seal: Ichiyusai Kuniy...
EditorialOsho catches fish for his stepmother, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1798-1861), Edo, about 1848, ink on paper, color woodblock print, chuban, 10-1/4 x 7-1/8 in., Signed by artist and artist's seal: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, with paulownia seal Censors' se...
EditorialPrince Genji with fan standing at a well, looking at a woman sitting on veranda of first floor; a servant girl with sword in right hand watches, Japanese print, Kunisada (I), Utagawa, Mera Taichiro, Murata Heiemon, 1847 - 1850.
EditorialPrince Genji and man in big chest, looking at a woman sitting behind folding screen, Japanese print, Kunisada (I), Utagawa, Mera Taichiro, Murata Heiemon, 1847 - 1850.
EditorialStanding woman and man sitting on pillow, in the background a screen with painting of a phoenix, Japanese print, Kunisada (I), Utagawa, Mera Taichiro, Murata Heiemon, 1847 - 1850.