EditorialThe Actor Onoe Kikugoro I as Ukishima Danjo (?) in the Play Shinasadame Soma no Mombi (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1770 (?). Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1765-1775. Dimensions: 31.7 x 14.6 cm (...
EditorialMotosei komei unri kongo soman dokkasei koryo, Motosei Komei, Unri Kongo Soma, and Rokkasei Koryo., Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861, artist, [between 1826 and 1830], 1 print (2 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 36.4 x 24.7 cm (left panel), 36 x 24.8 cm (right p...
EditorialMotosei komei unri kongo soman dokkasei koryo, Motosei Komei, Unri Kongo Soma, and Rokkasei Koryo., Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861, artist, [between 1826 and 1830], 1 print (2 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 36.4 x 24.7 cm (left panel), 36 x 24.8 cm (right p...
EditorialThe Actor Onoe Kikugoro I as Ukishima Danjo (?) in the Play Shinasadame Soma no Mombi (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1770 (?). Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1765-1775. Dimensions: 31.7 x 14.6 cm (...
EditorialPyrosoma atlanticum, Print, Pyrosoma atlanticum is a pelagic species of marine colonial tunicate in the class Thaliacea found in temperate waters worldwide. The name of the genus comes from the Greek words pyros meaning 'fire' and soma meaning 'body', ...
EditorialPyrosoma atlanticum, Print, Pyrosoma atlanticum is a pelagic species of marine colonial tunicate in the class Thaliacea found in temperate waters worldwide. The name of the genus comes from the Greek words pyros meaning 'fire' and soma meaning 'body', ...
EditorialImage of the Horse Chase at the Myoken Festival, Soma, Oshu Province (Oshu Soma Myoken matsuri umao no zu) from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei), 1859, Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu), Japanese, 182...
EditorialThe Actor Onoe Kikugoro I as Ukishima Danjo (?) in the Play Shinasadame Soma no Mombi (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1770 (?). Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1765-1775. Dimensions: 31.7 x 14.6 cm (...
EditorialThe Actor Otani Hiroji III as a White Fox Disguised as Ukishima Daihachi in the Play Shinasadame Soma no Mombi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1770. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1765-1775. Dimensions: 31....
EditorialThe Actor Otani Hiroji III, Probably as Ukishima Daihachi in the Play Shinasadame Soma no Mombi (Comparing Merits: Festival Day at Soma), Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the Twenty-third day of the Seventh Month, 1770. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; J...
EditorialWater pot, Edo period (1615?1868), 1840, Japan, Pottery covered with glaze; decorated in high relief (Soma ware), H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialMotosei komei unri kongo soman dokkasei koryo, Motosei Komei, Unri Kongo Soma, and Rokkasei Koryo., Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861, artist, [between 1826 and 1830], 1 print (2 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 36.4 x 24.7 cm (left panel), 36 x 24.8 cm (right p...
EditorialMotosei komei unri kongo soman dokkasei koryo, Motosei Komei, Unri Kongo Soma, and Rokkasei Koryo., Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861, artist, [between 1826 and 1830], 1 print (2 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 36.4 x 24.7 cm (left panel), 36 x 24.8 cm (right p...
EditorialSARCOPHAGUS IN WHICH THE EMBALMED BODY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED BY PTOLEMY FROM THE RUINS OF THE SOMA IN ALEXANDRIA This Sarcophagus is in the British Museum, 1888 engraving.