EditorialChokaro Sennin, Edo period (1615?1868), 18th century, Japan, Ivory, H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); W. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); D. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm), Netsuke, Yoshitomo, Chokaro Sennin?s horse is shown issuing from the immortal?s magical gourd. The animal was believe...
EditorialThe Actors Ichimura Kamezo I as Kume no Sennin, Onoe Kikugoro I as Goi-no-suke Takenari, and Otani Hiroji II as Hata no Kawakatsu in the play "Keisei Asakusa no Kane," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1754. Torii Kiyomitsu I; Ja...
Editorialnetsuke, wood, carved, Figure of a sage with scroll and fan, perhaps one of the sennin (or eight immortals), Shoriken., 18th century, Decorative Arts, Figure, Figure.
EditorialChokaro Sennin, Edo period (1615?1868), 18th century, Japan, Ivory, H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); W. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); D. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm), Netsuke, Yoshitomo, Chokaro Sennin?s horse is shown issuing from the immortal?s magical gourd. The animal was believe...
Editorialnetsuke, wood, carved, Figure of a sage with scroll and fan, perhaps one of the sennin (or eight immortals), Shoriken., 18th century, Decorative Arts, Figure, Figure.
EditorialKyto, Sanjsangen-d-Temple, Basu-Sennin, one of the 28 guardians of the thousand-armed Kannon, albumin paper, black and white positive process, hand-colored, image size: height: 20.4 cm; width: 26.5 cm, inscribed, in black ink: wooden figure, depicting ...
EditorialFamily of Monkeys, Edo period (1615?1868), late 17th century, Japan, One of a triptych of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk, 60 x 30 1/4 in. (152.4 x 76.8 cm), Paintings, Tanshin Morimasa (Japanese, 1653?1718), The central scroll depicting the dee...
EditorialTobae mitate ryugen sennin, Toba-e correspondence of a Chinese sage., Utagawa, Toyohiro, 1773?-1829?, artist, [between 1804 and 1818], 1 print : woodcut ; 35.6 x 23.5 cm., Print shows a man smoking a cigarette in a long holder, and a dragon ascending i...
EditorialTobae mitate ryugen sennin, Toba-e correspondence of a Chinese sage., Utagawa, Toyohiro, 1773?-1829?, artist, [between 1804 and 1818], 1 print : woodcut ; 35.6 x 23.5 cm., Print shows a man smoking a cigarette in a long holder, and a dragon ascending i...
EditorialNetsuke in the form of a holy man with a drum and staff, Taoist saint (sennin) with drum and staff. Polychromed wood., anonymous, Japan, 1700 - 1900, Edo-period (1600-1868), wood (plant material), h 13 cm.
EditorialThe Actors Ichimura Kamezo I as Kume no Sennin, Onoe Kikugoro I as Goi-no-suke Takenari, and Otani Hiroji II as Hata no Kawakatsu in the play "Keisei Asakusa no Kane," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1754. Torii Kiyomitsu I; Ja...
EditorialTobae mitate ryugen sennin, Toba-e correspondence of a Chinese sage., Utagawa, Toyohiro, 1773?-1829?, artist, [between 1804 and 1818], 1 print : woodcut ; 35.6 x 23.5 cm., Print shows a man smoking a cigarette in a long holder, and a dragon ascending i...
EditorialTobae mitate ryugen sennin, Toba-e correspondence of a Chinese sage., Utagawa, Toyohiro, 1773?-1829?, artist, [between 1804 and 1818], 1 print : woodcut ; 35.6 x 23.5 cm., Print shows a man smoking a cigarette in a long holder, and a dragon ascending i...
EditorialThe immortal (sennin) ?ky? A parody of biographies of wise men by courtesans: a series of seven prints (series title) Keisei mitate ressenden - nanaban no uchi (series title on object), A highly placed courtesan is holding onto a kimono rack, while the...
EditorialThe Actors Ichimura Kamezo I as Kume no Sennin, Onoe Kikugoro I as Goi-no-suke Takenari, and Otani Hiroji II as Hata no Kawakatsu in the play "Keisei Asakusa no Kane," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1754. Torii Kiyomitsu I; Ja...
EditorialThe Courtesan Hana-ogi of Ogiya as the Sennin Tekkai (from the series Eight Immortals of Sensuality), mid 1790s. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?-1806). Color woodblock print; sheet: 36 x 23.6 cm (14 3/16 x 9 5/16 in.).
EditorialThe Actors Ichimura Kamezo I as Kume no Sennin, Onoe Kikugoro I as Goi-no-suke Takenari, and Otani Hiroji II as Hata no Kawakatsu in the play "Keisei Asakusa no Kane," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1754. Torii Kiyomitsu I; Ja...
EditorialChokaro Sennin, Edo period (1615?1868), 18th century, Japan, Ivory, H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); W. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); D. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm), Netsuke, Yoshitomo, Chokaro Sennin?s horse is shown issuing from the immortal?s magical gourd. The animal was believe...
EditorialFamily of Monkeys, Edo period (1615?1868), late 17th century, Japan, One of a triptych of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk, 60 x 30 1/4 in. (152.4 x 76.8 cm), Paintings, Tanshin Morimasa (Japanese, 1653?1718), The central scroll depicting the dee...
EditorialSennin, Meiji period (1868?1912), 1870, Japan, Pottery, partly unglazed; the costume in reddish brown glaze (Takatori ware), H. 13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm), Ceramics.
Editorial?????????, Daoist Immortal Tobosaku Sennin, Edo period (1615?1868), late 18th?early 19th century, Japan, Ivory, H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); W. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); D. 1 in. (2.5 cm), Netsuke, Ryuminsai (Japanese, active late 18th?early 19th century).
EditorialGama Sennin, Edo period (1615?1868), late 18th?early 19th century, Japan, Ivory, H. 5 in. (12.7 cm); W. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); D. 1 in. (2.5 cm), Netsuke, Shuzan, Gama is an immortal most knowledgeable about magical medicinal arts. The sage is always acco...
EditorialTobae mitate ryugen sennin, Toba-e correspondence of a Chinese sage., Utagawa, Toyohiro, 1773?-1829?, artist, [between 1804 and 1818], 1 print : woodcut ; 35.6 x 23.5 cm., Print shows a man smoking a cigarette in a long holder, and a dragon ascending i...
EditorialTobae mitate ryugen sennin, Toba-e correspondence of a Chinese sage., Utagawa, Toyohiro, 1773?-1829?, artist, [between 1804 and 1818], 1 print : woodcut ; 35.6 x 23.5 cm., Print shows a man smoking a cigarette in a long holder, and a dragon ascending i...