EditorialMinamoto no Yoshiie on horseback and a bird on a branch, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens. Ryuryukyo Shinsai; Japanese, c. 1764-1820. Date: 1820-1830. Dimensions: 21.0 x 18.4 cm. Color woodblock print; sheet from shikishib...
EditorialChalice, The round chalice has a cast, arched foot on which in high relief an ox, an eagle, an angel and a lion, the symbols of the four Evangelists. These are interspersed with scenes from the life of Christ in low relief on a punched ground: the Birt...
EditorialBando Mitsugoro III as Minamoto no Yorimasa (right), Segawa Kikunojo V as Ayame no Mae (center), and Ichikawa Danjuro VII as I no Hayata (left). Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III); Japanese, 1786-1864. Date: 1817-1827. Dimensions: 20.8 x 18.1 cm (right)...
EditorialMinamoto no Yoshiie on horseback and a bird on a branch, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens. Ryuryukyo Shinsai; Japanese, c. 1764-1820. Date: 1820-1830. Dimensions: 21.0 x 18.4 cm. Color woodblock print; sheet from shikishib...
EditorialPoem by Sangi Takamura (Ono no Takamura), from an untitled series of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets. Suzuki Harunobu ?? ??; Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770. Date: 1762-1770. Dimensions: 28.2 x 21.0 cm (11 x 8 1/8 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Or...
EditorialSquare Piano, 1800, United Kingdom, British, Mahogany, ebony, holly striping, gilt brass, ivory , Case length (perpendicular to keyboard) 55.1 cm, Width (parallel to keyboard): measured at lid = 157.0 cm, measured at molding of stand = 158.2 cm; Case d...
EditorialHanging a Painting (parody of the Third Princess). Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu ?? ??; Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770. Date: 1762-1770. Dimensions: 28.8 x 21.0 cm (11 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialToeizan Temple at Ueno (Ueno Toeizan), from the series "Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)". Utagawa Hiroshige ?? ??; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1835-1847. Dimensions: 21.0 x 33.7 cm (8 1/4 x 13 1/4 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialHanging a Painting (parody of the Third Princess). Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu ?? ??; Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770. Date: 1762-1770. Dimensions: 28.8 x 21.0 cm (11 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialThe Abalone (Awabi), from an untitled series of Shells. Suzuki Harunobu ?? ??; Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770. Date: 1764-1770. Dimensions: 28.5 x 21.0 cm (11 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialBy the Stream. Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu ?? ??; Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770. Date: 1760-1770. Dimensions: 28.1 x 21.0 cm. Color woodblock print; right sheet of chuban diptych (left sheet: 1925.2031). Origin: Japan.
EditorialTachibanaya Chusha (The actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Hachiman Taro Minamoto no Yoshiie). Toshusai Sharaku ??? ??; Japanese, active 1794-95; Publisher: Tsuta-Ya Juzaburo; Japanese, 1748-1797. Date: 1794. Dimensions: 31.6 x 21.0 cm. Color woodblock print;...