EditorialThe Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in the Hanagasa Dance in the Play Iromi-gusa Shiki no Somewake, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1781. Katsukawa Shunjo; Japanese, died 1787. Date: 1776-1786. Dimensions: 32.2 x 14.8 cm (12 11/16 x 5 13/1...
EditorialThe Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in the Hanagasa Dance in the Play Iromi-gusa Shiki no Somewake, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1781. Katsukawa Shunjo; Japanese, died 1787. Date: 1776-1786. Dimensions: 32.2 x 14.8 cm (12 11/16 x 5 13/1...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Sukeroku in the Joruri "Sukeroku Kuruwa no Natori-gusa" (Sukeroku: Peony of the Pleasure Quarters), from the Last Act of Part Two of the Play Nanakusa Yosooi Soga (The Seven Guises of Soga), Performed at the Nakamura The...
EditorialPlate 6 (Examining the Newly Spun Cocoons), from the series "Kaiko Yashinai-gusa". Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 25.2 x 19 cm (9 15/16 x 7 1/2 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialKarasuuri, serpent or snake gourd flower, Trichosanthes cucumerina, and kayatsuri gusa, lesser ricefield sedge grass, Cyperus microiria. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yama...
EditorialPlate 6 (Examining the Newly Spun Cocoons), from the series "Kaiko Yashinai-gusa". Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 25.2 x 19 cm (9 15/16 x 7 1/2 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Sukeroku in the Joruri "Sukeroku Kuruwa no Natori-gusa" (Sukeroku: Peony of the Pleasure Quarters), from the Last Act of Part Two of the Play Nanakusa Yosooi Soga (The Seven Guises of Soga), Performed at the Nakamura The...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Sukeroku in the Joruri "Sukeroku Kuruwa no Natori-gusa" (Sukeroku: Peony of the Pleasure Quarters), from the Last Act of Part Two of the Play Nanakusa Yosooi Soga (The Seven Guises of Soga), Performed at the Nakamura The...
EditorialPlate 6 (Examining the Newly Spun Cocoons), from the series "Kaiko Yashinai-gusa". Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 25.2 x 19 cm (9 15/16 x 7 1/2 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialThe Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in the Hanagasa Dance in the Play Iromi-gusa Shiki no Somewake, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1781. Katsukawa Shunjo; Japanese, died 1787. Date: 1776-1786. Dimensions: 32.2 x 14.8 cm (12 11/16 x 5 13/1...
EditorialThe Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in the Hanagasa Dance in the Play Iromi-gusa Shiki no Somewake, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1781. Katsukawa Shunjo; Japanese, died 1787. Date: 1776-1786. Dimensions: 32.2 x 14.8 cm (12 11/16 x 5 13/1...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Sukeroku in the Joruri "Sukeroku Kuruwa no Natori-gusa" (Sukeroku: Peony of the Pleasure Quarters), from the Last Act of Part Two of the Play Nanakusa Yosooi Soga (The Seven Guises of Soga), Performed at the Nakamura The...
EditorialPlate 6 (Examining the Newly Spun Cocoons), from the series "Kaiko Yashinai-gusa". Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 25.2 x 19 cm (9 15/16 x 7 1/2 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialKarasuuri, serpent or snake gourd flower, Trichosanthes cucumerina, and kayatsuri gusa, lesser ricefield sedge grass, Cyperus microiria. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yama...