EditorialThe Funeral Ceremony For Ukrainian Poet And Serviceman Maksym Kryvtsov, Who Was Killed In Action Fighting Against The Russian Occupiers, Kyiv, Ukraine - 11 Jan 2024
EditorialNasu no yoichi naozane to atsumori, Nasu no Yoichi; Atsumori and Naozane., Adachi, Ginko, active 1870-1900, artist, 1885., 2 prints (1 sheet) : woodcut, color ; 36 x 24.2 cm., Top shows Japanese warrior Nasu no Yoichi seated on a horse; he is holding a...
EditorialNasu no yoichi naozane to atsumori, Nasu no Yoichi; Atsumori and Naozane., Adachi, Ginko, active 1870-1900, artist, 1885., 2 prints (1 sheet) : woodcut, color ; 36 x 24.2 cm., Top shows Japanese warrior Nasu no Yoichi seated on a horse; he is holding a...
EditorialTaira no Kiyomori's Spectral Vision, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1845, Japan, Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, 15 x 29 in. (38.1 x 73.7 cm), Prints, Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797?1858 Tokyo (Edo)), The hu...
EditorialSasaki Moritsuna Asking Fisherman to Reveal the Shallows Where His Troops can Cross and Attack the Taira Forces at Fujito in Bizen Province (Sasaki Moritsuna Bizen no kuni Fujito no watari ni Heigun o osowanto gyojin ni mizu no senshin o tou zu). Mizun...
EditorialTaira Koremochi Conquering the Devil Woman on Mount Togakushi (Taira no Koremochi Togakushiyama kijo taiji no zu). Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Japanese, 1839-1892. Date: 1887. Dimensions: 75 x 26 cm. Color woodblock prints; oban diptych. Origin: Japan.
EditorialThe Utter Defeat of the Taira Clan in the Great Genpei War at Akama Bay in Nagato Province (Nagato no Akama no ura ni oite Genpei ogassen Heike ichimon kotogotoku horobiru zu). Utagawa Kuniyoshi; Japanese, 1779-1861. Date: 1840-1850. Dimensions: . Colo...
EditorialNo. 3: Yoshitsune's Night Attack Against the Taira Army at the Battle of Mount Mikusa (Sankai, Mikusa gassen Yoshitsune Heijin batsu yoru utsu), from the series "The Life of Yoshitsune (Yoshitsune ichidaiki no uchi)". Utagawa Hiroshige ?? ??; Japanese,...
EditorialThe Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Taira no Kiyomori (right), and Yamashita Kinsaku II as Tokiwa Gozen (left), in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1...
EditorialThe Actors Nakayama Kojuro VI (Nakamura Nakazo I) as Hatchotsubute no Kiheiji, Otani Hiroji III as Miura Arajiro, Ichikawa Yaozo III as Akugenta Yoshihira, Sawamura Sojuro III as Taira no Shigemori, in the shosa "Fukyoku Edo Geisha," performed at the N...
EditorialThe Actor Bando Mitsugoro I as Taira no Tadamori Disguised as a Potted-Plant Seller in the Play Sakuya Kono Hana no Kaomise, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1771-1781. D...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Taira no Masakado Disguised as the Pilgrim Junjo in the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1772-1782. Di...
EditorialThe Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Spirit of Taira no Masakado Disguised as Otomo no Kuronushi in the Play Shida Yuzuriha Horai Soga, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1775. Tamagawa Shunsui; Japanese, active c. 1770s. Date: 1770-17...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV as Taira no Tomomori in the Play Yoshitsune Sembon-zakura, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1777. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1772-1782. Dimensions: 29.8 x 13.5 cm (11 3/4 x 5 5/...
EditorialThe Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as Watanabe Kiou Takiguchi (bottom), and Nakamura Nakazo I as Taira no Kiyomori (top), in the "Shibaraku" Scene from the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato (Forest of the Nue Monster: Target of the Eleventh Month), Performed ...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in a "Shibaraku" Role, Probably as Kato Hyoeisa Shigemitsu, in the Third Scene of the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki (The First Snow on Taira no Masakado's Court Headdress), Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Elev...
EditorialThe Actors Ichimura Uzaemon VIII as Taira no Koremochi and Arashi Koroku I as Makomo no Mae in "Shusse Momijigari," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1747. Okumura Masanobu; Japanese, 1686-1764. Date: 1747. Dimensions: 29.9 x 14....