title: Dish with Paired Dragons, Cloudscrolls, and Flaiming Pearl

medium: Porcelain painted in overglaze green and red enamels

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Covered Box with Scholars in a Garden Encricled by Birds, Fruits, and Flowers

creator: China

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), probably Wanli period (1573–1620)

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels

country: China

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Birds
Flowers
Fruits
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel

source: Art Institute of Chicago

source_id: aic

rights: Public Domain / CC0

rights_statement: Public Domain — CC0 via the Art Institute of Chicago Open Access programme.

credit_line: Bequest of Russell Tyson


title: Dish with Dragons above Waves

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Wanli reign mark and period (1573–1620)

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and iron red


title: Vase with Mock Animal Mask Ring Handles and Hexagonal Panels with Stylized Leaves

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644) or Qing dynasty (1644–1911), c. 17th century

medium: Porcelain with cobalt blue glaze and resist decoration

subjects:
Vase
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Dish with Two Women in a Garden

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

medium: Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels


title: Figure of a Luohan

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Sculpture


title: Dish with Birds on Flower Branches

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Wanli reign mark (1563–1620)

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Birds
Flowers
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Lobed Dish

date: Song dynasty (960–1279)

medium: Ge ware; stoneware with crackled tan glaze

subjects:
Ceramic
China
Asian art


title: Bottle-Shaped Vase with Figures in Garden

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Chongzhen period (1627–1644)


title: Bottle-Shaped Vase with a Lizard

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644) or Qing dynasty (1644–1911), c. late 17th/18th century

medium: Dehua ware (blanc de chine); porcelain

subjects:
Vase
China
Reptiles & amphibians
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Jar with Floral Scrolls

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi period (1662–1722)

subjects:
Stoneware
China
Flowers
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Bowl with Stylized Peony Spray

date: Jin dynasty (1115–1234), 12th century

medium: Ding ware; porcelain with underglaze mold-impressed decoration; metal rim

subjects:
Bowl
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Covered Tripod Caldron (Ding) with Geometric Designs

date: Eastern Han dynasty (A.D. 25–220)

medium: Earthenware with lead green glaze

subjects:
Ceramic
China
Earthenware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Vessel


title: Woman Standing Over a Well

date: Northern Wei Dynasty (386–535), early 6th century; with later restorations

medium: Earthenware

subjects:
Ceramic
China
Earthenware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Sculpture


title: Bottle with Cupped Mouth and Mock Ring Handles

subjects:
Earthenware
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Rectangular Tile with Squatting Figure, Dragons, and Phoenixes

date: Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 220)

medium: Earthenware with underglaze molded decoration


title: Globular Jar with Mock Ogre Mask Ring Handles

medium: Stoneware with underglaze molded decoration and lead green glaze

subjects:
Ceramic
China
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Vessel


title: Jar with Dragon Handles

medium: Porcelain with creme glaze

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Vase with Stylized Flowers and Vines

creator: China or Southeast Asia

subjects:
Vase
China
Flowers
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Jar with Stylized Scrolls

medium: Cizhou ware; stoneware with white slip and iron-brown glazes

subjects:
Stoneware
China
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Cup in the Shape of a Plum Flower with Branch-Shaped Handle

medium: Yixing stoneware with underglaze molded decoration

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Flowers
Ships & the sea
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Dish with Stylized Lotus

medium: Ding ware; porcelain with underglaze carved decoration; copper rim

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Courtier (Tomb Figure)

date: Northern Wei (386-535), early 6th century

medium: Earthenware with traces of polychromy


title: Saucer-Shaped Dish with Vegetal Scrolls

medium: Ding ware; stoneware with underglaze incised decoration


title: Dish with Peony Sprays and Four Boys


title: Dish with Mythical Bovine (Xiniu) Amid Waves Viewing the Moon and Constellations

subjects:
Astronomy
Dish (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Broad Pear-Shaped Jar

date: Tang dynasty (618–907)

medium: Stoneware with white glaze

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Dish with Floral Scrolls

medium: Stoneware with underglaze incised decoration and gold repair

subjects:
Ceramic
China
Flowers
Asian art


title: Saucer-Shaped Dish with Fluted Rim

medium: Ding ware; stoneware


title: Lobed Dish


title: Bowl with Peony Scrolls


title: Bowl with Peonies

medium: Celadon-glazed stoneware with underglaze molded decoration

subjects:
Bowl
China
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Lobed Dish with Overlapping Lotus Leaves

date: late Tang dynasty (618–907) or Five Dynasties period (907–960), 9th century

medium: Yue ware; stoneware with pale olive-green glaze and underglaze incised decoration

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Cup with Overlapping Petals

medium: Glazed stoneware

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Ovoid Jar with Handle

date: Warring States period (480–221 B.C.), c. 4th century B.C.

medium: Stoneware with traces of ash glaze with carved decoration

subjects:
Earthenware
China
Stoneware
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Covered Jar with a Seated Dog

date: Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), late 10th/early 11th century

medium: Longquan ware; stoneware with underglaze mold-impressed and carved decoration

subjects:
Stoneware
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Ovoid Ewer

date: Five Dynasties period (907–960) or Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), late 10th / early 11th century

medium: Ding ware; glazed porcelain

subjects:
Ewer (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Bowl

medium: Stoneware with black glaze and iron-brown splashes


title: Covered Octagonal Ewer

date: Early Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), 11th century

medium: Porcelain with creme grey glaze

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Bowl

date: Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279), 13th century

medium: Guan ware; glazed stoneware (misfired)


title: Covered Ewer with Upright Lotus Petals

medium: Stoneware with underglaze molded, carved, and applied decoration

subjects:
Ewer (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Fluted Vase

medium: Guan ware; stoneware

subjects:
Ceramic
China
Asian art


title: Deep Conical Bowl with Cloudlike Petals

date: Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), late 11th/early 12th century

medium: Yaozhou ware; celadon-glazed stoneware with underglaze carved decoration (exterior)


title: Stem Cup with Floral Scrolls

date: Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), late 14th century

medium: Longquan ware; stoneware with underglaze molded decoration

subjects:
Stoneware
China
Flowers
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Jar

date: Song dynasty (960–1279), 13th century

medium: Cizhou ware; stoneware with black glaze and iron-brown splashes


title: Lobed Bowl with Phoenix

date: Tang dynasty (618–907) or Five Dynasties period (907–960), late 9th/early 10th century

medium: Yaozhou ware; celadon-glazed stoneware with underglaze molded decoration

subjects:
Bowl
China
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Porcelain
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Jar with Six Square Loop Handles

date: Six dynasties period (220–589) / Southern dynasties (420–589), second half of 5th century

medium: Celadon-glazed stoneware


title: Trumpet-Mouthed Bottle with Abstract Floral Designs

date: Five Dynasties period (907–960)

medium: Yue ware; stoneware with underglaze incised decoration

subjects:
Vase
China
Flowers
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Dish with Floral Scrolls

date: Song dynasty (960–1279)

medium: Stoneware with underglaze carved and incised decoration

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Flowers
Ships & the sea
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Vase

date: Jin dynasty (1115–1234)

medium: Ding ware

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Bowl with Lotus Design

date: Jin dynasty (1115–1234), 12th/13th century

medium: Yaozhou ware; stoneware with underglaze carved and incised decoration


title: Foliate Bowl with Stylized Peony Spray

date: Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), 12th century

medium: Qingbai ware; porcelain with underglaze carved decoration

subjects:
Bowl
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Dish with Floral Scrolls and Foliate Rim

date: Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) or Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

medium: Celadon-glazed stoneware with underglaze molded decoration


title: Covered Box with Lotus-Shaped Compartments

medium: Qingbai ware; stoneware with underglaze molded and incised decoration

subjects:
Ceramic
China
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Vessel


title: Cupstand

medium: Qingbai ware; porcelain with underglaze incised decoration

subjects:
Ceramic
China
Asian art
Vessel


title: Baluster-Shaped Vase with Peony Flowers

medium: Cizhou ware; slip-coated and glazed stoneware with underglaze carved decoration


title: Foliate Bowl with Stylized Poeny Spray


title: Jar with Stylized Flowers

date: Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), early 14th century

medium: Stoneware with iron-brown glaze


title: Cup with Streaks and Stylized Florets

date: Tang dynasty (618–906)

medium: Slip-coated earthenware with cobalt blue and lead amber streaks

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Earthenware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Bowl with Streak Pattern

date: Tang dynasty (618–906), first half of 8th century

medium: Slip-coated earthenware with cobalt blue and lead green streaks

subjects:
Ornament & design
Bowl
China
Earthenware
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Jar

date: Tang dynasty (618–907)

medium: Earthenware with marbled slip

subjects:
Ceramic
China
Earthenware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Vessel


title: Amphora-Type Vase with Stylized Flowers

date: Jin dynasty (1115–1234), probably late 12th/13th century

medium: Glazed stoneware with underglaze molded decoration


title: Jar with Loop-Handles and Medallions

date: Tang dynasty (618–907), first half of 8th century

medium: Earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glazes and underglaze molded decoration

subjects:
Earthenware
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Bottle

date: Tang dynasty (A.D. 618–907), 8th century

medium: Stoneware with ivory glaze

subjects:
Stoneware
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Ivory
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Buddhist Water Sprinkler (Kundika)

date: Tang dynasty (A.D. 618–907), 7th century

medium: Northern white ware; stoneware with yellowish-white glaze

subjects:
Stoneware
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Globular Jar

medium: Earthenware with amber glaze


title: Jar with Fluted Rim

date: Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), 10th century

medium: Ding ware; glazed porcelain

subjects:
Ceramic
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Vessel


title: Double-Bodied Amphora Vase

date: Sui dynasty (581–618)

medium: Stoneware with underglaze molded decoration

subjects:
Vase
China
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Model of an Inkstone

medium: Earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glazes

subjects:
Earthenware
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Ovoid Jar

date: Tang dynasty (618–907), 8th century

medium: Stoneware with creamy white glaze


title: Covered Ewer with Flowers and Dragon

medium: Stoneware with dark green glaze and underglaze molded and incised decoration

subjects:
Stoneware
China
Flowers
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Spittoon (Zhadou)

date: Tang dynasty (618–907), 9th century

medium: Yue ware; glazed stoneware


title: Seated Official

date: Northern Wei dynasty (386–535), c. 5th century with later restoration

medium: Earthenware with traces of polychrome pigments

subjects:
Ceramic
China
Earthenware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Sculpture


title: Woman Holding a Bird

medium: Earthenware with traces of pigment

subjects:
Ceramic
China
Birds
Asian art
Sculpture


title: Tripod Jar


title: Covered Jar with Medallions

medium: Slip-coated earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glazes


title: Stem Cup with Flowers

date: Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)

medium: Stoneware with white slip and iron-brown glazes


title: Jar (Hu) with Two Loop Handles

date: Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 9), 1st century B.C.

medium: Stoneware with underglaze incised decoration and ash glaze


title: Miniature Openwork Bottle with Birds and Peonies

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century

medium: Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Birds
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Vessel with Eight Figures

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

medium: Stoneware with underglaze blue

subjects:
Stoneware
China
Ships & the sea
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Jar

medium: Earthenware with green glaze


title: Jar

medium: Slip-coated earthenware with cobalt blue streaks and underglaze molded decoration


title: Spouted Ewer

date: Early Northern Song dynasty (960–1127)

medium: Cizhou ware; slip-coated stoneware with yellowish brown glaze and applied handle and loop handles

subjects:
Ewer (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Round Covered Box with Flowers and Leaves

medium: Stone with carved decoration

subjects:
Ceramic
China
Flowers
Stone
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Vessel


title: Stem Cup with Florets

date: Tang dynasty (618–906)

medium: Stoneware with yellow glaze and underglaze mold-impressed decoration

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Stem Bowl with Foliate Medallions

date: Tang dynasty (618–906), first half of 8th century

medium: Earthenware with three color (sancai) lead glazes and underglaze molded decoration

subjects:
Bowl
China
Earthenware
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Pedestalled Dish

date: Tang dynasty (618–906), 8th century

medium: Earthenware with three color (sancai) lead glazes

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Earthenware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Jar with Square Handles

date: Six Dynasties period, Southern dynasties, c. 450/500 A.D.

medium: Stoneware with light olive-green glaze and incised decoration


title: Ring-Handled Cup

medium: Slip-coated earthenware with cobalt blue and lead yellow streaks

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Earthenware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Globular Jar with Loop Handles and Medallions

medium: Earthenware with green glaze and underglaze molded decoration

subjects:
Earthenware
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Miniature Vase with Wire Strands and Variegated Materials

date: Tang dynasty (618–907)

medium: Earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glazes

subjects:
Vase
China
Earthenware
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Shallow Dish with Rosette Design

date: Tang dynasty (618–907), first half of 8th century

medium: Slip-coated earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glazes and underglaze mold-impressed decoration


title: Cup in the Shape of a Lotus Flower with a Figure of an Immortal

medium: Yixing stoneware with underglaze molded decoration

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Flowers
Ships & the sea
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Earthenware
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Dish with Peaches and Morning Glory

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1912), probably 19th century

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze yellow enamel

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Ceramic
Asian art
Vessel


title: Dish with Dragons and Phoenixes

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Wanli period (1573–1620), with overglaze enamels added later

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue with overglaze enamels added later


title: Bowl with Floral Medallions and Stems

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng reign mark and period (1723–1735)

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels

subjects:
Bowl
China
Flowers
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Ceramic
Asian art
Vessel


title: Amphora

date: Tang dynasty (618-907), 8th century.

medium: White stoneware with yellowish-white translucent glaze

subjects:
Stoneware
China
Ceramic
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Mr. Henry C. Schwab


title: Ovoid Vase with Floral Sprays

date: Song dynasty (960–1279)

medium: Jian ware; stoneware with brownish black glaze

subjects:
Vase
China
Flowers
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic

credit_line: Bequest of Henry C. Schwab


title: Bowl with Four Panels of Landscape Scenes

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), probably 19th century

medium: Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels

subjects:
Bowl
China
Landscapes
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Blue-Ground Yellow-Enameled 'Dragon' Dish

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign mark and period (1736–1795)

medium: Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze yellow enamel decoration

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Dish with Dragons and Lotus Flowers

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi period (1622–1722)

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Flowers
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Dish with Dragon amid Flames Encircled by Fish amid Waves

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th/19th century

subjects:
Fish
Dish (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Bowl with Goats among Flowering Peonies, Pomegrenates, and Cherry Blossoms

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Daoguang reign mark and period (1821–1850)

subjects:
Bowl
China
Flowers
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Bowl with Mountainous Landscapes


title: Bowl with Entwined Dragons

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze iron red and overglaze yellow enamel

subjects:
Bowl
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Bowl with Stylized Floral Scrolls

date: Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), 14th century

medium: Luanbai ware; porcelain with transparent or opaque white glaze


title: Enameled bottle vase

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

medium: Porcelain with yellow glaze and overglaze enamel

subjects:
Vase
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Low Bowl with Dragons amid Clouds Chasing Flaming Pearls

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

medium: Porcelain with royal blue glaze

subjects:
Bowl
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Stoneware
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Bowl with Bamboos

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Daoguang reign mark (1821–1850)

medium: Porcelain with red glaze


title: Dish with Bamboos and Bat

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Daoquang period (1821–1850)

medium: Porcelain painted in overglaze red with reserve decoration


title: Coral-Glazed Bowl

subjects:
Bowl
China
Corals & anemones
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Bowl with Floral Scrolls

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Daoguang period (1821–1850)

medium: Porcelain painted in overglaze red enamel


title: Dish with Butterflies and Flowers

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Daoquang period (1821– 1850)

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Butterflies & moths
Flowers
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Censer in the Form of an Ancient Bronze Tripod Cauldron (ding)

medium: Porcelain

subjects:
Incense burner
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Container
Ceremonial object
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Stem Cup with Peony Flowers

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Flowers
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Flared Cup with Figures in a Mountain Landscape

date: Ming (1368–1644) or Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 17th/early 18th century

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Landscapes
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Bowl with Daoist Immortals

medium: Porcelain painted in orange, black, green, and yellow glazes


title: Cup with Plum and Peony Flowers

medium: Porcelain with underglaze molded decoration and white glaze

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Flowers
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Cup with Lizards

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Dish with Peony and Lotus Flowers

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century, Yongzheng reign mark (1723–1735)


title: Long-Necked Vase with Encircling Dragon

medium: Celadon-glazed porcelain flecked with underglaze red and iron brown


title: Bowl with Scholar and Attendant by a Willow Tree

date: Early Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 17th/18th century

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Trees
Asian art
Ceramic


title: White-Glazed Bowl with Later Added Enamels

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), late Kangxi period (1662–1722), early 18th c.

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Small Saucer with Red, Blue, Green, Yellow Scroll of Camellias

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng reign mark and period (1723–1735)

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Cup with Plum Blossoms

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi reign mark and period (1662–1722)

medium: Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze enamel decoration


title: Cup with Orchid Tree

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Orchids
Ships & the sea
Trees
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Bowl with Foxes and Grapes

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Jiajing reign mark and period (1522–1566)

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze iron red and overglaze enamels


title: Dish with Five European Figures and Stylized Floral Scrolls and Five Bats on Reverse

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign mark and period (1736–1795)

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Flowers
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Cup with Dragon Medallions (Exterior) and Fruit (Interior)

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Fruits
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Bottle Vase (Meiping) with Dragons Rising from Waves

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng period (1723–1735)

medium: Porcelain with underglaze incised decoration


title: Bowl with Scene from Romance of the Western Chamber

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Shunzhi/early Kangxi period (c. 1655–1665)


title: Vase with Bamboo, Auspicious Symbols, and Military and Civilian Figures in a Landscape

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi period (1662–1722)

medium: Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels

subjects:
Vase
China
Landscapes
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Bowl with Four Luohans, Inscribed Omitofo (Amitabha) on Exterior and Shang (Good Morals) on Interior

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Shunzhi period (1644–61)

subjects:
Bowl
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Dish with Grape, Cherry, and Pomegrenate Stems

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), c. 18th century

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and red

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Dish with Plum Flowers

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), late 18th/19th century


title: Bowl with Six Dragon Medallions

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze copper red


title: Dish with Peonies and Phoenixes

date: Song dynasty (960–1279)

medium: Qingbai ware; porcelain with underglaze molded decoration; copper rim


title: Dish with Plum Flowers and Birds

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Birds
Flowers
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Vase with Cup-Shaped Mouth and Five Spouts around the Shoulder

date: Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), late 10th/early 11th century

medium: Stoneware with celadon glaze and underglaze incised decoration

subjects:
Vase
China
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Dish with Lotus and Peonies

medium: Ding ware; porcelain with underglaze molded decoration; copper rim


title: Bowl with Floral Scrolls

medium: Ding ware; stoneware with brown glaze, underglaze incised decoration, and copper rim

subjects:
Ceramic
China
Flowers
Asian art


title: Vase with Dragon Handles

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Bowl with Stylized Leaves

date: Jin dynasty (1115–1234) or later

medium: Cizhou-type ware, slip-coated stoneware with underglaze iron brown painting

subjects:
Bowl
China
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Small Bowl

medium: Porcelain with brownish crackle glaze


title: Bowl with Peonies

medium: Celadon-glazed stoneware with underglaze molded decoration


title: Lobed Bowl with Foliate Medallions

date: Tang dynasty (618–906), first half of 8th century

medium: Earthenware with three color (sancai) lead glazes and underglaze molded decoration

subjects:
Bowl
China
Earthenware
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Bowl

medium: Porcelain


title: Covered Box

date: Ming dynasty (1368 –1644)

medium: Stoneware with underglaze molded decoration


title: Cup with Children among Scrolling Vines

date: Jin dynasty (1115–1234), 12th/13th century

medium: Yaozhou ware; celadon-glazed stoneware with underglaze mold-impressed decoration

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Vase

medium:
Grey pottery with brown crackle glaze decoration

Ex-Morgan collection

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Bowl with Swirls


title: Bowl

date: Tang dynasty (618–907)

medium: Earthenware with marbled slip


title: Jar with Mock Loop Handles

date: Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D.220)

medium: Earthenware with green lead glaze

subjects:
Ceramic
China
Asian art
Vessel


title: Ovoid Ewer with Flaring, Beak Shaped Spout, and Handle with Human Head

date: Tang dynasty (618–907), 8th century

medium: Stoneware with yellowish-white glaze

subjects:
Ewer (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Three-Cupped Dish with Loop Handle

date: Eastern Han dynasty (A.D. 25–220), 1st century

medium: Earthenware with lead green glaze

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Earthenware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Tripod Bowl

date: Eastern Han dynasty (A.D. 25–220)


title: Bottle-Shaped Vase

medium: Porcelain with tea dust glaze

subjects:
Vase
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Standing Lion

medium: Stoneware with green, yellow, and brown glazes


title: Bowl with Floral Scrolls

medium: Stoneware with green glaze and metal rim

subjects:
Stoneware
China
Flowers
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Cup with Streaks and Stylized Floret Patterns

date: Tang dynasty (618–906), 8th century

medium: Slip-coated earthenware with cobalt blue and lead amber streaks

subjects:
Ornament & design
Drinking vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Earthenware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Foliate Bowl with Lotus Flowers

medium: Celadon-glazed porcelain with underglaze molded and incised decoration

subjects:
Bowl
China
Flowers
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Stoneware
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Bottle-Shaped Vase

medium: Porcelain with greyish brown crackle glaze

subjects:
Ceramic
China
Asian art


title: Covered Jar

date: Tang dynasty (618–906)

medium: Stoneware with blue lead glaze

subjects:
Ceramic
China
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Vessel


title: Ring-Handled Cup with lid with finial

medium: Slip-coated earthenware with three color (sancai) lead glazes, wood and stone

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Earthenware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Vase with Eloganted Ovoid Shape

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi reign mark and period (1662–1722)

medium: Porcelain with copper red peachbloom glaze


title: Cup

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng reign mark and period (1723–1735)

medium: Porcelain with crimson pink glaze

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Covered Jar with Thousand Flowers (Millefleurs) Design

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), probably Jiaqing period (1796–1820)

medium: Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Flowers
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Amphora-Shaped Vase

medium: Porcelain painted in overglaze enamel


title: Amphora-Shaped Vase (Liuyeping)

medium: Porcelain with green crackled glaze


title: Mille-Fleurs 'Flower' Bowl

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Jiaqing reign mark and period (1796–1821)

medium: Porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration and metal rim

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Flowers
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Lantern Globe

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Daoguang period (1821–1850)

medium: Porcelain painted in overglaze black enamel


title: Vase with Dragon-Shaped Handles

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign mark and period (1736–1795), probably late 18th century


title: Gourd-Shaped Vase

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi period (1662–1722)

medium: Porcelain with mirror black glaze


title: Bowl with Landscapes, Medallions, and Stylized Flowers

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign mark and period (1736–1795)

medium: Porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration and painted gold rim

subjects:
Bowl
China
Flowers
Landscapes
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Baluster-Shaped Vase with Loop Handles

medium: Porcelain with robin’s egg blue glaze


title: Bottle-Shaped Vase

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), early 19th century

medium: Porcelain with green glaze


title: Gourd-Shaped Rosewater Sprinkler with Buddhist Utensils, Plum, and Peony Flowers

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Flowers
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Vase with Two Tiger-Shaped Handles

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign mark and period (1736–1795), late 18th century

medium: Porcelain painted in overglaze famille rose enamels

subjects:
Vase
China
Roses
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Bottle-Shaped Vase with Dragons among Clouds

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Bowl

subjects:
Bowl
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Coral-Glazed Vase

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), c. 19th century

medium: Porcelain with red glaze

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Corals & anemones
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Bottle-Shaped Vase with Deer in Landscape

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Landscapes
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Ewer with Pine Trees

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Xuande reign mark and period (1426–1435)

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Trees
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Leaf-Shaped Dish

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

medium: Glazed porcelain

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Dish

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Hongzhi reign mark and period (1488–1505)


title: Covered Box with Peaches

medium: Porcelain with underglaze molded decoration and white glaze


title: Bottle-Shaped Vase with Encircling Ribs

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644) or Qing dynasty (1644–1911), c. late 17th/18th century

medium: Dehua ware (blanc de chine); porcelain with underglaze thread relief decoration

subjects:
Vase
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Lobed Dish

date: Song dynasty (969–1279)

medium: Ding ware; porcelain

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Vase with Loop Handles

medium: Porcelain with underglaze molded decoration


title: Bottle-Shaped Vase with Dragons

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

medium: Porcelain with underglaze incised decoration


title: Seated Guanyin

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), late 17th/18th century

medium: Dehua ware (blanc de chine); porcelain

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Sculpture


title: Yellow and Brown-Enameled 'Dragon' Bottle Vase

medium: Porcelain with overglaze yellow and brown enamels


title: Vase with Three Furry Creatures

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze copper red


title: Vase with Bird on a Branch

date: Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)

medium: Stoneware with dark turquoise and black glazes

subjects:
Ceramic
China
Birds
Asian art
Vessel


title: Saucer with a Winged Horse among Clouds


title: Covered Box with Lotus Flowers

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Jiajing reign mark (1521–1567)


title: Lobed Jar with Melons

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng reign mark and period  (1723–1735)

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Bottle-Shaped Vase

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng reign mark and period (1723–1735)

medium: Porcelain with sang de boeuf glaze


title: Red-Glazed Bottle Vase

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng period (1723–1735)

medium: Porcelain with copper red peachbloom glaze


title: Covered Bowl with Dragon Medallions

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), late 18th/19th century

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze red


title: Waisted Water Bottle

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th/19th century

medium: Celadon-glazed porcelain


title: Vase in the Shape of an Archaic Bronze Vessel

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign mark (1736–1795), 18th/19th century

medium: Celadon-glazed porcelain with underglaze molded decoration

subjects:
Vase
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Lobed Gourd-Shaped Vase

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign mark (1736–1795), c. 19th/20th century


title: Baluster-Shaped Vase with Peony Flowers

subjects:
Vase
China
Flowers
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Standing Figure

date: Tang dynasty (618–906)

medium: Earthenware with traces of pigement

subjects:
Ceramic
China
Asian art


title: High Shouldered Jar with Loop Handles and Reserved Decoration of Stylized Floral Decor

date: Song dynasty (960–1279) or later

medium: Cizhou-type ware; stoneware with brown-black glaze and underglaze reserved decoration

subjects:
Stoneware
China
Flowers
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Bowl with Floral Scrolls

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Guangxu reign mark and period (1875–1908)

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue

subjects:
Bowl
China
Flowers
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Ceramic
Asian art
Vessel


title: Cup

medium: Porcelain painted in overglaze enamel

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Saucer

subjects:
Ceramic
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel


title: Ruby-Back Famille-Rose Dish

medium: Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamel decoration

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Roses
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Underglaze-blue and red 'immortals' dish

date: 19th century

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and red


title: Cup with Floral Scrolls and Moths

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign mark and period (1736–1795), late 18th century

medium: Porcelain painted in overglaze famille rose enamels

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Butterflies & moths
Flowers
Roses
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Cup

medium: Porcelain with crimson pink glaze

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Vase in the Shape of an Ancient Bronze Vessel


title: Bowl with Butterflies and Rocks

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Jiajing reign mark and period (1522–1566)

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze iron red and overglaze enamels

subjects:
Bowl
China
Butterflies & moths
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Standing Figure

medium: Earthenware with traces of pigment


title: Vase

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

medium: Porcelain with underglaze molded decoration

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Ceramic
Asian art


title: Ruby-Ground Medallion Bowl

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Daoguang reign mark and period (1821–1850)

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels

subjects:
Bowl
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Ceramic
Asian art
Vessel


title: Bowl with Medallions of Flowers

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi (1662–1722) or Yongzheng period (1723–1735), late 17th / early 18th century

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue, red, and green


title: Bowl with Peonies

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century

medium: Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels


title: Bowl with Peonies

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Jiaqing period (1796–1821)


title: Small Bowl

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

medium: Porcelain with brownish crackle glaze


title: Doucai 'Floral' Bowl

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng regin mark (1723–1735)


title: Green and Aubergine-glazed Dish (Susancai)

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi period (1662–1722)

medium: Stoneware painted in overglaze enamels

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
China
Ships & the sea
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Ceramic
Asian art
Vessel


title: Karaori (Noh Costume)

creator: Japan

date: 18th century, Edo period (1615–1868)

medium: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, twill weave; lined with silk; plain weave; dyed with beni, safflower

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Autumn
Flower
Chrysanthemum
Edo (japanese period)
Paper (fiber product)
Twill weaving
Asian
Middle edo
Weaving - printed
Late edo
Japanism
Silk (fiber)
Costume
Dye
Gold leaf
Safflower
Plain weaving

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Otto C. Deering


title: Hangiri (Noh Costume)

medium: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; back stiffened with reeds, plain weave; covered with paper; lined with silk, plain weave; ties: silk, plain weave; braided cords

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Late edo
Paper (fiber product)
Costume - weaving
Costume
Kimono
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Robert Allerton


title: Chôken (Noh Costume)

medium: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquer-paper strips, complex gauze weave with supplementary brocading wefts and self-patterned by areas of 1:2 'Z' twill interlacing; lined with silk, plain weave; dyed with beni, safflower

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Flower
Gold (color)
Butterflie
Brown (color)
Brocading
Late edo
Paper (fiber product)
Weaving
Costume
Sewing
Gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip
Gauze
Outerwear (clothing)
Silk (fiber)
Kimono

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Orientals; Nickerson Fund


title: Bowl with Flowers on a Coral-Red Ground

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng reign mark (1723–1735)

subjects:
Bowl
China
Corals & anemones
Flowers
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Plate with Talismans for Duanwujie (Dragon Boat Festival)

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign mark and period (1736–1795)

subjects:
Plate (general, dish)
China
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Vessel


title: Covered Goblet-Shaped Cup with Floral Scrolls

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue

subjects:
Porcelain
China
Flowers
Asian art
Ceramic


title: One of a pair of famille-rose 'lotus' bottle vases

subjects:
Vase
China
Roses
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Vessel
Asian art
Ceramic


title: Backward-viewing Falls, One of the Three Waterfalls (Urami-ga-taki, santaki no sono ikkei), from the series "Famous Scenic Spots in the Mountains of Nikko (Nikkosan meisho no uchi)"

creator: Keisai Eisen

medium: Color woodblock print

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Print
Asian art

credit_line: Gift of Chester W. Wright


title: Double-page Illustration from Vol. 2 of "Picture Book of Spring Brocades (Ehon haru no nishiki)"

creator: Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信

medium: Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from book


title: Night Rain at the Paulownia Grove at Akasaka (Akasaka Kiribatake uchu yukei), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

creator: Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)

medium: Color woodblock print; oban


title: Monkey bridge

creator: Katsushika Taito II

medium: Color woodblock print; oban, harimaze

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Japanese (culture or style)
Print
Asian art


title: Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Lady of the Hairpin (Ichikawa Monnosuke Kogai no Tsubone)

creator: Torii Kiyomitsu

date: about 1760s

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban


title: Young Man Playing Flute as Three Girls Watch

creator: Torii Kiyonaga

medium: Color woodblock print; hashira-e


title: Fidelity (Shin), from the series "A Fashionable Parody of the Five Virtues (Furyu yatsushi gojo)"

creator: Isoda Koryusai

medium: Color woodblock print; chuban

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Mother
Children
Babie
Nursing (breast feeding)
Parent
Japanese (culture or style)
Print
Asian art


title: Clearing Weather of the Fan (Ogi no seiran), from the series "Fashionable Parodies of the Eight Parlor Views (Furyu mitate zashiki hakkei)"


title: Two Courtesans

date: 18th century


title: Priest Saigyo Contemplating Mount Fuji

creator: Kitao Shigemasa


title: Hotei Balances a Young Man on His Arm

creator: Masunobu

date: c. early 1770s


title: Courtesans of the Shin Kanaya, from the series "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

creator: Katsukawa Shunsho

medium: Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book


title: Courtesans of Maruya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2


title: The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as Owata in the play "Taiheiki Shizunome Furisode," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1767

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e


title: Courtesans of Ogiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1


title: Parody of the Letter-Reading Scene in Chushingura

creator: Katsukawa Shuncho


title: The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Tsukimasu, Acting as Sakura-maru, in the Play Miya-bashira Iwao no Butai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1773

creator: Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of triptych


title: The Actor Arashi Hinasuke I as Watanabe Choshichi Tonau in the Play Tokimekuya O-Edo no Hatsuyuki (Thriving Now: The First Snow of Edo), Performed at the Morita Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1780


title: Maker of Sword Fittings at his Workbench

creator: Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820)

medium: Color woodblock print; surimono, sheet from an album


title: Plate 6 (Examining the Newly Spun Cocoons), from the series "Kaiko Yashinai-gusa"


title: Act Eight: Bridal Journey, from the play "Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"


title: Act Five: Yamazaki Highway from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)

creator: Katsukawa Shun'ei

medium: Color woodblock print; aiban


title: Weaving silk, plate 11 from the series "Silkworm Cultivation (Kaiko yashinai gusa)"


title: Actor in a scene from a drama

creator: Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国

date: Late 18th century and early 19th century

subjects:
Print
Japan
Asian art


title: The actor Sawamura Tozo I as Dogen no Okichi in the play "Yoshiwara Niwaka no Banzuke," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the ninth month, 1804


title: Actor Sawamura Gennosuke Riding on Ox as Sugawara no Michizane

date: Early 19th century


title: Woman Dressing after Her Bath

creator: Ishikawa Toyonobu

medium: Color woodblock print; hashira-e, benizuri-e


title: Goldfish, from the series "Elegant Comparison of Little Treasures (Furyu kodakara awase)"

creator: Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿


title: Mother and Child, from the series "New Patterns dyed in Five Colors (Shingata goshiki zome)"

subjects:
Ornament & design
Woodblock print
Japan
Mother
Parent
Children
Babie
Japanese (culture or style)
Print
Asian art


title: Fishing at Iwaya, Enoshima

medium: Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban triptych


title: Seiro niwaka zensei asobi: Hana no mitsugi sorou tebyoshi


title: Woman Reads while Child Sleeps on her Lap, from the series "Elegant Comparison of Little Treasures (Furyu kodakara awase)"


title: Fujiwara no Okikaze, from the series "One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu no uchi)"

creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi


title: Attracting her attention


title: Young Couple with Infant Son on a Moonlit Night


title: Tamura, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

creator: Tsukioka Kogyo

credit_line: Frederick W. Gookin Collection


title: Okina, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Index Page, prints .151-.200 (Vol.2), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Genjo, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kasuga Ryujin, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kumano, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Sadaiye, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Mitanwa, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Makigaki, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Asahina (Kyogen), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Utsubo-saru, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Atsumori, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Naniwa, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Tori-oi-bune, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Hashi Benkei, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Hachi-maki, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Sessho-seki, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kumasaka, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Fukunokami (Kyogen), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Sekkyo or Ishibashi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Rokujizo (Kyogen), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Dojoji, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Yoro, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Oba-ga-zaki (Kyôgen), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Makua Jido (Kikujido), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kokaji, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Aoi no Ue, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Yoshino Tennin, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Gen Chidori, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kamabara (Kyogen), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Setsubun (Kyogen), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Seiobo, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Dai Hanaya (Kyogen), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kantan, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Matsukaze, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Tsuchigumo, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kotei, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Adachi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Dontaro (Kyogen), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kosode Soga, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Hagoromo, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Tsuru-kame, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Sarusato, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Nomori, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Momiji-gari, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Semimaru, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Funa-Benkei, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kurama Tengu, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Takasago, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Ninin Bakama, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kani Yamabushi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kusa Nagi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kamo, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Masataka, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kappo, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Shunkan, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Hanakago, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Ashikari, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Taka or Nue, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Index Page, prints .51-.100 (Vol.1), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Sotoba Komachi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Hanbu, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Akogi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Izutsu, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Fuku, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kagekiyo, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Tomoe, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Yowa Hoshi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Banjo, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Hoka-zo, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kiso, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Soshi-arai Komachi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Tadanori, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Oba-sute, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Mokuzuku, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Cho (Ryo?), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Haku Rakuten, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kashiwa-zaki, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Ama, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Matsu-mushi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Yurimasa, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kou, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Tsusei, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Shichi-ki-ochi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Futari Shizuka, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kazuraki, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Mochizuki, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Shaso, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Yo-uchi Soga, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kotoku, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Karafune, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Cho Ryo, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Nishikigi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Daie, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Aisomegawa, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Yamamba, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Yu, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Shari, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Arashiyama, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Nakamitsu or Mitsuoki, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Nimin Okina, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Shojo, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Index Page, prints .1-.50 (Vol.1), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Mentako, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Chitose Sanbaso, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Shiga, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Tama-no-i, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Ugai, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Yokihime, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Mekari, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Zenkai, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Tama Kuzu, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kayoi Komachi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Ohara Miyuki, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Enoshima, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Sakuragawa, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Miidera, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Adachiga Hara, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Unjakuzan, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: To-bo-saku, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Tsuchi-guruma, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Shibata, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: O Yashirô, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Sumidagawa, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Tatsuta, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Yumi Hachiman, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Hyoshitou, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Domyoji, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Dai Rokuten, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Sora Zutsumi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kocho, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Tomonaga, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Fuji Taiko, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Eguchi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Morihisa, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Tadanobu, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Sanemori, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Yugyo Yanagi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kusu no Tsuyu, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kiyotsune, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Hyakuman, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Shokun, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Ikari-Kazuki, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Shoki, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kanaoka (Kyogen), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Ryuko, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Index Page, prints .101-.150 (Vol.2), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Tsuri gitsune, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

medium: woodblock print

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Paper (fiber product)
Japanese (culture or style)
Print
Asian art
Woodblock


title: Komo Yamabushi (Kyogen), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Yumi-ya Taro, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kurama muko (Kyogen), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Oimatsu, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Suehiro, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kinsatsu, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kagetsu, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Settai, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Chikubushima, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Rashomon, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Fuji, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Saigyo-zakura, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Yashima, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Funabashi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Fujimoto, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Koshio, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Chisho, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Arigayoi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Mitsuyama, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Senju, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Uta-ura, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Tojaku (or Kakitsuta), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Sekidera Komachi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Sagi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Ominameshi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Oeyama, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Ikuta no Atsumori, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Basho, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Uzuki, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Raiden, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Shun'ei, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Aya no Tsuzumi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Iwafune, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Sakaga, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Sumiyoshi Mode, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Yugao, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Eboshi-ori, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Tetsuwa or Kanawa, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Koi no Omoni, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Sansho, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Daibutsu-kuyo, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Makiginu, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Ema, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Genzai Shichimen, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Mataiyama Kapami (Matsuyama-kagami?), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Shizen Koji, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Su-yo or Suutai, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Mikuni Hikari, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Hayashiko, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Tsuen (Kyogen), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Hakama No, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kogasa, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Ishigami (Kyogen), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Nishikido, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Nezame, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Ebisu- Bishamon (Kyogen), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kanebiki, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kazuraki Tengu, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Ukon, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Unoha, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Wa Yura, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Tadanori or Toshinari (?), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Matsuyama Tengu, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: U no Matsuri, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Tosen Muko (Kyogen), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Sahoyama, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Properties, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Roppo, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Daija, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Aso (Kyogen), from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Kunikusu, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Iyogu, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Dampu, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Yoshino Shizuka, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Karukaya, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Yo, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Yenbuku Soga, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Frontispiece, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Hiun, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Yofuku, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: The actor Sawamura Sojuro V as Tsubone Iwafuji

creator: Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

medium: Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych (center: 1939.1034a)

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Japanese (culture or style)
Print


title: Eboshi-ori, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"


title: Gathering Shells at Low Tide, from the illustrated book "Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto)"

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Shells & molluscs
Japanese (culture or style)
Print
Asian art


title: Sudare-gai, hana-gai, sakura-gai, mumeno-gai, nadeshiko-gai, and kinuta-gai, from the illustrated book "Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto)"


title: Flourishing of Edo Pictures Depicting Dances (Odori keiyo Edo-e no sakae)

medium: Color woodblock print; part of triptych


title: The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Female Fox-Fairy Otatsu-gitsune Disguised as Shizuka Gozen in the Play Kogane Saku Date no Okida, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1792

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition


title: A Cauldron on a Moonlit Night (Tsukiyo no kama), from the series "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi)"

creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi


title: The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Tenjiku Tokubei (?) (right) and Bando Kumajuro as the Shopman Dempachi (?) (left), in the Play Keisei Katabira ga Tsuji (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eighth Month, 1783 (?)

creator: Katsukawa Shunjo


title: The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Kudo Suketsune in the Play Edo no Fuji Wakayagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1789

creator: Rantokusai Shundo


title: The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Shinanoya Ohan in the Play Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Third Month, 1781


title: The Actor Nakamura Riko I as Lady Manko (Manko Gozen) (?) in the Play Soga Musume Choja (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1784 (?)


title: The Actor Yamashita Mangiku I as Kewaizaka no Shosho in the Play Nanakusa Yosooi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1782


title: The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Sukeroku in the Play Sukeroku Yukari no Edo-zakura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Sixth Month, 1782


title: The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo (?)

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of triptych (?)


title: The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kazusa no Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo in the Play Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1783


title: The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke III as the Sumo Wrestler Shirafuji Genta in the Play Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1783

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban; center sheet of triptych


title: The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no Juro Sukenari in the Play Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1783


title: The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as the Courtesan Sumizome (right), and Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Goinosuke Yoshimine (left), in the Play Juni-hitoe Komachi-zakura, Performed at the Kiri Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1784

creator: Katsukawa Shunko I


title: Scenes from Acts Seven and Eight of Chushingura

medium: Color woodblock print; oban


title: The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Hachiman Taro Yoshiie (?) in the Play Oshu Adachi ga Hara (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Fourth Month, 1775 (?)

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych


title: The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II in an Unidentified Role

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition (?)


title: Act VII: The Ichiriki Teahouse in the play Chushingura Juichidan Tsuzuki

medium: Color woodblock print; chuban


title: The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Yamauba in the Play Otokoyama Furisode Genji, Performed at the Kiri Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1785

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban


title: The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in an Unidentified Role


title: The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Araoka Hachiro in the Play Sakimasu ya Ume no Kachidoki, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1778


title: The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Toyose Saburozaemon Kageaki in the Play Hono Nitta Daimyojin, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1777


title: The Actor Sakata Hangoro II as Hige no Ikyu in the Play Shida Yakata Yotsugi no Hikibune, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1782


title: The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Soga no Dozaburo (?) in the Play Kamuri Kotoba Soga no Yukari (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1776 (?)

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych


title: The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as a Monkey in the Play Mitsu Ningyo Yayoi no Hinagata, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Second Month, 1785


title: The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Enya Hangan (?) in the Play Kanadehon Chushin Nagori no Kura (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Ninth Month, 1780 (?)


title: The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Sakura-maru in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1776


title: The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I in a Shak-kyo Dance in the Play Aioi Jishi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1784


title: The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as Taira no Masakado Disguised as Otomo no Kuronushi (?) or Sugawara Micihizane (?) in the Play Shida Yuzuriha Horai Soga (?) or Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the First or Fifth Month, 1775 (?)


title: The Actor Nakamura Sukegoro II in an Unidentified Role


title: The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kazusa no Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo Disguised as a Blind Court Musician (Kengyo) in the Play Edo Meisho Midori Soga, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Fourth Month, 1779


title: The Actor Sakata Hangoro II as the Sumo Wrestler Kujaku Saburo Narihira (?) in the Play Sugata no Hana Yuki no Kuronushi (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1776 (?)


title: The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Taira no Munekiyo (?) from the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1780 (?)

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a triptych (?)


title: The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Matsuo-maru in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Third Month, 1780

creator: Katsukawa Shunkō


title: The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Yawata no Saburo (?) in the Play Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1783 (?)


title: The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kitsune ga Saki Otama (?) in the Play Miyakodori Yayoi no Watashi (?), Performed at the Kiri Theater (?) in the Third Month, 1787 (?)


title: The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no Dozaburo (?)


title: The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Kagekiyo Dressed as a Beggar (right), and Otani Hiroji III as Onio Shinzaemon (left), in the Play Kotobuki Banzei Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Third Month, 1783


title: The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Oboshi Yuranosuke in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1786


title: The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Dozaemon Denkichi in the Play Yaoya Oshichi, Performed at the Kiri Theater in the Fourth Month, 1785


title: The Actor Sakata Hangoro III as Omi no Kotoda in the Play Haru no Nishiki Date-zome Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Second Month, 1790


title: The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I Greeting the Audience on His Return from Osaka


title: The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kudo Suketsune in the Play Koi no Yosuga Kanegaki Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1789

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban; one sheet of triptych (another sheet: 1939.919)


title: The Warrior Kusunoki Masashige (1294-1336) Bidding Farewell to His Son Masatsura

creator: Katsukawa Shunsei


title: The Actor Ichikawa Komazo III as Fuji Sakon (?) in the Play Egara Tenjin Risho Kagami (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Third Month, 1789 (?)

creator: Katsukawa Shunsen


title: Act Two: The Quarters of Momonoi Wakasanosuke from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)

medium: Color woodblock print; koban


title: Act One: Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)


title: Act Four: Enya Hangan's Castle from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)


title: Act Three: The Quarrel Scene from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)


title: Act Six: Yoichibei's House from the play Chushingura (Treausry of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)


title: Act Five: Yamazaki Highway from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)


title: Act Eleven: Night Raid on Moronao's Mansion from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)


title: Act Eight: The Bridal Journey (Michiyuki) from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)

date: late 1780s


title: Act Seven: The Ichiriki Teahouse from the Play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)


title: The Actor Sawamura Tamagashira as a Strolling Musician in the Play Dai Danna Kanjincho, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1790


title: Act Ten: Amakawaya House from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)


title: The Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VII as Yoshidaya Kizaemon in the Play Edo Sunago Kichirei Soga, Performed at the Miyako Theater in the First Month, 1795

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych (?)


title: Empress Jingu (left), and Her Minister Takenouchi no Sukune (right)


title: The Actor Asao Tamejuro I as Drunken Gotobei in the Play Yoshitsune Koshigoe Jo, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1790


title: The Actor Sawamura Tamagashira in an Unidentified Role


title: The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Okumi of the Mieido Fan Shop (?) in the Play Sanjuk-koku Yobune no Hajimari (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Fifth Month, 1789 (?)


title: The Actor Nakamura Kumetaro II Greeting the Audience on His Arrival from Osaka at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1790


title: The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Soga no Goro Tokimune in the Play Koi no Yosuga Kanegaki Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1789

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban; one sheet of triptych (another sheet: 1939.897)


title: The Actor Iwai Kiyotaro II as Lady Itohagi (?) in the Play Genji Saiko Kogane Tachibana (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1788 (?)


title: The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Hatakeyama Shigetada Disguised as Honjo Soheiji (?) in the Play Edo no Fuji Wakayagi Soga (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1789 (?)


title: The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Daidoji Tabatanosuke in the Play Mukashi Mukashi Tejiro no Saru, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1792


title: The Actor Iwai Kiyotaro as Kewaizaka no Shosho in the Play Gohiiki no Hana Aikyo Soga, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the First Month, 1794

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych (right: 1925.2506)


title: Actors Mimasu Tokujirô I as Hayano Kampei (Left) and Nakayama Kojûrô VI as Ono Sadakurô (Right) in “Treasury of the 47 Loyal Retainers” (“Kanadehon chûshingura”)

creator: Katsukawa Shun’ei

date: About 1786

medium: Color woodblock prints; hosoban diptych


title: The Actor Otani Oniji III in an Unidentified Role in the Play Yukimi-zuki Eiga Hachi no Ki (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1787 (?)


title: The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo (Danjuro V) as the Lady-in-Waiting Iwafuji in the Play Gozen-gakari Sumo Soga, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the First Month, 1793 (?)

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych (?)


title: The Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VII as Hayakawa Matabei (?) in the Play Furiwake-gami Aoyagi Soga (?), Performed at the Miyako Theater (?) in the First Month, 1796 (?)


title: The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Dragon Maiden Disguised as Osaku in the Play Sayo no Nakayama Hiiki no Tsurigane, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1790


title: The Actor Nakayama Tomisaburo I as Lady Tokiwa (Tokiwa Gozen) (?) in the Play Kimmenuki Genke no Kakutsuba (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1791 (?)


title: The Actor Ichikawa Omezo I as the Boatman Takihei (?) in the Play Ofunamori Ebi no Kaomise (?), Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1792 (?)


title: The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as a Boy Blowing on His Hands beside a Large Snowball, in the Play Nigiwai Genji Hana Saku Kado, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1793


title: The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Kojoro-gitsune (Female Fox) Disguised as Omiki in the Play Komachi-mura Shibai no Shogatsu, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1789


title: Shintokumaru Dancing before Oto Hime, from the illustrated book "Collection of Pictures of Beauties (Bijin e-zukushi)"

creator: Hishikawa Moronobu

medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book


title: Ono no Komachi at Seki Temple, from the series The Fashionable Seven Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi)

creator: Chobunsai Eishi

date: Edo period (1615–1868), about 1788

subjects:
Architecture
Woodblock print
Japan
Japanese (culture or style)
Print
Asian art


title: Courtesan and Two Kamuro

creator: Komatsuya Hyakki

medium: Color woodblock print; chuban trimmed to an oval shape


title: The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II

creator: Torii Kiyomitsu I


title: Hagitsubo - A Parody of Shibaraku

creator: Torii Kiyonaga

medium: Color woodblock print; o-oban


title: The Actor Sawamura Sojuro II as Kudo Suketsune (?) in the Play Edo no Hana Wakayagi Soga (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Second Month, 1769 (?)

creator: Ippitsusai Buncho


title: The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the Heron Maiden in the play "Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysanthemums (Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata)," performed at the Ichimura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1770


title: The actor Seki Sanjuro II as Sasaki Saemon in the play "Higashiyama-dono Kabuki no Danmaku," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1818

creator: Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代 歌川 豊国

medium: Color woodblock print; oban


title: The actor Matsumoto Koshiro V as Ishikawa Goemon in the play "Sanmon Gosan no Kiri," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the third month, 1810


title: Pinks: nurse and baby, from an untitled series of beauties and flowers

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Flowers
Japanese (culture or style)
Print
Asian art


title: Lilies: young woman holding a letter, from an untitled series of beauties and flowers

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Flowers
Lilies
Japanese (culture or style)
Print
Asian art


title: The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Sagami Goro, from the series "Popular Actors as the 108 Heroes of the Water Margin (Ryuko yakusha Suikoden goketsu hyakuichinin no hitori)"

subjects:
Print
Japan
Block printing
Paper (fiber product)
Japanese (culture or style)
Asian art


title: Goten Hill (Goten-yama), from the series "Flower Viewing in Edo (Edo hanami tsukushi)"

subjects:
Print
Japan
Flowers
Block printing
Paper (fiber product)
Japanese (culture or style)
Asian art


title: The actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Churo Onoe

medium: Color woodblock print; center sheet of oban triptych (right: 1939.1034b)


title: The Ide Jewel River in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro kuni Ide no Tamagawa), from an untitled series of the Six Jewel Rivers

creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi

medium: Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban triptych


title: Flower (Hana)

creator: Katsukawa Shunsen (Shunko II)

date: early 19th century

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Flowers
Print
Asian art


title: The actor Fujikawa Tomokichi II as Okaru, wife of Kanpei

creator: Utagawa Kuniyasu


title: The actor Sawamura Tozo as Kajiwara Heiji Kagetaka

creator: Utagawa (Ichiosai) Kunimitsu I


title: Beauty representing autumn, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons


title: Beauty representing winter, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons


title: Yang Lin (Kinhyoshi Yorin), from the series "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin (Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)"


title: Painting by Ogata Korin, from the series "Pictures of Famous Paintings (Meiga zue)"

creator: Utagawa Kunimaro I


title: Beauty representing spring, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons


title: Ono no Komachi, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)"

creator: Kikukawa Eizan


title: Contemporary Six Jewel Faces (Tosei Mutamagao)

creator: Utagawa Sadahide


title: Bunya no Yasuhide, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)"


title: Otomo no Kuronushi, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)"


title: Kisen Hoshi, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)"


title: Ariwara no Narihira, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)"


title: Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogokubashi noryo), from the series "Fashionable Eight Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)"

creator: Kikugawa Eizan


title: Sojo Henjo, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)"


title: Kan'eiji Temple on Toeizan, from the series "Fashionable Eight Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)"


title: The Theater District in Sakai-cho (Sakai cho shibai), from the "Fashionable Eight Views of the Eastern Capital (Furyu Toto hakkei)"


title: Benzaiten Shrine at Shinobugaoka (Shinobugaoka Benzaiten), from the "Fashionable Eight Views of the Eastern Capital (Furyu Toto hakkei)"


title: Evening Glow at Seta (Seta sekisho), from the series "Fashionable Eight Views of Omi (Furyu Omi hakkei)"

subjects:
Ink or chalk wash
Japan
Block printing
Paper (fiber product)
Japanese (culture or style)
Painting
Asian art
Print


title: Returning Sails at Yabase (Yabase kihan), from the series "Fashionable Eight Views of Omi (Furyu Omi hakkei)"


title: Enoshima in Sagami Province (Soshu Enoshima), fron the series "Elegant Famous Places in the Various Provinces (Furyu shokoku meisho)"


title: Descending Geese at Katada (Katada rakugan), from the series "Fashionable Eight Views of Omi (Furyu Omi hakkei)"


title: The Actor Nakamura Matsue III as Keisei Agemaki

creator: Shunshosai Hokucho

medium: Color woodblock print; oban, part of multisheet composition (another sheet: 1968.393)


title: Futatsuryu of Izutsuya as a Musician (Hayashi), from the series "Parade of the Shimanouchi Pleasure Quarter (Shimanouchi nerimono)"

creator: Shunshosai Hokuju


title: Tamatsushima, from the series "Three Fashionable Young Women (Furyu waka no sannin)"


title: Announcement of performance of Kanjincho by Ichikawa Danjuro VIII to celebrate 200 years of Ichikawa family history

creator: Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine)

medium: Color woodblock print


title: Women Imitating an Imperial Procession

creator: Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿

medium: Color woodblock print; two sheets of oban triptych


title: The Actors Onoe Kikugoro III (right) as Shirokiya Okoma and Matsumoto Koshiro V (left) as her lover Saiza

medium: Color woodblock prints; two sheets of an oban triptych


title: Hotei seated on a sack playing a zither, from an untitled series of harimaze

creator: Katsushika Taito II

medium: Color woodblock print; section of harimaze sheet


title: Sparrow dancers, from "A Set of Six for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushika rokuban tsuzuki)"

creator: Yashima Gakutei

medium: Color woodblock print; bottom three sheets of shikishiban hexaptych, surimono


title: Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijushiko), section of a sheet from the series "A Harimaze Mirror of Joruri Plays (Harimaze joruri kagami)"


title: Yaguchi Ferry Crossing (Yaguchi no watashiba), section of a sheet from the series "A Harimaze Mirror of Joruri Plays (Harimaze joruri kagami)"


title: Numazu, section of a sheet from the series "A Harimaze Mirror of Joruri Plays (Harimaze joruri kagami)"


title: Kagamiyama, section of a sheet from the series "A Harimaze Mirror of Joruri Plays (Harimaze joruri kagami)"


title: Daoist immortal Li Tieguai (Japanese: Tekkai)


title: Takino in Harima Province (Harima Takino), no. 44 from the series "Sixty-eight Views of the Various Provinces (Shokoku rokujuhakkei)"

creator: Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)

medium: Color woodblock print; chuban


title: Plum Garden at Kameido (Kameido Umeyashiki), from the series "Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)"


title: Kites of Fukuroi and Distant View of Akiba in Totomi Province (Enshu Akiba enkei Fukuroi tako), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)"


title: Memorial Monument for Utagawa Hiroshige II

creator: Utagawa Hiroshige III


title: Tsuchiyama, from the series "[Scenes of Famous Places on the] Tokaido (Tokaido meisho fukei)"


title: Bird on pine tree

medium: Color woodblock print; aitanzaku

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Birds
Trees
Japanese (culture or style)
Print
Asian art


title: Flourishing of Edo Pictures Depicting Dances (Odori keiyo Edo-e no sakae)

creator: Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

medium: Color woodblock print; part of triptych


title: Man Crossing a Bridge as the Sun Rises, from an untitled edition (without poetry) of the illustrations for the series "Five Prints of Mount Fuji (Fuji goban no uchi)"

creator: Attributed to Utagawa Kuniyoshi

medium: Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono


title: Woman leaning against wine cask, from an untitled series of Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup

creator: Teisai Hokuba

date: early 1800s

medium: Color woodblock print; surimono, trimmed


title: Joriken riding his sword across water, section of a sheet from an untitled harimaze series


title: Shizuka Gozen, section of a sheet from the series "A Harimaze Mirror of Joruri Plays (Harimaze joruri kagami)"

creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi


title: Double-page Illustration from Vol. 2 of "Picture Book of Spring Brocades (Ehon haru no nishiki)"

creator: Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信

medium: Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from book


title: Double-page Illustration from Vol. 1 of "Picture Book of Spring Brocades (Ehon haru no nishiki)"


title: Kerria and Iris, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 1

date: New Year, 1801

medium: Color woodblock print; 2 pages from illustrated book


title: Pages from Vol. 1 and 2 of "Picture Book of Spring Brocades (Ehon haru no nishiki)"


title: Gathering Spring Herbs, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 1


title: Enjoying Fireworks, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 1


title: Chrysanthemum and Narcissus, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 2


title: Outing to View Maples in Autumn, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 2


title: Moon-Viewing Party, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 2


title: Bon Festival Lanterns and Plant Seller, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 2

subjects:
Botany
Woodblock print
Japan
Flowers
Japanese (culture or style)
Print
Asian art


title: New Year Manzai Performance at a Feudal Lord's Mansion, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 1


title: New Year Games of Shuttlecock, Battledore, and Hand Ball, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 1


title: Embarking on Pleasure Boats in Summer, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 1


title: Display of Chrysanthemums, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 2


title: Crossing a Bridge in Summer, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 1


title: Interior Scene on a Snowy Day, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 2


title: Women Inside a Mosquito Net During a Thunderstorm, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 1


title: Two Women on Verandah on a Snowy Morning, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 2


title: Two Women and Attendant Caught in a Storm, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 2


title: Preface, from the illustrated book "Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto)"

medium: Woodblock print; double-page preface from book


title: Shiro-gai, namima-gashiwa, makura-gai, iro-gai, aza-gai, sadae-gai, from the illustrated book "Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto)"


title: Sudare-gai, hana-gai, sakura-gai, mumeno-gai, nadeshiko-gai, and kinuta-gai, from the illustrated book "Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto)"


title: Beni-gai, hora-gai, urauzu-gai, wasure-gai, chiyonohana-gai, and masuho-gai, from the illustrated book "Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto)"


title: Chidori-gai, itaya-gai, awabi, utsuse-gai, asari-gai, and monoara-gai, from the illustrated book "Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto)"


title: Ashi-gai, hamaguri, ko-gai, suzume-gai, akoya-gai, and katashi-gai, from the illustrated book "Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto)"


title: Shell-Matching Game, from the illustrated book "Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto)"


title: Minashi-gai, shio-gai, katatsu-gai, miso-gai, chijimi-gai, and chigusa-gai, from the illustrated book "Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto)"


title: The Jewel River of Bush Clovers (Hagi no Tamagawa), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers in Popular Customs (Fuzoku Mu Tamagawa)"

medium: Color woodblock print; hashira-e


title: The Saruwaka Dance

creator: Torii Kiyonaga

medium: Color woodblock print; surimono


title: Shunkan Watching Enviously from Kikai Island as Yasuyori Returns to the Capitol after Being Unexpectedly Pardoned (Shunkan sozu Kikaigashima ni oite tamatama Yasuyori no shamen senbo kito no zu)

creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

medium: Color woodblock print; vertical oban diptych


title: Bust Portraits of Actors in Folding Fans: Ichikawa Danjuro V, Segawa Kikunojo III, Ichikawa Monnosuke II (right, top to bottom); Nakamura Nakazo I, Matsumoto Koshiro IV, Bando Mitsugoro II (left, top to bottom)

creator: Katsukawa Shunsei

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Portraits
Japanese (culture or style)
Print
Asian art


title: Announcement of the ten day performance celebrating the succession of Ichimura Uzaemon XIII

medium: Color woodblock print

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Japanese (culture or style)
Print
Asian art


title: Program of the ten day performance celebrating the succession of Ichimura Uzaemon XIII


title: The Poetess Michitsuna no Haha, from the series "The Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets (Nishikizuri onna sanjurokkasen)"

creator: Chobunsai Eishi

medium: Pages from a color woodblock-printed volume


title: The Poetess Ukon, from the series The Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets (Nishikizuri onna sanjurokkasen)

medium: Page from a color woodblock-printed volume


title: The Poetess Shunzei no Musume, from the series The Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets (Nishikizuri onna sanjurokkasen)


title: The Poetess Gishumon-in no Tango, from the series The Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets (Nishikizuri onna sanjurokkasen)


title: Evening Amusements at Ryogoku in the Eastern Capital (Toto Ryogoku yoasobi no zu)

creator: Toyohara Kunichika

medium: Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych (left: 1939.1764)


title: Travelers in Snow

creator: Katsukawa Shunsen (Shunko II)

subjects:
Woodblock print
Japan
Print
Asian art


title: Evening Bell at Mii Temple (Mii no bansho), from an untitled series of Eight Views of Omi

creator: Utagawa Toyohiro


title: The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II

creator: Ippitsusai Buncho

date: late 18th century


medium: Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban triptych (right: 1939.1763)


title: The Actor Ichikawa Omezo I

creator: Katsukawa Shun'ei

medium: Color woodblock print; right sheet of hosoban diptych? (left: 1939.1806)


title: The Actor Iwai Kiyotaro II

medium: Color woodblock print; left sheet of hosoban diptych? (right: 1939.1807)


title: The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Minamoto no Yorinobu in the Play Kikujido Shuen no Iwaya, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1775

creator: Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban; center sheet of triptych


title: The Actor Ichikawa Omezo I as Kamei Rokuro Disguised as the Servant Dadahei in the Play Kimmenuki Genke no Kakutsuba, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1791

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych (?)


title: The 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

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title: The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo Disguised as an Ascetic Monk, in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780


title: The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Prince Takanori in the play "Kaeribana Eiyu Taiheiki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1779

medium: Color woodblock print; right sheet of hosoban triptych


title: The Actor Nakamura Sukegoro II in an Unidentified Role


title: The Actor Nakamura Nakazo

creator: Katsukawa Shunko I


title: The Actor Onoe Matsusuke

creator: Katsukawa School


title: The Actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Onoe in the Play Haru no Nishiki Date-zome Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1790

medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych


title: The Actors Iwai Hanshiro IV as Okaru and Onoe Kikugoro I (?) as Yuranosuke


title: The Actors Otani Tomoemon I as Emohei (right), and Sanogawa Ichimatsu II as Sanada Yoichi (left), in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770

medium: Color woodblock print; from the illustrated book Yakusha Kuni no Hana (Prominent Actors of Japan)


title: The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Ogata no Sabura (?) in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770


title: The Goddess Benten Holding a Biwa and a Young Man Holding a Shoulder Drum, from the series "Comparing the Smiles of the Lucky Gods (Fukujin egao kurabe)"

medium: Color woodblock print; koban


title: The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

medium: Color woodblock print; page from illustrated book


title: The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo III as Kudo Saemon Suketsune in the Play Kamuri Kotoba Soga no Yukari, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1776


title: The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I, page from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"


title: The Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as I no Hayata Tadazumi in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770


title: The Actor Arashi Otohachi I as Hotei Ichiemon in the Play Ayatsuri Kabuki Ogi, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1768


title: The Actors Nakamura Shichisaburo III (right), and Ichikawa Junzo I (left), in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770


title: The Actors Nakamura Denkuro II as Suma no Dairyo (right), and Ichikawa Komazo II as Ariwara no Yukihira (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771


title: The Actors Kasaya Matakuro II as Nobuyori Disguised as the Yakko Gunnai (right), and Miyazaki Hachizo as the Lay Monk Hambyo Nyudo (left), in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770


title: The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Kajiwara Genta no Kagetoki (?), in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770


title: The Actors Otani Hiroemon III as Shinagawa Okaminosuke (right), and Ichikawa Danjuro V as Arashishi Otokonosuke (left), in the Play Fuki Kaete Tsuki mo Yoshiwara (Rethatched Roof: The Moon also Shines Over the Yoshiwara Pleasure District), Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771