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unknown Japanese (Japanese cultural designation), [Two Pekingese Dogs Playing]
unknown Japanese (Japanese cultural designation), [Two Pekingese Dogs Playing]
From the appraisal document: The scene is lively with two Pekingese dogs fighting over a ball of flowers with ribbons. A woven screen is in the…
Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese printmaker and illustrator, 1786-1864), [One Women and Two Children on Snowy Shoreline]
Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese printmaker and illustrator, 1786-1864), [One Women and Two Children on Snowy Shoreline]
From the appraisal document: Left-hand panel of the triptych illustrating a woman and two children on the shoreline with waterway and mountains in…
Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese printmaker and illustrator, 1786-1864), Twilight Snow at Hiro (Hira bosetsu), from the series Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei no uchi)
Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese printmaker and illustrator, 1786-1864), Twilight Snow at Hiro (Hira bosetsu), from the series Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei no uchi)
From the appraisal document: Children making a snowball on the beach, observed by women and men. Two storks in flight over Lake Biwa, Shiga…
Ichiryūsai Yoshitoyo or Utagawa Yoshitoyo, Great Elephant Recently Imported from Overseas (Shin tohakurai no dai zo)
Ichiryūsai Yoshitoyo or Utagawa Yoshitoyo, Great Elephant Recently Imported from Overseas (Shin tohakurai no dai zo), [1863]
From the appraisal document: Right side of a diptych. A bold drawing of an elephant eating hay with a western lady and child standing nearby. The…
Kubo Shumman (Japanese printmaker, painter, 1757-1820), The Six Jewel Rivers [Right End of Hexaptych]
Kubo Shumman (Japanese printmaker, painter, 1757-1820), The Six Jewel Rivers [Right End of Hexaptych]
From the appraisal document: Three attendants, one woman and two men, are serving an elegantly dressed noble lady. The landscape is adjacent to a…
Kawase, Hasui (Japanese printmaker, 1883-1957), Matsushima, Sendai
Kawase, Hasui (Japanese printmaker, 1883-1957), Matsushima, Sendai
From the appraisal document: It is Zaimoku island, Matsushima from a series of scenic views of Japan: Eastern Japan. A rugged stone outcropping is…
Toyohara, Kunichika (Japanese printmaker, 1835-1900), [Courtesan on Parade]
Toyohara, Kunichika (Japanese printmaker, 1835-1900), [Courtesan on Parade]
From the appraisal document: This central figure illustrates a courtesan on parade with a cherry blossom tree in the background. A cartouche is in…
Utagawa Toyokuni II, Japan (1777 - 1835), Beauty with Cherry Blossoms
Utagawa Toyokuni II, Japan (1777 - 1835), Beauty with Cherry Blossoms, 1830, Edo period
From the appraisal document: A woman is shaking the branch of a cherry tree. A bat, with Japanese characters on it, is prominent in the upper part of…
Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese printmaker and illustrator, 1786-1864), [Kubuki Actor Wearing a Sword]
Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese printmaker and illustrator, 1786-1864), [Kubuki Actor Wearing a Sword]
From the appraisal document: Subject looks like Kabuki actor, Ichikawa Dajuro. He is dressed in a gray and rose-colored garment and wearing a sword.…
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese printmaker, painter, and draftsman, 1752-1815), Actors Sawamura Sôjûrô III as Nuregami Chôgorô, Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Hanaregoma Chôkichi, Segawa Kinunojô III as Azuma, Ichikawa Yaozô III as Yamazaki Yogorô; with chanters Tokiwazu Kanedayû and Tokiwazu Namidayû, and accompanist Kishizawa Koshikibu [Seven Actors]
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese printmaker, painter, and draftsman, 1752-1815), Actors Sawamura Sôjûrô III as Nuregami Chôgorô, Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Hanaregoma Chôkichi, Segawa Kinunojô III as Azuma, Ichikawa Yaozô III as Yamazaki Yogorô; with chanters Tokiwazu Kanedayû and Tokiwazu Namidayû, and accompanist Kishizawa Koshikibu [Seven Actors]
From the appraisal document: Seven figures are illustrated as known actors. Some calligraphy is on the mid-left border. The color palette is muted in…