EditorialSawamura Tossho II as Abe Yasuna and Hikosaburo V as Kuzunoha in a scene from the play Kuzunoha, Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833-1904), Edo, 1865, 10th month, color woodblock print, 14-1/8 x 9 in. (sheet), Signed: Yoshiiku ga Publisher's mark, Date seal, Asian Art.
EditorialFuchu: The Abe River (Fuchu, Abekawa), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido. Utagawa Hiroshige ?? ??; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1828-1839. Dimensions: 24.1 x 36.2 ...
EditorialThe Actors Ichikawa Danzo IV as Arakawa Taro Takesada Disguised as the Palanquin Bearer Tarobei (right), and Ichikawa Danjuro V as Abe no Sadato Disguised as the Pilgrim Kuriyagawa Jirodayu (left), in the Play Godai Genji Mitsugi no Furisode, Performed...
Editorial'Abe Lincoln's last card; or, rouge-et-noir'. Punch portrays Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation proclamation as a last desperate move. Punch, or the London Charivari. London, October 18, 1862. American Civil War. Source: P.P.2570 page 161, volume 42. Langu...
EditorialA Little Game of Bagatelle, Between Old Abe the Rail Splitter & Little Mac the Gunboat General, 1864, Lithograph, sheet: 12 1/2 x 19 1/8 in. (31.7 x 48.5 cm), Prints.
EditorialNetsuke of Fox Holding Baby and with Brush in Mouth from the Kabuki Play 'Shinoda Zuma, Kuzonoha', 19th century, Japan, Wood, H. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm), Netsuke, This Netsuke depicts one of the most popular fox legends, that of Kuzunoha, a fox disguised as...
EditorialThe rail candidate; Currier & Ives.; Maurer, Louis, 1832-1932 , artist; New York : Currier & Ives, c1860.; 1 print on wove paper : lithograph : (image) 27 x 36 cm.; The antislavery plank was a controversial feature of the 1860 Republican platform. Here...