EditorialPlum Garden in Full Bloom (Ume yashiki manka no zu), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)". Utagawa Hiroshige ?? ??; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1830-1843. Dimensions: 38.1 x 12.8 cm (15 x 5 in.). Color woodblock print; chu...
EditorialThe Plum Garden at Komeido (Kameido ume yashiki no zu), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)". Utagawa Hiroshige ?? ??; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1827-1843. Dimensions: 25 x 37.9 cm (9 13/16 x 14 15/16 in.). Color woodbl...
EditorialThe Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Miura no Katagai Disuigsed as the Nun Narukami, in the Play Ume-goyomi Akebono Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Second Month, 1780. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1775-1785. Dimensions...
EditorialThe actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV as Shinozuka Goro Sadatsuna in the play "Ume Momiji Date no Okido," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1760. Torii Kiyonobu II; Japanese, active c. 1725-61. Date: 1760. Dimensions: 15 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. ...
EditorialThe Actors Segawa Kikunojo II as Miwa and Ichimura Kamezo I as Hikoso in the play "Ume Momiji Date no Okido," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1760. Torii Kiyomitsu I; Japanese, 1735-1785. Date: 1760. Dimensions: 12 x 5 3/4 in. ...
EditorialThe Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as an Incarnation of the Dragon King in the Play Saki Masuya Ume on Kachidoki, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in te Eleventh Month, 1778. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1773-1783. Dimensions: 32.7 x...
EditorialThe Actor Ikushima Daikichi III as the Courtesan Naniwazu in the Play Saki Masuya Ume no Kachidoki, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1772-1782. Dimensions: 32.2 x 15.5 cm...
EditorialThe actor Bando Matataro IV as Gempachibyoe in the play "Mutsu no Hana Ume no Kaomise" ("Snowflakes: Plum Blossoms Kaomise"). Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1764-1774. Dimensions: 31.6 x 14.2 cm (12 7/16 x 5 9/16 in.). Color woodbl...
EditorialThe Actor Ichimura Kamezo I as Tachibanaya Hikoso in the play "Ume Momiji Date no Okido," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month. Suzuki Harunobu ?? ??; Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770. Date: 1760. Dimensions: 30.5 x 13.8 cm. Color woodblock p...