Artworks

A Contemporary Parody of Komachi Prays for Rain (Tosei yatsushi Amagoi Komachi)

A Contemporary Parody of Komachi Prays for Rain (Tosei yatsushi Amagoi Komachi)

The First Day of Business (Akinai hajime), from the illustrated book "Colors of the Triple Dawn (Saishiki mitsu no asa)"

The One-Page Preface and Colophon from the illustrated book "Colors of the Triple Dawn (Saishiki mitsu no asa)"

Narcissus in Winter, from the series "Choicest Odes upon Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shuku awase, shiki no hana)"

Summer Bush Clover (Natsuhagi), from the series Choicest Odes upon Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shuku awase, shiki no hana)

Rabbit-Ear Irises in Autumn, from the series "Choicest Odes upon Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shuku awase, shiki no hana)"

Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River

Three Komuso Monks: The Actors Ichikawa Ebizo (Danjuro V) as Kudo Suketsune (right), Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga no Juro Sukenari (center), and Ichikawa Omezo I as Soga no Goro Tokimune (left), in Act Six of the Play Waka Murasaki Edokko Soga (Pale Purple Soga, Edo Style), Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the Twenty-third Day of the First Month, 1792

Act X (Judanme), from the series "Perspective Pictures of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Uki-e kanadehon Chushingura)"

Act V (Godanme), from the series "Perspective Pictures of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Uki-e kanadehon Chushingura)"

Act VIII (Hachidanme), from the series "Perspective Pictures of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Uki-e kanadehon Chushingura)"

Act VII (Shichidanme), from the series "Perspective Pictures of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Uki-e kanadehon Chushingura)"

Act VI (Rokudanme), from the series "Perspective Pictures of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Uki-e kanadehon Chushingura)"

Act IV (Yondanme), from the series "Perspective Pictures of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Uki-e kanadehon Chushingura)"

Act III (Sandanme), from the series "Perspective Pictures of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Uki-e kanadehon Chushingura)"

Act II (Nidanme), from the series "Perspective Pictures of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Uki-e kanadehon Chushingura)"

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Karigane Obun, Nakayama Tomisaburo I as An no Oyasu, Iwai Kiyotaro II as Kaminari no Osha, Nakayama Tatezo I as Gokuin no Osen, and Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Hotei no Oichi (right to left), in "Gonin Onna," Scene One of the Play Waka Murasaki Edokko Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Second Month, 1792

The Entertainer Tamino and the Serving Girl Nui of the Sumiyoshiya

Cherry Blossoms in Spring, from the series "Choicest Odes upon Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shuku awase, shiki no hana)"

Women Cutting Branches of Bush Clover; The Noji Tama River in Omi Province, from an untitled series of the Six Tama Rivers

Women with Salt Pails; The Noda Tama River in Mutsu Province, from an untitled series of the Six Tama Rivers

Women in a Tea House

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in an Unidentified Role