EditorialTwenty-four Japanese examples of branch piety for the Honors (series title), The Soga brothers in front of the tent of Kudo Suketsume in the Yoritomo hunting camp. The Story of the Soga Brothers is about the revenge that the brothers take on the death ...
EditorialInro with lilies Inro with Yoritomo and cranes, peach-shaped nestuke, ojime, Box of gold lacquer, consisting of five parts, with a representation in inlaid ivory and gold leaf (kirikane), nashiji, and different colors of gold hira and taka makie, of fi...
EditorialThe Actor Arashi Sangoro II as Minamoto no Yoritomo in a dance interlude in scene two of the Joruri "Courtesan's Rouge on a Snow White Face (Oyama Beni Yuki no Sugao)" from the play "Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysanthemums (Myot...
EditorialThe Actors Arashi Sangoro II as Minamoto no Yoritomo (right), Segawa Kikunojo II as Yuki Onna (center), and Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Kajiwara Genta no Kagetoki, in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Mon...
EditorialThe Actors Arashi Sangoro II as Minamoto no Yoritomo Disguised as the Hat Maker (Ebosi Ori) Daitaro, and Segawa Kikunojo II as the Snow Woman (Yuki Onna), in the Dance Sequence "Oyama Beni Yuki no Sugao" (Courtesan's Rouge on a Snow White Face), from t...
EditorialThe Actors Nakamura Kiyosaburo I as Matsuyama and Ichimura Kamezo I as Wanya Kyubei in the play "Yoritomo Gunbai Kagami," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1749. Ishikawa Toyonobu; Japanese, 1711-1785. Date: 1749. Dimensions: 44....
EditorialIshibashi yama, Mount Ishibashi., Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861, artist, [between 1830 and 1844], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 11.8 x 12.2 cm., Print shows a samurai (Yoritomo?) falling or pushed out of a cave on Mount Ishibashi, where he may have sought...
EditorialIshibashi yama, Mount Ishibashi., Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861, artist, [between 1830 and 1844], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 11.8 x 12.2 cm., Print shows a samurai (Yoritomo?) falling or pushed out of a cave on Mount Ishibashi, where he may have sought...
EditorialThe Actor Arashi Sangoro II as Minamoto no Yoritomo in a dance interlude in scene two of the Joruri "Courtesan's Rouge on a Snow White Face (Oyama Beni Yuki no Sugao)" from the play "Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysanthemums (Myot...
EditorialThe Actors Arashi Sangoro II as Minamoto no Yoritomo (right), Segawa Kikunojo II as Yuki Onna (center), and Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Kajiwara Genta no Kagetoki, in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Mon...
EditorialThe Actors Arashi Sangoro II as Minamoto no Yoritomo Disguised as the Hat Maker (Ebosi Ori) Daitaro, and Segawa Kikunojo II as the Snow Woman (Yuki Onna), in the Dance Sequence "Oyama Beni Yuki no Sugao" (Courtesan's Rouge on a Snow White Face), from t...
EditorialThe Actors Nakamura Kiyosaburo I as Matsuyama and Ichimura Kamezo I as Wanya Kyubei in the play "Yoritomo Gunbai Kagami," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1749. Ishikawa Toyonobu; Japanese, 1711-1785. Date: 1749. Dimensions: 44....
EditorialLord Minamoto Yoritomo Captures Takadate Castle in His Conquest of Mutsu Province (Minamoto Yoritomo ko Oshu seibatsu Takadachi no shojo o koraku su), and View of the Coast of Mutsu Province (Oshu kaigan ichiran). Utagawa Kuniteru II (Kunitsuna II); Ja...
EditorialProcession of Minamoto no Yoritomo across the Oi River (Minamoto Yoritomo ko Oikawa gyoretsu zu). Utagawa Sadahide; Japanese, 1807-1873. Date: 1863. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; oban triptych. Origin: Japan.
EditorialThe Actors Arashi Sangoro II as Minamoto no Yoritomo (right), Segawa Kikunojo II as Yuki Onna (center), and Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Kajiwara Genta no Kagetoki, in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Mon...
EditorialLord Minamoto Yoritomo Captures Takadate Castle in His Conquest of Mutsu Province (Minamoto Yoritomo ko Oshu seibatsu Takadachi no shojo o koraku su), and View of the Coast of Mutsu Province (Oshu kaigan ichiran). Utagawa Kuniteru II (Kunitsuna II); Ja...
EditorialProcession of Minamoto no Yoritomo across the Oi River (Minamoto Yoritomo ko Oikawa gyoretsu zu). Utagawa Sadahide; Japanese, 1807-1873. Date: 1863. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; oban triptych. Origin: Japan.
EditorialThe Actor Arashi Sangoro II as Minamoto no Yoritomo in a dance interlude in scene two of the Joruri "Courtesan's Rouge on a Snow White Face (Oyama Beni Yuki no Sugao)" from the play "Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysanthemums (Myot...
EditorialThe Actors Arashi Sangoro II as Minamoto no Yoritomo (right), Segawa Kikunojo II as Yuki Onna (center), and Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Kajiwara Genta no Kagetoki, in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Mon...
EditorialThe Actors Arashi Sangoro II as Minamoto no Yoritomo Disguised as the Hat Maker (Ebosi Ori) Daitaro, and Segawa Kikunojo II as the Snow Woman (Yuki Onna), in the Dance Sequence "Oyama Beni Yuki no Sugao" (Courtesan's Rouge on a Snow White Face), from t...
EditorialThe Actors Nakamura Kiyosaburo I as Matsuyama and Ichimura Kamezo I as Wanya Kyubei in the play "Yoritomo Gunbai Kagami," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1749. Ishikawa Toyonobu; Japanese, 1711-1785. Date: 1749. Dimensions: 44....
EditorialJapanese lady and retainers. Karaito ('The Tale of Karaito'). early Edo period (1640-1680). A Nara-ehon manuscript telling the story of a woman called Karaito who is imprisoned for attempting to assassinate Minamoto no Yoritomo but is rescued by her da...
EditorialSamurai and his lord. Karaito ('The Tale of Karaito'). early Edo period (1640-1680). A Nara-ehon manuscript telling the story of a woman called Karaito who is imprisoned for attempting to assassinate Minamoto no Yoritomo but is rescued by her daughter....
EditorialHorses and riders. Karaito ('The Tale of Karaito'). early Edo period (1640-1680). A Nara-ehon manuscript telling the story of a woman called Karaito who is imprisoned for attempting to assassinate Minamoto no Yoritomo but is rescued by her daughter. Th...
EditorialJapanese lady in travelling costume. Karaito ('The Tale of Karaito'). early Edo period (1640-1680). A Nara-ehon manuscript telling the story of a woman called Karaito who is imprisoned for attempting to assassinate Minamoto no Yoritomo but is rescued b...
EditorialWorshippers at a temple. Karaito ('The Tale of Karaito'). early Edo period (1640-1680). A Nara-ehon manuscript telling the story of a woman called Karaito who is imprisoned for attempting to assassinate Minamoto no Yoritomo but is rescued by her daught...
EditorialJapanese dance. Karaito ('The Tale of Karaito'). early Edo period (1640-1680). A Nara-ehon manuscript telling the story of a woman called Karaito who is imprisoned for attempting to assassinate Minamoto no Yoritomo but is rescued by her daughter. The f...
EditorialReading a scroll. Karaito ('The Tale of Karaito'). early Edo period (1640-1680). A Nara-ehon manuscript telling the story of a woman called Karaito who is imprisoned for attempting to assassinate Minamoto no Yoritomo but is rescued by her daughter. The...
EditorialJapanese horseman and retainers. Karaito ('The Tale of Karaito'). early Edo period (1640-1680). A Nara-ehon manuscript telling the story of a woman called Karaito who is imprisoned for attempting to assassinate Minamoto no Yoritomo but is rescued by he...
EditorialJapanese interior. Karaito ('The Tale of Karaito'). early Edo period (1640-1680). A Nara-ehon manuscript telling the story of a woman called Karaito who is imprisoned for attempting to assassinate Minamoto no Yoritomo but is rescued by her daughter. Th...
EditorialSoldier sleeping. Karaito ('The Tale of Karaito'). early Edo period (1640-1680). A Nara-ehon manuscript telling the story of a woman called Karaito who is imprisoned for attempting to assassinate Minamoto no Yoritomo but is rescued by her daughter. The...
EditorialIshibashi yama, Mount Ishibashi., Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861, artist, [between 1830 and 1844], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 11.8 x 12.2 cm., Print shows a samurai (Yoritomo?) falling or pushed out of a cave on Mount Ishibashi, where he may have sought...
EditorialIshibashi yama, Mount Ishibashi., Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861, artist, [between 1830 and 1844], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 11.8 x 12.2 cm., Print shows a samurai (Yoritomo?) falling or pushed out of a cave on Mount Ishibashi, where he may have sought...