EditorialJapanese nobles. Horikawa Youchi Monogatari - The Tale of the night. Naraehon. Early Edo period (1640-1680. Japanese nobles and a horse. From Horikawa Youchi The night attack at Horikawa , a Nara-ehon manuscript dealing with an episode from the life of...
EditorialKatsushika Hokusai, Picture Book of the Pleasures of the East (Ehon azuma asobi), Japan, Edo period (16151868), Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 17601849 Tokyo (Edo)), 1799, Japan, Woodblock printed book; ink on paper, 10 7/16 ? 7 1/16 in. (26...
EditorialKatsushika Hokusai, Picture Book of The Tshisen (Chinese verses by Takai Ranzan), Series Seven (Tshisen ehon nanagon ritsu), Japan, Edo period (16151868), Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 17601849 Tokyo (Edo)), 1833, Japan, Set of five woodblo...
EditorialKatsushika Hokusai, Picture Book on the Use of Coloring, first volume (Ehon saishikits shohen), Japan, Edo period (16151868), Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 17601849 Tokyo (Edo)), 1848, Japan, Woodblock printed book; ink on paper and color s...
EditorialUtagawa Hiroshige, Picture Book for the Practice of Drawing (Ehon tebikigusa), Japan, Edo period (16151868), Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 17971858 Tokyo (Edo)), 1849, Japan, Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, each: 7 1/16 ? 4 1...
EditorialPages from the illustrated book "Panoramic Views along the Banks of the Sumida River (Ehon Sumidagawa ryogan ichiran)". Katsushika Hokusai ?? ??; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1801-1806. Dimensions: 23 x 36.4 cm. Color woodblock print; double-page illustr...
EditorialPages from the illustrated book "Panoramic Views along the Banks of the Sumida River (Ehon Sumidagawa ryogan ichiran)". Katsushika Hokusai ?? ??; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1801-1806. Dimensions: 22 x 30.9 cm. Color woodblock print; double-page illustr...
EditorialPages from the illustrated book "Panoramic Views along the Banks of the Sumida River (Ehon Sumidagawa ryogan ichiran)". Katsushika Hokusai ?? ??; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1801-1806. Dimensions: 26.2 x 61 cm. Color woodblock print; 4 pages from illust...
EditorialBon Festival Lanterns and Plant Seller, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 2. Kitagawa Utamaro ??? ??; Japanese, 1753 (?)-1806. Date: 1801. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; double-page i...
EditorialTwo Women and Attendant Caught in a Storm, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 2. Kitagawa Utamaro ??? ??; Japanese, 1753 (?)-1806. Date: 1801. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; double-pag...
EditorialOuting to View Maples in Autumn, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 2. Kitagawa Utamaro ??? ??; Japanese, 1753 (?)-1806. Date: 1801. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; double-page illustra...
EditorialTwo Women on Verandah on a Snowy Morning, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 2. Kitagawa Utamaro ??? ??; Japanese, 1753 (?)-1806. Date: 1801. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; double-page...
EditorialKerria and Iris, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 1. Kitagawa Utamaro ??? ??; Japanese, 1753 (?)-1806. Date: 1801. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; 2 pages from illustrated book. Origi...
EditorialThe Actor Kasaya Matakuro II as the Boatman Rokuzo in an Unidentified Play, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Fifth Month, 1770. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 27.7 x 15 cm (10 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.) (trimmed)...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Watanabe Kiou Takiguchi (?) in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1770 (?). Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1765-1775. Dimensions: 24...