EditorialYamatoya: Bando Mitsugoro II as Ishii Genzo, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)". Utagawa Toyokuni I ?? ?? ??; Japanese, 1769-1825. Date: 1794. Dimensions: 35 x 23.1 cm (13 3/4 x 9 1/16 in.). Color woodblock print...
EditorialThe actor Bando Mitsugoro II as Ishii Genzo. Toshusai Sharaku ??? ??; Japanese, active 1794-95. Date: 1794. Dimensions: 37.5 ? 24.7 cm (14 3/4 ? 9 3/4 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialThe actor Bando Mitsugoro II as Ishii Genzo. Toshusai Sharaku ??? ??; Japanese, active 1794-95. Date: 1794. Dimensions: 37.5 ? 24.7 cm (14 3/4 ? 9 3/4 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialToshiko Ishii, who runs a traditional hotel, in the Taito Ward of Tokyo, Aug. 6, 2021. Ishii spent over $180,000 converting the building's first floor into a restaurant in anticipation of a flood of tourists. (James Whitlow Delano/The New York Times)