Moronobu, who was born probably in 1625 and died in 1695, was the first important Japanese artist to design prints. As a painter he is highly renowned. He illustrated many books and made a considerable number of single-sheet prints, which were all either in plain black or coloured by hand. His works are now very rare.[6]
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Large
sumi-yé (ink print). Matsukaze-Murasame; a
nobleman and two ladies at the seashore watching two
women dipping salt water in buckets.
2
Sumi-yé. A man and a
woman seated on the floor of a room.
3
Sumi-yé. Woman reading
from a book to a man reclining on the floor by her side.
Near them a maid-servant and utensils containing
refreshments.
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Sumi-yé. Scene in the
Yoshiwara.
TORII KIYONOBU
Founder of the Torii line and one of the leading artists of the Ukiyoé school. Inventor of the tan-yé, or prints coloured by hand with red lead (Japanese tan). He was born in 1664 and died on August 22, 1729. His style of drawing was characterized by great boldness and vigour.
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Large
tan-yé. The actor Dekijima Hanya as a woman
seated upon a sakura tree in bloom.
6
Small
tan-yé. The actor Ikushima Daikichi as a
woman holding two small dogs.
7
Small
tan-yé. The actor Kamimura Kichisaburo as a
dancing-girl.
8
Large
hand-coloured print. The actor Ikushima
Daikichi as an oiran on parade, followed by OÌ tani
Hiroji as a servant holding an umbrella over her.
9
Tall
hand-coloured print. The actor Bando
Hikosaburo.
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10
Urushi-yé. Ichikawa
Monnosuke as a strolling player carrying a monkey on
his back.
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11
Urushi-yé. The
elopement of Yaoya Hanbei and O-Chiya.
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12
Urushi-yé. A
dancing-girl.
TORII KIYOMASU
Eldest son of Kiyonobu, whom he succeeded as the head of the Torii line. His work closely resembles that of his father. He was born about 1685 and died on January 2, 1764.
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KIYONAGA. Holiday Group at Gotenyama.
13
Large
sumi-yé. An actors' boating party on the
Sumidagawa.
14
Large
tan-yé. The actors Yoshizawa Ayame and Kanto
Koroku.
15
Large
tan-yé. The actors Kanto Koroku and Ikushima
Daikichi.
16
Large
beni-yé. Ichikawa DanjuÌ roÌ as an enraged
warrior.
17
Beni-yé. Onoe KikugoroÌ
in a female rôle.
18
Beni-yé. Scene from a
drama. The actors Tomazawa SaijiroÌ (on horseback),
OÌ tani Hiroji, and Segawa KikunojoÌ . The beni has
turned to a low-toned yellow.
19
Urushi-yé. Scene from a
drama. OÌ tani Oniji (on horseback) threatening Sannogawa
Ichimatsu in the rôle of a woman who has seized his
bridle rein.
20
Beni-yé. Scene from a
drama. Sawamura SojuÌ roÌ as Sasaki no SaburoÌ and
Nakamura TomijuÌ roÌ as Mago no Koroku.
FURUYAMA MOROMASA
Pupil, and perhaps the son, of Moronobu. He devoted himself chiefly to painting, but designed a few prints, most of which are ukiyé, or perspective pictures, in the style of Okumura Masanobu.
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Large
hand-coloured ukiyé, or perspective print. A
game of ken in a room in a nobleman's house.
OKUMURA MASANOBU
One of the most eminent of the Ukiyoé artists. His drawings were greatly admired for their rare combination of force and refinement, and he exercised wide influence over his contemporaries and successors to the end of the eighteenth century. He was the first artist to use blocks from which prints were coloured in flat tints. These were printed in the red known as beni, green, and black, and were known as beni-yé. He was also the first artist to make the tall, narrow pillar prints (ha-shira-yé), and was the inventor of the perspective prints which he called ukiyé. His true name was Okumura Genpachi, and he was commonly known as honya (bookseller) Genpachi, from the fact that he was the proprietor of a wholesale and retail book and print shop at the sign of the “red gourd” in Tori-shio choÌ , Yedo.
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Large
sumi-yé. Woman seated by a writing-table,
reading a book.
23
Urushi-yé. Bando
Hikosaburo as a warrior resisting the opening of a castle
door.
24
Tall
beni-yé. A geisha playing upon a
samisen.
25
Large
sumi-yé. A woman with a pet cat watching a
man dip water from a chozubachi.
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Large
beni-yé. Segawa KikunojoÌ as an oiran
lighting her pipe at a hibachi in the hands of her
kamuro, and Sannogawa Ichimatsu as a man holding an
umbrella over her.
27
Undivided
beni-yé triptych. Street scene. A boy
kneeling to put on a woman's geta; a man playing upon a
shakuhachi; and another man carrying an umbrella.
28
Undivided
triptych. Three women carrying
umbrellas.
OKUMURA TOSHINOBU
Toshinobu, the son of Masanobu, was an artist of decided talent who died young. His known works, which resemble those of his father, are all urushi-yé, and were designed about 1730-1736.
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Ichimura Uzaemon as a
dancing-girl.
30
Woman dressing.
31
Sanjo KentaroÌ in a female
rôle.
TSUNEKAWA SHIGENOBU
An early Ukiyoé artist of whom little is known. His prints are extremely rare.
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Urushi-yé. Arashi Wakano
in the rôle of Shida no KotaroÌ .
NISHIMURA SHIGENAGA
Son of Shigenobu. Born in 1697 and died in 1756. An artist of ability who exercised marked influence upon the development of the school. His prints are very uneven in quality.
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Tall
hand-coloured print. The actor Sannogawa
Ichimatsu as a woman holding a folded letter.
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Urushi-yé. Segawa
Kikunojo as a woman holding a warrior's helmet.
35
Beni-yé. Procession of
the Corean ambassadors.
ISHIKAWA TOYONOBU
One of the most important of the Ukiyoé masters. Born in 1711, died in 1785. Pupil of Shigenaga, and probably of Masanobu whose style he closely assimilated.
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Large
beni-yé. The actors Segawa Kikunojo and
Sannogawa Ichimatsu.
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37
Wide
print from three colour-blocks. Women and
children at the seashore.
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38
Tall
hand-coloured print. Segawa KikunojoÌ as a
woman reading a letter.
39
Two
sheets from a beni-yé triptych. Musume
carrying umbrellas.
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Beni-yé. Mother and
son.
41
Print
from three colour-blocks. Boys rolling a
large snowball.
42
Print
from three colour-blocks. Man struggling with
a refractory umbrella; a woman looking on.
TORII KIYOHIRO
KIYONAGA. Picnic Party.
Pupil of Kiyomasu. His known works are exclusively beni-yé, executed from about 1745 to about 1755.
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Beni-yé. Nakamura
HatsugoroÌ as Sakura no Suké.
TORII SHIRO
Known as Kiyonobu the second, all of his prints being signed Torii Kiyonobu. He was the eldest son of Kiyomasu. Worked from about 1740 to about 1755, when it is probable that his death occurred. Some of the most charming of the beni-yé prints are from his hand.
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Beni-yé. Yamamoto
IwanojoÌ as a woman dancing by a fox-trap in a rice
field under a blossoming cherry tree.
TORII KIYOMITSU
Second son of Kiyomasu, whom he succeeded as the head of the Torii line. An artist of distinction. Was the first to add a third colour-block to the original two. He was born in 1735 and died in 1785. After 1765 he designed only a few prints, and appears to have designed none later than about 1768.
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Wide
print from three colour-blocks. The NoÌ
performance of “Musume
DoÌ joÌ ji.”
46
Wide
print from three colour-blocks. Daimyo
procession game by women and children.
47
Print
from three colour-blocks. Iwai HanshiroÌ as
a woman reading a letter while seated upon a
carabao.
48
Beni-yé. Scene from a
drama. Ichimura KamezoÌ (standing) as Wakemi GoroÌ and
Nakamura TomijuÌ roÌ as Akoya.
SUZUKI HARUNOBU
The central figure in Ukiyoé and the eminent master under whose hand the art of colour-printing was brought to perfection in the sixties of the eighteenth century. He was a draughtsman of extreme elegance and power, and his works have a charm that is peculiarly their own. He died on July 7, 1770, when, says Shiba Kokan in his book “Kokan Kokai-ki,” he “had hardly passed his fortieth year.”
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Girl attendant in an archery
gallery gathering up arrows. One sheet of a diptych.
50
A young woman showing a caged
bird to a young man seated before her, and
surreptitiously taking a love letter from him.
51
A vendor of fan mounts stopping
to talk to a young woman standing in front of a
shop.
52
Hashira-yé. Woman
writing a love letter.
53
Hashira-yé. Woman
holding a pet dog.
54
Burlesque scene. Girls carrying
Daikoku (the genius of wealth—one of the “Seven Fortune-beings”).
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Girls carrying Daikoku. A later
impression with different colouring.
56
An archer and two girls near a
screen. Calendar for 1765.
57
Young woman before a torii,
carrying a hammer and nails with which to perform an
incantation.
58
Two young women on their way to
the public bath-house through a storm of snow and
rain.
59
Two girls on a terrace near a
torii, in the time of the cherry-blossoming.
60
Two girls gathering mume flowers
from a tree overhanging a wall.
61
Woman reading a letter by the
light of an andon (portable lamp with wind screen) which
another woman is trimming.
62
Geisha and a young girl standing
on the bank near the rapids of the Tamagawa.
63
Young woman seated in a window,
conversing with another young woman seated on the floor
and holding a picture-book.
64
Young man removing snow from the
geta of a young woman.
65
Woman lying upon the floor of a
room, reading a book, and another woman standing beside
her, holding a pipe.
66
Young woman seated on a veranda
after her bath, having her back massaged by her
maid.
67
Young man talking to a girl
through the bars of a window.
68
A burlesque apparition of Fugen.
Instead of the Buddhist divinity, a young woman seated on
an elephant appears on a cloud before a priest kneeling
in prayer.
69
Lovers walking in the snow under
an umbrella. One of Harunobu's most distinguished
prints.
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70
The Sleeping Elder Sister. First
state. Early impression signed by the printer,
Kyosen.
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71
The Sleeping Elder Sister.
Second state. Changes made in the blocks and
colouring.
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72
The Sleeping Elder Sister. Still
later impression. Colouring changed again, and the number
of blocks increased from ten to thirteen.
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The Hole in the Wall.
74
Mother holding her infant
son.
75
At the entrance gate.
76
Mother taking her infant son
from another woman and handing her a letter.
77
Lovers in a palace.
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78
Musume walking up a flight of
steps leading to a temple.
79
Lovers playing battledore and
shuttlecock; the young man climbing a ladder to disengage
the shuttlecock caught upon the branch of a mume
tree.
80
Hashira-yé. Woman in
night attire standing by her bedside reading a
letter.
SHIBA KOKAN
An artist who is best known as a clever imitator of his master, Harunobu, whose signature he forged upon a number of prints. He also used the “goÌ ,” or studio name, Harushige in signing prints in the Harunobu manner. In later years he painted pictures in semi-European style, and made copper-plate engravings which were coloured by hand. He was born in 1747 and died in 1818.
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81
The courtyard of a house in the
Yoshiwara. A woman reading a letter and a girl attendant
standing beside her holding a tray. Signed Harunobu.
SHOSHOKEN
This is the pseudonym of an artist of distinction whose identity has not been determined. His known works are calendar prints for 1765.
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82
Stout lady crossing a room in a
palace supported by two attendants. The use of gold leaf
is notable.
KITAO SHIGEMASA
One of the noted artists of the school. Was famous for his skill as a calligrapher, being reputed to have no superior in his day in either of the “three capitals,” Yedo, Kyoto, or Osaka. His prints, which are rare, are generally of much distinction. He was born in 1740, and died in the second month of Bunsei 3 (February or March, 1820).
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83
Children's puppet show.
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84
Beni-yé. Segawa
KikunojoÌ and Ichimura Uzaemon as Izumo no Okuni and
Nagoya Sanza, two komuso, playing upon shaku-hachi.
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Two geishas.
ISODA KORYUSAI
The most important pupil of Harunobu, whose style he followed closely in his early works. Later he developed a manner of his own. As a designer of pillar prints and of prints of birds, he was especially successful. He was a samurai and associated with samurai of the superior class. The director of the mint was one of his most intimate friends and patrons. About 1781 he gave up print-designing, devoted himself to painting, and was given the honorary title of Hokyo. The dates of his birth and death are not known.
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86
Hashira-yé. Musume
leaping from the balcony of Kiyomidzu temple with an
umbrella as a parachute.
87
Woman standing on the engawa of
a house, admiring snow-laden bamboo branches; back of
her, a girl and a young boy looking through a
window.
88
A Yoshiwara beauty arranging
flowers; two girl attendants looking on.
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89
Hashira-yé. Musume
carrying her infant brother.
90
Hashira-yé. Young woman
poling a boat in a lily-pond.
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91
A Yoshiwara beauty on parade,
attended by a girl and a boy.
92
Hashira-yé. The bijin
JuroÌ jin. A young woman is represented in place of the
long-life being whose attributes are a crane and a
tortoise.
KATSUKAWA SHUNSHO
A contemporary of Harunobu and one of the greatest of the Ukiyoé artists. He was highly renowned in his day and had many pupils who became famous. Most of his prints were portraits of actors in character. He was born in 1726 and died on January 22, 1793.
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93
Segawa Kikunojo as a woman
holding a red fan.
94
Two actors in character. The
seated figure is DanjuÌ roÌ , the leading “star” of the Yedo stage.
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95
Actor in a female rôle.
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96
Iwai HanshiroÌ as a woman
standing and holding a fan behind her.
97
Yamashita Kinsaku in a female
rôle.
98
Actor of the Ichikawa line in
the rôle of Shibaraku at the Ichimura theatre.
99
OÌ tani Hiroji as an Amazake
vendor.
100
Hashira-yé. Nobleman
carrying a court lady on his back. Probably a parody upon
the suicide of Ohan and Choyaemon.
101
Wide
hashira-yé. The Woman in Red.
IPPITSUSAI BUNCHOÌ
An artist of samurai rank who, for a few years, designed actor prints in the manner of Shunsho, which have great distinction of style and colour. He was celebrated also as a writer of comic odes. He died on May 18, 1796.
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BUNCHO. Actor as Woman talking to Men.
102
Bando Hikosaburo as a woman of
the Yoshiwara talking to a group of men through the
misé.
103
Nakamura TomijuÌ roÌ as Josan
no Miya.
KIYONAGA. Man and two Women approaching Temple.
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104
A Yoshiwara beauty accompanied
by her kamuro (girl attendant) bearing a cage of
fireflies.
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105
Ichikawa KorazoÌ as a man
carrying an actor's dressing-case.
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106
Scene from a drama. Yamashita
Kinsaku as a woman holding a roll of paper, conversing
with Ichikawa KomazoÌ , who holds a letter in his
hand.
KATSUKAWA SHUNKOÌ
Pupil of Shunsho and generally regarded as his most talented follower. His career as a print-designer was cut short by a stroke of paralysis when he was in his forty-fifth or forty-sixth year, but he lived for about [pg 43] forty years thereafter as a recluse at Zenfukuji temple, Azabu, Yedo, where he died in 1827.
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107
Iwai Hanshiro in a female
rôle.
108
The actor Ichikawa
Monnosuke.
109
Nakamura TomijuÌroÌ as a
tsuzumi player.
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110
Arashi Tatsuzo as a woman
flower-vendor.
KATSUKAWA SHUNYEI
Pupil of ShunshoÌ and an artist of ability. At first, for a short time, he called himself ShunjoÌ . He was born in 1767, and died on December 13, 1819.
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111
A bijin.
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112
Ichikawa Monnosuke in a female
rôle.
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113
Scene from the tenth act of
“Chushingura.”
114
Ichikawa KomazoÌ .
UTAGAWA TOYOHARU
Pupil of Toyonobu. As a painter his reputation is justly high. He did not design many prints. He was born in 1735 and died on March 3, 1814.
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114
Cock, hen and chickens.
TORII KIYONAGA
Everything considered, the greatest artist of the Ukiyoé school and the culminating figure in its forward movement. He was born in 1742 and died in 1815. His finest prints were designed between 1780 and 1790.
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116
The Writing-lesson.
117
Fair travellers resting on a
bench by the roadside.
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118
Two geishas entertaining a young
man.
119
Court ladies on the engawa of a
palace.
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120
Three girls going to the baths
at the hot springs near Miyanoshita.
121
Man and two women masquerading
in komusoÌ attire.
122
Group of three women and a
boy.
123
Two women standing beside a
seated geisha who is playing on a samisen.
124
Yoshiwara beauty attended by two
women (shinzo) and two girls (kamuro).
125
Two young women and a servant on
the balcony of an inn.
126
Family group on their way to a
temple for the naming ceremony of the boy who is carried
on the shoulders of an attendant.
127
An actor and two women examining
utensils for the tea ceremony.
128
Women and children promenading
in summer costume.
129
Scene from a drama. Two actors
playing the game of “go”
with mume blossoms, and a third actor as a woman in the
rôle of an umpire standing between them.
130
Two young women walking under an
umbrella and followed by a servant.
131
Man in a black haori approaching
a temple through the snow, accompanied by two women.
132
Diptych. Group of women
under a cherry tree.
133
Diptych. Holiday group
under the cherry trees at Gotenyama. One of a series of
twelve diptychs that are among Kiyonaga's finest
works.
134
Boating party under Ryogoku
bridge. Two sheets of a triptych.
135
Triptych. The Peony
(botan) Show.
136
Triptych. Women landing
from a pleasure boat.
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137
Hashira-yé. Woman in
winter costume.
138
Triptych. A picnic party
under the cherry trees.
139
Group of women on the bank of
the Sumida river.
140
Group of women near a
temple.
141
Three women at a public
bath-house.
KATSUKAWA SHUNCHO
Pupil of ShunshoÌ . Followed the style of Torii Kiyonaga. His works closely resemble those of the Torii master, but have less force. Worked from about 1775 to about 1795. In some of his later prints he imitated Eishi's prints in the Utamaro manner. The dates of his birth and death are not known.
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142
One sheet of a triptych showing
a nobleman's mansion from the garden, with the people
engaged in various occupations.
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143
Women watching girls bouncing
balls.
144
Diptych. Group at the
entrance to a temple.
145
Three women in a temple
compound.
SHUNCHO. Women watching Girls bouncing Balls.
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146
Group of girls at a tea booth by
the seashore.
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147
A picnic party. Two sheets of a
triptych.
148
Women picking wild flowers under
a cherry tree in bloom.
HOSODA EISHI
One of the foremost artists of the school. He was a samurai of high rank, and a pupil of Kano Eisen. For three years before he took to Ukiyoé he held an official post in the household of the shogun Iyeharu. Eishi was a master of all the resources of the art of colour-printing and his prints are characterized by great elegance and refinement. He worked from about 1782 to 1800, when he gave up print-designing. He died in 1829.
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149
Triptych. Eight women
and a man playing the game of “Catch the fox.”
150
Group of Yoshiwara women and
attendants.
151
Someyama and her kamuro playing
with a pet dog.
152
Yoshiwara women admiring a
branch of mume tree with unopened flower buds.
153
Triptych. Fête in a
nobleman's palace. Ladies composing poems.
EISHI. Fête in a nobleman's palace.
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154
Another copy of the foregoing
triptych. Shows how beautifully the purple changes by
chemical decomposition.
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155
Oiran and attendants on
parade.
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156
A Yoshiwara beauty. Ink proof of
the key block.
157
Two women entering a room in the
palace of Prince Genji, where a young girl is seated
playing with a kitten.
YEISHOSAI CHOKI
An artist of ability, though not quite of the first rank. His prints are rare. He worked at first in the style of Kiyonaga. Later he imitated Utamaro, and changed his “goÌ ,” or studio name, to Momokawa Shiko.
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158
Woman and child catching
fireflies.
TOSHUSAI SHARAKU
This artist was by profession a performer of the stately and aristocratic No dramas in the service of Hachisuka, Daimyo of Awa. During the period from about 1790 to 1795 he designed a small number of caricature portraits of actors, which have great force and distinguished character.
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159
The actor[7]
Tanimura TorazoÌ in the rôle of Kakogawa HonzoÌ .
160
Ichikawa EbizoÌ in the rôle of
Ko no Moronao. This print bears an inscription, probably
contemporary, giving the date 1794.
161
Onoe Matsusuke as one of the
Loyal Ronin.
162
Rando HikosaburoÌ in the rôle
of Yuranosuke.
163
Iwai HanshiroÌ in the rôle of
Oishi, wife of Yuranosuke.
164
Ichikawa Monnosuke as one of the
Loyal Ronin.
165
Morita Kanya as one of the Loyal
Ronin.
166
Segawa TominojoÌ in the rôle of
Kaoyo Gozen, wife of Yenya.
167
Sawamura SojuÌ roÌ in the rôle
of Yenya Hanguwan.
168
Arashi TatsuzoÌ in the rôle of
Yoichibei.
169
Sakata HangoroÌ as
Ten-ichi-boÌ Hotaku.
170
Segawa TominojoÌ and Nakamura
ManjuÌ roÌ in female rôles.
171
Nakajima Utaemon and Nakamura
KonozoÌ .
172
Ichikawa OmezoÌ in the rôle of
Sukeroku.
173
Matsumoto KoshiroÌ in the rôle
of the otokadaté Banzuin Chobei. This print is commonly
known as “The man with the
pipe.”
174
Matsumoto YonesaburoÌ in the
rôle of Okaru, wife of Kampei.
175
Ichikawa YaozoÌ in the rôle of
Hayano Kampei.
176
Kosagawa TsuneyoÌ in the rôle
of Tonasé, wife of Kakogawa HonzoÌ .
177
OÌ tani Oniji in the rôle of
Sadakuro.
178
Sannogawa Ichimatsu in a female
rôle.
178a
Nakayama TomisaburoÌ in the
rôle of Komurasaki, and Ichikawa KomazoÌ as her lover,
Shirai Gompachi, walking with her under a huge
umbrella.
SHARAKU. Two Actors.
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179
Segawa TominojoÌ .
KITAGAWA UTAMARO
One of the most gifted and most widely known of the Ukiyoé masters. Extraordinarily facile and brilliant. Born in 1753 and died in 1806.
LENT BY SAMUAL ISHAM.
180
Triptych. Imaginative
view of a fête in a Chinese palace. It is a medley of
Chinese and Japanese details intended as a take-off upon
the treatment of Chinese subjects by the painters of the
classic schools.
181
The hour of the Boar (9 to 12
P.M.). One of a set illustrating the twelve hours into
which the Japanese day is divided.
182
Diptych. Women in a
nobleman's palace, painting kakemono.
183
Yoshiwara beauties on
parade.
183a
A sheet from the “Washing day” triptych.
184
Woman helping a man attire
himself in ceremonial dress.
185
Woman bending over to see a baby
which another woman is nursing while seated before a
mirror, arranging her hair.
186
Woman talking to a fan-mount
vendor.
187
Triptych. The
persimmon-gatherers.
188
Triptych. Procession of
a noble lady and women attendants on their way to a
temple, bearing offerings.
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189
Triptych. Shadows on the
shoji. Illustrations of three effects of sake (rice
wine).
190
Woman arranging flowers.
191
The kitchen. One sheet of a
diptych.
192
A night excursion. One of
Utamaro's most famous prints.
LENT BY HAMILTON EASTER FIELD.
193
Hairdresser combing a girl's
hair.
194
Woman with a young boy on her
back, watching three puppies at play.
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195
Kitao Masanobu drunk with sake
at a fête in a daimyo's palace. Part of a triptych.
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196
Woman wearing a black zukin, and
a maid bearing a lantern.
197
Woman standing on a pier,
holding an umbrella, and conversing with a man seated
under the canopy of a boat.
198
Woman bearing a teacup on a
lacquer stand.
199
Woman raising the mosquito
netting over her bed to read a letter by the light of an
andon.
200
Three performers in a niwaka, or
burlesque theatrical procession, in the streets of the
Yoshiwara.
201
Woman holding in her mouth a
“pokan-pokan”—a musical
toy of thin glass which makes a peculiar sound when air
is blown through it.
202
Triptych. Boating
party.
203
Triptych. The awabé
divers of Isé.
204
Triptych. Women and
children on a bridge.
UTAMARO. Woman with a Musical Toy.
UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI
A brilliant artist of high repute in his day. Some of his prints, especially the earlier ones, are of distinguished quality. He was born in 1769 and died on February 24, 1825.
LENT BY A HAMILTON EASTER FIELD.
205
Triptych. Street scene
in the Yoshiwara.
206
Large head of an actor.
LENT BY HAMILTON EASTER FIELD.
207
The actor Koraiya.
LENT BY HOWARD MANSFIELD.
208
Musume raising a large
umbrella.
209
Triptych. Women in a
public bath-house.
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210
Triptych. The Six
Tamagawa, represented by six women washing strips of
cloth in a rapid-flowing stream.
LENT BY A COLLECTOR
211
Woman accompanied by a maid
carrying a lantern.
212
Triptych. Lady emerging
from a kago; her attendants grouped about her.
TOYOKUNI. Women in Bath House.
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI
A master of extraordinary versatility and power. Perhaps the most widely known of all the Japanese artists. He was born in 1760 and died in the spring of 1849.
213
Winter landscape.
214
Cranes on a snow-laden pine
tree.
215
Iris.
216
Turtles swimming.
LENT BY HAMILTON EASTER FIELD.
217
Fuji san seen beneath a wave of
the sea at Kanazawa. Hokusai's famous “wave.”
LENT BY HOWARD MANSFIELD.
218
View of Fuji from Ushibori; a
large boat moored in the foreground.
