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Night Rain at a Shrine

Night Rain at a Shrine

Kitao Shigemasa

1760–1764

Medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban, mizu-e
Dimensions: 31.2 × 14 cm (12 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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A Geisha and Her Maid

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The Treasure Ship

The Treasure Ship

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Courtesans of Okamoto, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Courtesans of Okamoto, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Kitao Shigemasa, 1776

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo II as Fujitaro, disguised as the ferryman Tomokichi, in the play "Shomei Mugen no Kane," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the ninth month, 1767

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo II as Fujitaro, disguised as the ferryman Tomokichi, in the play "Shomei Mugen no Kane," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the ninth month, 1767

Kitao Shigemasa, 1767

Courtesans of Kiriya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Courtesans of Kiriya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Kitao Shigemasa, 1776

Courtesans of Ogiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Courtesans of Ogiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1

Kitao Shigemasa, 1776

Courtesans of Maruebiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Courtesans of Maruebiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Kitao Shigemasa, 1776

Young Boy Beseeching Hotei

Young Boy Beseeching Hotei

Kitao Shigemasa, 1775

Plum Tree in Blossom

Plum Tree in Blossom

Kitao Shigemasa, 1813

Courtesans of Otawaraya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Courtesans of Otawaraya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Kitao Shigemasa, 1776

The Ninth Ichimura Uzaemon in the Title Role of the Drama Nagoya Sanza

The Ninth Ichimura Uzaemon in the Title Role of the Drama Nagoya Sanza

Kitao Shigemasa, 1757

Ono no Dofu as a Young Man Watching a Frog Jumping at a Willow Branch

Ono no Dofu as a Young Man Watching a Frog Jumping at a Willow Branch

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Night Rain at a Shrine by Kitao Shigemasa — VisualArtsDB