Japanese (culture or style)

7,776 artworks

The Courtesans Senzan, Yasono, and Yasoji of the Chojiya

Torii Kiyonaga, 1785

A Young Man Dressed as an Actor of the Ichikawa Family (by Shunsho), a Maid and a Geisha (by Shuncho)

Katsukawa Shunsho, 1785

The Actor Ichikawa Omezo I as Koyurugi Motomenosuke (?) in the Play Haru no Nishiki Date-zome Soga (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1790 (?)

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, 1785

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Benkei in the Play Dai Danna Kanjincho, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1790

Katsukawa Shun'ei, 1785

Myriad Birds: A Kyoka Competition (Momo chidori kyoka awase)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1785

The Actors Nakayama Kojuro VI (Nakamura Nakazo I) as Hatchotsubute no Kiheiji, Otani Hiroji III as Miura Arajiro, Ichikawa Yaozo III as Akugenta Yoshihira, Sawamura Sojuro III as Taira no Shigemori, in the shosa "Fukyoku Edo Geisha," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1785

Torii Kiyonaga, 1785

The Actor Asao Tamejuro I as Drunken Gotobei in the Play Yoshitsune Koshigoe Jo, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1790

Katsukawa Shun'ei, 1785

The Actor Sakata Hangoro III as Omi no Kotoda in the Play Haru no Nishiki Date-zome Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Second Month, 1790

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, 1785

Mount Goten, from the illustrated book "Statue of Fugen (Fugen-zo)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1785

Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as Akita Jônosuke Yoshikage in a “Shibaraku” role in “Memorial Service for St. Nichiren: A Model of ‘The Potted Trees’”(“Mieiko Nori no Hachi no Ki”)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, 1786

The Fourth Month (Shigatsu), from the series "The Twelve Months (Juni toki)"

Chôbunsai Eishi, 1786

The Actor Nakayama Tomisaburo I as Lady Tokiwa (Tokiwa Gozen) (?) in the Play Kimmenuki Genke no Kakutsuba (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1791 (?)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, 1786

No. 2: Chinese boys copying paintings and writing Japanese, from the series "Children Say 'This is Japan!' and Imitate the Games They See in Picturebooks (Yodo iu koitsu wa Nippon, ezoshi o mite yori sono gai ni asobu)"

Torii Kiyonaga, 1786

The Fifth Month (Gogatsu), from the series "The Twelve Months (Juni toki)"

Chôbunsai Eishi, 1786

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as the monk Shunkan in the play "Shunkan Shima Monogatari," performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the ninth month, 1791

Katsukawa Shun'ei, 1786

Kiyomizu, from the series "Seven Komachi (Nana Komachi)"

Chôbunsai Eishi, 1786

Benten Shrine in Shinobazu Pond

Katsukawa Shunchô, 1786

Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Mori no Rammaru in “Muromacho Chronicle in Kana Script” (“Kanagaki Muromachi bundan”)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, 1786

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as the Spirit of Lady Shiragiku in the Play Hatsu Midori Saiwai Soga, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the Third Month, 1791

Katsukawa Shun'ei, 1786

Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô III as Oda Kazusanosuke Harunaga in “Muromacho Chronicle in Kana Script” (“Kanagaki Muromachi bundan”)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, 1786

No. 4: Chinese boys playing a raffle game, from the series "Children Say 'This is Japan!' and Imitate the Games They See in Picturebooks (Yodo iu koitsu wa Nippon, ezoshi o mite yori sono gai ni asobu)"

Torii Kiyonaga, 1786

Potted Violets: Jiraiya (Tsubo sumire, Jiraiya), from the series "Contemporary Parodies of the Thirty-six Selected Flowers (Tosei mitate sanjurokkasen)"

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1786

The Actor Ichikawa Omezo I as Kamei Rokuro Disguised as the Servant Dadahei in the Play Kimmenuki Genke no Kakutsuba, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1791

Katsukawa Shun'ei, 1786

Ko no Morono (Taka no Mronao) in the Play Chushingura

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1786