EditorialMikawa Province: Horai Temple in the Mountains (Mikawa, Horaiji sangan), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)". Utagawa Hiroshige ?? ??; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1853. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print;...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Soga no Dozaburo (?) in the Play Shida Yuzuriha Horai Soga (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the First Month, 1775 (?). Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1770-1780. Dimensions: 29.8 x 13.5 cm ...
EditorialThe Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Soga no Goro in the play "Hatachiyama Horai Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1759. Torii Kiyomitsu I; Japanese, 1735-1785. Date: 1759. Dimensions: 11 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. Color woodblock print; h...
EditorialThe Actor Otani Oniji II as Asahina Saburo in the play "Hatachiyama Horai Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1759. Torii Kiyosato; Japanese, active c. 1751-64. Date: 1759. Dimensions: 12 3/8 x 5 7/8 in. Color woodblock print; ...
EditorialThe Actor Nakamura Noshio I as Oiso no Tora (?) in the Play Shida Yuzuriha Horai Soga (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the First Month, 1775 (?). Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1770-1780. Dimensions: 32.4 x 14.8 cm (12 3...
EditorialThe Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Spirit of Taira no Masakado Disguised as Otomo no Kuronushi in the Play Shida Yuzuriha Horai Soga, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1775. Tamagawa Shunsui; Japanese, active c. 1770s. Date: 1770-17...
EditorialThe Actor Tomizawa Montaro I as Miyako no Mae in the play "Izu Genji Horai Yakata," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1736. Okumura Masanobu; Japanese, 1686-1764. Date: 1736. Dimensions: 31.5 x 15.0 cm. Hand-colored woodblock pri...
EditorialThe Actor Tomizawa Montaro I as Miyako no Mae in the play "Izu Genji Horai Yakata," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1736. Torii Kiyomasu II; Japanese, 1706 (?)-1763 (?). Date: 1736. Dimensions: 30.6 x 15.2 cm. Hand-colored wood...