73 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. LENT BY A COLLECTOR. 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. LENT BY SAMUEL ISHAM. 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. LENT BY SAMUEL ISHAM. 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). LENT BY HOWARD MANSFIELD. 83 Children’s puppet show. LENT BY THE ESTATE OF FRANCIS LATHROP, DECEASED. _ 84 Beni-yé._ Segawa KikunojoÌ and Ichimura Uzaemon as Izumo no Okuni and Nagoya Sanza, two komuso, playing upon shaku-hachi. LENT BY A COLLECTOR. 85 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. LENT BY SAMUEL ISHAM.