Japanese Colour-Prints and Their Designers — John Shaqi
Japanese Colour-Prints and Their DesignersGookin, Frederick W.
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Japanese Colour-Prints and Their Designers
Gookin, Frederick W.
Artists -- Japan; Color prints, Japanese; Color prints, Japanese -- Exhibitions
_ 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.
LENT BY A COLLECTOR.
_ 89 Hashira-yé._ Musume carrying her infant brother.
_ 90 Hashira-yé._ Young woman poling a boat in a lily-pond.
LENT BY THE ESTATE OF FRANCIS LATHROP, DECEASED.
91 A Yoshiwara beauty on parade, attended by a girl and a boy.
_ 92 Hashira-yé._ The bijin JuroÌjin. 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.
LENT BY THE ESTATE OF FRANCIS LATHROP, DECEASED.
93 Segawa Kikunojo as a woman holding a red fan.
94 Two actors in character. The seated figure is DanjuÌroÌ, the leading
“star” of the Yedo stage.
LENT BY SAMUEL ISHAM.
95 Actor in a female rôle.
LENT BY HOWARD MANSFIELD.
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 OÌtani 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.
LENT BY THE ESTATE OF FRANCIS LATHROP, DECEASED.
[BUNCHO. Actor as Woman talking to Men.]
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 TomijuÌroÌ as Josan no Miya.
[KIYONAGA. Man and two Women approaching Temple.]
KIYONAGA. Man and two Women approaching Temple.
LENT BY SAMUEL ISHAM.
104 A Yoshiwara beauty accompanied by her kamuro (girl attendant)
bearing a cage of fireflies.
LENT BY HOWARD MANSFIELD.
105 Ichikawa KorazoÌ as a man carrying an actor’s dressing-case.
LENT BY HAMILTON EASTER FIELD.
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
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