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
120 Three girls going to the baths at the hot springs near Miyanoshita.
121 Man and two women masquerading in komusoÌ attire.
122 Group of three women and a boy.
123 Two women standing beside a seated geisha who is playing on a
samisen.
124 Yoshiwara beauty attended by two women (shinzo) and two girls
(kamuro).
125 Two young women and a servant on the balcony of an inn.
126 Family group on their way to a temple for the naming ceremony of the
boy who is carried on the shoulders of an attendant.
127 An actor and two women examining utensils for the tea ceremony.
128 Women and children promenading in summer costume.
129 Scene from a drama. Two actors playing the game of “go” with mume
blossoms, and a third actor as a woman in the rôle of an umpire
standing between them.
130 Two young women walking under an umbrella and followed by a servant.
131 Man in a black haori approaching a temple through the snow,
accompanied by two women.
_ 132 Diptych._ Group of women under a cherry tree.
_ 133 Diptych._ Holiday group under the cherry trees at Gotenyama. One of
a series of twelve diptychs that are among Kiyonaga’s finest works.
134 Boating party under Ryogoku bridge. Two sheets of a triptych.
_ 135 Triptych._ The Peony (botan) Show.
_ 136 Triptych._ Women landing from a pleasure boat.
LENT BY A COLLECTOR.
_ 137 Hashira-yé._ Woman in winter costume.
_ 138 Triptych._ A picnic party under the cherry trees.
139 Group of women on the bank of the Sumida river.
140 Group of women near a temple.
141 Three women at a public bath-house.
KATSUKAWA SHUNCHO
Pupil of ShunshoÌ. Followed the style of Torii Kiyonaga. His works closely
resemble those of the Torii master, but have less force. Worked from about
1775 to about 1795. In some of his later prints he imitated Eishi’s prints
in the Utamaro manner. The dates of his birth and death are not known.
LENT BY SAMUAL ISHAM.
142 One sheet of a triptych showing a nobleman’s mansion from the
garden, with the people engaged in various occupations.
LENT BY HOWARD MANSFIELD.
143 Women watching girls bouncing balls.
_ 144 Diptych._ Group at the entrance to a temple.
145 Three women in a temple compound.
[SHUNCHO. Women watching Girls bouncing Balls.]
SHUNCHO. Women watching Girls bouncing Balls.
LENT BY HAMILTON EASTER FIELD.
146 Group of girls at a tea booth by the seashore.
LENT BY A COLLECTOR.
147 A picnic party. Two sheets of a triptych.
148 Women picking wild flowers under a cherry tree in bloom.
HOSODA EISHI
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