This page lists only those art works featured on our website's Spring 2023 update. For the complete available web inventory, see the Artists' Gallery. We also have many works of art not listed on our website. If you have specific interests, please contact us.
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The descriptions of art works here and on the linked pages were written by John Fiorillo.
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Japanese Prints, Paintings, and Related Works from Kamigata (Osaka-Kyoto Region) |
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Ashiyuki: Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門) in Keisei chigogafuchi (A courtesan and deep water at Chigo, けいせい稚児淵), Kado Theater, Osaka, 1/1817, woodcut, ôban nishiki-e
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Inquiry: ASY47
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Ashiyuki: (1R) Arashi Karoku IV (嵐小六) as Iwakawa nyôbô [wife] Otowa (岩川女房おとわ); (2R) Arashi Kitsusaburô II (嵐橘三郎) as Iwakawa Jirôkichi (岩川治郎吉) in Sekitori senryô nobori (Rise of the 1,000 ryô wrestler: 関取千両幟), Kita Hori-e, Osaka (北堀江), 5/1823, woodcut, ôban nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: ASY48
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Hirosada: (1R) Nakamura Utaemon IV (四代目 中村歌右衛門) as Katô Masakiyo (加藤正清); (2R) Jitsukawa Enzaburô I (初代 実川延三郎) as Kimura Matazô (木村又蔵); (3R) Jitsukawa Ensaku (実川延作) as Katô Toranosuke (加藤寅之介), and Nakayama Nanshi II (二代目 中山南枝) as Yatsushiro (八ツ代), in Act 5 (巻ノ五) of the play Keisei Kiyome no Funauta (An innocent courtesan and a sailor’s song, けいせい清船諷), Naka Theater, Osaka, 1/1851, woodcut, chûban nishiki-e triptych
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Order/Inquiry: HSD83
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Hokuei: (1R) Nakamura Tomijûrô II (中村富十郎) as Kinshôjô (錦梓女); (2R) Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Kanki (かんき); (3R) Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Watônai (和藤内) in Kokusenya kassen (The Battles of Kokusenya: 国性爺合戦), Kado Theater, Osaka, 5/1833, woodcut, deluxe ôban nishiki-e triptych
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Inquiry: HKE99
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Hokuei: (R) Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Kumagai Jirô Naozane (熊谷次郎直実) and (L) Iwai Shijaku I ((岩井紫若) as Taira no Atsumori (平敦盛)) in Suma no miyako genpei tsutsuji (Azelea of the Minamoto and Taira from the capital to Suma Bay: 須磨都源平躑躅) at the Kado no Shibai, Osaka, 2/1832, woodcut, deluxe ôban nishiki-e
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Inquiry: HKE100
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Hokuei: (1R) Iwai Shijaku (岩井紫若) as Osuma no Kata (おすまの方); (2R) Bandô Jutarô (坂東寿太郎) as Sasaya Hanbei (笹屋半兵衛 in Honobonoto ura no asagiri (仏暁浦朝霧]), Naka Theater, Osaka, 9/1832, woodcut, deluxe ôban nishiki-e diptych
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Inquiry: HKE101
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Hokuei: Iwai Shijakû (いわ井し若) in dual roles as (1R) Hisamatsu ((久松); (2R) Osome (お染) in Osome Hisamatsu ukina no yomiuri (News of the Affair of Osome and Hisamatsu: お染久松色読販), Minamigawa Theater, Kyoto, 11/1833, woodcut, deluxe ôban nishiki-e diptych
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Inquiry: HKE102
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Hokumyô: Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Miyamoto Tomijirô (宮本友治郎), later (nochi ni) Musashi (後無三四) in Katakiuchi nitô eiyûki (A tale of revenge and great courage on two islands), Onishi Theater, Osaka, 1/1832, woodcut, deluxe ôban nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: HKM04
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Hokushû: (1R) Ichikawa Ebijûrô II (市川鰕十郎) as Ki no Haseo (紀ノ長谷雄); (2R) Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Kujaku Saburô (孔雀三郎); (3R) Fujikawa Tomokichi (藤川友吉) as Kobai-hime (紅梅姫) in Tenmangû aiju no meiboku (天満宮花梅桜松), Kado Theater, Osaka, 1/1828, woodcut, deluxe ôban nishiki-e triptych
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Inquiry: HKS68
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Hokushû: Ichikawa Ebizô I (市川海老蔵) as Miura Arajirô (三浦荒次郎) in Keisei Sano no funabashi (Sano and the castle toppler at the boat bridge, 傾城佐野の船橋), Goryô Theater, Osaka, 5/1822, woodcut, ôban nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: HKS69
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Hokushû: (1R) Sawamura Kunitarô II (沢村国太郎) as Ayame no Mae (あやめの前); (2R) Arashi Kitsusaburô II (嵐橘三郎) as Gen Sanmi Yorimasa (源三位頼政) in Yorimasa nue monogatari (頼政鵺物語), Naka Theater, Osaka, 9/1822, woodcut, deluxe ôban nishiki-e double ôkubi-e
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Order/Inquiry: HKS70
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Hokushû: (1R) Sawamura Kunitarô II as Shinkurô tsuma (Shinkurô's wife) Shigarami; (2R) Nakamura Karoku I as Shokurô tsuma (Shokurô's wife) Kochô; (3R) Fujikawa Tomikichi II as Katsugen tsuma (Katsugen's wife) Nagisa in Keisei ômonguchi (契情廓大門), Kado Theater, Osaka, 9/1823, woodcut, ôban nishiki-e triptych
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Inquiry: HKS71
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Hokushû: (1R) Bandô Mitsugorô III (坂東三津五郎) as Daihanji Kiyozumi (大判事清澄) and Arashi Koroku IV (嵐小六) as Koganosuke (久我之助); (2R) Nakamura Matsue III (中村松江) as musume [daughter] Hinadori (娘ひな鳥) and Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as kôshitsu [widow] Sadaka (後室さだか) in Imoseyama onna teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓) Kado Theater, Osaka, 3/1821, woodcut, deluxe ôban nishiki-e diptych
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Inquiry: HKS72
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Hokuyô AND Shunkei: Nakamura Shikan II (二代目 中村芝翫) in four roles: (TR-Hokuyô) Taira Kiyomori (平清盛); (TL-Hokuyô) Fujiya Izaemon (藤屋伊左衛門); (BR-Hokuyô) the sumo wrestler [Nuregami] Chôgorô (蝶五郎); (BL-Shunkei) a shirabyôshi (白拍子) or professional dancer-courtesan, possibly mitate-e, c. 11/1833, ôban gassaku nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: HKY01
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Kunihiro: (1R) Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Aratama Tarô (荒玉太良); (2R) Iwai Shijaku I (岩井紫若) as Tokuwaka-hime (徳若姫); (3R) Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Takara Rai [Horai ?] Kamemaru (宝来亀丸); (4R) Nakamura Matsue III (中村松江) as Chitose-hime (千とせ姫) in unidentified play (mitate? in unidentified play (mitate?), c. 1830, woodcut, ôban nishiki-e tetraptych
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Order/Inquiry: KUH48
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Kunihiro: The courtesan Uta (うた) of the Fushimiya (ふしみや) as a sakibayashi (musician: 先はやし) tuning her samisen, from the series "Costume parade in Shimanouchi" (Naniwa Shimanouchi nerimono, 浪花島之内ねりもの), Osaka, c. 6/1833, woodcut, ôban nishiki-e
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Inquiry: KUH49
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NOBUKATSU: Onoe Baikô (尾上梅幸) [Kikugorô III: 尾上菊五郎] as Kanshôjô (管相々) in Sugawara denjû tanarai kagami, Takeda no shibai, Osaka, 3/1830 woodcut, ôban nishiki-e
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Inquiry: NKS06
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Sadanobu: Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Kajiwara Heiji (梶原平次) in Hiragana seisuiki ((Simple chronicle of the rise and fall of the Heike and Genji: ひらかな盛衰記), Miyajima Theater, 6/1836, woodcut, deluxe ôban nishiki-e
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Inquiry: SDN55
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Sadayoshi: Ichikawa Hakuen (市川白猿); Title: View of a journey to Kamisaka ((Kamisaka Ryochû no zu), 上坂旅中之圖) with an inset showing travelers crossing the Ôi River (Ôigawa, 大井川), c. mid-to-late 1830s, woodcut, ôban nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: SDY16
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Sadayoshi: (R) Onoe Tamizô II (尾上多見蔵) as [Kumagai] Naozane (熊谷直実) and (L) Jitsukawa Ensaburô I (実川延三郎) as Mukan no Tayû [Atsumori] (無官太夫敦盛) in Suma no miyako genpei tsutsuji (須磨都源平躑躅), Kado Theater, Osaka, 9/1849, woodcut, chûban nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: SDY17
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Shibakuni: Arashi Kitsusaburô I (嵐橘三郎) as Chinzei Hachirô (鎮西八郎) in an unidentified play, possibly (?) Shimameguri tsuki no yumiharizuki (A bow-shaped moon around the islands: 嶋巡月弓張), 9/1822, woodcut, ôban nishiki-e
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Inquiry: SHB08
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Shigeharu: Madam Tang (唐夫人); Series: Set of twenty-four paragons of filial devotion (Nijushidô no uchi: 廿四孝ノ内), c. 1829, woodcut, ôban nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: SGH56
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Shigenobu: The courtesan Yoyogiku (代々ぎく) of the Imabashi-ya (倉橋屋) in Momijigari (紅葉がり); Series Title: Osaka Shinmachi nerimono (Costume Parade in Shinmachi, Osaka: 大坂新町ねりも乃), 6/1822, woodcut, ôban nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: SGN06
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Shunei: Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Hirai Gonpachi (平井ごん八) in Beni murasaki aide some-age (Scarlet and purple Osaka-dyed: 紅紫大坂潤), Kado no Shibai,8/1816, Osaka woodcut, ôban nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: SNE01
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Yoshitaki: Top: (T-1R) Nakamura Jakuemon I (中村雀右衛門) as Miura Akusaburô (三浦悪三郎); (T-2R) Onoe Tamizô II (尾上多見蔵) as Mino Shôkurô (美濃庄九郎); (T-3R) Nakamura Nakasuke II ( 中村仲助) as the landlord Mankurô (亭主万九郎) and Onoe Shokaku I (尾上松鶴) as the servant Sodehei (奴袖平); Bottom: (B-1R) Fujikawa Tomokichi III (藤川友吉 ) as the courtesan Naniwazu (けいせい難波づ ); (B-2R) Arashi Kichisaburô III (嵐吉三郎) as Akujirô Yoshizumi (悪二郎茂澄); (B-3R) Jitsukawa Enzaburô I (実川延三郎) as Ise Shinkurô Nagauji (伊勢信九郎長氏) in a mitate casting for Keisei Omonguchi (Courtesan at the great gate of the pleasure quarter, けいせい廓大門), c. 1/1862, woodcut, chûban nishiki-e pentaptych
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Order/Inquiry: YST33
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Yoshitaki: (Top-1R) Arashi Rikan IV (嵐璃寛) as Masagoji (真砂路); (Bottom-1R) Otani Tomoemon V (大谷友右衛門) as Saito Kuranosuke (斎藤蔵之助); (B-2R) Jitsukawa Enjaku I (実川延若) as Sasada Yukiaki (笹田雪昭) in Kachidoki matsushima shinbutai (The shout of victory, a new play at the Matsushima Theater, 勝鬨松島新舞台), Osaka, 3/1872, woodcut, chûban nishiki-e triptych
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Order/Inquiry: YST34
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Japanese Prints, Paintings, and Related Works from Edo |
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Kunisada: Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as [Sasaki] Tan'emon (佐々木 丹右衛門) in Igagoe norikake kappa (A raincoat and riding at the Iga crossing: 伊賀越乗掛合羽), Nakamura-za Theater, Edo, woodcut, ireki edition, 8/1814, Namamura-za, Edo, ôban nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: KNS16
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Kuniyoshi: Mase Chûdayû Masaaki (間瀬宙太夫正明), No. 44 (四十四) from the series Stories of the true loyalty of the faithful samurai (Seichû gishi den, 誠忠義士傳) woodcut, 1847, Edo, ôban nishiki-e
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Inquiry: KNY02
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Japanese Modern Prints, Paintings, and Related Works |
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Fujimori Shizuo: Atagoyama Radio Station (Atagoyama hôsôkyoku, 愛宕山放送局) from the series Shin Tokyo hyakkei (One hundred views of New Tokyo: 新東京百景), March 1929, woodcut, chûban sôsaku hanga
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Order/Inquiry: FJM01
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Fujimori Shizuo: Central Meteorological Observatory (Chûô Kishô-dai, 中央気象台) from the series Shin Tokyo hyakkei (One hundred views of New Tokyo: 新東京百景) 1929-30, woodcut, chûban sôsaku hanga
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Order/Inquiry: FJM02
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Hagiwara Hideo: "Tropical fish" from the portfolio Gendai meika sôsaku hanga shû (Collection of famous contemporary creative prints: 現代名家創作版画集), woodcut, 1957, ôban sôsaku hanga
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Order/Inquiry: HGW01
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REFERENCE BOOKS (Japanese Prints, Paintings, and Related Arts) |
The listing of currently available reference books can be found in the Books Gallery. |
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