This page lists only those art works featured on our website's Winter 2026 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.
Note: Click on images or text links for more information and larger pictures.
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: Arashi Kitsuzô I (嵐橘蔵) as Kumawakamaru (駒若丸) and Arashi Kitsusaburô II (嵐橘三郎) as the boatman Matsuemon (松右衛門) in Hiragana seisuiki (ひらかな盛衰記), at the Kitahori-e Theater, Osaka, 2/1826, ôban nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: ASY55
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Hirosada: Onoe Tamizô II (尾上多見蔵) in three roles, as (1R) a white fox of prosperity (実のりの白狐); (2R) a confectionary seller (kashi-uri 菓子売) frolicking with a frog (ukare ka iru うかれかいる); and (3R) a banner-bearer (Isame no nobori-sashi いさめの幟差) in the dance play, "The Festive Scene of a Bountiful Harvest" (Nigiwai hônen sugata (賑 ほうねんすがた), 1/1854, at the Wakadayû Theater, Osaka
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Order/Inquiry: HSD87
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Shunkôsai HOKUSHÛ: Ichikawa Ebijûrô (市川鰕十郎) as Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助) in Hikosan gongen chikai no sukedachi (A vow to serve with a sword at Mt. Hiko Shrine : 彦山権現誓劔), 3/1825, Kado Theater; from the series Tôsei atari kyôgen (Big hit performances of the present day: 當世[あたり]狂言), ôban nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: HKS83
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Shunkôsai HOKUSHÛ: Ichikawa Ebijûrô I (市川鰕十郎) as yakko [servant] Ranpei (奴蘭平) in Yamatogana Ariwara keizu (The Genealogy of the Ariwara Clan in Native Script: 倭仮名在原系図), unknown theater and date, Osaka (possibly a mitate, ca. 1822), ôban nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: HKS84
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Kuninmasu (Sadamasu): Arashi Sanemon IX (嵐三右衛門) as Koshimoto Chidori (こし元千鳥) in Hiragana seisuiki (Simple Chronicle of the Fortunes of the Heike and Genji: ひらかな盛衰記) at the Wakadayû Theater, Osaka. Series: Honcho gishiden (Tales of Honor and Fidelity in our Country: 本朝義信傳), 5/1848, nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: KMS57
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Kuninao (Eisen or Eisensai): (1R) Arashi Kitsusaburô II (嵐橘三郎) as Sekitori Iwagawa (関取岩川); (2R) Arashi Koroku IV (嵐小六) as Iwagawa's wife Otowa (岩川女房おとわ); (3R) Otani Tomoemon (大谷友右衛門) as Sekitori Tetsugadake (関取鉄ヶ嶽) in Sekitori senryô nobori (関取千両幟), Kita Horie Theater, Osaka, 5/1823, ôban nishiki-e triptych
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Order/Inquiry: KNA02
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Sadanobu I: (1R) Nakamura Utaemon IV (中村歌右衛門) as Oniwakamaru (鬼若丸) fighting three attackers in Kichi Hôgen sanryaku no maki (鬼一法眼三略巻), 9/1837, Naka Theater, Osaka, ôban nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: SDN57
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Shibakuni and Tamikuni (collaborative): (R) Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Kitabatake Kazusa no Kami (北畠主計頭); (L) Ichikawa Ebijûrô I (市川鰕十郎) as Wada Raipachi (和田雷八) in Appare keisei makura no tôriya (遖傾成花大矢数), Kado Theater, Osaka, ôban nishiki-e diptych
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Order/Inquiry: SHB10
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Shibakuni: (R) Ichikawa Ebijûrô I (市川鰕十郎) as Umakata [packhorse driver] Edobei (馬かた江戸兵衛); (L) Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Sendô [boatman] Kajiroku (船頭かぢ六), later named Kengyo Keimasa, in A Courtesan's Reins Dyed in Different Colors: Keisei somewake tazuna(けいせい染分總), 1/1822, Naka Theater, Osaka, ôban nishiki-e diptych
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Order/Inquiry: SHB11
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Shibakuni: (1R) Asao Okuyama II (あさ尾奥山) as Taheiji (太平次); (2R) Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Yomoshichi (与茂七); (3R) Arashi Koroku IV (嵐小六) as Okume (おくめ) in Taiheiki chûshin koshaku (Story of the Loyal Chronicle of Great Peace: 太平記忠臣講釈), 5/1821, Kado Theater, Osaka
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Order/Inquiry: SHB12
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Shigenobu: Arashi Kitsusaburô II as Hyôgo-no-kami Yorimasa in Tale of Yorimasa and the Nue (Yorimasa nue monogatari 頼政鵺物語), Naka Theater, Osaka, 9/1822, ôban nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: SGN07
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Umekuni: Portrait of Utaemon III on the Occasion of His Return to the Stage, Performing in a New Song Style (Nakamura Utaemon saikin ni tsuki shin-uta chō no zu, 中村歌右衛門 再勤ニ付新哥調の図), at the Kitagawa Shibai (北側芝居), Kyoto, 1/1826, Kitagawa Shibai (北側芝居), Kyoto.
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Order/Inquiry: UMK04
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Japanese Prints, Paintings, and Related Works from Edo |
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Katsushika HOKUSAI: Original carved block, 4 images from Ehon jôruri zekku (Illustrated Book of Chinese Verses and Jôruri: 絵本浄瑠璃絶句); original 2-sided carved woodblock for four pages plus three different printed editions of the entire book, 1815, 22.8mm x 15.7 cm x 10.0 cm closed book; Image size (each): 18.2 x 13.0 cm
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Order/Inquiry: HKA01
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Kobayashi KIYOCHKA: Mirror of Famous Army and Navy Men: Captain Kani Ichita (Rikukai gunjin komyo kagami: Kani taii Ichita-kun) 陸海軍人高名鑑 可児大尉市太君), 1895, ôban nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: KIC01
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Utagawa KUNISADA: Kataoka Nizaemon VIII (片岡仁左衛門) as Sato Masakiyo (佐藤正清) with a dragon flying in the sky above, in the play Hachijin Shugo no Honjo (八陣守護城) by Nakamura Gangyo 中村魚眼 and Sagawa Tota 佐川藤太 at the Nakamura-za, Edo, 9/23/1861, ôban nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry:KNS20
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Japanese Modern Prints, Paintings, and Related Works |
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IWAMI, Rieka: "Inner Moon of Snow Flowers" (Yuki-bi hana no uchi tsuki 雪日花の内月), ca. early 1960s, large sôsaku hanga color print, Edition: 1/100, pencil signed
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Order/Inquiry: IWR01
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KURODA, Shigeki: "Red Spark", large modern print, color aquatint and etching on thick wove paper with "Izumi, Nippon" watermark. ca. 1990s, Image: 29.7 x 48.7 cm; Paper: 45.8 x 63.5 cm; Edition no.: 48/50
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Order/Inquiry: KUR01
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MABUCHI, Tôru: Lilies (Yuri ゆり), large format sôsaku hanga print, 29.7 x 48.7 cm Paper: 45.8 x 63.5 cm, self-published 1969; Edition: 家蔵 (Kazô, “Household”), pencil signed
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Order/Inquiry: MBT01
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SEKINO, Jun'ichirô: Nishijin in Snow, Kyoto (Nishijin yuki Kyoto 西陣雪京都), very large sôsaku hanga print, Image: 46.7 x 65.7 cm Paper: 55.4 x 73.2 mm, edition no. 92/128, 1973. pencil signed
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Order/Inquiry: SEK08
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YAMAGUCHI, Gen: Untitled [Deep Attachment: 想慕], large sôsaku hanga print, woodblock print, 63.5 x 46.8 cm, 1957, edition no.: 24/50, pencil signed
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Order/Inquiry: YGG01
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YOSHIDA, Toshi: Sanbu saki (Three-minute bloom: 三分咲き); also titled in English as "Cherry Blossoms"), double ôban nishiki-e, self-published, pencil signed
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Order/Inquiry: YDT03
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REFERENCE BOOKS (Japanese Prints, Paintings, and Related Arts) |
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