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Month: February 2018


[RAS 02.003] Bust of Thomas Manning (1772-1840)
[RAS 02.003] Bust of Thomas Manning (1772-1840)

[RAS 02.003] Bust of Thomas Manning (1772-1840) Dated to ca. 1805 Plaster: 65 cm Presented by Rev Charles Manning, 1933….

[RAS 02.004] Bust of Sir Henry Worsley
[RAS 02.004] Bust of Sir Henry Worsley

[RAS 02.004] Bust of Major-General Sir Henry Worsley, 1838 Inscribed: W. Behnes Scr. London 1838, and on the plinth: Major-General…

[RAS 02.005] Head of Sir Richard Winstedt (1878-1966)
[RAS 02.005] Head of Sir Richard Winstedt (1878-1966)

[RAS 02.005] Head of Sir Richard Winstedt, K.B.E., C.M.G. (1878-1966) Dated ca. 1930 Artist: Dora Gordine. Inscribed: Dora Gordine 1/4…

[RAS 02.006] Head of Sir Edward Denison Ross (1871-1940)
[RAS 02.006] Head of Sir Edward Denison Ross (1871-1940)

[RAS 02.006] Head of Sir Edward Denison Ross (1871-1940) Artist: Lionel Leslie. Date: ca. 1935 Bronze. Height 42 cm Ross…

[RAS 02.007] Bust of Brian Hodgson (1800-1894)
[RAS 02.007] Bust of Brian Hodgson (1800-1894)

[RAS 02.007] Bust of Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800/1801-1894). Dated: 1844. Plaster. Height 72 cm A plaster copy of marble original…

[RAS 02.008] Bust of Henry Colebrooke (1765-1837)
[RAS 02.008] Bust of Henry Colebrooke (1765-1837)

[RAS 02.008] Bust of Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765-1837), founder of the RAS. This bust was commissioned by the RAS in…

[RAS 02.009] Bust of George Noehden (1770-1826)
[RAS 02.009] Bust of George Noehden (1770-1826)

[RAS 02.009] Bust of George Henry Noehden (1770-1826) Dated: 1827. Inscribed: Richd. Westmacott 1827. Marble. Height: 75 cm. Noehden was…

[RAS 05.001] The Approach of the Emperor of China to his Tent in Tartary to receive the British Ambassador
[RAS 05.001] The Approach of the Emperor of China to his Tent in Tartary to receive the British Ambassador

[RAS 05.001] ‘The Approach of the Emperor of China to his Tent in Tartary to receive the British Ambassador’ The…

[RAS 077.001, 001-003] Ishibashiyama
[RAS 077.001, 001-003] Ishibashiyama

[RAS 077.001, 001-003] Kuniyoshi. Triptych The title destroyed by worming except for the last word: Ishibashiyama. Children at play provide…

[RAS 077.001, 004-006] Crowds visiting Narita-san for the display of the image
[RAS 077.001, 004-006] Crowds visiting Narita-san for the display of the image

[RAS 077.001, 004-006] Kunisada. Triptych Narita-san kaicho sankei kunju no dzu (‘Crowds visiting Narita-san for the display of the image’)…

[RAS 077.001, 007-009] Crowds attending the image-showing of the god Fudo of Narita-san
[RAS 077.001, 007-009] Crowds attending the image-showing of the god Fudo of Narita-san

[RAS 077.001, 007-009] Crowds attending the image-showing of the god Fudo of Narita-san in the temple-grounds of the Hachiman shrine…

[RAS 077.001, 010-012] Crowds attending the image-showing of the goddess Benzaiten at Yenoshima
[RAS 077.001, 010-012] Crowds attending the image-showing of the goddess Benzaiten at Yenoshima

[RAS 077.001, 010-012] Crowds attending the image-showing of the goddess Benzaiten at Yenoshima Crowds thronging a street between rows of…

[RAS 077.001, 019-021] Women and children engaged in silk-worm cultivation
[RAS 077.001, 019-021] Women and children engaged in silk-worm cultivation

[RAS 077.001, 019-021] Women and children engaged in silk-worm cultivation in and outside a silk-worm house in the country Kunisato….

[RAS 077.001, 022-024] Ladies of the household sightseeing in famous places
[RAS 077.001, 022-024] Ladies of the household sightseeing in famous places

[RAS 077.001, 022-024] Ladies of the household sightseeing in famous places Women and young girls, one carried in a palanquin,…

[RAS 077.001, 028-030] Women and children on the beach at sunrise
[RAS 077.001, 028-030] Women and children on the beach at sunrise

[RAS 077.001, 028-030] Women and children on the beach at sunrise Kuniyoshi. Triptych 1855. Click on the following image to…

[RAS 077.001, 031-033] Prosperity of the Eastern Capital
[RAS 077.001, 031-033] Prosperity of the Eastern Capital

[RAS 077.001, 031-033] Prosperity of the Eastern Capital Three geisha with their maids and a servant in the street in…

[RAS 077.001, 034-036] Blossom-viewing at the Sansuido temple, Uyeno
[RAS 077.001, 034-036] Blossom-viewing at the Sansuido temple, Uyeno

[RAS 077.001, 034-036] Blossom-viewing at the Sansuido temple, Uyeno Crowds of sight-seers in the grounds and on the veranda of…

[RAS 077.001, 037-039] View of Akabane, Yedo, early evening
[RAS 077.001, 037-039] View of Akabane, Yedo, early evening

[RAS 077.001, 037-039] View of Akabane, Yedo, early evening Women and children in an open space in front of a…

[RAS 077.001, 040-042] Blossom-viewing at Asukayama
[RAS 077.001, 040-042] Blossom-viewing at Asukayama

[RAS 077.001, 040-042] Blossom-viewing at Asukayama Landscape with pines and blossoming cherry-trees, and Mount Fuji in the distance. Four groups…

[RAS 077.001, 043-045] Twin houses, spring travelling companions
[RAS 077.001, 043-045] Twin houses, spring travelling companions

[RAS 077.001, 043-045] Twin houses, spring travelling companions Group of twelve actors in costume under an old pine tree, in…

[RAS 077.001, 046] Portrait of the wrestler Tsuneyama Goroji
[RAS 077.001, 046] Portrait of the wrestler Tsuneyama Goroji

[RAS 077.001, 046] Portrait of the wrestler Tsuneyama Goroji Kunisada. ca. 1840. Click on the following image to open a…

[RAS 077.001, 047] Portrait of the wrestler Hiraishi Shichidayu
[RAS 077.001, 047] Portrait of the wrestler Hiraishi Shichidayu

[RAS 077.001, 047] Portrait of the wrestler Hiraishi Shichidayu Yoshitora. ca. 1840. Click on the following image to open a…

[RAS 077.001, 048] Stories of wise women and faithful wives
[RAS 077.001, 048] Stories of wise women and faithful wives

[RAS 077.001, 048] Stories of wise women and faithful wives Gio and Gijo, former shirabyoshi dancers and mistresses of Taira…

[RAS 077.001, 049] Shidzuka-gozen, mistress of Minamoto no Yoshitsune
[RAS 077.001, 049] Shidzuka-gozen, mistress of Minamoto no Yoshitsune

[RAS 077.001, 49] Shidzuka-gozen, mistress of Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1168-1187), in the costume of shirabyoshi dancer. Kuniyoshi. ca. 1841. Click…

[RAS 077.001, 050] Fujinoye, wife of Idzumi Saburo Tadahira
[RAS 077.001, 050] Fujinoye, wife of Idzumi Saburo Tadahira

[RAS 077.001, 50] Fujinoye, wife of Idzumi Saburo Tadahira (12th cent.), holding a naginata while a maid pours hot drinks….

[RAS 077.001, 054] Kano
[RAS 077.001, 054] Kano

[RAS 077.001, 54] The 69 post-stations of the To-kaido Road: no. 53, Kano. Half-length portrait of Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as…

[RAS 077.001, 055] Kano Utanosuke
[RAS 077.001, 055] Kano Utanosuke

[RAS 077.001, 55] The 53 post-stations of the To-kaido Road. Seki and Saka-no-shita (no. 46-7). Portrait of unidentified actor portraying…

[RAS 077.001, 056] Shinnosuke of Marukame
[RAS 077.001, 056] Shinnosuke of Marukame

[RAS 077.001, 56] Portrait of unidentified actor as the young lord Shinnosuke of Marukame. Kunisada. 1852. Click on the following…

[RAS 077.001, 057] The Greengrocer Hambei
[RAS 077.001, 057] The Greengrocer Hambei

[RAS 077.001, 57] Unidentified actor as the Greengrocer (yaoya) Hambei in a street between houses, kicking up one foot behind…

[RAS 077.001, 058] Nagoya and Kinohei
[RAS 077.001, 058] Nagoya and Kinohei

[RAS 077.001, 58] Nakamura Fususuke as Nagoya and Sawamura Tossho as his servant Kinohei in a dramatic scene from Tanzen…

[RAS 077.001, 059] Nagoya and Kinohei
[RAS 077.001, 059] Nagoya and Kinohei

[RAS 077.001, 59] Nakamura Fususuke as Nagoya and Sawamura Tossho as his servant Kinohei. Kunisada. 1856. Click on the following…

[RAS 077.001, 060] Innami Kazuma and Otaka Shuden
[RAS 077.001, 060] Innami Kazuma and Otaka Shuden

[RAS 077.001, 60] Two actors as Innami Kazuma and Otaka Shuden, in an unidentified production. Kunisada. 1856. Click on the…

[RAS 077.001, 061] Yokoyama Daizo and Otaka Shuden
[RAS 077.001, 061] Yokoyama Daizo and Otaka Shuden

[RAS 077.001, 61] Unidentified actors as Yokoyama Daizo and Otaka Shuden in the water, half-naked with drawn swords. Kunisada. 1856….

[RAS 077.001, 062] Kasugaya Tokijiro and Hamanaya Urasato
[RAS 077.001, 062] Kasugaya Tokijiro and Hamanaya Urasato

[RAS 077.001, 62] Actors as Kasugaya Tokijiro (left) and Hamanaya Urasato in unidentified production. Kunisada II. 1856. Click on the…

[RAS 077.001, 063] Drunken dance
[RAS 077.001, 063] Drunken dance

[RAS 077.001, 63] Nakamura Fukusuke performing a drunken dance with umbrella and fan in Haishin no futami bundai produced at…

[RAS 077.001, 064] Kagekoto
[RAS 077.001, 064] Kagekoto

[RAS 077.001, 64] Series, Kagekoto (or may be read Keiji, ‘Appearances’), each print representing one or two actors in character….

[RAS 077.001, 065] Kagekiyo and Hito Maru
[RAS 077.001, 065] Kagekiyo and Hito Maru

[RAS 077.001, 65] Kagekiyo and his young daughter, Hito Maru. Kunisada. [1852] Click on the following image to open a…

[RAS 077.001, 066] Kakushi and his wife
[RAS 077.001, 066] Kakushi and his wife

[RAS 077.001, 66] Kakushi and his wife beside a palanquin. Kunisada. [1852]. Click on the following image to open a…

[RAS 077.001, 067] Kobune with the child Nori
[RAS 077.001, 067] Kobune with the child Nori

[RAS 077.001, 67] Kobune with the child Nori playing a toy-drum; sake-bottle and cup on the ground. Kunisada. [1852]. Click…

[RAS 077.001, 068] Magama
[RAS 077.001, 068] Magama

[RAS 077.001, 68] Magama (probably acted by Bando Shuka) playing the samisen, and the child Nori behind on a horse….

[RAS 077.001, 069] Kasugaya Tokijiro
[RAS 077.001, 069] Kasugaya Tokijiro

[RAS 077.001, 69] Ichikawa Danjuro VIII (standing) as Kasugaya Tokijiro, and Bando Shuka as Yamanaya Urasato, in the nature of…

[RAS 077.001, 070-071] Mirror of ancient and modern wrestling
[RAS 077.001, 070-071] Mirror of ancient and modern wrestling

[RAS 077.001, 70-71] Diptych, the title on an umpire’s fan on each sheet: Kokon sumo kagami (‘Mirror of ancient and…

[RAS 077.001, 072-073] Flowers
[RAS 077.001, 072-073] Flowers

[RAS 077.001, 72-73] Diptych, Hana soroi no uchi: nori no hana (‘Series of the flowers: the flower of the [Buddhist]…

[RAS 077.001, 074] Famous places
[RAS 077.001, 074] Famous places

[RAS 077.001, 74] Right-hand sheet of a triptych entitled Toto meisho awase (‘Comparison of famous places in the Eastern Capital’):…

[RAS 077.001, 075] Courtesan with two maids
[RAS 077.001, 075] Courtesan with two maids

[RAS 077.001, 75] Courtesan with two maids preparing young pine-shoots for New Year. Kuniyoshi. ca. 1851. Click on the following…

[RAS 077.001, 076] Hambei and O-Chiyo
[RAS 077.001, 076] Hambei and O-Chiyo

[RAS 077.001, 76] Actors as Hambei and O-Chiyo in the play Yoigoshin. Kunisada. 1856. Click on the following image to…

[RAS 077.001, 077] Yojiro
[RAS 077.001, 077] Yojiro

[RAS 077.001, 77] Nakamura Fukusuke as the monkey-showman Yojiro, with a monkey on his shoulder. Kunisada. 1856. Click on the…

[RAS 077.001, 078] Ishidome Busuke threatens O-Fuchi
[RAS 077.001, 078] Ishidome Busuke threatens O-Fuchi

[RAS 077.001, 78] Nakamura Fukusuke as Ishidome Busuke threatens the Bizen-ya singing-girl O-Fuchi (played by Onoye Kikujiro), watched by Nakamura…

[RAS 077.001, 079] Ise no saburo drawing his sword
[RAS 077.001, 079] Ise no saburo drawing his sword

[RAS 077.001, 79] Nakamura Fukusuke as Ise no saburo drawing his sword, with onlookers. Kunisada. 1856. Click on the following…

[RAS 077.001, 082] Kagura dancer
[RAS 077.001, 082] Kagura dancer

[RAS 077.001, 82] Nakamura Fukusuke as a female Kagura dancer in Ise meisho. Kunisada. 1856. Click on the following image…

[RAS 077.001, 083] Courtesan
[RAS 077.001, 083] Courtesan

[RAS 077.001, 83] Courtesan Nakamura Fukusuke as a courtesan. Kunisada. 1856. Click on the following image to open a full-screen…

[RAS 077.001, 084] Fumiya no Yasuhide in court robes
[RAS 077.001, 084] Fumiya no Yasuhide in court robes

[RAS 077.001, 84] Fumiya no Yasuhide in court robes holding on to his cap, the string of which is being…

[RAS 077.001, 085] Kisen-hoshi
[RAS 077.001, 085] Kisen-hoshi

[RAS 077.001, 85] Kisen-hoshi holding up a large umbrella, three junior monks gesturing in the foreground. Kuniyoshi. 1856. Click on…

[RAS 077.001, 086-087] Picture of Takanawa
[RAS 077.001, 086-087] Picture of Takanawa

[RAS 077.001, 86-87] Picture of Takanawa, on the bay just south of Yedo. Four actors in mufti on a veranda…

[RAS 077.001, 088-090] Plum-tree of the Winter Solstice
[RAS 077.001, 088-090] Plum-tree of the Winter Solstice

[RAS 077.001, 88-90] Plum-tree of the Winter Solstice. Ichikawa Kuzo as Kosuke, and Nakamura Fukusuke as Kurosuke. Background of a…

[RAS 077.001, 091-092] Dancers and courtiers
[RAS 077.001, 091-092] Dancers and courtiers

[RAS 077.001, 91-92] Actors portraying a kagura dancer and, seated, courtiers, with a man dancing with a mask of Uzume…

[RAS 077.001, 093] Young man and priest
[RAS 077.001, 093] Young man and priest

[RAS 077.001, 93] Young man with a carrying-pole looks down at a seated priest, Haikaibutsu. Kunisada. 1856. Click on the…

[RAS 077.001, 094] Takashima Beizan in the snow
[RAS 077.001, 094] Takashima Beizan in the snow

[RAS 077.001, 94] Takashima Beizan (really the robber Inaba Kozo) in the snow with his attendant Sankichi. Kunisato. 1857. Click…

[RAS 077.001, 095] Taira camp
[RAS 077.001, 095] Taira camp

[RAS 077.001, 95] The Taira camp in confusion at the battle of Ichi-no-tani (1184); Tomomori and Koremori in the foreground….

[RAS 077.001, 098-100] Scene at a castle moat
[RAS 077.001, 098-100] Scene at a castle moat

[RAS 077.001, 98-100] Scene at a castle moat. Ashikaga Kadzusa Saburo Yoshiuji leaps his horse across, watched by the strongman…