Artwork

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[RAS 077.01, 101] Ichikawa Yebizo (Danjuro VII) as Fuwa Banzayemon in Nagoya obi. Kunisada. 1836. Click on the following image…

[RAS 077.001, 102] Onoye Kikuguro III as Nagoya Sanza in Nagoya obi. Kunisada. 1836. Click on the following image to…

[RAS 077.001, 104] Iwai Shijaku (Hanshiro VII) as Temman-ya O-Hatsu in Nagoya obi. Kunisada. 1836. Click on the following image…

[RAS 077.001, 105] Ichikawa Yebizo (Danjuro VII) as Saito Ichiro Sanemori in Nunobiki. Kunisada. 1833. Click on the following image…

[RAS 077.001, 106] Bando Mitsugoro III as a girl with a basket of flowers. Kunisada. ca. 1830. Click on the…

[RAS 077.001, 107] Onoye Kikugoro III as O-Matsuri Sashichi in Soga no oyose. Kunisada. 1829. Click on the following image…

[RAS 077.001, 108] Iwai Shijaku (Hanshiro VII) as O-Koma of Shiroki-ya. Kunisada. ca. 1830. Click on the following image to…

[RAS 077.001, 109-110] Ichikawa Yebizo (Danjuro VII) as Arashishi Otokonosuke and Ichikawa Danzo V as Nikki Danjo. Diptych. Scene from…

[RAS 077.001, 111-112] Arashi Rikwan as Musha Mitsuhide drawing his sword as he is attacked with a bamboo spear by…

[RAS 077.001, 116-118] Ichikawa Kuzo (Danzo VI) as the wrestler Tetsugadake listening outside, Ichimura Uzayemon XII as O-Toki with a…

[RAS 077.001, 119-121] Ichimura Uzayemon XII as O-Toki in a palanquin with two bearers. Triptych. Kunisada. 1839. Click on the…

[RAS 077.001, 122-123] Ichimura Uzayemon XII as Oyaka Taro Mitsukuni confronts Ichikawa Kuzo as the courtesan Kisaragi (really Takiyasha-hime, daughter…

[RAS 077.001, 124] Three actors demonstrating the ‘ken’ game of hand gestures, with instructions above illustrated by small figures. Kunisada….

[RAS 077.001, 125-127] Ichikawa Kuzo as a servant holding a sake-cup, Sawamura Tossho as a female servant with a sake-kettle,…

[RAS 077.001, 128-132] Five gallant men, favourite dramatic characters, in a bamboo-grove in the snow. Pentaptych. Kunisada. ca. 1840. Click…

[RAS 077.001, 133-135] Forging the sword-blade, a scene from Usuyuki. Triptych. Kunisada. 1839. Click on the following image to open…

[RAS 077.001, 136-138] Shinagawa scene from Go-ju-san tsugi, Inaba no Suke stretching a cord, O-Hime, wife of Yoritomo, and Shimidzu…

[RAS 077.001, 139-141] Actors portraying O-Yuki in the snow with an ox outside a bamboo gate, Miyamoto Musashi wielding two…

[RAS 077.001, 142-144] Actors portraying Issun Tokubei holding out a sandal, Danshichi Kurobei with folded arms, and the latter’s wife…

[RAS 077.001, 145-146] River-bank scene from Iwai-uta Soga no kaomise, with actors portraying the girl Jurokuyo and Inada Kozo, hand…

[RAS 077.001, 147-148] Title on four lanterns above, Naniwa shinji, ‘New place, Osaka’. Actors in mufti greeting one another on…

[RAS 077.001, 149] Courtesan by a low screen: view of Matsuchiyama temple buildings. Sadafusa. ca. 1830. Click on the following…

[RAS 077.001, 150] Girl adjusting her hair-pin. Sadafusa. ca. 1830. Click on the following image to open a full-screen view:

[RAS 077.001, 151] Girl with a roll of cloth; view at Uyeno, with a tea-house on a hill overlooking the…

[RAS 077.001, 152] ‘Scenery of the Eastern Capital’. Girl with an open fan. Sadafusa. ca. 1830. Click on the following image…

[RAS 077.001, 153] Girl by a palanquin. Sadafusa. ca. 1830. Click on the following image to open a full-screen view:

[RAS 077.001, 154] Girl carrying a bundle. Sadafusa. ca. 1830. Click on the following image to open a full-screen view:

[RAS 077.001, 155] Girl on bench with baby, with flowers behind. Yeisen. ca. 1830. Click on the following image to…

[RAS 077.001, 156] A figure of Fukusuke, the big-headed good luck character, seated with a fan, his features made up…

[RAS 077.001, 157] Ichikawa Kuzo bows to the audience on the occasion of taking the name and title of Ichikawa…

[RAS 077.001, 158-159] Actors portray the courtesan Segawa of Matsuba-ya handing a pipe to the blind Kiriyama Kengyo, observed from…

[RAS 077.001, 160-161] Actors portray Go-i-ya Kyonosuke intervening as Kijin no Jimpachi attacks O-Yaye. Diptych. Kunisada. 1856. Click on the…

[RAS 077.001, 162-163] Actors portray Yasuke (really Koremori) and O-Sato of the sushi-ya, in an interior. Diptych. Kunisada. 1856. Click…

[RAS 077.001, 164-166] Kageikyo holds a Minamoto family banner with Nisaku (really Miho Tanishiro) with his daughter O-Yama (really Hatsushimo,…

[RAS 077.001, 167-168] Actors portay O-Sone handing a sword to her husband, Suke-ichi. Diptych. Kunisada. 1856. Click on the following…

[RAS 077.001, 169-170] Actors portray Chichibu Shoji Shigetada confronting Akoya, mistress of Kagekiyo, and his daughter Kosakura, at night. Diptych….

[RAS 077.001, 171-172] Actors portraying O-Toki clutching the sword-scabbard of Iga no Kotaro Tomoyuki, who holds a scroll; with the…

[RAS 077.001, 176-178] Actors portray Furute-ya Jinzo on a boat with drawn sword running into a house-boat with the geisha…

[RAS 077.001, 182-183] Actors portray Yokogawa Kakuhan the warrior-monk and the Foxman Genkuro, grasping a sword and backed by a…

[RAS 077.001, 199] Onoye Kikugoro IV as the brigand woman O-Cho, seated bound in a small palanquin. Kunisada. 1856. Click…

[RAS 077.001, 200] Isami Hideonsuke(?) on the snow-covered bank of a river holding his pipe and tobacco-pouch. Kunisada. 1856. Click…

Major-General Sir Alexander Cunningham was an archaeologist and numismatist, Superintendent of the Archaological Survey of India.  Artist: C. W. Walton…

Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy (1793-1859) was a Parsi philathropist. Artist: J. Smart, Bombay. Engraver: R.J. Lane Inscribed in ink: ‘My dear…

Sir William Jones (1746), philologist, barrister, and judge. In 1784, Jones founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal, serving as its…

Sir Henry Rawlinson (1810-1895), statesman and Assyriologist, ca. 1850. Rawlinson served multiple terms as RAS President. Artist: Henry W. Phillips….

Shuja-ud-Daula, Nawab of Oudh (reigned 1754-75), with ten sons. Artist: Nevasi Lal or Mihr Chand after original painting by Tilly…

‘A Mosque at Juanpore’ Jaunpur, 1802? By Thomas Daniell. Aquatint: Thomas and William Daniell. ‘Oriental Scenery’, III, 9 (Daniell 1795).