Part 4

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111 A bijin.

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112 Ichikawa Monnosuke in a female rôle.

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113 Scene from the tenth act of “Chushingura.” 114 Ichikawa KomazoÌ.

UTAGAWA TOYOHARU

Pupil of Toyonobu. As a painter his reputation is justly high. He did not design many prints. He was born in 1735 and died on March 3, 1814.

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114 Cock, hen and chickens.

TORII KIYONAGA

Everything considered, the greatest artist of the Ukiyoé school and the culminating figure in its forward movement. He was born in 1742 and died in 1815. His finest prints were designed between 1780 and 1790.

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116 The Writing-lesson. 117 Fair travellers resting on a bench by the roadside.

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118 Two geishas entertaining a young man. 119 Court ladies on the engawa of a palace.

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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.

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_ 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.

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142 One sheet of a triptych showing a nobleman’s mansion from the garden, with the people engaged in various occupations.

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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.

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146 Group of girls at a tea booth by the seashore.

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147 A picnic party. Two sheets of a triptych. 148 Women picking wild flowers under a cherry tree in bloom.

HOSODA EISHI

One of the foremost artists of the school. He was a samurai of high rank, and a pupil of Kano Eisen. For three years before he took to Ukiyoé he held an official post in the household of the shogun Iyeharu. Eishi was a master of all the resources of the art of colour-printing and his prints are characterized by great elegance and refinement. He worked from about 1782 to 1800, when he gave up print-designing. He died in 1829.

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_ 149 Triptych._ Eight women and a man playing the game of “Catch the fox.” 150 Group of Yoshiwara women and attendants. 151 Someyama and her kamuro playing with a pet dog. 152 Yoshiwara women admiring a branch of mume tree with unopened flower buds. _ 153 Triptych._ Fête in a nobleman’s palace. Ladies composing poems.

[EISHI. Fête in a nobleman’s palace.]

EISHI. Fête in a nobleman’s palace.

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154 Another copy of the foregoing triptych. Shows how beautifully the purple changes by chemical decomposition.

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155 Oiran and attendants on parade.

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156 A Yoshiwara beauty. Ink proof of the key block. 157 Two women entering a room in the palace of Prince Genji, where a young girl is seated playing with a kitten.

YEISHOSAI CHOKI

An artist of ability, though not quite of the first rank. His prints are rare. He worked at first in the style of Kiyonaga. Later he imitated Utamaro, and changed his “goÌ,” or studio name, to Momokawa Shiko.

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158 Woman and child catching fireflies.

TOSHUSAI SHARAKU

This artist was by profession a performer of the stately and aristocratic No dramas in the service of Hachisuka, Daimyo of Awa. During the period from about 1790 to 1795 he designed a small number of caricature portraits of actors, which have great force and distinguished character.

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159 The actor(7) Tanimura TorazoÌ in the rôle of Kakogawa HonzoÌ. 160 Ichikawa EbizoÌ in the rôle of Ko no Moronao. This print bears an inscription, probably contemporary, giving the date 1794. 161 Onoe Matsusuke as one of the Loyal Ronin. 162 Rando HikosaburoÌ in the rôle of Yuranosuke. 163 Iwai HanshiroÌ in the rôle of Oishi, wife of Yuranosuke. 164 Ichikawa Monnosuke as one of the Loyal Ronin. 165 Morita Kanya as one of the Loyal Ronin. 166 Segawa TominojoÌ in the rôle of Kaoyo Gozen, wife of Yenya. 167 Sawamura SojuÌroÌ in the rôle of Yenya Hanguwan. 168 Arashi TatsuzoÌ in the rôle of Yoichibei. 169 Sakata HangoroÌ as Ten-ichi-boÌ Hotaku. 170 Segawa TominojoÌ and Nakamura ManjuÌroÌ in female rôles. 171 Nakajima Utaemon and Nakamura KonozoÌ. 172 Ichikawa OmezoÌ in the rôle of Sukeroku. 173 Matsumoto KoshiroÌ in the rôle of the otokadaté Banzuin Chobei. This print is commonly known as “The man with the pipe.” 174 Matsumoto YonesaburoÌ in the rôle of Okaru, wife of Kampei. 175 Ichikawa YaozoÌ in the rôle of Hayano Kampei. 176 Kosagawa TsuneyoÌ in the rôle of Tonasé, wife of Kakogawa HonzoÌ. 177 OÌtani Oniji in the rôle of Sadakuro. 178 Sannogawa Ichimatsu in a female rôle. 178a Nakayama TomisaburoÌ in the rôle of Komurasaki, and Ichikawa KomazoÌ as her lover, Shirai Gompachi, walking with her under a huge umbrella.

[SHARAKU. Two Actors.]

SHARAKU. Two Actors.

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179 Segawa TominojoÌ.

KITAGAWA UTAMARO

One of the most gifted and most widely known of the Ukiyoé masters. Extraordinarily facile and brilliant. Born in 1753 and died in 1806.

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_ 180 Triptych._ Imaginative view of a fête in a Chinese palace. It is a medley of Chinese and Japanese details intended as a take-off upon the treatment of Chinese subjects by the painters of the classic schools. 181 The hour of the Boar (9 to 12 P.M.). One of a set illustrating the twelve hours into which the Japanese day is divided. _ 182 Diptych._ Women in a nobleman’s palace, painting kakemono. 183 Yoshiwara beauties on parade. 183a A sheet from the “Washing day” triptych. 184 Woman helping a man attire himself in ceremonial dress. 185 Woman bending over to see a baby which another woman is nursing while seated before a mirror, arranging her hair. 186 Woman talking to a fan-mount vendor. _ 187 Triptych._ The persimmon-gatherers. _ 188 Triptych._ Procession of a noble lady and women attendants on their way to a temple, bearing offerings.

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_ 189 Triptych._ Shadows on the shoji. Illustrations of three effects of sake (rice wine). 190 Woman arranging flowers. 191 The kitchen. One sheet of a diptych. 192 A night excursion. One of Utamaro’s most famous prints.

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193 Hairdresser combing a girl’s hair. 194 Woman with a young boy on her back, watching three puppies at play.

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195 Kitao Masanobu drunk with sake at a fête in a daimyo’s palace. Part of a triptych.

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196 Woman wearing a black zukin, and a maid bearing a lantern. 197 Woman standing on a pier, holding an umbrella, and conversing with a man seated under the canopy of a boat. 198 Woman bearing a teacup on a lacquer stand. 199 Woman raising the mosquito netting over her bed to read a letter by the light of an andon. 200 Three performers in a niwaka, or burlesque theatrical procession, in the streets of the Yoshiwara. 201 Woman holding in her mouth a “pokan-pokan”—a musical toy of thin glass which makes a peculiar sound when air is blown through it. _ 202 Triptych._ Boating party. _ 203 Triptych._ The awabé divers of Isé. _ 204 Triptych._ Women and children on a bridge.

[UTAMARO. Woman with a Musical Toy.]

UTAMARO. Woman with a Musical Toy.

UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI

A brilliant artist of high repute in his day. Some of his prints, especially the earlier ones, are of distinguished quality. He was born in 1769 and died on February 24, 1825.

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_ 205 Triptych._ Street scene in the Yoshiwara. 206 Large head of an actor.

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207 The actor Koraiya.

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208 Musume raising a large umbrella. _ 209 Triptych._ Women in a public bath-house.

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_ 210 Triptych._ The Six Tamagawa, represented by six women washing strips of cloth in a rapid-flowing stream.

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211 Woman accompanied by a maid carrying a lantern. _ 212 Triptych._ Lady emerging from a kago; her attendants grouped about her.

[TOYOKUNI. Women in Bath House.]

TOYOKUNI. Women in Bath House.

KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI

A master of extraordinary versatility and power. Perhaps the most widely known of all the Japanese artists. He was born in 1760 and died in the spring of 1849.

213 Winter landscape. 214 Cranes on a snow-laden pine tree. 215 Iris. 216 Turtles swimming.

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217 Fuji san seen beneath a wave of the sea at Kanazawa. Hokusai’s famous “wave.”

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218 View of Fuji from Ushibori; a large boat moored in the foreground.

[HOKUSAI. Fuji from Ushibori.]

HOKUSAI. Fuji from Ushibori.

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219 Winter landscape.

ANDO HIROSHIGE

The last great artist of the Ukiyoé school, and a consummate master of landscape art. Born in 1797 and died on October 12, 1858.

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220 A cold morning at Shono, on the ToÌkaidoÌ. 221 View of Fuji san from Goyo. 222 Pine trees on the shore at Hamamatsu. 223 Flying kites at Fukuroi. 224 The “fox fires” at OÌji. 225 Kinryusan, Asakusa, in snow. 226 The fields back of Asakusa seen from a window through which a white cat is looking out. 227 Travellers in snow at Ishiyakushi.

[HIROSHIGE. Pines at Hammamatsu.]

HIROSHIGE. Pines at Hammamatsu.

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228 Evening rain at Azumasha.

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229 Autumn moon over the river Tama. 230 The evening glow at Setta. 231 The crowd in Ni ChoÌ (Second Street) at night. At the right is the Ichimura theatre, upon which and upon the tea-house across the way are tall signs advertising plays and actors. 232 Aowi and bird. 233 Pheasant and young pine trees upon a steep hillside. 234 Raftsman on the Sumida river in a snow storm.

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235 Shower at ShoÌno. 236 GyoÌtoku; boats returning.