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Showing 49 results for Kichimonjiya Ichibei 吉文字屋市兵衛

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A Fashionable Representation of the Immortals of Poetry: Picture Book of Waka-no-ura (Fūryū kasen ehon waka no ura) 風流歌仙絵本和歌浦, Takagi Sadatake 高木貞武 Japanese, Set of two woodblock printed books; ink on paper, Japan — A Fashionable Representation of the Immortals of Poetry: Picture Book of Waka-no-ura (Fūryū kasen ehon waka no ura) 風流歌仙絵本和歌浦
Takagi Sadatake 高木貞武
Kichimonjiya Ichibei 吉文字屋市兵衛
1734, eighth month (Kyōho 19)

Illustrated Poem Book (Katsura kasane} かつらかさね, Nichōsai 耳鳥斎 Japanese, Set of two woodblock printed books; one volume ink and color on paper, other volume ink on paper, Japan — Illustrated Poem Book (Katsura kasane} かつらかさね
Nichōsai 耳鳥斎
Shioya Chubei 塩屋忠兵衛
1803, eighth month (Kyōwa 3)

The Life of Shakyamuni Illustrated (Shaka goichidaiki zue kan yon) 釈迦御一代記図会巻四, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 Japanese, Set of six woodblock printed books; ink on paper, Japan — The Life of Shakyamuni Illustrated (Shaka goichidaiki zue kan yon) 釈迦御一代記図会巻四
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎
Kawachiya Mohei 河内屋茂兵衛
1845, fourth month (Kōka 2)

Archbishop Henjō (Sōjō Henjō zu), from the Dōon Version of the Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals, Iwasa Matabei 岩佐又兵衛 Japanese, Hanging scroll: ink, color, gold and silver on paper, Japan — Archbishop Henjō (Sōjō Henjō zu), from the Dōon Version of the Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals
Iwasa Matabei 岩佐又兵衛
1620s–1630s

Zelkova Freshwater Container (Mizusashi), Murase Jihei 村瀬治兵衛 Japanese, Zelkova wood, lacquered lid, Japan — Zelkova Freshwater Container (Mizusashi)
Murase Jihei 村瀬治兵衛
2022

“A Lovely Garland” (Tamakazura), from The Tale of Genji, Tosa Mitsuyoshi 土佐光吉 Japanese, Album leaves mounted as a pair of hanging scrolls; ink, gold, silver, and color on paper, Japan — “A Lovely Garland” (Tamakazura), from The Tale of Genji
Tosa Mitsuyoshi 土佐光吉
Konoe Sakihisa 近衛前久
early 17th century

Eight Views of Xiao and Xiang, Iwasa Matabei (Iwasa Matabē) 岩佐又兵衛 Japanese, Diptych of hanging scrolls; ink and color on paper, Japan — Eight Views of Xiao and Xiang
Iwasa Matabei (Iwasa Matabē) 岩佐又兵衛
ca. 1640s

Hatsune Riding Ground, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) 名所江戸百景), Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 Japanese, Polychrome woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan — Hatsune Riding Ground, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) 名所江戸百景)
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Uoya Eikichi 魚屋栄吉
1856–58

7 o'clock NY, Nakagawa Mamoru 中川衛 Japanese, Cast alloy of copper, silver, and tin with inlays of copper, silver, and gold, Japan — 7 o'clock NY
Nakagawa Mamoru 中川衛
2020

A Book on Flower Arrangement: Hare's-Foot Fern (Shinobugusa) 師廼部供作 (vol. 2); 思乃父魚砂 (vol. 3), Yoshida Tōgetsu 吉田桃月 Japanese, Monochrome Woodblock printed books; ink on paper, Japan — A Book on Flower Arrangement: Hare's-Foot Fern (Shinobugusa) 師廼部供作 (vol. 2); 思乃父魚砂 (vol. 3)
Yoshida Tōgetsu 吉田桃月
1822

Moon, Cormorants and Herons, Fujii Tatsukichi 藤井達吉 Japanese, Pair of hanging scrolls; color on paper, Japan — Moon, Cormorants and Herons
Fujii Tatsukichi 藤井達吉
ca. 1942

Album of the New Year (Aratama jō) 新玉帖, Tani Bunchō 谷文晁 Japanese, Woodblock printed book (orihon, accordion-style; bound); ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper, Japan — Album of the New Year (Aratama jō) 新玉帖
Tani Bunchō 谷文晁
Onishi Chinnen 大西椿年
early 19th century, before 1829

Shazanrō (Bunchō) Picture Book (Shazanrō ehon 寫山樓畫本)
, Tani Bunchō 谷文晁 Japanese, Woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan — Shazanrō (Bunchō) Picture Book (Shazanrō ehon 寫山樓畫本)
Tani Bunchō 谷文晁
1811, (Bunka 8); 1817

Red Ivy and a Small Bird
, Oka Buntō 岡文濤 Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Japan — Red Ivy and a Small Bird
Oka Buntō 岡文濤
early 20th century

Chinese Couplet by Bai Juyi and Waka by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki (partial) from “Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing” (Wakan rōeishū), Konoe Sakihisa 近衛前久 Japanese, Handscroll section mounted as hanging scroll; ink on dyed and decorated paper, Japan — Chinese Couplet by Bai Juyi and Waka by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki (partial) from “Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing” (Wakan rōeishū)
Konoe Sakihisa 近衛前久
late 16th–early 17th century

One Hundred Comic Poems of the Flower, One of the Three Friends, Tsuki, the Moon, Yuki, the Snow, and Hana, the Flower (Sansai hana hyakushu) 三才花百首, Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓 Japanese, Three volumes; ink and color on paper, Japan — One Hundred Comic Poems of the Flower, One of the Three Friends, Tsuki, the Moon, Yuki, the Snow, and Hana, the Flower (Sansai hana hyakushu) 三才花百首
Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓
1828–30

Views of Famous Places in Japan Paired with Kyōka Poems (Kyōka fusō meisho zue) 狂歌扶桑名所図会, Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓 Japanese, Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan — Views of Famous Places in Japan Paired with Kyōka Poems (Kyōka fusō meisho zue) 狂歌扶桑名所図会
Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓
1824 November (Bunsei 7)

Kyōka Verse Anthology of Elegant Friends (Kyōka gayū shū) 狂歌雅友集, Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓 (et al) Japanese, Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan — Kyōka Verse Anthology of Elegant Friends (Kyōka gayū shū) 狂歌雅友集
Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓
1826 (Bunsei 9)

Album of Suikoden Portraits with Kyōka Poems (Kyōka suikoden gazōshū) 狂歌水滸伝画像集, Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓 Japanese, Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan — Album of Suikoden Portraits with Kyōka Poems (Kyōka suikoden gazōshū) 狂歌水滸伝画像集
Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓
1829

Kyōka Poems as Chimes along the Tōkaidō (Kyōka tokan ekiro no suzu) 狂歌東関駅路鈴, Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓 Japanese, Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan — Kyōka Poems as Chimes along the Tōkaidō (Kyōka tokan ekiro no suzu) 狂歌東関駅路鈴
Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓
1830 (Bunsei 13)

Picture Album of Road Pictures (of the Tōkaidō Road) (Dōchū gafu) 道中画譜, Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓 Japanese, Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan — Picture Album of Road Pictures (of the Tōkaidō Road) (Dōchū gafu) 道中画譜
Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓
1830s

Collected Thirty-six Kyōka Poets (Kyōka roku roku shū) 興歌六々集, Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓 Japanese, Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan — Collected Thirty-six Kyōka Poets (Kyōka roku roku shū) 興歌六々集
Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
1840 (Tenpō 11)

Kyōka Verse Album on the Scales of the Carp (Kyōka ririnshū) 狂歌鯉鱗集, Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓 Japanese, Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan — Kyōka Verse Album on the Scales of the Carp (Kyōka ririnshū) 狂歌鯉鱗集
Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓
1845 (Koka 2)

Gathering of the Jewels (Tama hiroi), Nukina Kaioku 貫名海屋 Japanese, Set of two woodblock printed books; ink and color on paper, Japan — Gathering of the Jewels (Tama hiroi)
Multiple artists/makers
postscript dated 1861

Book of Humorous Poems on the Cherry Flower and the Maple Leaves (Ehō no taki) 得吉方廼滝, Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓 Japanese, Ink and color on paper, Japan — Book of Humorous Poems on the Cherry Flower and the Maple Leaves (Ehō no taki) 得吉方廼滝
Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓
1833

Bunpō Picture Album (Bunpō gafu) 文鳳画譜, First Series, Kawamura Bunpō 河村文鳳 Japanese, Set of three woodblock printed books; ink and color on paper, Japan — Bunpō Picture Album (Bunpō gafu) 文鳳画譜, First Series
Kawamura Bunpō 河村文鳳
1807, early Winter (Bunka 4)

Nangaku-Bunpō Highway Pictures (Nangaku Bunpō kaidō sōga) 南岳文鳳街道雙畫, Kawamura Bunpō 河村文鳳 Japanese, Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan — Nangaku-Bunpō Highway Pictures (Nangaku Bunpō kaidō sōga) 南岳文鳳街道雙畫
Kawamura Bunpō 河村文鳳
Watanabe Nangaku 渡辺南岳
1811, Winter (Bunka 8)

Kinpaen (Bunpō) Picture Album (Kinpaen gafu) 金波園画譜, Kawamura Bunpō 河村文鳳 Japanese, Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan — Kinpaen (Bunpō) Picture Album (Kinpaen gafu) 金波園画譜
Kawamura Bunpō 河村文鳳
1820, Midsummer (Bunsei 3)

Kinpaen (Bunpō) Picture Album (Kinpaen gafu) 金波園画譜, Kawamura Bunpō 河村文鳳 Japanese, Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan — Kinpaen (Bunpō) Picture Album (Kinpaen gafu) 金波園画譜
Kawamura Bunpō 河村文鳳
1820, Midsummer (Bunsei 3)

Kinkadō's Album of Drawings by Keibun (Keibun Kinka chō) 景文錦華帖, Matsumura Keibun 松村景文 Japanese, Woodblock printed book (orihon, accordion-style); ink and color on paper, Japan — Kinkadō's Album of Drawings by Keibun (Keibun Kinka chō) 景文錦華帖
Matsumura Keibun 松村景文
1898, seventh month (Meiji 31)

Plum Blossoms, Matsumura Keibun 松村景文 Japanese, Freestanding screen (tsuitate); ink on paper, Japan — Plum Blossoms
Matsumura Keibun 松村景文
Rai San’yō 頼山陽
ca. 1823

The Courtesan Hanaōgi of the Ōgiya Brothel (Ōgiya Hanaōgi), from the series Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters as Six Floral Immortals (Seirō bijin rokkasen), Chōbunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之 Japanese, Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan — The Courtesan Hanaōgi of the Ōgiya Brothel (Ōgiya Hanaōgi), from the series Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters as Six Floral Immortals (Seirō bijin rokkasen)
Chōbunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之
ca. 1794 (Kansei 6)

Bellflowers (Asagao), from the series Genji in Fashionable Modern Guise (Fūryū yatsushi Genji: Asagao), Chōbunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之 Japanese, Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, Japan — Bellflowers (Asagao), from the series Genji in Fashionable Modern Guise (Fūryū yatsushi Genji: Asagao)
Chōbunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之
1789–92

The Actor Arashi Otohachi I (facsimile?), Ippitsusai Bunchō 一筆齊文調 Japanese, Probably a facsimile reproduction of a woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan — The Actor Arashi Otohachi I (facsimile?)
Ippitsusai Bunchō 一筆齊文調
originally published ca. 1768 (Meiwa 5)

Men’s Stomping Dances (Otoko tōka) 男踏歌, Chōbunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之 Japanese, Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan — Men’s Stomping Dances (Otoko tōka) 男踏歌
Multiple artists/makers
1798

Courtesan with Fan and Koto
, Chōbunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之 Japanese, Hanging scroll; color on silk, Japan — Courtesan with Fan and Koto
Chōbunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之
late 18th century

The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry as Kabuki Actors (Yakusha sanjūrokkasen) 役者三十六歌仙, Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 Japanese, Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan — The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry as Kabuki Actors (Yakusha sanjūrokkasen) 役者三十六歌仙
Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞
Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓
1835, first month (Tempō 6)

Poem by Fujiwara no Okikaze with Underpainting of Clematis
, Shōkadō Shōjō 松花堂昭乗 Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink, gold, and silver on colored paper, Japan — Poem by Fujiwara no Okikaze with Underpainting of Clematis
Shōkadō Shōjō 松花堂昭乗
Tawaraya Sōtatsu 俵屋宗達
early 17th century

Section of a Handscroll with Waka and Underpainting of Pines
, Hon'ami Kōetsu 本阿弥光悦 Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink on gold decorated paper, Japan — Section of a Handscroll with Waka and Underpainting of Pines
Hon'ami Kōetsu 本阿弥光悦
Tawaraya Sōtatsu 俵屋宗達
early 17th century

A Garden of Pictures by Kyoto Artists (Keijō gaen) 京城画苑, Shiba Kōkan 司馬江漢 Japanese, Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan — A Garden of Pictures by Kyoto Artists (Keijō gaen) 京城画苑
Shiba Kōkan 司馬江漢
Matsumura Keibun 松村景文
1814