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Hishikawa Moronobu

45 works

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Painting of a woman in a patterned red and white kimono glancing back over her shoulder, with a red seal in the lower right.

Beauty Looking Back

1690

Painting of a bald man in a black kimono and a woman in a red patterned kimono facing each other, with swords, on pale ground

Young Samurai and a Manservant as Mitate of Huanshigong and Zhang Lian

1690

Six-panel gold screen of a kabuki theater with performers on stage, seated audiences, pine and willow trees.

Scenes from the Nakamura Kabuki Theater

1684

Hanging scroll of a woman in a black kimono with red and blue circular patterns, head bowed, one bare foot visible.

Dancer

Two-panel gold screen of crowds under pines and cherry trees beside temples, a pagoda, and boats on a river.

Autumn at Asakusa; Viewing cherry blossoms at Ueno Park

1700

Hanging scroll of a woman in a floral green kimono turning her head, with long black hair and a gold background.

Beauty Turning Her Head

c. 1685-94

Painting of a spring dance with robed figures, musicians with drums, and spectators watching from a wooden house beside pines

Spring Dance Scene

mid- to late 1600s