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Kitao Shigemasa

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Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned robe holding a fan, with cherry blossoms and a hanging curtain behind him.

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX

1769 (early)

Woodblock print of two kneeling women in kimono, one playing a shamisen, beside a red chest and hanging bell.

Vesper Bell of the Temple of Great Buddha

ca. 1778

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one seated on a bamboo bench and one standing with a hand lantern.

The Hand Lantern

ca. 1790

Woodblock print of three women in patterned kimono and sashes, one bending forward to adjust her robe, ca. 1790.

Two Geishas and a Maid

ca. 1790

Hand-colored Japanese print of twenty-eight seated men in kimono arranged in a ring, with labeled names and inscriptions.

Portraits of Twenty-eight Metal Artists

Woodblock print of two women in kimono beside a tub of goldfish, one standing with a fan and one kneeling.

Two Women Feeding Fish

1739-1820

Three women in kimono walk together, one holding a red parasol, in a Japanese woodblock print on grey ground.

Two Geishas Out Walking

1739-1820

Ink print of a bearded robed man standing beside a blooming plum tree, with calligraphy and a red seal.

Sugawara Michizane crossing to China (Toto Tenjin)

c. 1770s

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono and woven hat beside a wooden lattice, 1766.

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Nagoya Sanzaburo in the play "Higashiyama-dono Kabuki no Tsuitachi," performed at th…

1766

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a blossom-patterned kimono lifting a large bell beneath a tiled roof, with stone steps b

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo II as Fujitaro, disguised as the ferryman Tomokichi, in the play "Shomei Mugen no Kane," p…

1767

Japanese woodblock print of two women under a yellow umbrella in rain, with birds flying over rippling water.

No. 5: Noda River in Mutsu Province, from the series "Six Jewel Rivers of the Floating World (Ukiyo Mu Tamagawa)"

c. 1769

Japanese woodblock print of two women beside a willow tree, a wooden bridge and river, one holding chrysanthemums.

No. 6: Tama River of Koyasan in Kii Province, from the series "Six Jewel Rivers of the Floating World (Ukiyo Mu Tamag…

c. 1769

Woodblock print of a seated woman in robes looking up at geese flying past a full moon above a veranda.

The Poet Ise Looking Up at a Flock of Returning Geese, from an untitled series of eight views

early 1760s

Woodblock print of two women in kimono arranging flowers in an interior, with a bird on a screen and bamboo outside.

Flower Arranging

c. 1769

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a patterned kimono holding a red-striped fan beside a bench and blind.

Clearing Breeze from a Fan (Ogi no seiran)

c. 1772

Woodblock print of a mounted rider and attendant crossing a wooden bridge over water in a snowy landscape with pines.

Crossing the Bridge at Sano

c. 1774

Woodblock print of a seated child in a floral kimono lifting a green turtle overhead, by Kitao Shigemasa, 1780s.

Boy as Jurojin, from an untitled series of children as the Seven Gods of Good Fortune

1780s

Woodblock print of two dancers in patterned kimono and yellow hats, one holding an open fan, by Kitao Shigemasa, c. 1778.

The Oystercatcher Dance (Miyakodori), from the series "Beautiful Dance Customs (Adesugata odori fuzoku)"

c. 1778

Woodblock print of a child kneeling by a carp near a pine tree, bridge and hills, with a fan-shaped inscription at upper righ

No. 15 Ōshō (Wang Xiang)

1772

Woodblock print of children in East Asian dress watching roosters in a courtyard beneath a pine tree.

Chinese children fighting cocks

1772

Woodblock print of children playing a neck rope tug of war on a veranda beside a shoji screen, with cherry blossoms.

Neck tug of war

1770

Woodblock print of an armored archer beneath a pine tree with a kneeling companion and stylized waves behind.

The warrior Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo

1764

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman reading a scroll beside a standing attendant holding a box, in a room with a go board and

Courtesan and Kamuro in a parlour

1764

Woodblock print of a standing man in a checkered red kimono holding a parasol, with calligraphy beside him.

Acteursportret met gedicht

1762

Woodblock print of three children playing under a full moon, with flowering shrubs and a poem cartouche above.

De achtste maand

1768

Vertical Japanese print of an armored warrior with a red spear riding a pale horse, in red and grey tones.

Vrouwelijke krijger Tomoe Gozen in harnas met zwaard op paard

1770

Japanese woodblock print of a mounted samurai actor with raised sword and a kneeling kabuki actor holding a box, in colored c

The Actors Bando Hikosaburo II as Watanabe no Tsuna and Matsumoto Tomijuro as Hakamadare no Yasusuke in the play "Fur…

1765

Woodblock print of a seated robed figure riding a black ox led by a child, with moon, pine trees and boats over water.

The Poet Sugawara Michizane

early 1760s

Japanese print of children in pink robes rolling a huge snowball, one lifting a smaller ball overhead, under a grey sky.

The Big Snowman

c. 1764

Woman in red kimono with umbrella watches a frog by a stream beneath a bare tree in rain, Japanese woodblock print.

Ono no Tofu Watching a Leaping Frog

early 1760s

Woodblock print of the Seven Lucky Gods on a sailing treasure ship with a crane flying overhead and waves below.

The Treasure Ship

c. 1778

Japanese print of two grey warblers among purple irises and teal leaves, with reeds and calligraphy above.

Reed Warbler with Reeds and Iris

1830