ink and color on paper (triptych)

Actors Bandō Takesaburō I as Fuyuirō’s Younger Sister Teriha, Arashi Rikan III as Fisherman Namiroku, actually Muraoka Shinpei, and Bandō Shūka I as Namiroku’s Wife Koiso

Legend has it that Empress Jingu (169-269) led an invading army to Korea and returned to Japan in victory three years later. Here we see peace envoys from Korea offering tribute to the Empress. Modern historians agree there is no evidence that this invasion or victory ever occurred. However, the scene is in keeping with […]

Actors Bandō Takesaburō I as Fuyuirō’s Younger Sister Teriha, Arashi Rikan III as Fisherman Namiroku, actually Muraoka Shinpei, and Bandō Shūka I as Namiroku’s Wife Koiso

Parade of Courtesans, Nagato of the Owari, Tamakatsu of the Tamayaand, and Usugumo of the Tamaya

Triptych of Interior Scene with Seven Women and Three Men During Cherry Blossom Season

Iris, Daughter of Ariwara Narihira, from the series Six Fashionable Floral Selections

The 15th Empress Jingū Receives Envoys from Korea, from the Illustrated History of Japan

Great Sea Battles of Japan

Excursion to Tōeizan in the Shogunate Period

A Theatrical Parody of the Sixteen Arhats

The Kabuki Play “Spider Silk of Evening”

Sawamura Kitō I, Nakamura Tamashichi I, and Arashi Rikaku II as Spirits of Mandarin Ducks in Aratamaru

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