ink and color on paper
Landscape
Eight Shrimp
Qi Baishi is acknowledged as one of the leading Chinese artists of the early twentieth century. In paintings of shrimp, he employs a different brush technique for each part of […]
Actors Nakamura Fukusuke I as Sakuraya Tokuemon and Arashi Kichisaburō III as Sasano Sangobei
Chapter 8 (The Festival of the Cherry Blossoms), from the series of Faithful Depiction of That Purple Figure
Actors Onoe Kikujirō II as Kasane and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Mameda
Seated Nobleman with Two Attendants Recives a Visitor
Bijinga
Memorial Portrait of Actors Ichimura Takenojō V as Kamiya Jisei and Bandô Kachō (?) as Kinokuniya Koharu
Koume in Honjo: The Ogura-an Restaurant, from the series Famous Restaurants of Edo
Dining out was, and still is, a favorite pastime of the Japanese. In this series of prints Hiroshige depicts some of the most famous, upscale dining destinations in the capital […]