This page lists only those art works featured on our website's Fall 2022 update. For the complete available web inventory, see the Artists' Gallery. We also have many works of art not listed on our website. If you have specific interests, please contact us.
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The descriptions of art works here and on the linked pages were written by John Fiorillo.
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Japanese Prints, Paintings, and Related Works from Kamigata (Osaka-Kyoto Region) |
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Hironobu: Onoe Tamizô II (尾上多見蔵) as Benkei (弁慶) in Miyako meisho Genji awase (Illustrated comparisons of famous Genji in the capital, 都名所源氏絵合), Kado Theater (角の芝居), Osaka, woodcut, deluxe chûban nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: HNB12
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Hirosada: Title: Shiguregasa maki no shi (Fourth act, the occasion of the umbrella in the rain, 時雨傘 巻ノ四)
(1R) Mimasu Daigorô IV (三枡大五郎 ) as the playwright Namiki Shôzô (並木正三); (2R) Nakamura Utaemon IV (中村歌右衛門) as Danshichi Mohei (團七ノ茂兵へ); (3R) Nakayama Nanshi II (中山南枝) as jorô (prostitute) Tomi (女郎とみ) in Yadonashi Danshichi shigare no karakasa (Homeless Danshichi, an umbrella in the rain, 宿無団七時雨傘), 5/1851, Naka Theater, Osaka, woodcut, chûban nishiki-e triptych
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Order/Inquiry: HSD81
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Hirosada: Nakamura Utaemon IV (中村歌右衛門) as Katô Masakiyo (加藤正清) in Keisei kiyome no funauta (An innocent courtesan and a sailor’s song: けいせい清船諷), Naka Theater, Osaka; Title: Mizu ("water," 水) apparently from a series of five elements; poem by Senchô (僊蝶), 1/1851, woodcut, deluxe chûban nishiki-e
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Inquiry: HSD82
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Hokuei: (1R) Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Miyamoto Musashi (宮本無三四); (2R) Nakamura Tomosa II (中村友三) as Bōzu [bonze, Buddhist priest] Iwamatsu (坊主岩松) in Katakiuchi nitô eiyûki (復讐二島英勇記), 1/1832, Onishi Theater, Osaka, woodcut, ôban nishiki-e
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Inquiry: HKE94
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Hokuei: Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Ningyoya Kôemon (人形屋幸右衛門) in Ehon Tengajayamura (Picture book of the gathering at Tengajaya: 絵本殿下茶屋聚), Naka Theater, Osaka, 7/1831, woodcut, ôban nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: HKE95
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Hokuei: Arashi Junosuke (嵐寿之助) as Torii Matasuke (鳥井又助) in an unidentified play and theater, c. 1830-33, woodcut, ôban nishiki-e
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Inquiry: HKE96
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Hokuei: (1R) Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Kaminari Shôkurô (雷庄九郎); (2R) Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Karigane Bunshichi (雁金文七) in Aikikyô karigane gomon (Blue medicinal root and Karigane’s five crests: 藍桔梗雁金五紋), Kado Theater, Osaka, 5/1833, woodcut, ôban nishiki-e diptych
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Order/Inquiry: HKE97
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Hokuei: (1R) Kataoka Ichizô I (片岡市蔵) as Inukai Genpachi (犬飼見八); (2R) Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Inuzuka Shino (犬塚信乃) in Hana no ani tsubomi no yatsufusa (花魁莟八総) at the Naka Theater, Osaka, 1/1836, woodcut, ôban nishiki-e diptych
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Order/Inquiry: HKE98
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Hokushû: Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Mino no Shôkurô (美濃ノ庄九郎); (BR) Ichikawa Ebijûrô I (市川鰕十郎) as Gantetsu jitsu wa [actually] Miura Arajirô (丸鉄実は 三浦荒次郎); and (BL) Nakamura Karoku I (中村歌六) as keisei Hinazuru jitsu wa [actually] Shôkurô nyôbô [wife] Kochô (けいせい雛鶴実は 庄九郎妻小蝶) in Keisei ômonguchi (けいせい廓大門), Kado Theater, Osaka, c. 1/1823, woodcut, ôban nishiki-e triptych
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Order/Inquiry: HKS67
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Kunimasu (Sadamasu): Nakamura Tomijûrô II (中村富十郎) as the menoto (wet-nurse: 乳ノ人) Masaoka (政岡) with child actors as Tsuruchiyo and Senmatsu in Chiyo no haru hagi no wakabae (Youthful glory among the bush clover at Sendai: 先代萩若榮), Kado Theater, Osaka, 7/1836, woodcut, ôban nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: KMS48
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Kunimasu (Sadamasu): Nakamura Shikan III (中村芝翫) as Aratôta (荒藤太) in Tenmangû natane no gokû (The rapeseed offering at the heaven filling shrine, 天満宮菜種御供), Naka Theater, Osaka, woodcut, chûban nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: KMS49
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Kunimasu (Sadamasu): Jitsukawa Enzaburô I (実川延三郎) as Oguri Hangan (小栗判官), unidentified Theater, Osaka, c. 8/1848, woodcut, deluxe chûban nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: KMS50
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Kunimasu (Sadamasu): Onoe Baikô III, 尾上梅幸 (Onoe Kikugorô III, 尾上菊五郎) as geiko (geisha) Kasane (芸子かさね) in Kasane ôgi hagi no datezome (Kasane’s fan and bushclover in dyed Date colors, 重扇萩の伊達染), Kado Theater (角の芝居), Osaka; 5/1841, woodcut, deluxe chûban nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: KMS51
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Munehiro: Onoe Tamizô II (尾上多見蔵) as Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門) in an unidentified play and theater), c. 1/1860, woodcut, deluxe chûban nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: MUH08
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Nagahide: (1R) Bandô Mitsugorô III (坂東三津五郎) as Daihanji (大判事); (2R) Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Sadaka (貞か) in Imoseyama onna teikin (Mt. Imo and Mt. Se: An exemplary tale of womanly virtue: 妹背山婦女庭訓), Kado Theater, Osaka, 3/1821, woodcut, ôban nishiki-e diptych
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Order/Inquiry: NGH06
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Sadaharu: Ichikawa Morinosuke as Ono no Tôfû (小野道風) in Ôno no Tôfû aoyagi suzuri(小野道風青柳硯), Ônishi no Shibai, Osaka, 4/1839, woodcut, chûban nishiki-e
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Inquiry: SAH02
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Sadahiro: Nakamura Kajûrô I (中村歌十良) as Ishizuka Saichi (石塚左市) in Keisei sakura no honjo (Cherry blossoms at the castle, a courtesan play, けいせい桜城砦), Kado Theater, Osaka, 1/1842, woodcut, ôban nishiki-e
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Inquiry: SDH16
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Sadahiro: Matsuume (まつ梅) of the Moritaya (森田屋) as a hashitame (maid servant, はした女), from the series Shimanouchi nerimono (Costume parade in Shimanouchi"), Osaka, 島之内ねり物), 6/1836, woodcut, ôban nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: SDH17
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Sadanobu: Onoe Kikugorô III ((尾上菊五郎) as Akamatsu Hikoshirô (赤松彦四郎) go-ni (later 後二) Niki Naonori (二木直則) in Kasane ôgi hagi no Datezome (Kasane’s fan and bush clover in dyed Date colors, 重扇萩の伊達染), Kado Theater, Osaka, 5/1841, woodcut, ôban nishiki-e
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Inquiry: SDN51
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Sadanobu: Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) as Hamada Oribe (浜名織部) jitsu wa (actually, 実ハ) Kosakabe Yasaburô (小坂部弥三郎) in Momochidori Naruto no shiranami (A flock of plovers and the white waves of the whirlpool , 百千鳥鳴門白浪), Naka Theater, Osaka, 1/1839, woodcut, ôban nishiki-e
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Inquiry: SDN52
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Sadanobu: Nakamura Kashichi III (中村歌七) as Uesugi Mishimanosuke (上杉三嶋之助) in Keisei yanagi sakura (Courtesan, willow, and cherry, けいせい楊柳櫻), Naka Theater, Osaka, 1/1841, woodcut, ôban nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: SDN53
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Sadanobu: Nakamura Hajô (中村巴丈) as Uekiya musume (Uekiya's daughter) Oichi (植木屋娘 おいち) in Gishinden yomikiri kôshaku (Reciting an all-in-one [complete] tale of righteous men, 義臣伝読切講釈), Naka Theater, Osaka, 3/1840, woodcut, ôban nishiki-e
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Inquiry: SDN54
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Sadayoshi: Toban tabinaka no zu (View of traveling the road up to the capital: 登板旅中之圖) with an inset view of Mt Fuji (富士山); Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫 = earlier stage name for Nakamura Utaemon IV) on the road to Edo, 2/1838, woodcut, ôban nishiki-e
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Inquiry: SDY14
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Sadayoshi: Kataoka Ichizô (片岡市蔵) as Takechi Mitsuhide (武智光秀) in Eawase taikôki (Chronicle of honor [Hideyoshi] compared in pictures: 絵合太功記), Kado Theater, Osaka, 10/1842, woodcut, ôban nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: SDY15
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Toyohide: Ichikawa Morinosuke (市川森之助) as Hayano Kanpei (早ノ勘平) in Gishi no kakizoe (A postscript of the loyal retainers, 義士の書添), Wakadayû Theater, Osaka, 1/1838, woodcut, ôban nishiki-e
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Inquiry: THD10
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Yoshikuni: The courtesan Agemaki-dayû of the Naka-Kineya (中杵屋 [の] 揚巻太夫) as a dengaku priest (Dengaku bôzu: でんかく法師) in the Ôsaka Shinmachi 大阪新町 nerimono (ねりもの), 8/1825, woodcut, ôban nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: YSK31
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Yoshitaki: Kitaoka Gatô II (片岡我当) as Fujiya Izaemon (藤屋伊左衛門) in Kuruwa Bunshô (Love letter from the pleasure quarter, 廓文章), Kado Theater, Osaka, 3/1863, woodcut, chûban nishiki-e
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Order/Inquiry: YST31
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Yoshitaki: (1R) Nakamura Sôjûrô I (中村宗十郎) as Mashiba Hisayoshi (真柴久吉); (2R) Bandô Jutarô III (坂東寿太郎) as Mitsuhide's wife Misao (妻みさほ); (3R) Onoe Shoroku (尾上松緑 as Akechi Mitsuhide (明智光秀); (4R) Jitsukawa Enjaku I (実川延若) as Jûjirô (重次郎); (5R) Otani Tomoemon V (大谷友右衛門) as Hatsugiku (初きく) in Kachidoki matsushima shinbutai (The Shout of Victory, a New Play at the Matsushima Theater, 勝鬨松島新舞台), Matsushima Theater, Osaka, 3/1872, woodcut, chûban nishiki-e pentaptych
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Order/Inquiry: YST32
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Japanese Prints, Paintings, and Related Works from Edo |
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Igawa Sengai: Prints of the China Incident: Sixth Compilation, Thirty-six Brave Soldiers under Commanding Officer Yanagizawa of the Combat Engineers Forming a Human Pillar in the Creek (Shina jihen hanga: Dai-roku hen, Yanagizawa kôhei butaichô ika sanjûroku yûshi no kuriku ni okeru hitobashira, 支那事変版画・第六篇・支那事変・柳沢工兵部隊長以下三十六勇士のクリークに於ける人柱), modern Edo-style woodcut, ôban nishiki-e, March 1938
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Order/Inquiry: IGS01
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Japanese Modern Prints, Paintings, and Related Works |
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Azechi Umetarô: Kawaguchi-ko (Lake Kawaguchi, 河口湖), self-carved, self-printed, 1941, sôsaku hanga woodcut, large horizontal ôban, 28.8 x 38.5 cm
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Order/Inquiry: AZH06
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Kawanishi Hide: Nunobiki no taki (Nunobiki Waterfall, 布引の滝), no. 97 from the series Kobe hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Kobe: 神戸百景), 1936, sôsaku hanga woodcut, 17.5 x 28.5 cm
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Order/Inquiry: KWN24
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Kawanishi Hide: Kugatsu Suwayama mangetsu (Ninth month: Full moon over Suwa Hill: 九月 諏訪山満月) from the series Kobe juni-ke tsuki fûkei (Twelve monthly scenes of Kobe: 神戸十ニヶ月風景), 1931, sôsaku hanga woodcut, 16.4 x 27.9 cm
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Order/Inquiry: KWN25
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Nakagawa Kazumasa: Untitled (Woman sitting on a chair, Isu ni suwaru onna, 椅子に坐る女), c. 1960s-1970s, modern woodcut, dai-ôban, 41.5 x 28.0 cm
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Order/Inquiry: NKK01
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Sekino Jun'ichirô: “Etchings Ex-Libris,” ten ex-libris etchings, one title-page ex-libris etching, plus woodcut covers, illustrated unbound sôsaku hanga book (as issued), original edition, self-etched, carved, printed, and published, 28/50, 1949, (closed size): 28.0 x 22.0 cm
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Inquiry: SEK07
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Tokuriki Tomikichirô: Woman fixing her hair (the artist's wife), woodcut, sôsaku hanga print, large ôban (40.5 x 26.9 cm sheet size), self-carved 1947, self-published c. 1950s(?)
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Inquiry: TKR09
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Tokuriki Tomikichirô: Dôjimagawa kaki-fune (Oyster boat on the Dôjima River, 堂島川かき舟) from the series Osaka meisho (Famous places in Osaka, 大阪名所), woodcut, c. 1950s-1960s, large ôban 26.3 x 39.2 cm
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Inquiry: TKR10
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REFERENCE BOOKS (Japanese Prints, Paintings, and Related Arts) |
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Floating world prints in Kamigata, the sophistication of Osaka and Kyoto artists: (Kamigata no ukiyo-e, Osaka Kyoto no sui to waza: 上方の浮世絵 • 大坂京都粋と技); catalog for an exhibition at the Osaka Museum of History (April 19 - June 1, 2014) and the Yamaguchi Prefectural Hagi Uragami Museum (September 9 - October 13, 2014); 260 pages; 213 works in full color
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Order/Inquiry: BKS09
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Kawanishi Hide, the retrospective: (Kawanishi Hide kaiko ten: Seitan ichihyakunijû nen (Kawanishi Hide the retrospective: 120th anniversary of his birth: 川西回顧展 • 生誕120年); catalog for a retrospective exhibition at the Kobe City Koiso Memorial Museum of Art (October 4 - December 23, 2014); 192 pages; 239 works in full color (prints, drawings, paintings)
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Order/Inquiry: BKS10
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