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In this image, a woman holds a pin up to her hair. She wears a blue patterned robe and a black sash with a purple, floral border. The wall behind her is missing in places. Above her is a shelf.<br />
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This is the center panel of a triptych (with 2003/1.409.1 and 2003/1.409.3).<br /><br />
Inscriptions: Okuni, Nakaura Fukusuke; Toyohara Chikanobu hitsu (Artist's signature); Takekawa Sekichi (Publisher's seal)<br /><br />
 
Toyohara Chikanobu (Japanese (culture or style))
Lovebirds and Lightening in the Summer Rain: Nakamura Fukusuke IV as Okuni
1886
Gift of Dr. James Hayes
2003/1.409.2
The man in the front wears a blue robe with brown stoles. He carries a red umbrella in both hands. Behind and above him are two men wearing blue stoles over black robes. Both men hold instruments.<br /><br />
This is a ccenter piece of a triptych (with 2003/1.473.1 and 2003/1.473.3).<br /><br />
Inscriptions: Magoemon; Toyokuni ga (Artist's siganture); hori take (Carver's seal); Kichi, Isekane (Publisher's seal); aratame, tora 9 (Censor's seals)<br />
 
Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese (culture or style))
First Snowfall on the Lovers' Journey to His Hometown: Bandō Kōsaburō IV as Magoemon
1854
Gift of Dr. James Hayes
2003/1.473.2
This print depicts the interior of a theater. Several actors move about the set at the top of the print. Individuals in the audience are minutely detailed. Near the left of the stage, a pair of half-naked men brawl while an actor chides them from above. Near the bottom of the image, several in the audience smoke long pipes. A man holds the hand of a child on a raised platform near the bottom left of the print.<br /><br />
Inscriptions: Nishimura and unidentified others (​Publisher's seal); Torii Kiyotsune ga (Artist's signature)<br />
 
Torii Kiyotsune
Perspective Print of the Interior of the Nakamura Theater Featuring the Amakawa Scene of The Treasury of Loyal Retainers
1755 – 1765
Gift of Sharlynn and Andrew Circo, in memory of Sotokichi Katsuizumi
2011/2.200
The woman in the front of this print wears a purple robe with fans on it and an orange sash. Her hair is decorated with pins and combs, and she holds a piece of paper in her hand. Behind and above her, three men are seated in black robes with blue stoles. Each has a bookstand in front of him.<br />
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This is a left piece of a triptych (with 2003/1.473.2 and 2003/1.473.3).<br /><br />
Inscriptions: Umekawa; Toyokuni ga (Artist's signature); hori take (Carver's seal); (Publisher's seal obscured); aratame, tora 9 (Censor's seals)<br /><br />
 
Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese (culture or style))
First Snowfall on the Lovers' Journey to His Hometown: Iwai Kumesaburō III as Umegawa
1854
Gift of Dr. James Hayes
2003/1.473.1
In this print a man wearing a black robe with white crests fends off a red umbrella. Behind him the landscape is covered in snow with a few trees visible.<br /><br />
This is a center piece of a triptych (with 2003/1.473.1 and 2003/1.473.2).<br /><br />
Inscriptions: Chūbei; Toyokuni ga (Artist's signature); Hori take (Carver's seal); aratame, tora 9 (Censor's seals)<br />
 
Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese (culture or style))
First Snowfall on the Lovers' Journey to His Hometown: Kataoka Gadō II as Chūbei
1854
Gift of Dr. James Hayes
2003/1.473.3
This is a print of a woman.  She wears a dark striped robe with red trim.  Behind her is a room partition in front of paper walls and a wooden sliding door.  The sash she is carrying is black with gold trim on one end and two Chinese characters.<br />
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Inscriptions: Artist’s signature: Kunisada ga; Publisher’s seal: Shitaya, Aito; Censor’s seal: Aratame, I 3; Kunishichi nyōbō Okaji, Sawamura Tanosuke
Utagawa Kunisada II (Japanese (culture or style))
Sawamura Tanosuke [III] as Kunishichi's (?) wife, O...
1859 – 1865
Gift of Dr. James Hayes
2003/1.585
A man stands hunched over with one hand drawn up to his chest. He holds onto a screen with his right hand. His head is covered by a blue cloth, and he wears several layers of robes, including a striped blue and brown robe, lighter blue sash, and a patterned coat with yellow crests. Behind him is a small window.<br /><br />
This is the left panel of a diptych (with 2008/2.424.2).<br /><br />
Inscriptions: Kameya Chūbei; Yushima yo (Publisher's seal); aratame, tora 9; (Censor's seal); Toyokuni ga (Artist's signature)
Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese (culture or style))
First Snowfall on the Lovers' Journey to His Hometown: Kataoka Gadō II as Kameya Chūbei
1854
Gift of Ruth W. and Clarence J. Boldt, Jr.
2008/2.424.1
Abstract portrait of an actress, formed by abstract pools of watercolor with only slight detailing laid in after to suggest a bowed head and curved neck.
Emil Nolde (German (culture or style))
Actress
1912
Gift of the Ernst Pulgram and Frances McSparran Collection
2007/2.102
In this print, a woman kneels on the floor, towel in hand.  She is pushing back the sleeve of her blue and white patterned robe and looking forward.  A cloud of steam rises behind her.<br />
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Inscriptions: Artist’s signature: Kunisada ga; Publisher’s seal: Kawashō; Censor’s seal: kiwame; Goemon nyōbō Oritsu, Iwai Shijaku
Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese (culture or style))
Iwai Shijaku [I] as the wife, Oritsu, kneeling by a stream, towel in hand
1822 – 1844
Gift of Dr. James Hayes
2003/1.447
In this print, a woman sits on the ground outside of a building.  She wears a blue robe decorated with flowers.  She holds a tool in her right hand.  The interior of the building is visible behind her.<br />
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Inscriptions: Shigeharu ga; Publisher’s seal: Ten, Tenki; Somenoi, Iwai Shijaku<br />
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This is the left panel of a diptych, of which the museum has one.
Shigeharu
Iwai Shijaku [I] as Somenoi
1831 – 1835
Gift of Dr. James Hayes
2003/1.596
A man grabs the arm of another inside of a building.  The man on the right is neadly dressed in a black plaid robe.  He holds an open fan in his left hand.  The other man’s short black robe is half fallen off and reveals blue tattoos across his shoulders.  Both men wear swords.  <br /><br />
Inscriptions: Tsuribune Sabu; Issun Tokubei; Artist's signature: Toyokuni ga; Publisher's seal: Ryōgoku, Kamaki; Censor's seals: aratame, u 5<br />
 
Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese (culture or style))
Mirror of Men and Irises: Kataoka Gadō II as Issun Tokubei and Morita Kanya XI as Tsuribune Sabu
1855
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Rosenblum
2011/2.61
This is an image of two men, one standing behind the other, who is kneeling. Both wear matching clothes: black and white trousers, black socks, and multi-colored robes with a bulls-eye crest.  Behind them is a raised platform, decorated with multi-colored lotus flowers and blue and white tiles.<br />
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This is the center panel of a triptych (with 2011/2.191.1 and 2011/2.191.3).<br />
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Inscriptions: Toyokuni ga (Artist's signature); Yamaguchi Tōbei (Publisher's seal); Hama and Kinugasa (Censor's seals)
Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese (culture or style))
Celebratory Soga for the New Year: Ichimura Uzaemon XII and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the Mechanical Performance Announcers Kakichi and Shodanji
1848
Gift of Sharlynn and Andrew Circo, in memory of Sotokichi Katsuizumi
2011/2.191.2
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