Unknown Artist | New Moon Over the Rustic Gate Sesshū TōyōArtist: Tawaraya Statsu (c. 1570 c. 1640) Date: 1405 Publisher: Title: New Moon Over the Rustic Gate Series: Exceptional Beauties Medium: Offset Lithograph Size: 30 x 42cm This work is officially designated as a national treasure in Japan. It depicts a scene from Tu Fu's famous poem, "Southern Neighborhood". This image, originally painted on a hanging scroll, is one of few images whose exact year of completion is known. It is the oldest existing image
Artist: Hasegawa Sadanobu III 三代 長谷川貞信 / Konobu III 三代 小信 (1881-1963)
Publisher: Shin Nigao (Nigaodō 似顔洞)
Title: Seba | 洗馬 | Seba
the Wife of Bunzo | 三代目瀬川菊之丞の田辺文蔵妻おしず | Segawa Kikunojo no Bunzo Tsuma Oshizu
Title: The Actor Ichikawa Komazô III as Shinozuka Gorô (Sadatsuna) | 三代目市川高麗蔵の篠塚五郎(貞綱) | Ichikawa Komazo no Shinozuka Goro (Sadatsuna)
Theater: Kawarazaki | 河原崎
Shuei-sha (1963)
the left was not included at the time of printing and was not part of the series
and Accompanist Namizaki Tokuji | 坂東又九郎の忠兵衛、二代目小佐川常世の梅川、中村勝五郎の孫右衛門、富本豊前太夫、富本斎宮太夫、名見崎徳治 | Sansho Tokujiro No Umekawa
Medium: Woodblock Print | 木版画
Shūeisha (1963)Title: Pleasures of the Four Seasons: Colors and Scents of Flowers | Shiki asobi hana no irokaMedium: Offset lithograph printed on tradtional Japanese handmade washi paperSize: 25cm x 38cm
From the second version of the "Beauties" series