EditorialAlbum of 27 prints from the series "Pairings of Actors with the Fifty-three Stations (Mitate yakusha gojusan tsui no uchi)". Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III); Japanese, 1786-1864. Date: 1839. Dimensions: . Color woodblock-printed book. Origin: Japan.
EditorialSeki: Priest Ikkyu and the Hell Courtesan, from the series "Fifty-three Pairings for the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsui)". Utagawa Hiroshige ?? ??; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1840-1851. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; section of oban sheet. Or...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Renegade Monk Wantetsu of Okami-dani in the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1778. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1773-1783. Dimensions: ...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Minamoto no Yoshiie, in the play "Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori," performed at the Morita Theater in the eleventh month, 1778 (?). Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1778. Dimensions: 32.7 x 14.8 cm. Color woodbl...
EditorialThe Actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Onoe no Mae in the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1778. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1773-1783. Dimensions: 31.2 x 14 cm (12 5/16 x 5 1/2...
EditorialThe Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Abe no Sadato (?) in the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Eleventh Month, 1778 (?). Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1773-1783. Dimensions: 32.3 x 15.3 ...
EditorialThe Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Prince Takahiro in the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1778. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1773-1783. Dimensions: 31 x 14.8 cm (12 3/16 x 5 ...
EditorialThe Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Arakawa Taro in the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1778. Katsukawa Shunsho ?? ??; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1773-1783. Dimensions: 29.9 x 14 cm (11 3/4 x 5 1/2...
EditorialMishima, from the series "Fifty-three Pairings for the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsui)". Utagawa Hiroshige ?? ??; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1840-1851. Dimensions: 11.9 x 16.2 cm. Color woodblock print; section of oban sheet. Origin: Japan.
EditorialTakashima Ohisa, from the series "A Fashionable Set of Three (Furyu sanpuku tsui)". Utagawa Toyokuni I ?? ?? ??; Japanese, 1769-1825. Date: 1789-1799. Dimensions: 14 1/8 x 9 3/4 in. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialA visit to a shrine, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Popular Customs (Fuzoku juni tsui)". Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1781-1791. Dimensions: 22.2 x 15.8 cm. Color woodblock print; koban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialA sculpture commemorating the Hong Kong Film Awards stands in the Tsim Sha Tsui district of Hong Kong, on Monday, Sept. 6, 2021. (Anthony Kwan/The New York Times)
EditorialMax Wong, the executive director of Kee Wah Bakery, which manufactures over 10 million mooncakes a year, in Hong Kong, Sept. 1, 2021. (Nathan Tsui/The New York Times)