YOSA BUSON

(1716–1784)

White Horse and Grooms

Hanging scroll: ink and color on silk; 43⅛ x 19¼ in. (109.5 x 48.9 cm); dated Hōreki 10 (1760)

Signed: Shachōkō; sealed: Kaidai ni chiki sonsureba (and yet, while China holds our friendship) and Tansei shite rō ni itaran to suru wo shirazu (I don’t think about getting old as I paint)

DISH WITH CHRYSANTHEMUM CHAIN DESIGN

Hizen ware, Nabeshima type: porcelain with underglaze blue and colored enamel decoration

Edo period, Empō/Jōkyō eras (1673−87)

Diameter: 7⅝ in. (19.3 cm)

UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI

(1769–1825)

Bandō Mitsugorō II as Nagoya Sanza and Segawa Kikunojō III as Sono’o-no-mae

Color woodblock print, ōban tate-e, 15⅜ x 10⅜ in. (38.7 x 25.4 cm); 1795–96

Series: Untitled series of double half-length portraits

Signed: Toyokuni ga

Publisher: Den

UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI

(1769–1825)

Courtesan Tying Her Obi

Hanging scroll: ink, color, and gold pigment on silk

Edo period, Bunka era, ca. 1810–12

36¼ x 13¼ in. (92.0 x 33.6 cm)

Signed: Utagawa Toyokuni ga

Sealed: Ichiyōsai

KITAGAWA UTAMARO

(1754–1806)

Morokoshi of the Echizenya, maids Ayano and Orino (Echizenya uchi Ayano Orino)

Color woodblock print, ōban tate-e, 15¼ x 10 in. (38.7 x 25.4 cm); 1794

Series: Array of Supreme Portraits of the Present Day (Tōji zensei nigao-zoro-e)

Signed: Utamaro hitsu

Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi