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Introduction

Bushido

The Way of the Samurai
November 1, 1985 - February 9, 1986

Selected Objects

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川 国芳

Toyotomi Hideyoshi escapes assassination on the ship of Yojibei (Toyotomi Hideyoshi to Yojibei), 1847-1852

Katsukawa Shunzan

The actors Osagawa Tsuneyo II as a woman and Matsumoto Koshiro IV as a samurai (nidai Osagawa Tsuneyo; yondai Matsumoto Koshiro), ca. 1789

Ishikawa Toyonobu

Ishikawa Danjuro III (Sandaime Ishikawa Danjuro), 1740's

Utagawa Hiroshige

Minamoto no Yoritomo: offering at the Great Buddha (Minamoto Yoritomo Daibutsu kuyō no zu), 1843-1847

Japanese

Chinese Warrior on Horseback, early 1800s-mid 1800s

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川 国芳

The last stand of the Kusunoki at Shijō-nawate (Nanke yūshi shijō-nawate nite uchijini), 1847-1852

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Yoshikado and Another Actor as Soma Taro, possibly 1822

Yashima Gakutei

Doll on a Stand, probably made for the Doll Festival in 1822

Katsukawa Shunshō

The Actor Ichikawa Danzō IV as Hata no Daizen, 1780's

Japanese Edo

Suit of Armor, 1854

Katsukawa Shuntei

River Battle (Kassen), 1808

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Moon at Mount Inaba (Inabayama no tsuki), 1885.12.10

Katsushika Hokusai

Hatakeyama Shigetada Carrying a Horse, 1822

Kitao Masanobu

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Enya Hangan in Chushingura (Enya Hangan Ichikawa Danjuro godai), late 1770's-early 1780's

Yanagawa Shigenobu

Asahina with a Turtle (from a Soga play), 1823/1

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

Matano Gorō Kagehisa Dropping a Rock on Sanada Yoichi Yoshisada, 1810s

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Dawn Moon and Tumbling Snow: Kobayashi Heihachirō (Seppu no gyōgetsu: Kobayashi Heihachirō), 1886

Yashima Gakutei

Fan Ceng and Tomoe Gozen, 1820s

Katsukawa Shuntei

River battle (Kassen), 1808.4

Katsukawa Shuntei

River battle, 1808.4

Katsukawa Shuntei

River battle, 1808.4

Utagawa Hiroshige

Minamoto no Yoritomo: offering at the Great Buddha (Minamoto Yoritomo Daibutsu kuyo no zu), 1843-1847

Utagawa Hiroshige

Minamoto no Yoritomo: offering at the Great Buddha (Minamoto Yoritomo Daibutsu kuyo no zu), 1800s

Utagawa Hiroshige

Minamoto no Yoritomo: offering at the Great Buddha (Minamoto Yoritomo Daibutsu kuyo no zu), 1843-1847

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Exhibition Checklist

Bushido : The Way of the Samurai

November 1, 1985 - February 9, 1986
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