Unusual Collection (page 21)

A Windy Day under the Cherry Trees, c. 1797. Creator: Utagawa Toyokuni I
A Windy Day under the Cherry Trees, c. 1797

The Great Elephant from a Foreign Land (Ikoku watari dai zo no zu), 1863

True Image of a Giant Elephant (Taizo shasei), 1863. Creator: Utagawa Yoshikata
True Image of a Giant Elephant (Taizo shasei), 1863

Joriken riding his sword across water, section of a sheet from an untitled harimaze series, 1858

Kiritsubo, No. 1 from the series "Murasaki Shikibus Genji Cards
Kiritsubo, No. 1 from the series " Murasaki Shikibus Genji Cards (Murasaki Shikibu Genji karuta)", 1857

The actor Iwai Hanshiro VI in a female role, c. 1830s. Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
The actor Iwai Hanshiro VI in a female role, c. 1830s

Night scene aboard a pleasure boat, c. 1830s. Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Night scene aboard a pleasure boat, c. 1830s

Surugadai, from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto Meisho)"
Surugadai, from the series " Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto Meisho)", c. 1832/33

American Merchant Traveling in Yokohama (Yokohama torai Amerika shonin ryoko no zu), 1861

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII, 1854. Creator: Utagawa School
Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII, 1854

The Sixth Month (Roku gatsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu)
The Sixth Month (Roku gatsu), from the series " Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)", c. 1793

The actor Segawa Senjo as Shirotae, n. d. Creator: Utagawa Toyokuni I
The actor Segawa Senjo as Shirotae, n.d

Pinks: nurse and baby, from an untitled series of beauties and flowers, 1812

French photographer, 1861. Creator: Yoshikazu
French photographer, 1861

Island of Little People (Kobitojima), 1863. Creator: Yoshikazu
Island of Little People (Kobitojima), 1863

Foreign Children at Play (Gaikoku kodomo yugi no zu), 1860. Creator: Yoshikazu
Foreign Children at Play (Gaikoku kodomo yugi no zu), 1860

Russians Drawn from Life (Oroshiajin no sho utsushi), 1861. Creator: Yoshikazu
Russians Drawn from Life (Oroshiajin no sho utsushi), 1861

Among the Five Nations: Americans (Gokakoku no uchi, Amerikajin), 1861

A Foreign Camera (Gaikoku shashinkyo no zu), 1860. Creator: Yoshikazu
A Foreign Camera (Gaikoku shashinkyo no zu), 1860

England (Igirisu koku), 1865. Creator: Utagawa Yoshitora
England (Igirisu koku), 1865. British people, sailing ships and churches seen through Japanese eyes

Russian (Oroshiajin), from the series "People of the Five Nations (Gokakoku no uchi)
Russian (Oroshiajin), from the series " People of the Five Nations (Gokakoku no uchi)", 1861

Preparing Meals in a Foreign Residence (Ijin yashiki ryori no zu), 1860

Picture of Steam Locomotives Traveling (Jokisha rikudo tsuko no zu), 1870

English (Igirisujin), from the series "A Collection of Various Countries
English (Igirisujin), from the series " A Collection of Various Countries (Bankoku zukushi)", 1860

True Drawing of a Newly Arrived Camel (Shinto rakuda shashin), 1863

Arrival of the Europeans: The Great Elephant (Yoroppajin torai, Daizo no zu), 1863

Kyoto: Courtesan of the Shimabara, from an untitled series of the three capitals, c. 1820s/30s

Osaka: Courtesan of the Shinmachi, from an untitled series of the three capitals, c. 1820s/30s

Study for Title Page from Punch, Volume 81, 1881. Creator: Charles Samuel Keene
Study for Title Page from Punch, Volume 81, 1881

Crab-Form Box with Floral Motif, 15th century. Creator: Unknown
Crab-Form Box with Floral Motif, 15th century

Ah! Would You?, 1892. Creator: Philip William May
Ah! Would You?, 1892

The Petitions (detail), France, 1607 / 30. Creator: Unknown
The Petitions (detail), France, 1607/30. Fountain featuring urinating cherubs, the goddess Diana and a a stag. Woven at the Manufacture du Faubourg Saint-Marcel, Paris

The Toilet of Helen, 1895. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
The Toilet of Helen, 1895. Before a toilet that shone like the altar of Notre Dame des Victoires, Helen was seated in a little dressing-gown of black and heliotrope

Cover Design to The Houses of Sin, by Vincent O Sullivan, 1897. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Cover Design to The Houses of Sin, by Vincent O Sullivan, 1897. Illustration for a volume of poetry published by Leonard Smithers. From " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A

The Fourth Tableau of Das Rheingold, from The Savoy No. 6, 1896. Cover design with Wotan and Loge, illustration for Wagners opera " Das Rheingold"

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, from The Savoy No. 8, 1896. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, from The Savoy No. 8, 1896. One of a series of proposed caricatures of musicians. Published in " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A

Cover Design to The Pierrot of the Minute, 1897. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Cover Design to The Pierrot of the Minute, 1897. Illustration for a verse play by Ernest Dowson, published by Leonard Smithers. From " The Best of Beardsley" edited by R. A

The Climax, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
The Climax, 1893. The floating figure of Salome holds the severed head of John the Baptist (Jokanaan). The head has writhing snake-like hair

A Platonic Lament, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
A Platonic Lament, 1893. A caricature of Oscar Wilde appears in the sky above a nude figure mourning over the body of the Young Syrian. A jester-like figure crouches beneath

The Stomach Dance, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
The Stomach Dance, 1893. Salome, wearing a peacock feather headdress, performs the dance of the seven veils. A grotesque figure plays a stringed instrument

Messalina, 1895. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Messalina, 1895. Probably intended as one of the illustrations to the Sixth Satire of Juvenal, privately printed by Leonard Smithers

Tailpiece, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Tailpiece, 1893. Alternate title: The Burial of Salome. A Pierrot-like figure and a satyr lower the naked body of Salome into a coffin in the shape of a powder box

Frontispiece for Juvenal, 1894. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Frontispiece for Juvenal, 1894. An elderly woman is just glimpsed between the curtains of a sedan chair carried by monkeys. From The Yellow Book, Vol. IV

Kasumigaseki, from the series "Famous Places in Edo (Koto meisho)", c. 1832/34. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Kasumigaseki, from the series "Famous Places in Edo (Koto meisho)", c. 1832/34

Arashiyama, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)", 1898. Creator: Kogyo Tsukioka
Arashiyama, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)", 1898

Kanebiki, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)", 1898. Creator: Kogyo Tsukioka
Kanebiki, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)", 1898

Sadaiye, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)", 1898. Creator: Kogyo Tsukioka
Sadaiye, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)", 1898

Eguchi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)", 1898. Creator: Kogyo Tsukioka
Eguchi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)", 1898

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