Sunday, 27 April 2014

Utagawa Kunisada

A beauty reading a book whilst seated on a balcony, c.1850

Longing for a rendez-vous

Woman reading libretto

Bijin reading a letter in the kitchen, c.1825

Woman reading a letter, 1819

Young woman reading a letter

Fond of eels, 1863

Gengoro reading a letter, 1859

Yahei reading a letter, 1857





Hatsune, 1852

Hanachirusato, 1854



Prince Genji and present

Courtisans reading a letter, 1856

The book

The letter, c.1835

Reading an instructional book

Woman reading a letter, 1826


Utagawa Kunisada

born 1786 in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan

died January 12, 1865 in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan

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Kuroda Seiki



Kuroda Seiki

born August 9, 1866 in Kagoshima, Japan

died July 15, 1924 (57) in Tokyo, Japan

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Kobayakawa Kiyoshi

Couple, c.1910-20


Kobayakawa Kiyoshi

born 1896 in Hakata, Japan

died 1948 in Tokyo, Japan

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František Kupka

V zahrade, 1906



František Kupka

born September 23, 1871 in Opočno, Bohemia (now Czech Republic)

died June 24, 1957 (85) in Puteaux, France

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Takeuchi Keishu

Mouse lamp

Reading books, c.1910-20

Reading a letter

Takeuchi Keishu

born 1861 in Tokyo, Japan

died 1942

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Saturday, 26 April 2014

Väinö Kunnas

Kirsin satunurkka

Väinö Kunnas

born April 12, 1896 in Viipuri, Finland

died February 10, 1929 (32) in Helsinki, Finland

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Yamada Keichu

Mother and daughter, c.1897


Yamada Keichu

born 1868 in Tokyo

died 1934

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James Kurihara



James Kurihara

living in Seattle (Washington), USA

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Katsushika Hokusai

Woman reading a book, 1822

Two women reading by a kotatsu; snow-covered tree outside the window

A rook-reading ripe beauty



Geisha reading a book


Katsushika Hokusai

born October 31, 1760 in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan

died May 10, 1849 (88) in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan

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Carl Fröschl

The siblings


Carl Fröschl

born 1848 in Vienna, Austria

died September 16, 1934 in Vienna, Austria

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Toyohara Chikanobu

Elegant bijin of the Kaei era (1848-1854) reading an ehon, 1897

Shin bijin beauty in black

Rain poetess, 1886

Reading Toyohara Chikanobu

born 1838 in Niigata, Japan

died 1912

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Kajita Hanko

Reading a letter, c.1900-10



Kajita Hanko

born 1870 in Tokyo, Japan

died 1917

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Ivan Kulikov

An old ritualist elder at study, 1911

Portrait of Andrianov, 1929

A family at table, 1938

Ivan Kulikov

born April 1, 1870 in Murom (Vladimir region), Russia

died December 15, 1945 (75) in Murom (Vladimir region), Russia

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