Japanese and Chinese Prints and Drawings donated by Gillett G. Griffin 89 items

This group of Japanese and Chinese prints and drawings was donated by Gillett G. Griffin, curator emeritus of graphic arts, in honor of Dale Roylance. It represents a small portion of the Far Eastern works on paper held by the graphic arts division. Also included are several sketchbooks, which were collected together with the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century drawings.

1.
  • Titmouse hanging on a Camellia branch

2.
  • Sakanoue no Korenori

3.
  • Number 1: Young couple watching artist sign a screen

4.
  • Swallows and peach blossoms under a full moon

5.
  • Number Five: Dancers on stage

6.
  • [Male portrait].

7.
  • Hotei standing on a boat

8.
  • The actor Ôtani Oniji III

9.
  • The actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as Utou

10.
  • The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II.

11.
  • The actor Onoe Matsusuke I.

12.
  • The actor Sawamura Sôjurô III

13.
  • Bamboo

14.
  • The actor Sawamura Tosshô II as Hayano Kanpei

15.
  • The actor Nakamura Fukusuke as Chigosuke Wakamaru

16.
  • The actor Ichikawa Ichizô as Dekiboshi no Sankichi

17.
  • The actor Sawamura Tosshô II as En'ya Hangan Takasada

18.
  • The actor Ichikawa Ebizô as Takemura Sadanoshin

19.
  • The actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as the wet nurse Shigenoi

20.
  • Preparatory drawing (shita-e) for a book illustration depicting Benkei Bridge (Benkeibashi).

21.
  • The actor Onoe Kikugorô III as Rônin Matagorô.

22.
  • The actor Ichikawa Yaozô III as Soga Gorô Tokimune

23.
  • Kokon Yoshiwara kidan // [Past and present strange stories from the Yoshiwara].

24.
  • The actor Nakamura Fukusuke as Hayano Kanpei

25.
  • Memorial portrait of the actor Ichikawa Ebizô V (Danjûrô VII).

26.
  • A finished preparatory drawing (hanshita-e) of Urashima Tarō riding a mythical turtle (minogame).

27.
  • Amida Buddha

28.
  • Daimyô yashiki no Kyôden // [Santô Kyôden at a Daimyô’s mansion].

29.
  • Daimyô yashiki no Kyôden // [Santô Kyôden at a Daimyô’s mansion].

30.
  • Tanabata no yurai (Origin of the Tanabata Festival).

31.
  • Carp

32.
  • Landscape with waterfall

33.
  • [Cat near fishbowl].

34.
  • Study of sparrows

35.
  • Preparatory drawing (shita-e) of attendants carrying a stretcher

36.
  • Study of a kingfisher with color notations

37.
  • Samurai with bow and arrow

38.
  • Preparatory drawing (shita-e) of an ox cart

39.
  • Samurai holding an umbrella with attendant

40.
  • Standing courtesan

41.
  • Study of myna birds

42.
  • Young male performer

43.
  • Black crow on snowy branch

44.
  • Preparatory drawing (shita-e) of an ox-drawn festival cart

45.
  • Suigyû // [Water Buffalo].

46.
  • Grapes

47.
  • Seated young woman relaxing while drinking tea

48.
  • Woman entering a bath tub

49.
  • Preparatory drawing (shita-e) of a horse

50.
  • Seated horse