• Ichikawa Danzō V (市川団蔵) as Sakamoto Miuranosuke Yoshimura (三浦之介) in the kabuki play <i>Kamakura Sandaiki</i> or <i>Three Generations of Kamakura Shoguns</i> [鏡倉三代記] - in the form of a <i>hagoita</i>
  • Fuji from Honsen (豊年の富士) from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mt Fuji (富士三十六景)
  • View of Arai (<i>Arai no zu</i>: 新井ノ図) from the chuban series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (<i>Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi</i>: 東海道五十三次之内)
  • Illustrated book on warriors volumes 1 & 3 of 3 bound in one (attributed to Okamoto Masafusa [岡本昌房])
  • View of Totsuka (<i>Totsuka no zu</i>: 戸塚図) from the chuban series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (<i>Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi</i>: 東海道五十三次之内)
  • Ōkubi-e: Double bust portrait with bats in the border
  • Iwai Kumesaburō III [岩井粂三郎] as Inue Shinbei (犬江親兵衛) from the series <i>Loyal Heroes of the Hakkenden</i> (Giyū Hakkenden - 義勇八犬伝)
  • The Stone-faced General Sekishōgun Sekiyū (石將軍石勇) from the series <i>108 Heroes of the Popular Suikoden</i> (<i>Tzuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no uchi</i> - 通俗水滸傳濠傑百八人之内)
  • <i>Aizuri-e</i>: the Peasant class (Nō 農) from a series of the four estates <i>Mitate shinōkōshō</i> (無名: 見立士農工商)
  • The Courtesan Miyagino and her sister Shinobu plotting to revenge the death of their father (<i>Keisei Miyagino imōto Shinobu</i> - 傾城宮城野妹しのぶ) - from the series '24 Accomplishments in Imperial Japan' (<i>Kōkuku nijūshi kō</i> - 皇國二十四功)

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Ukiyo-e Prints in the Mike Lyon Collection

Mike Lyon (artist b. 1951) was fortunate to have grown up familiar with Japanese prints. In his youth Lyon’s parents and grandparents displayed examples that certainly inspired his own artistic development. He began acquiring Japanese color woodcuts early in his career as an artist. The types of prints that feature most prominently among the many hundreds in Lyon's collection reflect the artist’s deep appreciation of the human figure and the expressive facial portrait. The vast majority of Japanese prints in the Lyon collection represent views of actors yakusha-e) and beautiful women (bijin-ga), and in particular the close-up, bust-length portraits of the same (okubi-e).

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