Untitled
 
Print Date: 08/01/1923
Artist: Koizumi Kishio (小泉発巳男)
Published in Kimi to Boku (君と僕), No. 5

 
 
 

                   
After The Dance, Benguet Man

Print Date: 1924
Artist: Elizabeth Keith
Image courtesy of Galerie bei der Oper
 
 

    

                   
[Dancing Girl] Maihime (舞姫)

Print Date: 05/20/24
Artist: Oda Kazuma (織田一磨)
Publication: Hanga, Vol. 2 (May 20, 1924)
Personal Collection

                 
Dancers

Print Date:  1924
Artist: Bertha Lum
Medium: Raised line print
Image courtesy of www.bertha-lum.org
 
 
 

                 
[Nanban Song] Nanban Kyoku (南蛮曲)

Print Date: 02/20/1925
Artist: Kawanishi Hide (川西英)
Published in HANGA, No. 5
Image courtesy of http://wuhanam.com
 
 

Plays: Yoshida Goten (吉田御殿); Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba 
(伊勢音頭戀寝刃); Kôsokudo Kigeki (高速度喜劇); Denishawn
Ichiza Seiyôbuyô (デニショウン一座西洋舞踊)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  09/01/25
Print Date: 09/1925?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? prgram flyer
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

Plays: [Miss Ruth Page Dance] Ruusu Pêji Joshi Buyô (ルウス・ペエヂ女史舞踊)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date:  10/01-25/28
Print Date: 10/1928?
Artist: ?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? program cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

                   
Dancer #1

Print Date: 1928
Artist: Dorsey Potter Tyson
Medium: Etching with color applied by hand on the
plate before drawing the print

Note: The existence of "Dancer #2" suggests the existence of
this print, although a copy has not been located.   It is possible
that this is the same print as "The New Dance."

                           
        Dancer #2

        Print Date: 1928
        Artist: Dorsey Potter Tyson
        Medium: Etching with color applied by hand on the
        plate before drawing the print
 
 
 

                   
[Dance] Mai (舞)
 
Artist: Yasumoto Ryôichi (安本良一)
Publication: 版画 [Hanga], 第 5 号
Date: May 20, 1930
 

                   
[Revue] Revyû (レヴュー)
 
Artist: Ishizaki Shigetoshi (石崎重利)
Publication: 版画 [Hanga], 第 5 号
Date: May 20, 1930

Note: Although the image is in black and white, the print is in color.
 
 
 

Plays:  Sono Toki  no Akôjyô (其時の赤穂城); Shuzenji Monogatari (修禅寺物語);
Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi (与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  05/31/30 - 06/11/30
Print Date: 05/1930?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 
 

                    
Plays:  Sono Toki  no Akôjyô (其時の赤穂城); Shuzenji Monogatari (修禅寺物語);
Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi (与話情浮名横櫛)
Performance Place: Kabuki-za, Tokyo
Performance Date:  07/01/30
Print Date: 07/1930?
Medium: Machine lithograph printed? ehon sujigaki back cover
Image courtesy of the Shôchiku Ôtani Library
 
 
 

                 
[England] Igirisu (イギリス)

Play: [Charabanc] Sharaban (シャラバン)
Performance Place: Tokyo Gekijô , Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/04/30
Print Date: 1931
Artist: Inagaki Tomoo (稲垣知雄)
Series: [Shôchiku University Revue Prints] Shôchiku Dai Rebyû Hanga
(松竹大レビュー版画) [Volume 1] Daiisshū (第一輯)
Image courtesy of https://bunka.nii.ac.jp/
 
 
 
 

                 
[Turkey] Toruko (トルコ)

Play: [Charabanc] Sharaban (シャラバン)
Performance Place: Tokyo Gekijô , Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/04/30
Print Date: 1931
Artist: Inagaki Tomoo (稲垣知雄)
Series: [Shôchiku University Revue Prints] Shôchiku Dai Rebyû Hanga
(松竹大レビュー版画) [Volume 1] Daiisshū (第一輯)
Image courtesy of https://bunka.nii.ac.jp/

                 
[Miss Nippon's Inner Spear Dance (Sonoko Kashii)]
Misu Nippon no Uchi Yari Odori (Sonoko Kashiī)
(ミス・ニッポンの内槍踊（香椎園子))

Play: [Vanity Fair] Vuanichi fuea (ヴアニチ・フエア)
Performance Place: Tokyo Gekijô , Tokyo
Performance Date: 12/04/30
Print Date: 1931
Artist: Inagaki Tomoo (稲垣知雄)
Series: [Shôchiku University Revue Prints] Shôchiku Dai Rebyû Hanga
(松竹大レビュー版画) [Volume 1] Daiisshū (第一輯)
Image courtesy of https://bunka.nii.ac.jp/
 

                 
[Dance] Rappa (踊)
 
Print Date: 1931 (likely December)
Artist: Kawanishi Hide (川西英)
 
Note: It is unclear if this print
was issued in color or not.
 
 

[Dance] Odori (踊)

Print Date: 10/01/32
Artist: Maekawa Senpan (前川千帆)
Medium: Linocut
Print Series: [Outdoor, Small Works] Yagai Shôhin (野外小品)
Publication: Han Geijitsu 版芸術), 第 7 号
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 

                               
            [Dancer] Odoriko (踊り子)

            Publication: Han Geijutsu (版芸術), 第 2 号
            Date: 05/01/32
            Artist: Ôuchi Seiho (大内青圃)
 
 

Cover

Published in Shin Hanga (新版画), Vol. 5 (October 10, 1932)
Artist: Yoshihara Masamichi (吉原正道)
Image courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura
& Hayama
 
 
 
 

[Grassland dance] Kusachi Odori (踊り草地踊り)

Publication: Han Geijutsu (版芸術), 第 15 号
Date: 06/01/33
Artist: Mutô Kan'ichi (武藤完一)
 
 

               
                [Masquerade?] Kamen Buyô (假面舞踏)

                Artist: Shiba Hideo (柴 秀夫)
                Published in Shin Hanga (新版画), Vol. 7 (January 1, 1933)
                Personal Collection
 
 
 

Shimai (仕舞)
 
Print Date: 1933
Artist: Yamakawa Shûhô (山川秀峰)
Medium: Lithograph
Publication:  [Housewife's Friend] Shufu no Tomo (主婦の友)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 

[Dancing in the Street] Gaitô ni Odoru (街頭に踊る)

Published in Shin Hanga (新版画), Vol. 11 (December 25, 1933)
Artist: Yoshida Shôzô (吉田正三)
Image courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama

               
                [Masked Dance] Kamen no Odori (仮面の踊)

                Artist: Aki Seiichi (安藝蜻一)
                Publication: Shiro to Kuro (白と黒), 第 39 号
                Date: 09/01/33
 
                Note: Although the image is in black and white, the print
                is in color.

[Dance "Mountain Climb"] Butô "Yama ni Noboru" (舞踏 山に登る)
 
Artist: Kawamori Masao (川森正夫)
Publication: Yûkari (ゆうかり), 第 18 号
Date: 02/28/34
 
 

               
                [Tokyo Folkdance Outdoor Small Work #41]
                Tôkyô Ondo Yagai Shôhin Dai 41 (東京音頭  野外小品 第41)


                Artist: Maekawa Senpan (前川千帆)
                Medium: Linocut
                Publication: Shiro to Kuro (白と黒), 第 44 号
                Date: 02/01/34
 
 
 
 

               
                [Dance (Study)] Mairi (Shûsaku) (舞り (習作))

                Publication: Yûkari (ゆうかり), 第 24 号
                Date: 12/26/34
                Artist: Maekawa Senpan (前川千帆)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

[Odori (踊り)]

Print Date:  10/1935
Artist: Kitano Tsunetomi (北野恒富)
Medium: Woodblock-printed brochure for the Takashimaya
Department Store
Personal Collection
 
 
 

[Waiting to Go On] Shutsu o matsu (出を待つ)　.
 
Print Date: 1946
Artist: Fuse Shoshun (布施長春)
 
Note:  It is not clear if this is a nightclub dancer or a dancer in a
musical revue or stage show.
 
 

 

[Lesson in Japanese Dancing] Mai no Keiko (舞の稽古)

Print Date: 1949
Artist: Asano Takeji (浅野竹二)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

                   
[Beginning to Dance] Maihime (舞姫)

Print Date: 1952
Artist: Shimura Tatsumi (志村立美)
Series: [Five Figures of Modern Beauties]
Gendai Bijin Fuzoku Gotai (現代美人風俗五態)
Image courtesy of Woodblock Prints World

Note: There are at least five later editions from recarved blocks.
 
 
 

[Dance] Te-odori (手踊)

Print Date: 08/1953
Artist: Maekawa Senpan (前川千帆)
Series: [Print Calendar of Beauties] Hanga Reijin Reki (版画麗人暦)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

                 
[Waltz (Dance Without End Song)]
Enbu (Shûkyoku no Nai Odori)
(円舞（終曲のない踊）)

Print Date: 1953
Artist: Shinagawa Takumi (品川工)
Image courtesy of Toki-no-Wasuremono Ltd.

Note: It is possible that this corresponds to one of the Bukyoku Nos.
1-5 in the Shinagawa Unknown Dates section.
 
 
 

                 
[Dancing Music No. 6] Bukyoku  (舞曲) 第6

Print Date:  1953
Artist: Shinagawa Takumi (品川工)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
   
 
 

                 
[Dancing Music No. 8] Bukyoku  (舞曲) 第8

Print Date:  ? (ed. 50)
Artist: Shinagawa Takumi (品川工)
*Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 

                   
[Dance Recital] Buyô-kai (舞踊会)

Print Date: 1955
Artist: Mutô Katei (武藤嘉亭)
Image courtesy of Yamada Shoten
 
 
  

                 
Dancing Haniwa

Print Date: 1955
Artist: Saitô Kiyoshi (斎藤清)
Image courtesy of the Honolulu Museum of Art
 
 
 
 

                   
Misty Dance

Print Date: 1957
Artist: Yoshida Tôshi (吉田遠志)
Image courtesy of the Minneapolils Institute of Art
 
 
 

                 
Dance of Death

Print Date:  1958
Artist: Shinagawa Takumi (品川工)
Image courtesy of Harvard Art Museum
   
 
 
 

                   
[Foolish Dance] Baka Odori (ばか踊)

Print Date: 1959
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 20)

Note: Only a black and white image is currently available.  It is
not known at this time if a color version exists.
 
 
 

                   
[Clown] Dôke (道化)

Print Date: 1959
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. ?)
Image courtesy of the Ronin Gallery

            
[Dance of the Flame] Honô no Mai (炎の舞)

Print Date: 1962 (ed. 100)
Artist: Nakayama Masahiro (中山正実)/François Nakayama
Medium: Aquatint
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 

                   
Dance
 
Print Date: 1964 (ed. 60)
Artist: Yoshida Hodaka (吉田穂高)
*Image courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art
 
 
 
 

[Folk Dance] Fôkudansu (フォークダンス)

Date: 1965
Artist: Miyao Shigeo (宮尾しげを)
Image courtesy of Fuji Arts
 

                 

Print Date: 1968
Artist: Iijima Shun'ichi (飯島俊一)
Medium: Woodblock printed New Year's card
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 

                   
[Giou's Dancing] Giou no Mai (祇王の舞)

Play: ?
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Print Date: 1972
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 50)
Image courtesy of the Weatherspoon Art Museum

            
[Dancing Girl]

Print Date: 1972
Artist: Nakada Kikuji
Medium: Lithograph
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 

Kabuki Dancer
 
Print Date: 1973
Artist: Salvador Dali
Medium: Lithograph

                   
[Festival Dancer]

Print Date: 1973
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 70)
Image courtesy of Kamal Bakhshi Modern Asian Art

                   
[Festival Dancer]

Print Date: 1973
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 70)

               
Dancer
 

Print Date: 1973
Artist: Shirai Akiko (白井昭子)
Medium: etching with handcoloring
*Image courtesy of the National Museum of Asia Art
 
 
 
 

                   
[Dance Celebrating the Bloom of Maple-Tree (B)]
Momiji no Ga no Mai (B) (もみじの賀の舞 (B))

Play: ?
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Print Date: 1975
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 50)
Image courtesy of the Ronin Gallery
 
 
 
 
 

April: Hanasaki Bird Dance

Date: 1975
Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)
Series: Flowers, Bird, Wind, and Moon
Image courtesy of FujiArts.com (ed. 480)
 
Note: This print is based on an original paintingsby the artist Shimizu Kosho
(1911 - 1999), ho served as the Abbot of the Buddhist Todai-ji Temple in Nara
from 1975 - 1981.
 
 
 
 

            
[Zanzako Dance in Hyôgo]
Zanzako Odori, Hyôgo (ざんざこ踊り 兵庫

Print Date: 1976 (ed. 200)
Artist: Tanaka Masaaki (田中正秋)
Medium: Lithograph
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: Another dealer said this was a silkscreen print.
 
 
 
 

Mesmerised by Dance

Print Date: 1980 (ed. 200)
Artist: Zhang Peichu (张培础)
Series: Ten Views of Silk Road, part of a project enttiled "One Hundred Views of Eternal China"
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 

               
[Spirit of Spring - II] Haru no Sei II (春の精)
 
Print Date: 1981 (ed. 30)
Artist: Kawachi Mieko (河内美栄子)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 

                   
[Dance] Mai (舞) aka [Gesture] Shigusa (しぐさ)

Print Date: 1983
Artist: Shimura Tatsumi (志村立美)
Series: [A Hundred Poses of Women] Bijin Hyakutai ( 美人百態)
Image courtesy of the Omni Gallery
 
Note: This woodblock print was issued in an edition of 450 and perhaps in other editions as well.
 
 
 

[Michinoku Yamagata Hanagasa Festival on 6th, 7th, and 8th of August]
Michinoku Yamagata Hanagasamatsuri Hachigatsu Roku Nana Yôka
(みちのく山形花笠まつり　八月六・七・八日)
 

Performance Place: Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
Date: 1983
Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichirô (徳力富吉郎)
Image courtesy of Yamada Shoten

                   
[Dance of Eros] Ranbu (乱舞)
 
Print Date: 1984
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 30)
 
 

[Chona Mirque] Shiyona Miruku (シヨナ・ミルク)
 
Print Date: 1985 (ed. 20)
Artist: Hosoya Masayuki (細谷正之)
Medium: Copperplate etching
Image courtesy of the Yoseido Gallery

Note: It is believed that this print depicts a dancer, although I have not
uncovered a dancer with a name that sounds like Chona Mirque.
 
 
              

[Front Page]
 
Print Date: 1986 (ed. ?)
Artist: Hosoya Masayuki (細谷正之)
Medium: Sugar Aquatint
Image courtesy of the Ren Brown Collection.

Note: The image shown is an artist's proof.
 
 
              

Dancing Girl of Mogao Cave
 
Print Date: 1988 (ed. 100)
Artist: Yáng Zhôngyì (楊忠義)
Medium: Etching
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Silk Road & Flower Rain
 
Print Date: 1988 (ed. 100)
Artist: Yáng Zhôngyì (楊忠義)
Medium: Etching
Image courtesy of Artelino.com.
 
 

[Exotic Dance] Ikoku no Odori (異国の踊り)

Print Date: 1989
Artist: Kato Kimio (Koyu) (1989)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 

 
 

            
Dancing with Your Own Shadows

Print Date: 1991 (ed. 50)
Artist: Saitô Kôhei (斎藤幸平?)
Medium: Silkscreen
Image courtesy of the Ren Brown Collection
 
 
 
 

                   
[Dance]

Print Date: 1992 (ed. 50)
Artist: Hao Ping (郝平)
Image courtesy of the Ohmi Gallery
 
 
 

                 
Dancing On and Below Walls No. 1

Print Date: 1992
Artist: Zhâng Mînjié (张敏杰)
Image courtesy of the International Print Triennial Society in Krakow

                 
Dancing On and Below Walls No. 2

Print Date: 1992
Artist: Zhâng Mînjié (张敏杰)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com 
 
 
 
 

                   
[Moonlight Song]

Print Date: 1993 (ed. 50)
Artist: Hao Ping (郝平)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 

                 
Dancing On and Below Walls No. 3

Print Date: 1993 (ed. 56)
Artist: Zhâng Mînjié (张敏杰)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com 

                 
A Cart and an Ox on the Move

Print Date: 1993 (ed. 20)
Artist: Zhâng Mînjié (张敏杰)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
  
 
 

                 
Spring

Print Date: 1993 (ed. 20)
Artist: Zhâng Mînjié (张敏杰)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 

[Lesson One]
 
Print Date: 1994 (ed. 100)
Artist: Hosoya Masayuki (細谷正之)
Medium: Etching and Aquatint
Image courtesy of the Ren Brown Collection
 
 
 
 

                   
[Flying Dance, Sound of the Far-off Drum]

Print Date: 1995 (ed. 80)
Artist: Hao Ping (郝平)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 

                   
[Flying Dance, Extremely Happy Dance]

Print Date: 1995 (ed. 80)
Artist: Hao Ping (郝平)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 

                   
[Dance of Hands]

Print Date: 1995 (ed. 50)
Artist: Hao Ping (郝平)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 

[Statue of Dancing People]  Mai-zô (舞像)

Print Date: 1996
Artist: Jiao Sun
Medium: Etching
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 

                
Amaterasu Omi Kami Nomai: The Dance of the Great Sun Goddess
Variant 1

Print Date: 1999 (ed. 1/1, 3 additional variants)
Artist: Ligustro
Print Title: Amaterasu Omi Kami Nomai La Danza della Grande
Dea del Sole Variante 1
Image courtesy of http://www.ligustro.it/

 
 

                
Amaterasu Omi Kami Nomai: The Dance of the Great Sun Goddess
Variant 2

Print Date: 1999 (ed. 1/1, 3 additional variants)
Artist: Ligustro
Print Title: Amaterasu Omi Kami Nomai La Danza della Grande
Dea del Sole Variante 2
Image courtesy of http://www.ligustro.it/

 
 

                 
Surimono for the exhibition "The Dance of the Sun"

Print Date: 2000 (ed. 1/1; 19 additional variants)
Artist: Ligustro
Print Title: Surimono per la mostra a Garlenda La danza del sole
Image courtesy of http://www.ligustro.it/
 
Note: The exhibition ran from July 1st to August 19th, 2001 in
Garlenda, Italy..
 
 
 

Dancer

Print Date: 2004
Artist: Sarah Brayer
Medium: Collagraph with Collé and hand-coloring (ed. 48)
Image courtesy of the Verne Gallery
 
 
 
 

                                     
                    Made in China - Red Woman Army No. 1

                    Print Date: 2004 (ed. 20)
                    Artist: Zhao Tianqi
                    Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 

                 
Made in China - Red Woman Army No. 2

Print Date: 2004 (ed. 20)
Artist: Zhao Tianqi
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 

                 
Dancing Twin

Print Date: 2005 (ed. 10)
Artist: Hiratsuka Yûji (平塚雄二)
Medium: Chine Collé with Etching
Image courtesy of the Ren Brown Collection
 
 
  
 

                 
Romanza - 2

Date:  2008 (ed. 200)
Artist: Itô Ryûsaku (伊藤龍作)
Medium: Handcolored children's book woodblock print
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: The uncolored version was originally produced in 2002.
 
 

                 
[Dance] Odori (踊り)

Print Date: 2016 (ed. 15)
Artist: Hiratsuka Yûji (平塚雄二)
Medium: Chine Collé with Etching
Image courtesy of The Tolman Collection, Tokyo
 
 
 

                 
Dance!

Print Date: 2022
Artist: Kobayashi Ayako (小林綾子)
Image courtesy of  Artelino.com