LION DANCES
(獅子舞)

                 
[Street Performer Lion Dancer]

Print Date:  1919
Artist: Takehisa Yumeji (竹久夢二)
Medium: Woodblock printed book print from
Yume no Furusato (夢のふる郷)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 

                   
[Lion Dance of Sado] Sado no Shishimai (佐度の獅子舞)

Publication: Han Geijutsu (版芸術), 第 48 [49] 号
Date: 04/01/36
Artist: Kobayashi Asaji (小林朝治)
 
Note: A color image is not available at this time.

 

                   
[Festival Lion] Matsuri Shishi (まつり獅子)

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

                   
[Lion Dance] Shishimai (獅子舞)

Play: ?
Print Date: 1960
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. ?)

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

                   
[Lion and Clown] Shishi to Dôke (獅子と道化)

Play: ?
Print Date: 1965
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 50)

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

                   
[Lion Dance] Shishimai (獅子舞)

Play: ? (***)
Print Date: 1965
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 30)

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

                   
[A Clown & Lion] Dôke to Shishi (道化と獅子)

Play: ?
Print Date: 1966
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 50)

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

                   
[Sacred Dance by Lion] Shishi Kagura (獅子神楽)

Play: ?
Print Date: 1968
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 30)

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

 
 

                   
[Lion Dance] Shishimai (獅子舞)

Play: ?
Print Date: 1968
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 50)
Image courtesy of the Floating World Gallery

            
[Lion Dance in Saga] "Shishimai" Saga ("獅子舞" 佐賀)

Print Date: 1977 (ed. 200)
Artist: Tanaka Masaaki (田中正秋)
Medium: Lithograph
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 

            
[Lion Dance, Tokyo] [Shishimai, Tôkyô (獅子舞, 東京)]

Print Date: 1978 (ed. 75)
Artist: Tanaka Masaaki (田中正秋)
Medium: Silkscreen
Image courtesy of the Ren Brown Collection
 
 
 
 

                   
[Lion] Shishi (獅子)
 
Play: Shakkyo (石橋)
Print Date: 1979
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. 70)

                   
[Lion Dance] Shishimai (獅子舞)

Print Date: 1979
Artist: Clifton Karhu
 
 
 
 

The Happy Lion

Print Date: 2007 (ed. 85)
Artist: Aida Emiko (会田恵美子)
Medium: Etching with Aquatint
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 

                   
[Lion dancer with masks]

Play:  ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. ?)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

                   
Shishimai (獅子舞)

Play:  ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi (森義利)
Medium: Stencil print (ed. ?)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has a
print with this title that it dates to 1981, though it is
not known if the design is the same.

[Root] Rûto (ルート)
 
Print Date: ? (ed. 50)
Artist: Homma Rie (本間利依)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: The boy is performing a shishimai (獅子舞), a Japanese lion dance.

                 
[Lion Dance] Shishimai (獅子舞)
 
Date: ?
Artist: Itô Nisaburô (伊藤仁三郎)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com
 
 
 
 
 

[Lion Dance]
 
Print Date: ?
Artist: Kamisaka Sekka (神坂雪佳) (Unknown Date)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

[Lion Dance] [Shishimai (獅子舞)]

Date: ?
Artist: Kawada Kan (川田幹)
Medium: Stencil print
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

[Edo Period New Year's] Edo-ki Gansan (江戸期元三)

Print Date:  ?
Artist: Takeshita Kin-u (竹下金烏)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

 
 

                                     
                    [Ueda Lion Dance} Ueda no Shishi Odori (上田の獅子踊り)

                    Print Date: ? (ed. 50)
                    Artist: Tomita Show (富田尚志)
                    Image courtesy of Artelino.com

 
 
 

[Lion Dance]

Print Date: ?
Artist: ?
Image courtesy of the Ronin Gallery

                 
[Lion Dancer] Shishimai (越後獅子)

Play: Echigo Jishi (越後獅子) ?
Print Date: ?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Personal Collection 
 
 
 
 

                   
Rakutenchi (楽天地)

Print Date: ? (ed. 100)
Artist: Ikezumi Kiyoshi (生悦住喜由)
Image courtesy of Yamada Shoten