Artist

Shiryu Morita

1912

132130

Works

Japanese (culture or style)

Style

Shiryu’s work is defined by its japanese (culture or style) sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Selected works

132130 pieces

Dragon Knows Dragon (Ryu wa ryu wo shiru)

Morita Shiryu Japanese, 1912-1998

Dragon (Ryû)

Morita Shiryû Japanese, 1912–1998

The Actors Arashi Ryuzo and Morita Kanya VIII

Toshusai Sharaku 東洲斎写楽 Japanese, active 1794-95

Morita Kan'ya Vll in the Role of Yura Hyogonosuke Nobutada

Toshusai Sharaku 東洲斎写楽 Japanese, active 1794-95

The Actor Tsuneyo II as Okaru in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eighth Month, 1779

Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章 Japanese, 1726-1792

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Tsukimasu, Acting as Sakura-maru, in the Play Miya-bashira Iwao no Butai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1773

Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章 Japanese, 1726-1792

The Actor Uemura Kichisaburo as the Third Princess in the play "Wakoku Gosuiden," performed at the Morita Theater in the third month

Torii Kiyonobu I Japanese, 1664-1729

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as Shinoda Jirodayu in the Play Keisei Momiji no Uchikake, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1772

Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章 Japanese, 1726-1792

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Okaru in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eighth Month, 1787

Katsukawa Shun'ei Japanese, 1762-1819

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kajiwara Heiji (?) in the Play Hiragana Seisuiki (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Third Month, 1776 (?)

Katsukawa Shunko I Japanese, 1743-1812

The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Onio Shinzaemon (?) in the Play Bunshin Sugatami Soga (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Second Month, 1765 (?)

Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章 Japanese, 1726-1792

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Osaku (?) in the Play Onna Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773

Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章 Japanese, 1726-1792

The actor Morita Kan'ya VIII as the Palanquin-bearer Uguisu no Jirosaku

Toshusai Sharaku 東洲斎写楽 Japanese, active 1794-95

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Moshio in the Play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772

Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章 Japanese, 1726-1792

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Atomi no Ichii in the Play Miya-bashira Iwao no Butai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1773

Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章 Japanese, 1726-1792

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kudo Kanaishi in the Play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772

Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章 Japanese, 1726-1792

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro II (formerly Utagawa Shirogoro) as Matsuomaru and Azumo Tozo I as Sakuramaru in the play "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami," performed at the Morita Theater, 1750

Ishikawa Toyonobu Japanese, 1711-1785

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as a Thunder Goddess in the Play Onna Narukami, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1770

Attributed to Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章 Japanese, 1726-1792

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as Shoki the Demon Queller in the Play Date Moyo Kumo ni Inazuma, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Tenth Month, 1768

Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章 Japanese, 1726-1792

The Actor Nakamura Noshio I as the Goddes Benzaiten of Enoshima in the Play Onno Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773

Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章 Japanese, 1726-1792