Shirai’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Dawning Morn (Akete yuku asa)
Shirai Akiko Japanese, 1935-2001
![Dancing Leaves (A) (Odoru konoha [A])](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/97df43b4-6918-b3ff-5d4e-26bc6be1a4f4/full/400,/0/default.jpg)
Dancing Leaves (A) (Odoru konoha [A])
Shirai Akiko Japanese, 1935-2001

Komurasaki of the Miuraya and Shirai Gompachi (Miuraya Komurasaki, Shirai Gompachi)
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806

Scarf
Designed by Akiko Ishigaki (Japanese, born 1938) Japan, Okinawa

Shirai Gonpachi and Komurasaki, from the series "Beauties in Joruri Roles (Bijin awase joruri kagami)"
Ichirakutei Eisui Japanese, active 1790-1823

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Shirai Gompachi in the Play Gozen-gakari Sumo Soga, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the Second Month, 1793
Katsukawa Shun'ei Japanese, 1762-1819

Inaba: Shirai Gonpachi Leaves His Home (Shirai Gonpachi hongoku o tachinoku, Inaba), section of sheet no. 12 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Provinces (Kunizukushi harimaze zue)"
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重 Japanese, 1797-1858

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Bando Shuka I in the Role of Shirai Gonpachi
Utagawa School Japanese, 19th century

Self-Portrait
Walter Shirlaw (American, 1838–1909)

Martin Vanden Bogaert Desjardins
Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)

Remembrance of Italy
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875) printed by Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822-1907) published by Cadart et Chavalier, Editeurs (French, 1801-1900)

Priest and Boy
Lawrence Carmichael Earle American, 1845-1921

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891)

Fishing Craft near the Cliffs at Collioure
Adolphe Appian French, 1818-1898

Interior of St. Mark's, Venice
David Dalhoff Neal (American, 1838–1915)

Nighthawks
Edward Hopper (American, 1882–1967)

Lion (One of a Pair, South Pedestal)
Edward Kemeys (American, 1843–1907) American Bronze Founding Company (American, founded 1886) Chicago

American Gothic
Grant Wood (American, 1891–1942)

The Fall of the Giants
Salvator Rosa Italian, 1615-1673

It Rocks but is Not Sunk
Charles Meryon French, 1821-1868