# Bunkaku's contemporaries

Artist galleries · hang 751 · 8 works

A few works by Bunkaku, then their contemporaries: makers of the same nationality born within 25 years of them, then works from the same century and place.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## With their contemporaries

1. [A Puppet-show: The Story of The Potted Trees](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-puppet-show-the-story-of-the-potted-trees-si-fsg-f1898-505), Bunkaku, early 18th century. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-bunkaku/a-puppet-show-the-story-of-the-potted-trees-si-fsg-f1898-505?hang=751)
2. [The Actor Ishikawa Danjuro V Performing a Shibaroku Act with a Drawn Sword in His Hand](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-actor-ishikawa-danjuro-v-performing-a-shibaroku-act-with-met-55239), Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1781. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-bunkaku/the-actor-ishikawa-danjuro-v-performing-a-shibaroku-act-with-met-55239?hang=751)

## Their contemporaries

3. [Courtesans at Leisure from the series The Six Immortal Poets](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/courtesans-at-leisure-from-the-series-the-six-immortal-poets-cma-101859), Katsukawa Shunzan, early 1780s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-bunkaku/courtesans-at-leisure-from-the-series-the-six-immortal-poets-cma-101859?hang=751)
4. [Sei Shonagon, from the series Ancient Patterns (Kodai moyo)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/sei-shonagon-from-the-series-ancient-patterns-kodai-moyo-aic-150411), Kobayashi Kiyochika, Meiji period (1896–1912), 1896. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-bunkaku/sei-shonagon-from-the-series-ancient-patterns-kodai-moyo-aic-150411?hang=751)
5. [Miyako Shell](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/miyako-shell-met-54195), Katsushika Hokusai, probably 1821. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-bunkaku/miyako-shell-met-54195?hang=751)

## Their contemporaries, second

6. [Mandala of the Three Shrines at Kumano](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/mandala-of-the-three-shrines-at-kumano-cma-130396), Unrecorded Japanese maker, 1300s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-bunkaku/mandala-of-the-three-shrines-at-kumano-cma-130396?hang=751)
7. [Viewing the Moon](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/viewing-the-moon-aic-88997), Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-bunkaku/viewing-the-moon-aic-88997?hang=751)
8. [Amida Falls in the Far Reaches of the Kisokaido (Kisoji no oku Amidagataki), from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/amida-falls-in-the-far-reaches-of-the-kisokaido-kisoji-no-ok-aic-25201), Katsushika Hokusai, About 1833. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-bunkaku/amida-falls-in-the-far-reaches-of-the-kisokaido-kisoji-no-ok-aic-25201?hang=751)

## Doors

- [More Ukiyo-e](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/ukiyo-e?hang=751&via=continue) (172 works)
- [19th-century Japan](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/19-japan?hang=751&via=continue) (99 works)