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1790s Toyokuni I girls and mon
2 beautiful girls and a monkey dressed up for a New Year's celebration.
1855c Kuniyoshi tsunami
2 panel illustration of a horrific storm and flood that hit Edo - from the
Ansei fūbunshū
(安政風聞集: 'Collection about Things Heard Regarding the Storm during the Ansei period')
1890 Kunichika 3 am
3:00 AM (
Gozen sanji
- 午前三時) from the series
Scenes of the twenty-four hours parodied
(
Mitate chūya nijūoji no uchi
- 見立昼夜廿四時之内)
1890 Kunichika 3am (Gozen sanj
3:00 AM (
Gozen sanji
- 午前三時) from the series
Scenes of the twenty-four hours parodied
(
Mitate chūya nijūoji no uchi
- 見立昼夜廿四時之内)
1800-10 Toyokuni I Crane
3 figures in an actor's debut (役者地顔見たて) from the series
The Floating World Chūshingura
(
Ukiyo Chūshingura
- 浮世忠臣蔵) - the second act (二段目)
1880c Yoshitoshi 7am
7:00 AM (午前七時) from the series
24 Hours at Shinbashi and Yanagibashi
(
Shinryū nijūyoshi
- 新柳二十四時)
1940c Hokusai Aizuri-e landsca
20th century copy of Hokusai's
Lake Suwa, Shinano Province
(
Shinsū suwa-ko
- 信州諏訪湖) from the series
Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji
(
Fugaku sanjūrokkei
- 富嶽三十六景)
1982 Teraoka Masaoka 31 flavor
31 Flavors Invading Japan / Today’s Special (三十一種類のアイスクリイム日本に上陸: 本日のお味)
1880s Anonymous sugoroku tokai
53 Stages of the Tōkaidō (東海道五十三次) theme game board Tōkaidō
sugoroku
(絵双六) - the title is 新板東海道五十三次道中寿語録
1847 Kunisada drum poets
#88 (八十八番 -
hachijūhachiban
) from the series 'A Pictorial Commentary on One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets' - a
bijin
with a hand-drum paired with a book opened to a poem by the Imperial Princess Shokushi (式子内親王 -
Shokushi Naishinnō
)
1976 Yoshio Sekine
362-S silkscreen from his abacus series
1830s Hiroshige abalone snipe
Abalone, needlefish and peach blossoms from an untitled series known as the Large Fish (
Uozukushi
[魚尽くし])
1835c Kunisada Letter
A beautiful, elegant woman standing outside the entry to a building which houses the Chūshuntei restaurant [柱春亭] - center panel of a triptych
1820s Eisen bijin
A beautiful woman buffeted by the wind
1830c Kunisada physiognomist
A beauty adjusting her makeup (化粧) from the series "Types of the Floating World Seen Through a Physiognomist's Glass" (
Ukiyo jinsei tengankiyō
- 浮世人精天眼鏡)
1843-47 Kuniyoshi muneto.jpg
Abe no Munetō (安部の宗任), the right-hand panel of a triptych entitled
Mikawa Zenshi no Musume Nareginu
('A daughter of the former official of Mikawa with ordinary clothes')
1958 Amano-0001
Abstract print of lemon with two vases
1830-35c Eisen Fireworks.jpg
A cool evening watching fireworks at Ryōgoku Bridge, Edo (
Toto Ryōgokubashi Yusuzumi no zu
- 東都両国橋夕涼図)
1820-25ca Eisen shunga
A couple locked in an embrace
1807 Eizan Lady Walk.jpg
A courtesan and a geisha carrying a shamisen, possibly on their way to a teahouse assignation - from the series 'Modern Dyed Cotton Kimono' (
Tōsei Zokui-zome
- 當世俗衣染)
1790c Eisho Pins 894
A courtesan with her
kamuro
possibly from the Matsubaya
1790c Shunei outing
Act 8 of the
Chūshingura
(忠臣蔵八段目): 'The Wedding Journey' possibly through the pine forests of Miho
1795c Utamaro P165
Act IX: The Treasury of the Loyal Retainers (忠臣蔵 九段目)
1900c Miyagawa Shuntei wig
Actor applying his makeup from the story of 'The Mirror and the Sword'.
1866 Kunichika P822.jpg
Actor as Nuregami Chōgorō (濡髪長五郎) in
Imayō musume teikin
(今様娘庭訓)
1850c Hirosada Actor Bust Port
Actor bust in snow from the series
Kokin Yujinki
(古今勇人記) or
Record of Heroes Past and Present
1850c Hirosada p1027A
Actor portrait - possibly Mimasu Daigorō IV
1874 Kunichika musicians tript
Actors as musicians: left panel - Nakamura Sōjūrō (中村宗十郎); center - Iwai Hanshirō VIII (岩井半四郎); right - Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫)
1850ca Yoshitoyo seven gods of
Actors from a Soga Brothers play as the Seven Gods of Good Fortune on the Treasure Ship (役者見立宝船) from the play
Nami Nori Soga Hana no Kagekiyo
(浪乗曽我花景清)
1873 Adachi Ginko triptych
Actors, from right to left, Bandō Hikosaburō V (五代目坂東彦三郎), Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次) and Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) in the play
Yagura Daiko Oto mo Yoshiwara
[櫓太鼓鳴音吉原]
1808 Shuntei actors at enoshim
Actors Viewed As Though in a Revenge Drama (
Yakusha mitate kataki-uchi
- 役者見立敵討)
1830c Kuniyasu shinobazu pond
Actors visiting a teahouse overlooking Shinobazu Pond (不忍池新地ノ図) - a
mitate
1828c Kunisada Butterfly.jpg
Actors with multiple
mon
as a backdrop: Bandō Mitsugorō IV (坂東三津五郎) as Kudō Suketsune on the right; in the center is Sawamura Tosshō I (澤村訥升) as Soga Jūrō and Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) playing Soga Gorō on the left
1858 Kunisada female genji
A diptych from the series
Lingering Sentiments of a Late Collection of Genji
(
Genji goshū yojō
- 源氏後集余情): the two women represent Chapter 17,
E-awase
(The Picture Contest - 絵合)
1931 Hasui Doll
A Doll (
O-Ningyō
) from the series
Twelve subjects of children
(
Kodomo jūnidai, goningyō
- 子供十二題: 御人形)
1924 Shima Seien after bath
After the bath (湯あがり, July (七月), from the series
Collection of new ukiyo-e style beauties
(
Shin ukiyo-e bijin awase shichi-gatsu - Yuagari
)
1815c Toyokuni I Bath Dry.jpg
After the bath - left panel of a triptych
1770s Koryusai pins 446
'A game of tag'
1827 Kunisada dressing room
'A Geisha in her Dressing Room' (
Mijimai geisha
- 身じまい芸者) from the series 'A Collection of Modern Beauties' (
Tōsei bijin awase
- 當 世美人合)
1824 Kunisada koban
A High-Ranking Courtesan: New Yoshiwara (Shin-yoshiwara - 新吉原) from the series
Famous Places of Edo
(Edo meishō - 江戸名所) -
surimono
-like
1950 Shinsui okoso-zukin
A Hooded Woman -
Okoso-Zukin
[お高祖頭巾]
1775 Koryusai morning glory
A
bijin
admiring morning glories (朝顔を見る美人)
1840s Kuniyoshi drum bridge
A
bijin
on a small wooden platform during the Tanabata Festival (七夕) - from the series
The Five Festivals
(
Go sekku
- 五節句)
2008 Teraoka geisha in bath
AIDS Series / Geisha in Bath
1848-49c Kuniyoshi aigo kozaem
Aigō Kozaemon Hisamitsu (合郷基匕エ門久盈), #43 from the series
Heroes of the Great Peace
(
Taiheiki eiyūden
- 太平記英勇傳)
1854 Toyokuni Hachiemon
A
kabuki
actor as the
wakatō
Hachiemon (わかと八右衛門) in the play
Godairiki Koi no Fūjime
[五大力恋緘]
1810s Toyokuni umbrella.jpg
A
mitate
of Komachi with an umbrella praying for rain (
Amagoi Komachi
- 雨こひ小まち) from the series
Modern Girls as the Seven Komachi
(
Imayō musume Nana Komachi
- 今やう娘七小町)
1840s Kuniyoshi Shino Kosho.jp
A
mitate
of one of the 'four social classes' of the
shinōkōshō
(士農工商) Seki Sanjūrō III as Katsura Matsunoshin (三蓋松之進) in the back right, Bandō Shuka I as Katsumi no Kohide (勝見の小秀) in the center and Nakamura Utaemon IV as Uraume no Kozue (裏梅の梢) from the play
O megumi ni Urūō Iwafuji
[恵閏初夏藤]
1830c Toyokuni II bat aizuri-e
Aizuri-e - a
bijin
stands before a large plant of chrysanthemums from the series
Beauties of the Latest Fashion Compared with the Beauty of Flowers
(Tōsei bijin hana-awase - 當世美人花合)
1859c Hironobu onoe shogokyu
A kabuki actor as Watōnai (和藤内)
1860s Kunisada fudo
A kabuki scene with a scroll of Fudō Myōō beside a waterfall - Ichikawa Kodanji IV (市川小団次) as Sugimoto Sahyōe (杉本左兵衛) on the left and Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I (河原崎権十郎) as Kusunoki Masanori (楠明王丸正儀) on the right in
Yoroi gusa katami no ebidō
1866 Yoshitoshi ake tamanosuke
Ake Tamanosuke (朱 珠之助) from the series
Sagas of Beauty and Bravery
(
Biyū Suikoden
- 美勇水滸伝)
1886c Ginko campfire
Akiko, the mistress of Kirino Toshiaki (利秋の妾お秋) from the series
Mirror of Famous Women from Ancient and Modern Times
(
Kokon meifu kagami
- 古今名婦鏡)
1830c Kuniyoshi akugenda
Akugenda Slaying Namba Jirō at Nunobiki Falls -
Nunobiki no taki Akugenda Nanba o utsu
(布引ノ滝悪源太討難波)
1852 Kuniyoshi naginata
Akushichibyōe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景清) - Evening Bell at Tōdai-ji (
Tōdai-ji banshō
- 東大寺晩鐘) from the series
Eight Views of Military Brilliance
(
Yōbu hakkei
- 燿武八景)
1840c Hiroshige Shung
A laborer having sex with a woman from volume two of the
Edonishiki Azuma Bunko
(江戸錦吾妻文庫)
2000 Shimizu Almost Altoona
Almost Altoona
1792ca Toyokuni I lucky new ye
A Lucky New Year Dream of a Mouse Wedding (鼠の嫁入りの初夢)
1848-49c Kuniyoshi amanaka
Amanaka Shikanosuke Yukimori (尼中鹿之助幸盛 - actually Yamanaka Shikanosuke [山中鹿之助]) from the series
Heroes of the Great Peace
(
Taiheiki eiyūden
- 太平記英勇傳)
1970-90c unknown 02
A modern
senjafuda
[千社札]
1970-90c unknown 03
A modern
senjafuda
[千社札]
1970-90c unknown 01
A modern
senjafuda
[千社札] of a
kabuki
actor as Benten Kozō [弁天子僧]
1940c unknown propaganda litho
A modern Japanese woman in tradition garb
1820s Sudatora lake
A Moonlit Night at Shinobazu Pond (不忍池月夜) - the center and left-hand panels of a triptych
1825 Eisen abuna-e 04 of 12
Amorous couple before a screen painted with
nadeshiko
from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (
Keisei higo
- 契情秘語)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 03 of 12
Amorous couple from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (
Keisei higo
- 契情秘語)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 07 of 12
Amorous couple, she fixes his hair while he smokes from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (
Keisei higo
- 契情秘語)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 09 of 12
Amorous couple with a small painted scroll from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (
Keisei higo
- 契情秘語)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 10 of 12
Amorous couple with the moon and a love letter 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (
Keisei higo
- 契情秘語)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 06 of 12
Amorous couple, woman chewing on a toothpick, from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (
Keisei higo
- 契情秘語)
1938c Kiyotada maiden
An actor as the Wisteria Maiden (
Fuji Musume
- ふじ娘)
1853 Kunisada nagoya sanzaburo
An actor, Ichikawa Ichizō III?, in the role of Nagoya Sanzaburō (名古屋山三郎) in key block or
tameshizuri-e
for the play
Keisei Toyama Zakura
(京成 富山 桜)
1857 kunisada Keno
An actor in the role of Inuzaka Keno (犬坂毛乃)
1840s Hroshige Wetting Lips sh
An amorous couple from volume one of the
Edo nishiki Azuma Bunko
(江戸錦吾妻文庫)
1770 Harunobu letter.jpg
An amorous couple possibly by Suzuki Harunobu
1825 Eisen abuna-e 05 of 12
An amorous couple with a woman tying off an undergarment from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (
Keisei higo
- 契情秘語)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 12 of 12
An amorous couple with a woman tying off an undergarment from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (
Keisei higo
- 契情秘語)
1804-13c Shunsen kakemono aizu
An elegant
oiran
wearing a winter kimono decorated with a dragon.
1818 Kunisada bijin and sumo
An evening stroll along the Sumida River near the Ryōgoku Bridge
Tōto Ryōgoku yūryō no ga
(東都両国夕涼の画)
1810c Toyokuni chrysanthemums.
An
oiran
holding a bouquet of gift-wrapped chrysanthemums - Zodiac sign of the monkey - the 9th month
1820c Kunisada Oiran.jpg
An oiran from the series
Popular Flute Tunes and Pictures of Women
(
Fūryū chōshi fue: niagari
- 風流調子婦絵: 二上り)
1815c Kunisada lamp light
An oiran lighting an andon - from the series
Richly Colored Contemporary Fashions
(
Gokusaishiki jisei shitate
- 極彩色時世仕立)
1820c Kunisada Oiran Shoes
An oiran of the Kanayama house (金山屋) about to step into her getas
1847-52 Kuniyoshi Genji at tem
'An Old Picture of an Up-to-Date Teruuji at the Old Temple' (
Imayō Teruuji kodera no kozu
- 今様輝氏古寺之古図) - a Rustic Genji theme
1860 Yoshiiku firemen & sumo
'An Old Tale of Conflict in the East' (
Mukashi gatari Azuma no tatehiki
- 昔語東立引) - Nakamura Shikan IV [四代目中村芝翫] as Yottsuibishi Chōgorō (四ツイ菱長五郎) on the right, Bandō Hikosaburō V [五代目坂東彦三郎] as Kogashira Mekurajimanohiko (小頭めくら島ノ彦) in the center, Bandō Kamezō I as the
otokodate
Kanehara and Ichikawa Ichizō III as Mitsuhiki Ichigorō (三ッ引市五郎) on the left - a
mitate
1930s Shoun after bath
Anonymous print of a woman after her bath
1866 Yoshitoshi aoyagi
Aoyagi Harunosuke (青柳春之助) avenging his father's death from the series
Sagas of Beauty and Bravery
(
Biyū Suikoden
- 美勇水滸伝)
1817c Toyokuni kabuki triptych
A Picture of Great Success (
Shibai Daihanjō no zu
) - 芝居大繁昌之図
1829 Ashiyuki quad aizurie
Arashi Kano I (あらし加納) as the wife Omatsu (嫁おまつ), Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Watanabe Ryosuke (渡辺良助) on the right, Fujikawa Tomokichi II (藤川友吉) as Azuma (あづま) to the left of the previous one, Ichikawa Danzō V (市川団蔵) as Yodoya Tatsugorō (淀屋辰五郎) and Nakayama Ittoku II (中山一徳) as the gentlewoman Otsugi (こしもとおつぎ) on the left, in the play
Keisei Yanagizakura
[けいせい楊柳桜]
1813 Shunkyo Kichisaburo II
Arashi Kichisaburō II (嵐吉三郎) as Funakoshi Jūemon (船こし重右衛門) in
Yaegasumi Naniwa no hamaogi
('Eightfold Reeds Along the Seashore: Mist at Osaka')
1821 Hokushu double bust
Arashi Kichisaburō II (嵐吉三郎) as Prince Koretaka (惟喬親王) on the right and Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Katō Masakiyo (加藤正清) on the left - a
mitate
1827 Hidekuni
Arashi Kichisaburō II (嵐吉三郎) as Tsukimoto Hajimenosuke (月本始之助)
1859 Kunikazu kichusaburo III
Arashi Kichisaburō III (嵐吉三郎) as Asahina Tōbei (朝比奈藤兵衛) from the series
Seven Calligraphic Models for Each Character in the Kana Syllabary
(Nanatsu iroha - 七ツいろは) - the syllable
te
(て)
1821 Hokushu Arashi Kitsusabur
Arashi Kitsusaburō I (嵐橘三郎) as Hyōgonokami Yorimasa (兵庫頭頼政) in the play
Yorimasa Nue Monogatari
(頼政鵺物語) - a memorial print
1813 Ashiyuki kitsusaburo
Arashi Kitsusaburō I (嵐橘三郎) as Minamoto no Yorimasa (源三位頼政), the legendary warrior holding a flaming brand while his assistant kills the
Nue
monster
1821 Hokushu Kitsusaburo I
Arashi Kitsusaburō I (嵐橘三郎) as Sasaki Takatsuna (佐々木高綱) in the play
Ōmi Genji Senjin Yakata
[近江源氏先陣館]
1821 Hokushu Kitsusaburo I (2)
Arashi Kitsusaburō I (嵐橘三郎) as Sasaki Takatsuna (佐々木高綱) in the play
Ōmi Genji Senjin Yakata
[近江源氏先陣館]
1827 Ashiyuki hiragana seisuik
Arashi Kitsusaburō II (嵐橘三郎) as Kajiwara Heiji (梶原平次) on the right, Ichikawa Danzō V (市川団蔵) as Kajiwara Genta (梶原源田) in the center, and Sawamura Kunitarō II (こし元千鳥) as the
koshimoto
Chidori (沢村国太郎) on the left in the play
Hiragana Seisuiki
(ひらがな盛衰記)
1820s Tamikuni
Arashi Kitsusaburō II (嵐橘三郎) as Miyagi Asojirō (宮木阿曽次郎) in the play
Shoutsushi Asagao Nikki
(生写朝顔日記)
1823 Ashiyuki letter
Arashi Kitsusaburō II (嵐橘三郎) as Nagoya Sanza (名古屋山三) on the right with Nakayama Icchō IV (中山一蝶) as the servant Shikazō (奴鹿蔵) on the left
1824 Ashiyuki Kitsusaburo II K
Arashi Kitsusaburō II (嵐橘三郎) as the hairdresser [
kamisuri
] Tasuke and Arashi Koroku IV (嵐小六) as Yari no Gonza (鑓の権三) or Gonza the Spearman in 'Rumors of a Scandal on the Fushimi Road' (
Fushimikaido Uwasa no Akatsuki
- 伏見街道噂暁月)
1827 Hidekuni, ex Haber
Arashi Kitsusaburō II (嵐吉三郎) as Tsukimoto Hajimenosuke (月本始之助)
1824 Ashiyuki Ashimaru
Arashi Kitsusaburō II (嵐橘三郎) as Ukisu no Jinzō and Arashi Koroku IV (嵐小六) as the maiden Oren
1824 Ashiyuki crepe diptych
Arashi Kitsusaburō II (嵐橘三郎) as Watōnai (和藤内) and Arashi Koroku IV (あらし小六) as Nyōbō Komutsu (女房小むつ)
1823 Ashiyuki setsugekka
Arashi Kitsusaburō II (嵐橘三郎) in the role of Chūnagon Yukihira (中納言行平) in
The Snow, The Moon, and The Flowers
(
Mitate Setsugekka
- 目立雪月花)
1822 Yoshikuni Kitsusaburo II
Arashi Kitsusaburō II (嵐橘三郎) on the occasion of his name change
1825c Yoshikuni yellow stairs
Arashi Koroku IV (あらし小六) as Omiwa [おみわ] at the base of a flight of stairs - the left-hand panel of a diptych from the play
Imoseyama Onna Teikin
[妹背山婦女庭訓 -
Mount Imo and Mount Se:An Exemplary Tale of Womanly
]
1821 Nagahide diptych
Arashi Koroku IV as Orie (おりへ) on the right and Bandō Mitsugorō III as Yazama Jūtarō (矢間重太郎) in the play
Taiheiki chūshin kōshaku
[太平記忠臣講釈]
1850c Kuniyoshi puppet
Arashi Rikaku II (二代目嵐璃珏) as a
Sanbasō
marionette (
ayatsuri Sanbasō
- あやつり三番叟) from the dance play
Yanagi no Ito Hiku ya Gohiiki
[柳糸引御摂]
1835 Hokuei rikan II
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Akogi Heiji (あこぎ平次) from the series
Tōsei keshōkagami
(当世化粧鏡)
1833 Hokuei seaside diptych
Arashi Rikan II as Chinzei Hachirō Tametomo and Iwai Shijaku I as Neiwanjo [ねいわん女] in the play 'Bow-shaped Moon around the Islands' (
Shimameguri Tsuki no Yumihari
[嶋巡月弓張])
1833 Hokuei rikan bats
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Chinzei Hachirō Tametomo (鎮西八郎為朝) in
Bow-shaped Moon around the Islands
(
Shimameguri tsuki no yumiharu
島廻月弓張) from the series
Tōsei keisho kagami
(当世化粧鏡) or 'Mirror of Contemporary Make-up'
1832 Hokuei Danshichi Kurobei
Arashi Rikan II as Danshichi Kurobei in the murder scene of the play
Mirror of Naniwa: The Summer Festival
(
Natsu matsuri Naniwa kagami
)
1833 Kunihiro rikan fisherman
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as fisherman (
ryōshi
) Namishichi (漁師浪七) in the play
Hime Kurabe Futaba Ezōshi
[Picture-book comparison of twin blades and the princess: 姫競双葉絵草紙]
1832 Shigeharu Rikan II
Arashi Rikan II [嵐璃寛] as Heitarō in the play
Sōma Tarō hyōbundan
[相馬太郎...]
1835 Hokuei rikan tomijuro
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Hirai Gonpachi (平井ごん八) and Nakamura Tomijūrō II (中村富十郎) as Komurasaki (小むらさき or 小紫) in the play
Hiyokumon sato no nishiki-e
(双紋廓錦絵) or
A brocade picture of lovers' crests in the pleasure quarters
1835c Hokuei Kabuki.jpg
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Inuzuka Shino (犬塚信乃) on the right and Seki Sanjūrō II (關三十郎) as Inuzuka Bansaku (犬塚伴作) from the play
Hana no ani tsubomi no yatsufusa
(花魁莟八総 - '8 Buds of the Plum Blossoms')
1832 Sadamasu Kagekiyo
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Kagekiyo (景清) - the right-hand panel of a diptych - scene from the play
Keisei Hangonkō
[けいせい反魂香] - a
mitate
1830s Hokuei Rikan
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Karahashi Sakujūrō (唐橋作十郎) - right-hand panel of a diptych - in the play 'Honor, Loyalty, and Filial Piety at the Crossroads'
1832 Shigeharu musashi
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Kowari Dennai (小割伝内) / Miyamoto Musashi in the play 'Honobonoto Ura no Asagiri' (Daybreak hidden on the bay by morning fog) - [仏暁浦朝霧]
1836 Sadahiro rikan
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as [Minamoto no] Yorimasa (より政) in Norimasa nue monogatari (Tale of Yorimasa and the nue: 頼政鵺物語), Naka Theater, Osaka
1832 Hokuei Miyagi Asojiro
Arashi Rikan II as Miyagi Asojirō in the play
Courtesan playing the Tsukushigoto
(
Keisei Tsukushi no Tsumagoto
- 傾城筑紫爪(?))
1832 Hokuei arashi rikan ii
Arashi Rikan II as Miyagi Asojirō in the play
Keisei Tsukushi no Tsumagoto
(傾城筑紫爪(?))
1832 Kunihiro Rikan musashi
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Miyamoto Musashi (宮本無三四)
1832 Ashiyuki Miyamoto Musashi
Arashi Rikan II as Miyamoto Musashi in the snow in the play
Katakiuchi Nitō Eiyuki
[復讐二島英雄記]
import-1830 Hokumyo
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Miyamoto Tomijirō (宮本友治郎後無三四), later (
nochi ni
- のちに) Musashi from the play
Katakiuchi nitō eiyūki
[復讐二島英勇記]
1833 Hokuei Oguri rides Onikag
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Oguri Hangan (小栗判官) astride his steed, Onikage [鬼鹿毛]
1833 Nobukatsu
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Oguri Hangan Kaneuji (小栗判官兼氏) and a young unrecorded actor as his servant - from the play
Hime Kurabe Futaba Ezōshi
['Picture-book comparison of twin blades and the princess': 姫競双葉絵草紙]
1833 Hokuei Iwai Shijaku in du
Arashi Rikan II as Osome on the left and Iwai Shijaku I as Hisamatsu [久松] in the play 'News of the Affair of Osome and Hisamatsu' (
Osome Hisamatsu ukina no yomiuri
お染久松色読販)
1830-32c Shigeharu diptych
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Osome (お染) on the right and Ichikawa Danzō V as Hisamatsu (久松) on the left in the play
Somemoyo Imose no Kadomatsu
[染模様妹背門松]
1833 Hokuei oar struggle
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as the fisherman (
ryōshi
) Namishichi (漁師浪七) in the play
Hime Kurabe Futaba Ezōshi
['Picture-book comparison of twin blades and the princess': 姫競双葉絵草紙] - this is the right-hand panel of a diptych
1834 Gyokushu Rikan II Hachizo
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as the
umakata
(packhorse driver - 馬方) Hachizō (八蔵) in the play
Keisei Somewake Tazuna
(けいせい染分總) or 'A Courtesan's Reins Dyed in Different Colors'
1832 Hokuei rikan soma taro
Arashi Rikan II as the shogun Taira Taro Yoshikado in
Sōma Tarō mibae bundan
('The Story of Tarō, Heir to the Sōma Clan') [相馬太郎みばえ文談]
1832 Shigeharu Taro
Arashi Rikan II [嵐璃寛] as the shogun Tarō and on the left Nakamura Karoku I as Takiyashi and Ichikawa Sukejurō IV as Yasukata in
Sōma Tarō hyōbundan
[相馬太郎...]
import 1834 Shunkei arashi rik
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as the tobacconist Sankichi (三吉) in the play
Keisei Somewake Tazuna
1830c Sadamasu 01
Arashi Rikan II as Ushiwaka Saburō (牛若三郎) performing in a
mitate
- the title cartouche reads: 見立 牛若三郎 嵐璃寛
1835ca Hokushu actors
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Yakko no Koman (奴の小まん) standing and Bandō Hikosaburō IV (坂東彦三郎) as Hanjimono Kihei (はんじ判喜兵衛) in
Contest of Appearances, Quarrel at the Harbor
[
Sugata kuabe deiri no minato
容競出入湊]
1847-52 Kunisada actor 2954
Arashi Rikan III (嵐璃寛) as Hanaregoma no Chōkichi (放駒乃長吉) - right panel of a triptych
1835 Shigeharu rikan II arigat
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) in the role of Hirai Gonpachi (平井権八) in the play
Hiyokumon Sato no Nishiki-e
(双紋廓錦絵) or
A brocade picture of lovers' crests in the pleasure quarters
1833 Shigeharu rikan peach
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) in the role of Oguri Hangan (小栗判官) in the kabuki play
Hime Kurabe Futaba Ezōshi
['Picture-book comparison of twin blades and the princess': 姫競双葉絵草紙] - this is the right-hand panel of a diptych
1829 Shigeharu rikan II
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) on a boat possibly as Fujiwara no Kamatari Daijin - the founder of the Fujiwara clan
1832 Hokuei duo
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) on the right as Hachiman Tarō (八幡太郎) and Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Abe no Sadatō (安部貞任) in
Adachi Moor in Ōshū Province
- probably a
mitate
1870s yoshitaki trip.jpg
Arashi Rikan IV (嵐璃寛) as Sakuramaru (桜丸), Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) as Matsuōmaru (松王丸) and Nakamura Fukusuke III (中村福助) as Umeōmaru (梅王丸) in the play
Sugawara denju tenarai kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑)
1867 Yoshitaki virtues
Arashi Rikan IV (嵐璃寛) as the spirit of Okiku (お菊ノ霊) in
Banshū sarayashiki
[播州皿屋鋪] from
Gojo no uchi: Shin
("Five Virtues: Faith" [五情之内:信])
1780s Shunsho sangogo ii
Arashi Sangorō II
1829 Ashiyuki Rikan II
Arash Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as the
yakko
Tsumahei (奴妻平) in
Shin Usuyuki Monogatari
[新うすゆき物語]
1798 Utamaro couple
Ariwara Narihira and Ono no Komachi (在原業平と小野小町) from the series
Five Colors of Love for the Six Poetic Immortals
(
Goshiki zome rokkasen
- 五色染六歌仙)
1830s Kunisada combing hair
Arranging her hair (
kamiyui
- 髪結い) from the series
Fitting Acomplishments for Women
(
Fujin tashinami-gusa
- 婦人たしなみ草)
1849c Kunisada rustic.jpg
A Rustic Genji triptych - 'The Fragrance of Spring Brings Koto Music'
Kō ni sasou Haru no tsumeoto
- 香誘春爪音)
1830s Kuiniyoshi triptych
Asahina Saburō Yoshihide (朝比奈三郎義秀) wrestling with two crocodiles at Kotsubo beach, Kamakura
1824ca Toyohiro surimono
Asahina [朝比奈] trying to separate rice cakes at New Year's
1843-46 Kuniyoshi fighting cro
Asahina Yoshihide Fighting Crocodiles on the Occasion of Minamoto no Yoriie's Sea Viewing at Kotsubo -
Minamoto no Yoriie-kō Kamakura Kotsubo no umi yūran Asahina Yoshihide shiyū no wani wo tōfu zu
(源頼家公鎌倉小壷海遊覧 朝夷義秀雌雄鰐を捕ふ図)
1816c Kunihira asao onimaru
Asao Kigan (浅尾鬼丸) as Shibukawa Tōma (渋川藤馬) left-hand panel of a diptych - from the play
Shin Usuyuki monogatari
1826 Hokuei Oiwa diptych
Asao Takumi I (浅尾内匠) as Naosuke Gonbei (直介権兵へ) and Ichikawa Sukejūrō IV (市川助十郎) as Hamiya Iemon (羽宮伊右衛門) on the right, and Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Satō Yomoshichi (佐藤与茂七) on the left in the play 'Ghost Story along the Eastern Sea Road at Yotsuya' (
Azumakaido Yotsuya Kaidan
東海道四谷怪談)
1834c Hokuei Ebijuro oiwa
Asao Takumi I (浅尾内匠) as Naosuke Gonbei (直介権兵へ) and Ichikawa Sukejūrō IV (市川助十郎) as Hamiya Iemon (羽宮伊右衛門) in the play
Azumakaido Yotsuya Kaidan
1790 Shunei
Asao Tamejūrō I [浅尾為十郎] operating a
bunraku
puppet
1827-29 Kunihiro tomozo II
Asao Tomozō II (浅尾友蔵) as Sawai Jōgorō (沢井城五郎) with a gun - from the play
Igagoe Norikake Gappa
1822 Hokushu checker diptych
Asao Yūjirō I (浅尾勇次郎) as Sano Genzaemon (佐野源左衛門) on the right and Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Miura Arajirō (三浦荒次郎) in the play
Keisei Sano no Funabashi
(傾城佐野の船橋)
1813c Kunisada Asao Yujiro
Asao Yūjirō I (浅尾勇次郎) holding an umbrella in the play
Tsuma Gasane Uwasa ni Kikuzuki
- left panel of a diptych
1827 Kunisada triptych
A Scene of Spring Rain (
Harusame no kei
- 春雨乃景)
1800c Unknown shunga tiger no-
A tattooed woman having sex with Raijin, the god of thunder and lightning
1790c Shunkyoku hashira-e
A tea house waitress in front of an
oyasumi-dokoro
(御休所) at the Sansha Daigongen (三社大権現) shrine
1864 Yoshitora triptych
At Hell Valley on Mount Tate in Etchū Province, Nikushi Dōjin demonstrates a battle of frogs and teaches magic to the two comrades Yoshikado and Iga Ju (
Etchū Tateyama no Jigokudani ni Nikushi Dōjin kawazu kassen no ki o arawashi Yoshikado Iga Ju no ryōyū
)
1800-10c Tsukimaro horse ride
A traveling
bijin
on horseback pausing for a smoke
1857 Yoshitsuya Triptych Drago
At the Battle of Takadachi in Ōshū Province in 1187, a White Dragon Ascends to Heaven from the Koromo River (
Bunji sannen Ōshū Takadachi kassen Koromogawa yori hakuryū ten e noboru
- 文治三年奥州高館合戦自衣川白竜昇天)
1800s Anonymous meiji rebus
Attributed to a later Okumura Masanobu (政信) - a Meiji rebus or
hanji-e
[判じ絵] triptych of Fashionable New Complaints
1851-53 Kunisada album trip 06
Autumn (
Aki
- 秋) from the series
The Four Seasons
(
Shiki no uchi
- 四季之内) - a Rustic Genji theme - Kodanji IV as Shinonome on the right, Kikujirō II as Tasogare in the center, and Kumesaburō III as Mitsuuji on the left
1845c Kuniyoshi autumn
Autumn (
aki
- 秋) from the series
Women's Pleasures of the Four Seasons
(
Shiki no kokoro onna asobi
- 四季心女遊)
1810s Hokusai zodiac
A Wheat Straw Crafted Spectacle (
Mugiwara hari saiku shō utsushi
: 麦藁細工見世物) - the two right-hand panels of a four piece composition
1819 Kunisada Nursing.jpg
A woman breast feeding a child while putting her hair up - from the series
Richly Colored Contemporary Fashions
(
Gokusaishiki jisei shitate
- 極彩色時世仕立)
1850s Kunisada cat fish.jpg
A woman cleaning up while a cat gnaws on the carcass of a fish left over from dinner
1878 Anonymous cloth drying
A woman washing and drying fabric
1820s Kunisada lightning
A young mother is hanging a mosquito net to protect herself and her child against a lightning storm - center panel of a triptych
1820 Kunisada keyblock - back.
Backside of keyblock
1827-30c Kuniyoshi bai sheng
Bai Sheng, the Daylight Rat, (Hakujisso Hakushō - 白日鼠白勝), from the series
One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個)
1857 Kunisada II takegawa
'Bamboo River' (
Takegawa
- 竹川), #44 (四十四) from the series
Lady Murasaki's Genji Cards
(
Murasaki Shikibu Genji karuta
- 紫式部げんじかるた)
1811 Toyokuni I bando hikosabu
Bandō Hikosaburō III (坂東彦三郎) as Yuranosuke (由良之介) standing and Sawamura Tanosuke II (沢村田之助) as Okaru (おかる) in the play
Kanadehon Chūshingura
['Copybook of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers': 仮名手本忠臣蔵]
1832c Kunisada six jewel 2
Bandō Hikosaburō IV as Otowaya Baikō (音羽屋梅幸) in Yamashiro no kuni meisho (山城の国名所) from the series 'Actors with Six Jewel Faces' (
Haiyū mutama-gao
- 俳優六玉顔)
1830c Kuniyoshi bando
Bandō Hikosaburō IV (坂東彦三郎) as the Guardian of Truth (経政実ハしゆんくはんのぼうこん), a ghost and Onoe Eizaburō III (尾上栄三郎) as the cowering princess Chidori-hime (千鳥姫) - from the play
Tsumagasane Sugata no Hana Kurabe
（嬲容顔花競 - 'Tsumagasane, the comparison of what you see）- center panel of a triptych
1830-35 Kunisada 2 of a tripty
Bandō Hikosaburō IV (坂東彦三郎) on right as Ryoshi Tsunazō (猟師綱蔵) and Onoe Tamizō II (尾上多見蔵) as a long necked monster disguised as the
koshimoto
Otsuru ( 腰元おつる) - from the play
Kasane Ōgi Chiyo no Matsuwaka
(重扇寿松若)
1868 Kunichika p814
Bandō Hikosaburō V (坂東彦三郎) as Gengobei (源五兵衛) in the play
Drawing a crowd for the chorus in the two theaters
(
Koe mo Sorou Ryōza no Ōyose
- 音揃成両勘大寄) - the center panel of a triptych
1863 Kunisada p752
Bandō Hikosaburō V (坂東彦三郎) as Kanki (かんき) in
Kokusenya Kassen
(国性爺合戦) - right panel of three
1868 Kunichika p797
Bandō Hikosaburō V [坂東彦三郎] as Nezumi Kozō Jirokichi (鼠子僧次郎吉) from the series
Mirror of Demonic People, Good and Evil
(
Zen'aku kijin kagami
- 善悪鬼人鏡)
1859 Kunisada 12 months 25
Bandō Hikosaburō V as Ushiwakamaru in 'A Parody of the Twelve Months' (
Mitate ju ni kagetsu nouchi
- 見立十二ヶ月ノ内): this represents the 10th and 11th months
1823 anonymous stencil bundo j
Bandō Jūtarō as Daifukuya Sōroku (大福屋宗六) in
Shima Date daishō
1823 anonymous stencil bundo j
Bandō Jūtarō (坂東重太郎) as Daifukuya Sōroku (大福屋宗六) in
Shima Date daishō
1834 Shigeharu Bando Jutaro
Bandō Jutarō I as Inuzuka Keno Tanetomo in
Satomi ke Hakkenshi no hitori
(里見家八犬士の一人)
1838 Sadanobu kanji triptych
Bandō Jutarō I (坂東寿太郎) as Lady Iwafuji (局岩ふじ) on the right, Nakamura Tomijūrō II (中村富十郎) as the Servant Ohatsu (お初), and Mimasu Gennosuke I (三枡源之助) as Chūrō Onoe (中老尾上) on the left in the play
Mirror Mountain: A Woman's Treasury of Loyalty
(Kagamiyama Kokyō no Nishikie)
1810c Toyokuni I mitsugoro
Bandō Mitsugorō (坂東三津五郎) as the
otokodate
(Ume) Yoshibei (由兵衛) from the play 'The Gion Festival Chronicle of Faith' (
Gion Sairei Shinkōki
- 祇園祭礼信仰記) - this is number 5 (五) from this series
1825c Toyokuni mitsugoro
Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) and the broken bowl
1818 Toyokuni I
Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) as an Edo magician (手妻江戸蔵) - performing the linking rings as 金は打
1820s Kunisada mitsugoro battl
Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) as Hayano Kanpei (早勘平) from the series
Great Performances: Contemporary Pressed-Cloth Battledores
(
Tōsei oshi-e hagoita atari kyōgen no uchi
- 當世押絵羽子板)
1811 Toyokuni mitsugoro III
Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) as Mitsugatsuji (三ヶつ地) Tsurunosuke (鶴之介) from the play
Sugata no Hana Azuma no Date-zome
[姿花江戸伊達染]
1823 Toyokuni I Bando Mitsugor
Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) as Nuregami Chōgorō (濡髪長五郎) in the play
Futatsu-chōchō Kuruwa Nikki
- the right-hand panel of a three panel composition
1830 Toyokuni II Kikunojo V
Bandō Mitsugorō III, under his poetry name Bandō Shūka (坂東秀桂), from the series
Actors Compared to Flowers
(
Yakusha hana awase
- 役者花合)
1833c Kunisada Tosei genin oto
Bandō Mitsugorō IV (坂東三津五郎) as Gokuin Sen'emon (極印せん右衛門), No. 4 (四) from the series
Five Manly Men of the Present Day
(Tōsei gonin otoko - 当世五人男)
1833c Kunisada Tosei genin oto
Bandō Mitsugorō IV (坂東三津五郎) as Gokuin Sen'emon (極印せん右衛門), No. 4 (四) from the series
Five Manly Men of the Present Day
(
Tōsei gonin otoko
- 当世五人男)
1832c Kunisada six jewel 4
Bandō Mitsugorō IV (坂東三津五郎) as Yamatoya Shuchō (大和屋秀調) and the Noji no Tamagawa (野路の玉川), a famous place in Omi Province (近江の名所) from the series 'Actors with Six Jewel Faces' (
Haiyū mutama-gao
- 俳優六玉顔)
1867 Kunichika trip.jpg
Bandō Mitsugorō VI (坂東三津五郎) on the left as Oshio (おしを) with Ōtani Tomoemon V (大谷友右衛門) in the middle as Shirataki Yokichi (白滝与吉) and Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) as 岩岡竹五郎 or as Jinriki Tamigorō (神力民五郎) on the right possibly in the play
Mure Kiyotaki Hiiki no Seiriki
[群清滝贔屓勢力]
1864 Kunisada umbrella 01
Bandō Shinsui V (坂東薪水) as An no Heibei (安ノ平兵衛) an
otokodate
[男伊達] from series of 5 actors with umbrellas
1852 Kuniyoshi hag
Bandō Shūka I as Danshichi’s wife Okaji (団七おかぢ) on the left and Seki Sanjurō III as the wife of Giheiji (義平次ばゞア) of Mikawa-cho in the play
Shinzō tsurifune kidan
[新造艣奇談?]
1851 Kuniyoshi Bando Shuka
Bandō Shūka I (坂東しうか) as Kijin no Omatsu (鬼神おまつ), the Demon God, and Ichikawa Danjurō VIII (市川団十郎) as Natsume Shirōsaburō (夏目四郎三郎) holding their child - from the play
Shinpan Koshi no Shiranami
(新板越白浪 ) performed with
Genji moyō furisode hinagata
(源氏模様娘雛形)
1848c Kunisada tanzaku 3
Bandō Shūka I (坂東しうか) as Seigen ama (清玄尼) and Nakayama Bungorō II (中山文五郎) as the yakko Yodohira (奴淀平) from an untitled series of paired actors on poem slips (
tanzaku
)
1852 Kuniyoshi Shiraito
Bandō Shūka I as the courtesan Shiraito (白糸) of the Hashimotoya (橋本屋) - this is the left-hand panel of a diptych
1850 Kuniyoshi Bijin
Bandō Shūka I [初代坂東しうか] as the courtesan Takao (高尾) - center panel of a triptych
1847-52 Kuniyoshi two actors
Bandō Shūka I (初代坂東しうか) as the geisha Gaku no Kosan (げひしやがくの小さん) on the right and Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII (八代目市川団十郎) as Tobi-no-mono Omatsuri Kingorō (鳶の者於祭の金五良) on the left
1815ca Toyokuni I bando shuka
Bandō Shūka 坂東しうか or 坂東志うか (poetry name of Mitsugorō III - 秀佳) - as Kōguya Yahei [香具や弥兵衛] - probably from the play Chūkō Ōiso ga Yoi (?) (忠孝染分纏)
1831c Toyokuni II actor
Bandō Shūka (坂東秀調 - poetry name of Bandō Mitsugorō III) standing before a view of the Benten Shrine at Shinobazu Pond at Ueno - from the series
Famous Views of the Eastern Capital
(Tōto Meisho - 東都名所)
1855 Kunisada pentaptych 1
Bandō Takesaburō I [坂東竹三郎] as Gokuin Sen'emon (極印千右衞門) holding a
mushikago
or insect cage
1991 Kokei komurasaki
Bandō Tamasaburō V as Komurasaki of the Miura house in the play
Sono Kouta Yume mo Yoshiwara
[其小唄夢廓]
1997 Binnie Bando Tamasabura
Bandō Tamasaburō V (坂東玉三郎) as the Spirit of the Heron in The Heron Maiden (
Sagi Musume
鷺娘) from the series 'A Great Mirror of the Actors of the Heisei Period' (
Heisei Yakusha Okagami
- 平成役者大鏡)
1997 Binnie backbend
Bandō Tamasaburō V performing the Backbend (
Ebizori
- えび反) from the series
Large-head portraits of Kabuki
(
Kabuki okubi-e
歌舞伎大首絵)
1903 Kogyo bathing beauty
Bathing Beauty - 美人の海水浴
1897 Chikanobu jidai kagami no
Beauty of the Keichō period (慶長の頃 -
Keichō no koro
) from the
Mirror of the Historical Eras
- Jidai Kagami (時代かゞみ)
1820c Kuniyasu pipe moon
Bijin looking at the full moon
1850c Kunisada II love letter
Bijin reading a letter by lantern light - from the series 'A Collection of Modern Beauties'
Tōsei bijin soroe no uchi
(當盛美人揃之内)
1830ca Sadakage bijin trimming
Bijin trimming a plum branch - (
Mitate Mushi
/ Snake [
Mi
] 見立虫 巳 ふしのうちはさみむし -
fushi no uchi hasami mushi
)
1891 Chikanobu basin
Bijin washing herself from 'Collection of Magic Lantern Images: Bathing' (幻燈写心競 - 海水浴)
1850c Kunisada II descending g
Bijin watching geese flying across the full moon - from the series
Tōsei bijin soroe no uchi
當盛美人揃之内 - 'A Collection of Modern Beauties'
1870s Chikanobu Cuckoo Flight.
Bijin with an umbrella watching a bird in flight from the series
Annual Events and Customs in the Capital
(
Azuma fūzoku nenjū gyōji
- 東風俗年中行事) - the 4th Month (四月)
1844ca Yoshitsuya 0001
'Birds of Sorrow' (
Utō): Tarō Yoshikado
(太郎良門) in the ruins of a Taira palace; Princess Takiyasha (滝夜叉), Yoshikado's sister, is on the right - on the left are the spirits of Yasukata (安方) and his wife transformed into birds
1935 Ishikawa Black Cat
Black cat (黒い猫) from the series
Ten Types of Female Nudes
(
Hadaka Jisshu
- 裸女十種)
1891 Imao Keinen crows
Black pine under snow, large-billed crows - from
Keinen kachō gafu
('Album of Bird-and-Flower Pictures by Keinan' - 景年花鳥画譜)
1847-1852 Kuniyoshi blind
Blind Men and Elephant 盲人と象、達磨 (above); Ichikawa Ebizō V 五代目市川海老蔵 as Daruma (below) from the series
Meiga rokumai byobu
(Screen with the six branches of famous painting - 名画六枚屏風) - center panel of a triptych
1910c Koson Maple
Blue-and-white flycatcher [大瑠璃:
ōruri
- おおるり] on a maple branch
1830s Hiroshige tuna cherry
Bonito (
katsuo
) and saxifrage (
yukinoshita
[雪の下]) from an untitled series known as
The Large Fish
(
Uozukushi
[魚尽くし])
1855 Kunisada kagami 07
Book (
ehon
) cover from the
Hokusetsu bidan jidai kagami
('Uplifting Tale of Northern Snows' Mirror of the Ages - 北雪美談時代加々見)
1934 Toraji leisure hours
Bored
(Tsurezure
- つれづれ) from the series
Ten Types of Female Nudes
:
Rajo jūsshu
- 裸女十種)
1868 No Name triptych
Buffoonery on a Hundred Stories (
Dōke hyaku monogatari
- 道化百物かたり)
1950 ca Sekino bunraku
Bunraku puppet representing Osome
1820s Toyokuni II kikugoro B
Bust portrait of Onoe Kikugorō III [三代目尾上菊五郎]
1826 Ashiyuki seki sanjuro ii
Bust portrait of Seki Sanjūrō II (關三十郎) as Hanaregoma Chōkichi (放駒長吉) from the play
Futatsu Chōchō
[双蝶々] (
Two Butterflies, Chōgorō and Chōkichi
)
1925 Shunsen shocho gado
Bust portraits of Ichikawa Shōchō II as Umegawa [梅川] and Kataoka Gadō IV as Chūbei [忠兵衛] in the play
Meido no Hikyaku
('The Courier from Hell' - 冥途の飛脚)
1927 Shunsen shocho
Bust portraits of Ichikawa Shōchō II as Umegawa [梅川] and Kataoka Gadō IV as Chūbei [忠兵衛] in the play
Meido no Hikyaku
('The Courier from Hell' - 冥途の飛脚)
1847-48ca Kunisada album trip
'Calligraphy' from
Fashionable Amusements of Spring
(
Fūryū haru no kyō
- 風流春の興)
1925c Koson crow
Cawing Crow
1862 Kunisada Father and Child
Center panel of a triptych of
The Flowers of Edo
1820-56 Kunisada Hachiman Shri
Center panel of
A Meeting at Yagurashita
(櫓下の会合) from the series
A Comparison of Popular Beauties
(
Ryūkō Bijin Awase
- 流行美人合)
1803-4c Utamaro Beach
Center panel of
Women at the beach of Futami-ga-ura
at sunrise [二見 カ浦日の出]
1844-45 Hiroshige Taira
Center panel of triptych,
Taira Kiyomori Haunted by Strange Sights
(
Taira Kiyomori kaii o miru zu
- 平清盛怪異を見る図)
1856 Kunisada naritasan fest
Central panel of a triptych of the Naritasan Festival (
Naritasan kaichō sankei gunshū no zu
- 成田山開帳参詣群集図) with Ichikawa Kodanji IV, Onoe Kikugorō IV and Bandō Takesaburō II
1858 Kunisada female genji2
Chapter 4 - from the series
Lingering Sentiments of a Late Collection of Genji
(
Genji goshū yojō
- 源氏後集余情): -
Suetsumuhana
(The Safflower - 末摘花) - left panel of a diptych
1855 Kunisada kagami 11
Chapter 4 (
ehon
) cover from the
Hokusetsu bidan jidai kagami
('Uplifting Tale of Northern Snows' Mirror of the Ages - 北雪美談時代加々見)
1855 Kunisada kagami 13
Chapter 5 (
ehon
) cover from the
Hokusetsu bidan jidai kagami
('Uplifting Tale of Northern Snows' Mirror of the Ages - 北雪美談時代加々見)
1855 Kunisada kagami 27
Chapter 12 (
ehon
) cover from the
Hokusetsu bidan jidai kagami
('Uplifting Tale of Northern Snows' Mirror of the Ages - 北雪美談時代加々見)
1855 Kunisada kagami 29
Chapter 13 (
ehon
) cover from the
Hokusetsu bidan jidai kagami
('Uplifting Tale of Northern Snows' Mirror of the Ages - 北雪美談時代加々見)
1855 Kunisada kagami 41
Chapter 19 (
ehon
) cover from the
Hokusetsu bidan jidai kagami
('Uplifting Tale of Northern Snows' Mirror of the Ages - 北雪美談時代加々見)
1855 Kunisada kagami 50
Chapter 23 (
ehon
) cover from the
Hokusetsu bidan jidai kagami
('Uplifting Tale of Northern Snows' Mirror of the Ages - 北雪美談時代加々見)
1857 Kunisada II minori
Chapter 24 (廿四), Kochō - 胡蝶 ('Butterflies') from the series
Lady Murasaki's Genji Cards
(
Murasaki Shikibu Genji karuta
- 紫式部げんじかるた)
1855 Kunisada kagami 56
Chapter 26 (
ehon
) cover from the
Hokusetsu bidan jidai kagami
('Uplifting Tale of Northern Snows' Mirror of the Ages - 北雪美談時代加々見)
1855 Kunisada kagami 60
Chapter 28 (
ehon
) cover from the
Hokusetsu bidan jidai kagami
('Uplifting Tale of Northern Snows' Mirror of the Ages - 北雪美談時代加々見) - right-hand panel of a pair
1855 Kunisada kagami 66
Chapter 31 (
ehon
) cover from the
Hokusetsu bidan jidai kagami
('Uplifting Tale of Northern Snows' Mirror of the Ages - 北雪美談時代加々見)
1810c Eizan Bijin.jpg
Cherry blossoms in blooming in the Yoshiwara (
Yoshiwara no hanazakari
- 吉原の花盛) from the series 'Eight Views of Famous Places in the Eastern Capital' (
Tōto meisho hakkei
- 東都名所八景)
2010ca Rie Homma niwatoriuri
Chicken Seller (鶏売り
niwatori uri
)
1830c Sadafusa Festival.jpg
Children's parade (子進) carrying a sacred float during the Tennō Festival (天王祭)
1808 Shumman surimono dragon f
Chinese boy feeding a dragon
1830c Hokusai school hanshita
Chinese children (
karako
) and an elephant from the Hokusai school -
shita-e
(preliminary drawing)
1820c Kunisada tometomo
Chinzei Hachirō Tametomo (鎮西八郎為朝) watching the demons trying to pull the string of his bow
1843-44 Kuniyoshi Chujo-hime
Chūjō-hime (中将姫) from the series
Mirror of Women of Wisdom and Courage
(
Kenyū fujo kagami
- 賢勇婦女鏡)
1820s Kunisada choryo
Chōryō rescuing a slipper from the Wei River for Kōsekikō, the 'Yellow Stone Elder' (漢黄石公), disguised as an insignificant old man, from the series
Kan-So Gundan
(漢楚軍談)
1835 Kuniyoshi gust
'Clearing Weather on Ichihara Moor' (
Ichiharano seiran
- 市原野晴嵐) from the series
Eight Views of Military Brilliance
(
Yōbu hakkei
- 燿武八景)
1927 Koson cockatoo
Cockatoo and pomegranate (
Ōmu to zakuro
- おうむとざくろ)
1845 Kuniyoshi sukane taro
Cock (Tori - 酉): Sukune Tarō (宿禰太郎) from the series
Mitate Jūnishi
(
Selections from the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac
- 美盾十二史)
1840ca Kunisada shunga close-u
Coital close up
1929 Kotondo combing hair
Combing Hair (
Kamisuki
- 髪梳き)
1847 Kuniyoshi 04
Comic Handgames Compared (
Dōke ken awase
- 道化拳合 - どうけけんあわせ)
1860s Konobu competition
Competition of Powerful Magicians (
Goketsu Kijutsushi Kurabe
- 豪傑奇術競)
1864 Kunichika pentaptych
Composite grouping of actors in famous roles in
Hana sugata nobori sugoroku
(戯場姿昇進双六 - はなすがたのぼりすごろく)
1770c Koryusai cooling off
Cooling off at the riverside
1950c Aoyama cormorant
Cormorant sitting on a gabion near some rapids
1840c Kunisada Shunga screen .
Couple in front of a screen having sex - from the
Iro shiki shi
(色四季志)
1800c Eisho hashira-e
Couple in front of a toothbrush shop - possibly the
Shuchu-ka
(酒中花)
1946 Sekino courtesans
Courtesan Procession (花魁道中 Hana oiran dôchû ), from the series Folk Customs of Japan (日本民俗図譜 Nihon minzoku zufu)
1796 Eishi surimono
Courtesan seated at a writing desk from the album
Spring in the Four Directions
(
Yomo no haru
- 四方の巴流)
1804c Utamaro Oi Korimitsu
Courtesans Ōi (大井) and Koremitsu (?) of the Ebiya house (海老屋)
1790c Chōki onis
Courtesans in a brothel - left-hand panel from a triptych showing the forces of good and evil influences in the red-light district (遊郭善玉悪玉 -
Yūkaku zendama akudama
)
1790s Toyokuni tsutaya teahous
Courtesans of Tsutaya Teahouse with near the Ryōgoku Bridge - one panel of a pentaptych
1780s Shuncho beni girai
Courtesans parading under lanterns: Nishikido (錦戸) of the Chōjiya,
kamuro
Kikuno (きくの) and Utano (うたの) in the right panel; Nanakoshi (七こし) of the Ōgiya (扇や),
kamuro
Mineno (みねの) and Takane (たかね) in the left panel - These are the center and right hand panels of a triptych
1830c Kunisada umbrella snow
Courtesan with umbrella in snow - middle panel of a
mitate
triptych - title:
Gentoku fūsetsu ni Kōmei o tazureru
- 玄徳風雪訪孔明 - a parody of Gentoku visiting Kōmei in the snow
1895ca 5 heads 10 bodies
Cowardly Pigs With Five Heads and Ten Bodies - 弱虫: 五豕十豕之圖
1925c Koson crow snowy
Crow on a snowy bough
1930s Koson orange crow
Crow on Snowy Bough
1887 Zeshin
Crows flying at sunrise
1920s Sozan crows snowy
Crows flying in a snowstorm
1910-36c Koson crows moon
Crows in flight
1927 Koson crows moon
Crows in moonlight (
Tsuki ni karasu
- 鴉二羽と月)
1960s Saito dachsund 1
Dachshund lying down
1840c Kuniyoshi dainagon tsune
Dainagon Tsunenobu (大納言経信) from the series
One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets
(
Hyakunin isshu no uchi
- 百人一首之内)
2005 Rie Homma Dance in Woods
Dance in Woods
1838 Kunisada dance teacher
Dance Teacher (
Odori shishō
- 踊師匠) from the series
A Collection of Modern Beauties
(
Tōsei bijin awase
- 当世美人合)
1847 Kuniyoshi okaji & seshich
Danshichi’s wife Okaji [おかぢ] and the clerk Seishichi [手代清七]
1850ca Yoshitora nirvana
Death of Buddha - the
'Nehanzō
[涅槃像]
1860ca Kyōsai demon
Demon with umbrella and bell - 鬼神無横道
2010ca Rie Homma tabidati
Departure (旅立ち
Tabidachi
)
1847-48 Kunisada II album trip
Descending Geese at Katada (
Katada Rakugan
- 堅田落雁) from the series
Eight Views of Ōmi
(
Ōmi hakkei no uchi
- 近江八景之内)
1850s nutrition
Dietary Life Rules (
Inshoku yōjō kagami
- 飲食養生鑑)
1867c Yoshitaki lion screen
Diptych from the play
The Seven Herbs of Iro Kurabe Aki
(
Iro Kurabe Aki no Nanakusa
- 色競秋七草) - Arashi Rikan IV (嵐璃寛) on the right as Shirō Yoshihisa (四郎義久) and Arashi Hinasuke VII (嵐雛助) on the left as Tatsunami Kuranoshin (達浪蔵之進)
1852 Kunisada Genji diptych
Diptych from the Rustic Genji series
A comparison of Edo Murasaki figures
(
Edo Murasaki sugata kurabe
- 江戸紫姿競 - 第二)
1816 Kunisada Bando Mitsugoro
Diptych of Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) as Nagoya Sanzaburō (名古屋山三) on the left and Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) as Fuwa Banzaemon (不破伴左衛門) on the right in the play
Fuwa Nagoya Yuki no Tategasa
(不破名護屋雪棹)
1830s Kunisada cat witch
Diptych: Tamamo no Mae with Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井半四郎) as Mikuniya Kojorō (三国屋小女郎) on the left and Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Tamaya Shimbei (三浦屋新兵へ) on the right in the play
Shinjū to tare mo yūdachi
(心中誰夕立)
1881 Kunitoshi pregnancy
Diptych: The heated stages of pregnancy (in a lighter vein) - five heads, ten bodies (
Mimochi on’na natsu no tawamure – Gotō juttai no zu
- 妊婦炎暑戯 一名五頭十體の図)
1848ca Kuniyoshi bijin with do
'Distant Treasure' (遠方通宝) from the series The Modern Measure of Womenʼs Desire for Money (
Imayō tofu shisen
- 今様斗婦志錢)
1845 ca Kunisada dojoji
Dōjōji Maiden (
Musume Dōjōji
- 道成寺) dressed as a traditional
shirabyoshi
(白拍子)
1931 Benji Asada Dog
Dog (犬 Inu)
1823 Gakutei book plates
Double page illustration from the
Ichirō Gafu
(
Ichirō Picture Book
: 一老画譜)
1848c Kunisada tanzaku 1
Double portrait of Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) as Toneri Matsuōmaru (舎人松王丸) on the right and Ichikawa Gangyoku I (市川眼玉) as Shundō Genba (春藤玄蕃) on the left from an untitled series of paired actors on poem slips (
tanzaku
)
1830c Toyokuni II 0002
Dragon (
Tatsu
竜) from the series
Elegant Women Likened to the Twelve Animals of the Zodiac
(
Fūryū azuma-sugata jūnishi
- 風流東姿十二支)
1775c Koryusai Cortesan Michih
Dressed in white in the eight month (
Hachigatsu shiromuku
): Michiharu (道はる) of the Tsutaya (蔦屋内) from the series
Models for Fashion: New Year Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves
(
Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyō
- 雛形若菜の初模様)
1827c Kuniyoshi suikoden Tosen
Du Qian, the Sky Toucher (Mochakuten Tosen - 摸著天杜遷) from the series
The Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Suikoden
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個)
1827-30c Kuniyoshi bell
Du Xing, the Devil-faced (Kirenji Tokō - 鬼臉兒杜興) from the series
One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個)
1816 Toyokuni I actor diptychg
Early kabuki diptych of Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) on the left and Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) on the right
1843-47 Kunisada traveling to
'Edo Flowers Travelling as far as the Islands' (
Shima kakete hana no Edo tabi
- 嶋もうで花の江戸旅)
1827-29 Kunisada shunka shuto
Ehon:
In Praise of Love in All Four Seasons
(
Shunka shūtō
- 春夏秋冬 - Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter:
Shiki no nagame
- 色の詠) - volume 2 of a 4 volume set
1954 Sekino-0002
Eizō and Matsuomaru
1830c Kunisada elegant calenda
Elegant Floral Calendar (
Fūryū hana-goyomi
- 風流花暦),
Nadeshiko
(なでしこ - 撫子)
1790c Toyokuni I oiran and kam
Elegant women with attendants in a parody of a daimyō's procession - these are the center 3 of a 5 panel pentaptych
1998 Morinoue ellipse
Ellipse
1848 Kuniyoshi paragon 02-03
Enshi (剡子) on the left and Kan no Buntei (漢文帝) on the right, from the series
The Twenty-four Chinese Paragons of Filial Piety
(
Morokoshi nijūshi-kō
- 唐土廾四孝)
1842c Kuniyoshi arrested
Evening Bell at Shoshazan (書冩山 晩鐘) - The Story of Oniwakamaru (鬼若丸) from the series of
Selections of the Eight Views of Combat
(美盾八競)
1852 Kuniyoshi 01
Evening Bell at Tōdaiji Temple (
Tōdaiji banshō
- 東大寺晩鐘) from the series
Military Brilliance of the Eight Views
(
Yōbu hakkei
- 燿武八景)
1910c Ikeda Shoen kuchie
Evening Snow (Yuke no Yūbei - ゆきの夕べ) - from a portfolio of prints entitled 'Thick Mist'
1853 Hiroshige falcon
Falcon on Pine at Sunrise (松に鷹日の出)
1807 Utamaro II Well
Famous Product: Mount Fuji White Saké (
Meibutsu fuji no shirozake
- 名物富士の白酒) - left-hand panel of a triptych
1827c Kunisada Fan Kuai
Fan Kuai (樊噲) breaking down a door in the Emperor's palace from the series
Kan-So gundan
(
Military Tales of the Han and Chu
- 漢楚軍談).
1810s Shunei Fan Kuai
Fan Kuai (樊噲), feigning drunkenness, storms the dining hall of the emperor's palace by breaking down the door
1818c Kunisada bijin child
Fan print of a courtesan with her child assistant - the background is the
Matsu kiri
scene from Act 2 of the
Chūshingura
with Kakogawa Honzō lopping off a pine branch - a
mitate
(見立)
1960 Sekino Farmers Boy
Farmer's Boy
1795c Utamaro Bijin Farmers
Farm wives relaxing (
Ikou nōfu
- 憩う農婦) from the series
Kyōka-iri aiban fūzoku zu
(狂歌入間判風俗図)
1854 Kuniyoshi danjuro VIII
Female admirers weeping before a large memorial portrait or
shini-e
(死絵) of the Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII
1850s Kunisada hide cabinet.jpg
Figure of a young man hiding inside a cabinet with decoratively painted doors
1847-48 Kunisada album trip 05
Figures in Edo Purple: The Hahakigi Chapter (
Edo Murasaki sugata no Hahakigi
- 江戸紫すかたのはゝきゞ) - a Rustic Genji theme
1851-53 Kinisada album trip 16
Figures in Edo Purple: The Utsusemi Chapter (
Edo Murasaki sugata no Utsusemi
- えとむらさきすかたのうつせみ) - a Rustic Genji theme
1896 Chikanobu hotaru
Fireflies (
hotaru
- ほたる) from the series
The Inner Precincts at Chiyoda
(
Chiyoda no Ōoku
- 千代田之大奥)
1780c Kiyonaga archery
First Archery of the New Year (
Yumi hajime
- 弓はじめ) from the album
Saishiki mitsu no asa
(彩色美津朝) or 'Colors of the Triple Dawn'
1929 Shinsui yukata
First Cotton Kimono (
Hatsu yukata
[初浴衣]) from the series
First Series of Modern Beauties
(
Gendai bijinshu dai-isshu
) [現代美人集第一輯]
1801ca Utamaro triptych scoop
Fishing with a four armed scoop-net (
yotsude ami
- 四つ手網) by the light of a crescent moon
1885 Kunichika Fireworks.jpg
Five actors in casual attire in
A Cool Evening at Ryōgoku Bridge
(両国橋夕涼之図) - Onoe Kikugorō V as 音羽屋清吉 and Ichikawa Sadanji I as 高島屋藤助 on the right, Kataoka Gadō III as 松島屋房八 and Nakamura Fukusuke III as 成駒屋小文吾 in the middle and is a woman with the description Yanagibashi no ko Hide (柳橋の小ひで) on the left
1835 Sadamasu tetrapytych.jpg
Four actors performing in a
mitate
: Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Tsujikaze Hachihei (辻風八平) on the far right, to his left is Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Ushiwaka Saburō (牛若三郎), next is Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) as Inaba Taro (稲葉太良) and on the far left is Iwai Shijaku I (岩井紫若) as Inaba (稲場)
1700s Chushingura.jpg
From an illustrated book on filial piety, the
Eiri kōkyō
(絵入孝経) by Kitao Masayoshi
1815 Eizan shunga oban
From a set of twelve:
Selections from the Brocade Quarter
(
E-awasa kingaishō
)
1875 Kunichika Six Actors.jpg
From left to right: Iwai Hanshirō VIII (岩井半四郎), Ichikawa Gonjūrō II (市川権十郎), Nakamura Nakazō III (中村仲蔵), Ichikawa Metora I (市川女寅) and Ichikawa Danjūrō IX (市川団十郎)
1824 Ashiyuki tetraptych
From right to left: Arashi Sangorō IV (嵐三五郎) as Sonobe no Saemon (園部ノ左衛門), Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as the footman Tsumahei (奴妻平), Bandō Jūtarō (坂東寿太郎) as Magaki (まかき) and Fujikawa Tomokichi II (藤川友吉) as Usuyuki-hime (薄雪姫) - Viewing cherry blossoms at Kiyomizu
1841 Sadanobu genji
From right to left: Kataoka Gadō II (片岡我童) as Hikaru Uji (光氏); Nakamura Tomijūrō II (中村富十郎) as Tasogare (たそかれ); Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Shinonome (しののめ); Nakamura Shikan III (中村芝翫) as Kiyonosuke (喜代之助) - a
Rustic Genji
theme
1850 Kunisada triptych ghosts
From the dance performance
Iro moyo chotto karimame
(色彩間苅豆) Bandō Hikosaburō IV [坂東彦三郎] as Kinoshita Yoemon [木下川与右衛門] on the left, in the middle are Ichikawa Dannosuke V [市川団之助] as Inaka musume Oriki (田舎娘おりさ) and Nakamura Shijaku I [中村芝雀] as Yūnen Shōnin (祐念上人) and Onoe Kikujirō II [尾上菊次郎] on the right as the ghost of Kasane [累ゆうこん]
1829 Ashiyuki triptych
From the left: Sawamura Kunitarō II (沢村国太郎), Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛), Arashi Sangorō IV (嵐三五郎) and Arashi Tomisaburō II (あらし富三郎) in imagined roles, a
mitate
1829 Hokucho pentaptych
From the right: Arashi Tomisaburō II (嵐富三郎) as Usuyukihime, Sawamura Kunitaro II (澤村國太郎) as nyōbō Kojoro (女房小女郎), Nakamura Tsurūjirō I (中村鶴十郎) as Fugen no Gonhei, Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Jizo no Goheiji (地蔵の五平次) in the center, Nakamura Matsue III (中村松江) as Musume Omitsu (娘おみつ), Arashi Shagan (嵐舎丸) as Miroku no Tanin (みろくの他人) and Asao Gakujūrō (浅尾額十郎) as Sonobe Iori i(園部 伊織) in the play "Hanafubuki Uta no Nadokoro"
2017 Kitamura 1
From the series Bravery Matched with the Twelve (Zodiac) Signs: (Buyū mitate jūnishi - 武勇見立十二支) Monkey (申) and Sun Wukong (孫悟空) - a modern edition
2017 Kitamura 2
From the series Bravery Matched with the Twelve (Zodiac) Signs: (
Buyū mitate jūnishi
- 武勇見立十二支) Dog (戌) and Hata Rokurozaemon (畑六郎左衛門) - a modern edition
2017 Kitamura 3
From the series Bravery Matched with the Twelve (Zodiac) Signs: (
Buyū mitate jūnishi
- 武勇見立十二支) Rat (子) and Raigō (頼豪) - a modern edition
2017 Kitamura 4
From the series Bravery Matched with the Twelve (Zodiac) Signs: (Buyū mitate jūnishi - 武勇見立十二支) Boar (亥) and Emperor Yu (雄略天皇) - a modern edition
2017 Kitamura 5
From the series Bravery Matched with the Twelve (Zodiac) Signs: (
Buyū mitate jūnishi
- 武勇見立十二支) Goat (未) and Guan Yu (関羽) - a modern edition
1825 Kuniyoshi kakemono-e suik
From the series
One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan All Told
(Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori - 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個): Seishushosei Shōjō (聖手書生蕭讓) above Shinkōtaiho Taisō (神行太保戴宗)
1827 Kunisada Tree Shunga
From volume 1, a couple having sex under a blossoming tree from
In Praise of Love in the Four Seasons
(
Shunka shūtō, Shiki no nagame
- 春夏秋冬 - 色の詠)
1827 Kunisada Boat Couple
From volume 2, a couple having sex in a boat from
In Praise of Love in the Four Seasons
(
Shunka shūtō, Shiki no nagame
- 春夏秋冬 - 色の詠)
1827 kunisada balcony rain
From volume 2, a couple having sex on a balcony on a
rainy day from
In Praise of Love in the Four Seasons
(
Shunka shūtō, Shiki no nagame
- 春夏秋冬 - 色の詠)
1827c Kunisada hush
From volume 2, a couple making love on a terrace from
In Praise of Love, in the Four Seasons
Shunka shūtō, Shiki no nagame
- 春夏秋冬 - 色の詠
1827c Kunisada rape.jpg
From volume 2,
Night rape
In Praise of Love in the Four Seasons
(
Shunka shūtō, Shiki no nagame
- 春夏秋冬 - 色の詠)
1821-23 Eisen sonohoma
Fuchū (府中): Sonohama (園浜) of the Owariya (尾張屋内) from the series
A Tōkaidō Board Game of Courtesans: Fifty-three Pairings in the Yoshiwara
(Keisei dōchū sugoroku/Mitate Yoshiwara gojūsan tsui [no uchi] - 契情道中双六 見立よしはら五十三対)
2000 Namiki fuji
Fuji 9 (富士 - 9)
1965c Tokuriki autumn harvest
Fuji from Honsen (豊年の富士) from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mt Fuji (富士三十六景)
1842c Eisen fujikawa
Fujikawa Station (藤川宿), #38 (三十八) from the series
Beauties of the Tokaidō
[美人東海道]
1829 Ashiyuki quad color
Fujikawa Tomokichi II (藤川友吉) as Azuma (あづま) on the right, Ichikawa Danzō V (市川団蔵) as Yodoya Tatsugorō (淀屋辰五郎) and Nakayama Ittoku II (中山一徳) as the gentlewoman Otsugi (こしもとおつぎ) on the left in the play
Keisei Yanagizakura
[けいせい楊柳桜]
1828 Ashiyuki diptych
Fujikawa Tomokichi II (藤川友吉) as the courtesan Aoyagi-dayū (青柳大夫) on the right and Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as the farmer (
hyakushō
) Jūsaku (百姓重作) from the play
Tenmangū aiju no meiboku
[天満宮花梅桜松]
1825c Hokkei surimono
Fujiwara no Ietaka [藤原家隆] from the series
A Series for Those Who Still Have Their Teeth
(
Shōshikai Bantsuzuki
- 尚歯会番続)
1848-49c Kuniyoshi masakiyo
Fujiwara no Masakiyo (藤原正清) from the series
Taiheiki eiyuden
(
Heroes of the Great Peace
- 太平記英勇傳)
1852 Kuniyoshi geese
Fujiwara no Masakiyo (藤原正清) watches descending geese at Hokkyō (
Hokkyō rakugan
- 北京落雁) from the series
Military Brilliance for the Eight Views
(
Yōbu hakkei
- 燿武八景)
1848-49c Kuniyoshi masamori
Fukishima Masamori (吹嶋政守) from the series
Heroes of the Great Peace
(
Taiheiki eiyuden
- 太平記英勇傳)
1845 Kunisada honan shonin
Fukuroi (袋井): The Legend of Sakura-ga-ike (
Sakura-ga-ike no yurai
- 桜か池の由来) from the series
Fifty-three Pairings for the Tōkaidō Road
(
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsui
- 東海道五十三対)
1820s Hokusai Threading Loom.j
Fulling and a threading loom - two page illustration from the
Hokusai gafu
or 'Hokusai Picture Book'
1885 Yoshitoshi Shadows of Pin
Full Moon on Tatami Mats - Shadows of Pine Branches (
Meigetsu ya tatami no ue ni matsu no kage
- 名月や畳の上に松の影 其角): from the series
100 Aspects of the Moon
(
Tsuki hyaku sugata
- 月百姿)
1856-57 Yoshitoshi funa bansak
Fuwa Bansaku (不破伴作): Wakan Hyaku Monogatari (和漢百物語) from the series
100 Ghost Stories From China and Japan
2016 Morinoue garden path a-p
Garden Path
1828ca Shunshi Schwaab 115
Gatōken Shunshi (画登軒春芝) of Onoe Tamizō II (尾上多見蔵) as both a night watchman and a Celestial princess from the play
Hatsuharu no Kotobuki Iwau Kokonobake
初春寿九化 - (A Set of Nine Changes - 九之化之内)
1790 ca Eishi geisha & wakasha
Geisha and
wakashu
at Matsumoto tea house
1855 Kuniyoshi genji prince ha
Genji chapter 21, The Maiden (
Otome
- 乙女): The nine-tailed fox woman (
Kayō-fujin
[花陽夫人]) terrorizing Prince Hanzoku (班足) and his servant from the series
Japanese and Chinese Parallels to Genji
(
Wakan nazorae Genji
- 和漢准源氏)
1890 Yoshiiku 100
Ghost #11 ( 魂魄 十一) from the
Hyaku monogatari
(百もの語)
1882c Yoshitoshi okyo
Ghost of Ōkyo (
Ōkyo no Yūrei
- 応挙の幽霊) from the series Yoshitoshi drawings (
Yoshitoshi ryakuga
- 芳年略画)
1840s Kunisada pomegranate
Girls in a Parody of the Battle of Dan-no-ura (
Mitate musume Dan-no-ura
- 見立娘壇之浦) - left panel of a triptych
1848 Kuniyoshi paragon 14-15
Go Mō (呉猛) and Tei Ran (丁蘭) from the series
The Twenty-four Chinese Paragons of Filial Piety
(
Morokoshi nijūshi-kō
- 唐土廾四孝)
1827-30 Kuniyoshi pupular suik
Gongsun Sheng, Single Purity (Nyūunryū Kōsonshō -入雲龍公孫勝) from the series
One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan All Told
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個)
1866 Yoshitora Goshaku Somegor
Goshaku Somegorō (五尺染五郎) from the series
The Lives of Brave and Hot-blooded Heroes
(
Yūretsu kekki den
- 勇烈血気傳)
1920 Goyo Utamaro bridge
Goyo's copy of Utamaro's
Ryōgokubashi no ue, shita
('On top and beneath Ryōgoku Bridge')
1810c Kuniyasu visit tea
Group of actors in summer attire visiting a tea house overlooking the Benten Shrine at Shinobazu Pond in Ueno
1827-30c Kuniyoshi kwakusei
Guo Sheng, the Second Ren Gui (Saijinki Kakusei - 賽仁貴郭盛) from the series
One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個) - left panel of a diptych
1828-34 Kunisada Ichijosei Kos
Gushi /Yu Ki (楚項羽妻 虞氏) from the series
Military Tales of the Han and Chu
(
Kan so gundan
- 漢楚軍談)
1827-30 Kuniyoshi suikoden 17
Gyokukirin Roshungi (Lu Junyi, the Jade Unicorn - 玉麒麟盧俊義) from the series
The Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Suikoden
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個) - center panel of a triptych
1830c Eizan homesick
Hair-washing Day (
Rokugatsu, Kamiarai hi
- 髪あらい日) in the Sixth Month (六月): Michitose (三千歳) of the Miuraya (三浦屋内) from the series
Four Seasons in the Pleasure Quarters: Annual Events in the Yoshiwara
(
Kuruwa no shikishi Yoshiwara yōji
- 廓の四季志吉原要事)
1868 Yoshitoshi strangle
Hakoōmaru (箱王丸) and Hachiman Shichirō (八幡七郎) from the series
Tales of the Floating World in Eastern Brocade
(
Azuma nishiki ukiyo kōdan
- 東錦浮世稿談)
1868 Hiroshige III P818
Hakone (箱根): Nakamura Shikan IV (四代目中村芝翫) as Kō no Moronao (高師直) from the series
The Tōkaidō Road: One Look Worth a Thousand Ryō
(
Tōkaidō hitome senryō
- 東海道一ト眼千両 -
Yojiba no zu
湯冶場ノ図 - 'Picture of the Hot Springs')
1828c Kuniyoshi hakumenrokun
Hakumenrōkun Teitenja (白面郎君鄭天壽 - aka Zheng Tianshou, the Fair-Faced Gentleman) from the series
One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個)
1827c Kuniyoshi 06
Hakutenchō Riō (樸天鷗李應 - Li Ying) and Bossharan Bokukō (撲天雕李應,設遮攔穆弘 - Mu Hong) from the series
One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個) - left-hand panel of a triptych
1795c Eisho Oiran
Hanaōgi (花扇) of the Ōgiya house (扇屋内) with
kamuro Yoshino
(よしの) and Tatsuta from the series
Comparison of Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters
(
Seirō bijin awase
- 青楼美人合)
1892 Toshikata puppet
Handpuppet made from a Bucket (樽人形): Woman of the Enpō Era [1673-81] (
Taru ningyō, Enpō koro fujin
- 延宝頃婦人) from the series
Thirty-six Elegant Selections
(
Sanjūroku kasen
- 三十六佳撰)
1864 Hiroshige II Kunisada
Hashiba Ferry in Snow (
Hashiba setchū
- 橋場雪中) from the series
The Pride of Edo
(江戸自慢):
Thirty-six Scenes
(
Edo jiman sanjū rokkei
- 三十六興)
1841c Kuniyoshi Hatsu-hana
Hatsuhana (初花 ) from the series
Biographies of Wise Women and Virtuous Wives
(
Kenjo reppuden
- 賢女烈婦傳)
1813 Hisanobu tea veranda
Hawking Party - right panel of a triptych
1849 Kuniyoshi taiheiki masata
Hayashi Tanshirō Taketoshi (林丹四郎武俊) from the series
Heroes of the Great Peace
(
Taiheiki eiyuden
- 太平記英勇傳)
1844 Kunisada heavy snow at ye
Heavy Snow at Year's End (歳暮の深雪) triptych
1840s Kuniyoshi suikoden heroe
Heroes led by a member of the Taira clan (平家英...)
1840s Kuniyoshi suikoden heroe
Heroes led by Yoshitsune (義経英雄勤)
1925 Tsunetomi heron
Heron Maiden (
Sagi Musume
- 鷺娘) - Winter (
fuyu
冬) from the series
Shiki bijin
('Beauties of the Four Seasons' - 四季美人?)
1823 Kunisada hiding eyebrows
"Hiding Eyebrows" (
Mayu kakushi
- 眉かくし) from the series
Mirrors of the Modern Boudoir
(
Imafū keshō-kagami
- 今風化粧鏡)
1795c Eishi 01
Hinazuru of the Chōjiya (丁子屋雛鶴) from the series
Beauties of the Yoshiwara as Six Floral Immortals
(
Seirō bijin Rokkasen
- 青楼美人六花仙)
1984 Yoshida Hippos
Hippopotamus - 河馬
1845-46 Hiroshige Hiratsuka
Hiratsuka (平塚): Inage Saburō Shigenari (稲毛三郎重成) from the series
Fifty-three Pairings for the Tōkaidō Road
(
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsui
- 東海道五十三対)
1850s Kuniyoshi dog fight
Hōjō Takatoki watching a dog fight (北條高時犬合戦之圖) - attributed to Kuniyoshi - right-hand panel of a diptych
1820c Gakutei huju
Hōjō Tokiyori (北條時頼) from the series
Twenty-Four Generals for the Katsushika Circle
(
Katsushika nijūshishō
- 葛飾廿四将)
1852-53 Kuniyoshi gompachi rai
Honjō (本庄): Shirai Gonpachi (白井權八) from the series
Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō Road
(
Kisokaidō rokujūkyū tsugi no uchi
- 木曾街道六十九次之内)
1830ca Toyokuni-II-0001
Horse (
Uma
- 馬) from the series
Elegant Women Likened to the Twelve Animals of the Zodiac
(
Fūryū azuma sugata jūnishi
- 風流東姿十二支)
1769 Harunobu Hotei
Hotei fording a river with a young woman on his back
1930 Tsuchiya Koitsu horyiji
Hōryūji Temple (法隆寺) at Nara in the snow
1848 Kuniyoshi paragon 24
Huang Xiang (Kōkyō: 黄香) from the series
The Twenty-four Chinese Paragons of Filial Piety
(
Morokoshi nijūshi-kō
- 唐土廾四孝)
18302 Hiroshige comic
Humorous Hiroshige print with a dog-headed man (Blind Dog, Zatō no inu, ざとうの犬) and bird-headed man (-- Black, -- Kuro, --くろ) preparing a meal
1798c Utamaro 02
7 Imaginary Chinese Creatures
(
shōjō
)
in a Drunken State
(
Shichi-nin shōjō zuburoku no zu
- 七人猩々酩酊之図) - left panel of a triptych
1830 Sadakage triptych bijin
A Collection of Beautiful Women: The Pride of Edo
— 江戸自慢美人揃
1830c Toyokuni II aizuri-e
Aizuri-e
- a courtesan holding a pipe (
kiseru
) watches a pair of ducks, from the series 'Five Modern Beauties' (
Tōsei gonin bijo
- 當世五人美女)
1830c Toyokuni II bat aizuri
Aizuri-e
of a
bijin
reaching up to grab a branch of a flowering cherry tree, from the series
Beauties of the Latest Fashion Compared with the Beauty of Flowers
(
Tōsei bijin hana-awase
- 當世美人花合)
1820s Sadakage aizuri-e rooste
Aizuri-e
: the Peasant class (Nō 農) from a series of the four estates
Mitate shinōkōshō
(無名: 見立士農工商)
1790s Kikumaro oiran and kamur
Among the Geisha of the New Yoshiwara
(新吉原芸者中) - one panel of a probable triptych
1864 Yoshitoshi sea battle
A Picture of Masakiyo Conquering Korea
- (
Masakiyo sankan taiji
[
no
]
zu
- 正清三韓退治圖)
1847-52 Hokui Heike
Attack of the Taira Ghosts at Daimotsu Bay
(
Sesshū Daimotsu no ura Heike onryō arawaruru zu
- 摂州大物浦平家怨霊顕る図)
1851-53 Kunisada album trip 15
Autumn Moon at Ishiyama Temple
(
Ishiyama shūgetsu
- 石山秋月) from the series
Eight Views of Ōmi
(
Ōmi hakkei no uchi
- 近江八景之内)
1815-20c Toyokuni parasol
Bijin
carrying a
janome-gasa
or snake's eye umbrella with 3 fan motifs, one with the Zodiac sign of the tiger - one panel of a triptych? -
Yayoi
(弥生), the 3rd month
1820-40c Kunisada crickets
Bijin
in a summer robe, standing before an insect merchant's portable booth, visiting a shrine temple during a festival - this is the left panel of a triptych entitled
En'nichi no kei
(ゑん日乃景) in the
toshidama
cartouche in the center panel
1829 Kunisada bijin with low s
Bijin
looking in a mirror from the series
Light Makeup of the Present Day
(
Tōsei usugeshō
- 當世 薄化粧)
1825c Kunisada bijin bridge
Bijin
near the foot of a bridge
1820c Kunisada cat
Bijin
playing with cat
1840-42 Kuniyoshi trip aizurie
Bijin sorōi
(Series of Beauties - 美人そろうい) - three separate
aizuri-e
in a series
Ichikawa Danjūrō IX photo
Ichikawa Danjūrō IX (九代目市川團十郎)
1903ca Kunichika 100 roles 01
Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Danshichi Kurobei (団七九郎兵衛) from the series
One Hundred Roles of Ichikawa Danjūrō
(
Ichikawa Danjūrō Engei Hyakuban
- 市川団十郎演芸百番)
1903ca Kunichika 100 roles 02
Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Katō Kiyomasa (加藤清正) from the series
One Hundred Roles of Ichikawa Danjūrō
(
Ichikawa Danjūrō Engei Hyakuban
- 市川団十郎演芸百番)
1893 Toshihide
Ichikawa Danjūrō IX (市川 團十郞) as Ōkubo Hikozaemon (大久保 彦左衛門) from the series
Sanshō awase sugata
(三升合姿)
1874 Toyoshige waterfall fudo
Ichikawa Danjūrō IX (市川團十郎) as Mongaku Shōnin (文覚上人) with Suketakaya Takasuke IV as Kongara dōji, Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Fudō no Reizō and Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) as Seitaka dōjiin in 'The Austerities of Mongaku' (
Hashikuyō Bonji no Mongaku
- 橋供養梵字紋覚)
1898 Kunichika Demon
Ichikawa Danjūrō IX (市川団十郎) as the female demon Teruhi no miko [照日の神子] in Uwanari (嫐) one the
18 Famous Plays
[of the Ichikawa Clan] - Juhachiban - (十八番之内) in the series
One Hundred Roles of Ichikawa Danjūrō
(市川団十郎演芸百番)
1903ca Kunichika 100 roles 03
Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Yokozō (横蔵) from the series
One Hundred Roles of Ichikawa Danjūrō
(
Ichikawa Danjūrō Engei Hyakuban
市川団十郎演芸百番)
1893 Toshihide Danjuro IX
Ichikawa Danjūrō IX in the role of Kuzunoha (葛の葉) from the series
Sanshō awase sugata
(三升合姿)
1888 Toshihide Meiboku.jpg
Ichikawa Danjūrō IX [市川 團十郞] in the role of Otokonosuke (男の助) in the play 'Meiboku Sendai-hagi' from the series
Sanshō awase sugata
(三升合姿)
1860c Yoshitaki Toad
Ichikawa Danjūrō IX (?) probably as Tenjiku Tokubei wearing a robe decorated with toads
1820c Toyokuni danjuri goat
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (七代目市川團十郎) as 町がゝへうぶげの金太郞 - accompanied by a live goat
1820s Kunisada Danjuro
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川 團十郎) as Arajishi Otokonosuke (荒獅子男之助) subduing a giant rat - from the play
Date Kurabe Okuni Kabuki
[伊達競阿国劇場]
1820s ca Toyokuni II ichikawa
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川團十郎) as Genta Jūsaburō in an unidentified play
1830-35 Kunisada boat warrior
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川団十郎) as Matsuwakamaru (松若丸) disguised as a fisherman peasant - probably from the play
Sumidagawa hana no goshozome
("The Sumida River Adorned with Cherry Blossoms" -隅田川花御所染) - right-hand panel of a triptych
1820 Kunisada Danjuro sumo
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川 團十郎) as the
sumō
wrestler Iwakawa Jirōkichi (岩川次郎吉) - right-hand panel of a diptych
1852 Kuniyoshi kezuri
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII as the pirate Kezori Kuemon from the series
Modern Style Set of the Provinces in Edo Brocade
(
Kōto nishiki imayō kuni zukushi
- 江都錦今様国盡) - Bungo (豊後) and Hizen province (肥前)
1825-30ca Kunisada Danjuro
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川團十郎) as Yorikane (頼兼実ハ道鉄) - right panel of a diptych
1847-48 Kuniyoshi giant rat.jp
Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Arajishi Otokonosuke (荒獅子男之助) beating a man disguised as a giant rat
1853 Toyokuni III Ichikawa Dan
Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Itō Sōta (伊東壮太) - this is the right-hand panel of a triptych - from the play
Hanano Saga Nekomata Hanashi
[花野嵯峨猫魔縞]
1850c Kuniyoshi popup
Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Kamiya Iemon (神谷仁右衛門) with his servant, Kohei and his dead wife Oiwa (お岩) nailed to a door along with images of their skeletons - a
shikake-e
or 'mechanical print'
1847 Kuniyoshi Benkei diptych
Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Musashibō Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Minamoto Ushiwakamaru (源牛若丸) [in
Shiki utsushi tosa-e no futsutsuka
(四季写士佐画拙)]
1848ca Kunisada nozarashi
Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII (市川団十郎) as Nozarashi Gosuke (野晒語輔) from the series of 10 prints
Eiyu mitate junin otoko
(栄優見立十人男: Parody of Actors as Ten Brave Men)
1847-52 Kunisada soga bros
Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII (八代目市川団十郎) as Soga Gorō Takimune (曽我五郎時宗) on the right and Ichimura Takenojō V as Soga Jūrō Sukenari (曽我十郎祐成) on the left - the center and right panels of a triptych
1839 Kunisada danjuro shinnosu
Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII (八代目市川団十郎) as the White-pawed monkey (
Tejiro no saru
- 手白ノ猿) and Ichikawa Shinnosuke III (市川新之助) as the small monkey (小ざる) - center panel of a triptych of a dance play
Hana to Mimasu Itoshitsu no Moji
[花三升恋いの字] within the larger play,
Gohiiki o Hiku Ya Tsunazaka
(常磐津 御摂曳綱坂)
1852 Kuniyoshi actor 2923
Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII [市川団十郎] in the role of Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡みつぎ) - right-hand panel of a diptych - from the play
Ise Ondo Koi Neba
[伊勢音頭恋寝刃]
1818ca Toyokuni I surimono
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川団十郎) in
Shibaraku
(暫), with a child in the role of Ebisu and a monkey
1825c Toyokuni danjuro bridge
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (七代目市川団十郎) in the role of Kenkaya Gorōemon, aka Gorōemon the Brawler, (喧嘩や五郎右衛門) in the play
Goku saishiki musume ōgi
or 'The Maiden's Colorful Fan' [極彩色娘扇]
1848-51c Kuniyoshi pine painti
Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII on the right as Kanō Motonobu (狩野四郎次郎元信) and Bandō Shūka I as the Shōgun's daughter Omatsu (将監娘おみつ)
1834 Kunisada danjuro fan
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII wipes his face in front of a makeup - from the series
Tōsei rok'kasen
('Six Choice Modern Flowers' - 當世六花撰)
1950c Gako Danjuro fudo
Ichikawa Danjūrō X or XI (?) as Narukami Shōnin [鳴神上人]
1821 Toyokuni II ladies
Ichikawa Dannosuke III (市川団之助) on the left, Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井半四郎) in the center, and Segawa Kikunojō V (瀬川菊之丞) on the right -
onnagata
coming from or going to a women's bathhouse (女中湯) - 3 of 5 panels
1824 Shibakuni 0001
Ichikawa Danzō V (市川団蔵) as Sakamoto Miuranosuke Yoshimura (三浦之介) in the kabuki play
Kamakura Sandaiki
or
Three Generations of Kamakura Shoguns
[鏡倉三代記] - in the form of a
hagoita
[羽子板]
1830 Shigeharu inumura daigaku
Ichikawa Danzō V (市川団蔵) as the hermit Inumura Daikaku Masanori (犬村大学礼儀) from the series
Satomi ke Hakkenshi no hitori
(里見家八犬士の一人)
1852 Kunisada II Warrior
Ichikawa Danzō VI (市川団蔵) as Jūjō Shakuhachirō (十條尺八郎) from the series
The Book of the Eight Dog Heroes
(
Hakkenden inu no sōshi no uchi
- 八犬傳犬のさうし乃内)
1814 Kunisada crepe Chushingur
Ichikawa Denzō I (市川傳蔵) as Ōboshi Rikiya (大ぼし力弥) in Kanadehon Chūshingura ['Copybook of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers': 仮名手本忠臣蔵]
1825 Hokushu fan bust 4
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Izumi no Saburō (和泉ノ三郎) from the series
Current Hit Plays
(
Tōsei atari kyōgen
- 當世阿た里狂言)
1829ca Hokushu triptych
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Katsura Chūnagon, actually Ise Shinkurō (桂中納言実は伊勢新九郎) on the right; Asao Gakujūrō I (浅尾額十郎) as Hosokawa Katsumoto (細川勝元); and Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Takahashi no Tsubone, actually Mino no Shōkurō (高はしの局実は美濃庄九郎) on the left
1825 Hokushu fan bust 1
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助) from the series
Tōsei Atari Kyogen
('Successful performance of the present time' - 当世あたり狂言)
1817 Hokushu yoshio ebijuro
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Koshina Danjō (越名弾正) and Nakayama Yoshio I (中山よしを) as Koshina's wife Irie (Koshina tsuma Irie -女房入江)
1823 Kunihiro rain scene
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Matsunami Sanpei (松並三平) on the right, Arashi Koroku IV (嵐小六) as the waiting maid Saeda (御女中早枝) in the center, and Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Ohashi Sohei (大橋曽平) on the left
1835 Hokushu actor duo
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I [市川鰕十良] as Mokuemon [杢右衛門] and Ichikawa Danzō V [五代市川団蔵] as Yashichi [弥七] in the
Kanadehon Chūshingura
['Copybook of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers': 仮名手本忠臣蔵] - left panel of a diptych
1822 Hokushu Ebijuro I
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Teraoka Heiemon (寺岡平右衛門)
1820c Hokushu Ebijuro
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as the servant Ranpei in the play
Yamatogana Ariwara Keizu
(倭仮名在原系図) - a
mitate
1822ca Hokushu ichikawa ebijur
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Tōken (China Dog) Jūbei (市川鰕十郎の唐犬重兵衛) from the play
Benimurasaki Aide Someage
('Red and Purple, Rich Dyes of Osaka') [紅紫大坂潤]
1822 Hokushu Ebijuro I (2).jpg
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Tōken Jūbei (市川鰕十郎の唐犬重兵衛) from the play
Benimurasaki Aide Someage
(
Red and Purple, Rich Dyes of Osaka
) [紅紫大坂潤]
1827 Kunihiro triptych 044
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Ukisu no Iwamatsu (うきすの岩松) on the right, Arashi Kitsusaburō II (嵐吉三郎) as the farmer Jūsaku (百姓十作) in the center, Sawamura Kunitarō II (沢村國太郎) as Jūsaku's wife [
nyōbō
] Okinu (十作女房お絹) on the left in
Keisei kakehashi monogatari
(けいせい棧物語)
1824 Hokushu ebijiro yokanpei
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Yokanpei (与勘平) from the series
A Collection of Temporary Fans
(
Uchiwa Tōsei Kurabe
- 団扇当世競)
1824 Hokushu Ebijuro fan
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Yokanpei (与勘平) from the series
A Collection of Temporary Fans
(
Uchiwa Tōsei Kurabe
- 団扇当世競)
1829 Hokucho ebijuro II
Ichikawa Ebijūrō II (市川鰕十郎) as Horiguchi Manemon (堀口万右衛門) - the right-hand panel of a triptych from the play
Sao no uta Kizugawa hakkei
('Song of the boat pole: Eight views of the Kizu River' - 棹歌木津川八景)
1829 Hokucho ebijuro manemon
Ichikawa Ebijūrō II (市川鰕十郎) as Horiguchi Manemon (堀口万右衛門) - the right panel of a triptych from the play
Sao no uta Kizugawa hakkei
(
Song of the boat pole
:
Eight views of the Kizu River
- 棹歌木津川八景)
1828 Kunihiro Ebijuro II
Ichikawa Ebijūrō II (市川鰕十郎) in the role of Ume no Yoshibei (梅の由兵へ) in the play
Suda no Haru Geiko Katagi
[隅田春妓女客性]
1825ca Hokushu 01
Ichikawa Ebijurō I [市川鰕十郎] as Wada Raihachi [和田雷八] at the Sanjūsangen Hall
1842 Kuniyoshi Ichikawa Kyuzo
Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) as Daifukuya Soroku (大黒屋惣六) carrying a
tobaccobon
- left panel of a diptych from the play
Iwao no Hananami no Shiraishi
(岩藤浪白石)
1840c Kuniyoshi tree.jpg
Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) as Higuchi Jirō (桶口次郎) in the play
Hiragana seisuki
[ひらかな盛衰記]
1840s Sadanobu shin kyogen
Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) as Shōji Tetsuno Ichizō (庄司畷の一三) on the left, Nakamura Utaemon IV (中村歌右衛門) as Asahina Saburo Yoshihide (下り朝ひな三郎義秀) and Iwai Shijaku I (岩井紫若?) as Shiorite (しをりて) on the right - from
Asahina shima meguri no ki
(朝夷巡島記)
1860c Hironobu diptych
[Ichikawa Ebizō V] as Tainohata Kanobei (田井畑此兵衛) and Nakayama Nanshi II (中山南枝) as the ghost of Matsukaze (松風亡霊) in the play
Yukihira Sonare no Matsu
[行平磯馴松] (
Yukihira and windswept pines along the seashore
)
1850 Kuniyoshi kumagai
Ichikawa Ebizō V as the Buddhist priest Kumagai Renshō Hōshi [熊谷連生法師] standing before an archery bullseye target from the play
Ichinotani Futaba Gunki
1852 Kunisada fudo kongoro
Ichikawa Ebizō V as the Mystical Image (
Reizō
- 霊像) of Fudō Myōō (不動明王), Ichikawa Saruzō I as Kongara dōji (矜迦羅童子), and Ichikawa Komazō VII as Seitaka dōji (制吒迦童子), No. 9 (九) from the series
Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays
(Jūhachiban no uchi -十八番の内)
1837 Kuniyoshi Ebizo V
Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) as the pirate captain Kezori Kuemon (毛剃九右衛門) in the play
Koi minata Hakata no hitouchi
(aka
Hakata Kojōrō makura
) or 'Love at Sea'
1825c Kunisada Ebizo Kinsaku
Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) as the Shōgun Tarō Yoshikado (将軍太郎良門) and Yamashita Kinsaku III (山下金作) as Hashidate (橋立), wife of Yasumasa (保昌)
1820c Kunisada P1048.jpg
Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) as Toneri Matsuō (舎人松王) coming through the wall, Arashi Izaburō II (嵐猪三郎) as Haji no Hyōe (土師の兵衛) in the center, while on the left is Sawamura Tosshō I (澤村訥升) as the real-life Sakuramaru (まれ世 実ハ桜丸), from the play
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
[菅原伝授手習鑑]
1832 Kunisada Ebizo VI surimon
Ichikawa Ebizō VI as Namazu Bōzu in front of Danjūrō VII's portrait
1927 Shunsen Ichikawa Ennosuke
Ichikawa Ennosuke II as Ikeda Kakutayū from the play
The Diary of Tōyama, the Cherry-blossom Tattooed Magistrate
(
Tōyama zakura Tenpō nikki
[遠山桜天保日記])
1997 Ennosuke iii
Ichikawa Ennosuke III as the demon in the play
Kurozuka
('The Black Mound' -
Ichikawa Ennosuke no Kurozuka
市川 猿之助の黒塚); Series:
Heisei yakusha ōkagami
(
Great Mirror of Heisei Actors
- 平成役者大鏡)
1850c Kunisada chushingura dip
Ichikawa Gangyoku I [市川眼玉] as Ōboshi Yuranosuke (大星由良之助) and Bandō Shuka I as the courtesan Okaru (...おかる) being spied on by Ōtani Tomoemon IV as Moronao's henchman, Ono Kadayū (斧九太夫) below - Scene VII from the
Chūshingura
1830 Shigeharu yoko-e duo
Ichikawa Hakuen II (市川白猿) as Katsuma Gengobei (right) and Nakamura Matsue III (中むら松江) as Kikuno (きくの) - a
mitate
1835c Hokushū hakuen
Ichikawa Hakuen II (市川白猿) as Saeda Masazaemon (早枝政右衛門)
1829 Shigeharu Hakuen
Ichikawa Hakuen II (市川白猿) as Yanone Gorō (矢の根五郎) sharpening his giant arrow in the play
Oniwaka Nagori no Motodori
(鬼若名残髻 - 'Oniwaka's farewell topknot')
1856c Kunisada tenkasa
Ichikawa Ichizō III as Tenjiku Tokubei (天竺徳兵衛) from the series
Matches for Thirty-six Selected Poems
(
Mitate sanjūrokkusen
- 見立三十六句撰) - image in the upper left is by Miyagi Gengyo
1855 Kunisada danshichi fish
Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Danshichi Kurobei (団七九郎兵衛) - the right-hand panel of a triptych
1853 Kuniyoshi Matabei
Ichikawa Kodanji IV (市川.小団次) as Iwata Matabei in the
Miraculous Paintings by Ukiyo Matabei
(
Ukiyo Matabei meiga kitoku
- 浮世又平名画奇特)
1853 Kuniyoshi matabei 2
Ichikawa Kodanji IV (市川.小団次) as Iwata Matabei in the
Miraculous Paintings by Ukiyo Matabei
(
Ukiyo Matabei meiga kitoku
- 浮世又平名画奇特)
1858 Kunisada actor
Ichikawa Kodanji IV (市川小団次) as Kurotegumi no Sukeroku (黒手組ノ助六) - left panel of a diptych
1847c Kuniyoshi flame ghost
Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the ghost of Hōkaibō (法界坊ぼうこん) from the play
Sumida River Ghost Story
(
Kaidan Sumidagawa
- 怪談隅田川) - this is the right-hand panel of a diptych
1848 Kuniyoshi flame ghost
Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the ghost of Hōkaibō (法界坊ぼうこん) on right with Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Shimobe Gunsuke (下部軍助)
1851-53 Kuniyoshi devil
Ichikawa Kodanji IV [市川小団次] as the God of Thunder and Lightning (Raijin or Raiden), also known as
kaminari
(かみ鳴 or 加美鳴)
1800 Toyokuni I
Ichikawa Komazō III (市川高麗蔵) on the left as the ghost of the courtesan Takao (高尾 - 'けいせい高尾ぼうこん') and Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) as Ashikaga Yorikane (足利左金吾頼兼)
1851 Kunisada demon
Ichikawa Kuzō II [市川九蔵] as Kongara Dōji (矜伽羅童子) left panel of Fudō Myōō triptych - from the play
Genji moyō furisode hinagata
(源氏模様娘雛形)
1810c Kunisada monnosuke
Ichikawa Monnosuke III (市川門之助) as Akoya (あこや), a mother with her son, played by Onoe Matsusuke III (尾上松助) as Hiroi Yokichi - from the play
Ise heishi ume no Mitegura
[伊勢平氏額英幣] - right hand panel
kunisada-0004
Ichikawa Monnosuke III (市川門之助) as Akoya (あこや), a mother with her son, played by Onoe Matsusuke III (尾上松助) as Hiroi Yokichi - from the play
Ise heishi ume no Mitegura
[伊勢平氏額英幣] - right hand panel
1815c Kunisada Kodanosuke
Ichikawa Monnosuke III (市川門之助) in the role of the
menoto
Jiko? (めのとじこ?) probably from the play
Gion Sairei Shinkouki
(祇園祭礼信仰記)
1800c Toyokuni Omezo Yaozo
Ichikawa Omezō I [市川男女蔵] as Musashibō Benkei [弁慶] and Ichikawa Yaozō III [市川八百蔵] as Shinchūnagon Tomomori [新中納言知盛] in
Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
[義経千本桜]
1807 Toyokuni I Omezo
Ichikawa Omezō I as Yanone Gorō [矢の根五郎] in the lower right - the Weaver Maiden and the Ox Herder are in the circle in the upper left
1847-48 Kuniyoshi Koshiro
Ichikawa Omezō II [市川男女蔵] as Saitō Dōsan (斎藤道三) - right hand panel of a triptych from the play
Hana no yuki Takeda no kachidoki
(花眺雪武田勝凱)
1894 Kunichika Ichikawa Sadanj
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次) as Akiyama Kii no kami (秋山紀伊守) amidst flames from the play
The Kōshū War Strategy and the Takeda Clan Preparing for Battle
1955 Ota Masamitsu sadanji III
Ichikawa Sadanji III (三代目 市川左團次) as Ōboshi (大星) Yuranosuke - Number 9 from the series
Flowers of Contemporary Theatre
(現代舞台芸花)
1926 Shunsen Ichikawa Sumizo
Ichikawa Sumizō VI (市川寿美蔵) as Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八) from the series
Portriats of Male Actors in Various Roles
(
Sōsaku hanga Shunsen nigao-e shū
- 創作版画 春仙似顔集)
1872ca Yoshitaki actors
Ichikawa Udanji I [市川右団治] as Kainosuke [甲斐之助] on the right and Onoe Tamizō II [尾上多見蔵] as Komakine Hachirō [駒木根八郎] on the left, in
Irokurabe Aki no Nanakusa
(色競秋七草) [(sic) - actually
Keisei Nazuna no Sekku
- けいせい薺佳節]
1860c Yoshitaki Actor Print.jp
Ichikawa Udanji I (市川右団二) as Watanabe Shizuma (渡辺志津馬) - right panel of a diptych from the play
Igagoe dōchū Sugoroku
(伊賀越道中双六)
1869 Kunichika oni mirror.jpg
Ichikawa Udanji I (市川右團次) on the right and Sawamura Tanosuke III (沢村田之助) on the left as Kiyohime (清姫)
1800 Toyokuni I ichikawa yaozo
Ichikawa Yaozō IV (市川八百蔵) as Omuraya Denbei (伝兵衛) and Iwai Kumesaburō I (岩井粂三郎) as the courtesan Oshun (おしゅん) in the play
Keisei byōbu ura
('A Courtesan: a folding screen and the seashore' - けいせい屏風浦)
1800 Toyokuni I ichikawa yaozo
Ichikawa Yaozō IV (市川八百蔵) as Omuraya Denbei (伝兵衛) and Iwai Kumesaburō I (岩井粂三郎) as the courtesan Oshun (おしゅん) in the play
Keisei byōbu ura
(A Courtesan: a folding screen and the seashore) (けいせい屏風浦)
1860 Enjaku yanezo iii
Ichikawa Yonezō IV (市川米蔵) as Ishii Genzō (石井源蔵) in
Katakiuchi ukiki no kameyama
('Grief for a gentle flower and revenge at Kameyama')
1865 Kunisada II ichikawa danz
Ichimura Kakitsu IV (市村家橘) as Nozarashi Gosuke (野ざらし吾助)
1851 Kunisada ichimura takenoj
Ichimura Takenojō V (市村竹之丞) as both Monju's Monkey (
Monjuzaru
- 文殊猿) and a Girl on the Road to Edo (
Kaidō kudari
- 街道下り) from an untitled series of Auspicious Plays (
Kotobuki kyōgen
)
1780 Shunsho Hosoban
Ichimura Uzaemon IX [市村羽左衛門] as Soga no Gorō [曽我の五郎]
1824 Kunisada P1185.jpg
Ichimura Uzaemon XII (市村羽左衛門) as Saitōgo Kunitake (斎藤吾国武) and Seki Sanjūrō II (関三十郎) as the samurai Goto Hyōe Morinaga (後藤兵衛盛長) in the play
Itsukushima sugata no utsushi-e
(巌島姿写絵)
1830 Kunisada Shoki
Ichimura Uzaemon XII (市村羽左衛門) as Shōki (鍾馗) and Nakamura Utaemon IV (中村歌右衛門) as Ao Oni (青鬼), the Blue Demon, from the series The Twelve Months (
Junitsuki no uchi
十二月之内), here the Fifth Month (
Satsuki
皐月)
1864 kunichika actors
Ichimura Uzaemon XIII (市村 羽左衛門) as motoyiya Bunshichi (元結屋文七) and Bandō Mitsugorō VI (坂東三津五郎) as the geisha Osaki (芸者おさき)
1857 Kunisada Shijo Bridge
Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Onzōshi Ushiwaka (御曹子牛若) fighting with Nakamura Fukusuke I as Musashibō Benkei ( 武蔵坊弁慶) on Gojō Bridge [五条橋]
1862 Kunisada tattoo
Ichimura Uzaemon XIII (市村羽左衛門) as Sashichi of Kiyotaki (
Kiyotaki no Sashichi
- 清滝の佐七) from the series
A Modern Shuihuzhuan
(
Kinsei Suikoden
- 近世水滸伝)
1852 Kuniyoshi rikan danjuro
Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as the wrestler Chōkichi (はなれ駒長吉) and Nakamura Utaemon IV on the right as Chōgorō (ぬれ髪長五郎) from the play
Diary of Two Butterflies in the Pleasure Quarters
(
Futatsu Chōchō Kuruwa Nikki
- 双蝶仝曲輪日記)
1862 Kuniyoshi crepe
Ichimura Uzaemon XIII in an
Evening Shower Among Flowers
(
Hana no yūdachi
- はなの夕立)
1859 Kunisada gonjuro uzaemon
Ichimura Uzaemon XIII (left) as Tekomai Takekichi (手古舞竹吉) and Kawarasaki Gonjūrō I (right) as Tekomai Masukichi (手古舞升吉) from the play
Jitsugetsusei chūya no oriwake
(日月星昼夜織分 -
The Weaving Together of the Sun, Moon, and Stars at Day and at Night
)
1951c Ota Uzaemon XV
Ichimura Uzaemon XV (十五代目 市村羽左衛門) as the fireman Tatsugorō of the Me(gumi) company in
Megumi Tatsugorō
(め組辰五郎) from the series 'Figures of the Stage during Shōwa' (昭和舞台姿), no. 3 (その三)
1995 Kokei genpei nunobiki no
Ichimura Uzaemon XVII [市村羽左衛門] as Senoo Jūrō Kaneuji in
Sanemori monogatari
[実盛物語]
1915 Shunsen uzaemon gonpachi.
Ichimura Uzaemon XV [十五代目市村羽左衛門] in the role of Shirai Gonpachi from the series
Shin Nigao-e
1823 Gakutei Ichiro Gafu
'Ichiro's Picture Album' (
Ichiro gafu
一老画譜)
1852 Kuniyoshi Yeda Genzo
Clearing Weather at Horikawa
(
Horikawa seiran
- 堀川晴嵐): Eda Genzō (江田源蔵) from the series
Eight Views of Military Brilliance
(
Yōbu hakkei
- 燿武八景)
1840c Kunisada nako-cho
Comparison of Popular Beauties
(
Ryūkō Bijin Awase
- 流行美人合), three geisha at Nakachō (仲町 送り) from the series 'Eight Views of Tatsumi' (
Tatsumi hakkei no uchi
- 辰巳八景ノ内)
1934 Toraji veiled dancer.jpg
Dance
or
Odori
(踊り) from the series
Ten Types of Female Nudes
(
Rajo jūsshu
- 裸女十種)
1923 Shima Seien yugiri X
Departed Spirit
: The heroine Yūgiri from the play 'Yūgiri and the Straits of Naruto'
Yūgiri Awa no Naruto
[夕霧阿波鳴渡]
1860c Kunisada ehon C12
Ehon
chapter 12 - from
Yūsenkutsu harusame soshi
[遊仙沓春雨草紙] by Ryokutei Senryu (緑亭川柳)
1845ca Kunisada archer monkey.
Ehon
cover with warrior and monkeys - title: 白菊物語 (
Shiragiku monogatari
or 'Story of the Auspicious White Chrysanthemum')
1690-1710ca Genshin ehon Hell
Ehon
-
Essentials of Birth in the Pure Land
(
Ōjōyōshū
- 往生要集)
1880ca Kunisada ehon shunga
Ehon
(絵本):
shunga
(春画)
1830ca Kunisada shunga ehon
Ehon
(絵本):
shunga
(春画) from the series
Hoshi-zukiyo ito no shirabe
1850c Kuniyoshi Aizuri-e.jpeg
Favorite Customs of the Present Day
[
Tōsei fūzoku kō
- 当盛風俗好] - left-hand panel of a triptych - the title is on the right-hand panel
1840 Hiroshige Shunga Bust.jpg
Frontispiece portrait bust
from volume two of the
Edo nishiki Azuma Bunko
(江戸錦吾妻文庫)
1855-56 Kuniyoshi Genji Momota
Genji
Chapter 15: 'Wasteland' (
Yomogyū
- 蓬生) from the series
Japanese and Chinese Comparisons for the Chapters of Genji
(
Wakan nazorae Genji
- 和漢准源氏)
1770s Koryusai manayemon
Haikai meoto Mane'emon
6 (俳諧女夫-まねへもん - 六) or 'Mane'emon Discovers a Miniature Woman Under a Basket' from the series
Poems of the Male and Female Mane'emon
1924 Shinsui marumage
Hair Style of a Married Woman
(
Marumage
)
1858 Kunisada Kuniyoshi Hirosh
Harimaze
: Kunisada of the Rustic Genji with a princess on top; Kuniyoshi of a man carrying the Buddha across a river in the lower left; Hiroshige of an old woman serving tea in the lower right
1935 Yoshida yazakura.jpg
Harusame
(Spring Rain - 春雨)/
Yozakura in the rain
from the series Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossoms (
Sakura hachidai
- 櫻八題)
1820c Eizan Kakemono
Hashira-e
of two elegant courtesans
1824 ca Nagahide horse.jpg
Hōnō
(Offering 奉納): A votive picture of a horse (
ema
絵馬)
1830c Kuniyoshi nuye
Ii-no-Hayata Hironao (猪早太寛直) seizing the monster
Nue
from the series
108 Heroes of the Popular Suikoden All Told
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 本朝水滸傳豪傑八百人一個)
1862 Yoshiiku tonosuke
'Kakeai'
(かけ合い): A dialogue between Sawamura Tanosuke III (沢村田之助) as Gompachi (白井権八) and Chōbei about smallpox. - the right-hand panel of a diptych
1835ca Eisen kakemono coutesan
Kakemono-e
of a courtesan on parade
1860 ca Yoshitora kakemono
Kakemono
of a courtesan on parade
1830s Eisen vertical diptych
Kakemono
of the courtesan Takao of the Miuraya reading a love letter (?)
1810c Shunsen lineless
Kakemono of an
oiran
in a black
uchikake decorated with a dragon in a night sky
1849 Kuniyoshi triptych snow b
Kamei Rokurō Shigekiyo fighting a black bear in the snow, watched by Yoshitsune and his retainers
(
Yoshitsune kōshin: Shitennō shusse kagami no uchi Kamei Rokurō
: 義経功: 臣四天王出世鑑之内 - 亀井六郎)
1854 Kuniyoshi chushingura act
Kanadehon Chūshingura
, Act 5 ('Copybook of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers': 仮名手本忠臣蔵 - 五段目) - meeting on the Yamazaki Road
1854 Utagawa Kuniyoshi Kanadeh
Kanadehon Chūshingura
, Act 5 ('Copybook of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers': 假名手本忠臣藏 - 五段目) - meeting on the Yamazaki road
1806 Hokusai chushingura
Kanadehon Chūshingura
, Act 5 -
Godanme
('Copybook of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers': 仮名手本忠臣蔵 - 五段目) - encounter on the Yamazaki road
1879 Anonymous sugoroku
Kan'in sugoroku
- list of ranks in the Meiji government up to the Daijokan (太政官), the Great Council of the State
1806ca Ryukosai hextaptych
Kappazuri-e
: from right to left a member of the Asao clan (浅尾奥治?); Ichikawa Omezō I (市川男女蔵); Kataoka Ichizō I (片岡市蔵?); Sawamura Gennosuke I (澤村源之助); a member of the Matsui clan (松???); a member of the Nakayama Monjūrō (中山紋十郎) ; and Arashi Sankatsu (嵐三勝) in the female role
1900s unknown katagami floral
Katagami
(型紙) floral design
1842c Kuniyoshi pleasure boat
Kihan
(Returning Sails - 帰帆)/
Mitate hakkei
(美盾八競) from the drama
Nunobiki-no-taki
1769-70ca Harunobu pins 143
Komachi at Kiyomizu Temple - Shimizu
(しみづ) from the series
Seven Fashionable Komachis
(
Fūryū nana Komachi
- 風流七小町)
1975-80c Shimura Tatsumi Beni
Kuchibeni
(口紅) or lipstick
1840s Kuniyoshi suikoden heroe
Kusunoki eiyū roku
- Kusunoki's heroes (樟英雄勤)
1800s unknown sanbaso dancer
Kyōgen
performer wearing a monkey mask
1893 Kochoro puppets
Kyōgen jōruri
opening - Nakamura Fukusuke IV (中村福助), the woman on the far right - Onoe Ushinosuke II (尾上丑之助) is the skeleton next to her - Onoe Kikugorō V (尾上菊五郎) is the man on stilts - Onoe Eizaburō V (尾上栄三郎) is the woman in the pink dress on the left
1954 Ota Masumitsu actor
Leading Figures of the Modern Stage in Their Famous Roles
, No. 11: Hanayagi Shōtarō (花柳章太郎) as Taki no Shiraito (瀧の白糸) or
The Waterfall's White Thread
1700s Okamoto Masafusa ehon
Illustrated book on warriors volumes 1 & 3 of 3 bound in one (attributed to Okamoto Masafusa [岡本昌房])
1900 Koun dancer
Illustration of Dancers: 'Odori Sugata-e' (踊姿絵)
Shiomai
(汐汲)
1894 Hanko Mice
Illustration to Fontaine fable of belling the cat (
Choix de fables de La Fontaine illustrées par un groupe des meilleurs artistes de Tokio sous la direction de P. Barboutau
)
1894 Shusui Monkey
Illustration to Fontaine from volume 2 - fable of monkey riding on a dolphin (
Choix de fables de La Fontaine illustrées par un groupe des meilleurs artistes de Tokio sous la direction de P. Barboutau
)
1888 Yoshitoshi capable
Looking Capable
(
Okigatsuki-sō
- おきがつきさう): The Appearance of a Kyoto Waitress in the Meiji Era (
Meiji nenkan saikyo nakai no fuzoku
- 明治年間: 西京仲居之風俗) from the series
'Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners'
(
Fūzoku sanjūni sō
- 風俗三十二相)
1888 Yoshitoshi Virgin Appeara
Looking Tiresome: The Appearance of a Virgin of the Kansei Era
(
Urusasō
- うるささう:
Kansei nenkan shojo no fūzoku
- 寛政年間処女之風俗) from the series
Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners
(
Fūzoku sanjūnisō
- 風俗三十二相)
1847-50c Kuniyoshi gofun
Imado (今戸): Onoe Kikugorō III as the carpenter Rokusaburō (大工六三郎), from the series
Thirty-six Fashionable Restaurants of the Eastern Capital
(
Tōto ryūkō sanjūroku kaiseki
- 東都流行三十六会席)
1847-52 Kunisada actors animal
Imaginary performance (a
mitate
): actors as Sadatō's wife (
tsuma
) Sodehagi (貞任妻袖萩) played by Bandō Shūka I on the right, Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Abe Sadatō (阿部貞任) in the center, Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Hachiman Tarō Yoshiie (八幡太郎義家) on the left and with a supporting cast as a lion, tiger and elephant
1850 Kunisada pentaptych
Imaginary scene of the crossing of the Ōi River (
Ōikawa mitate kawagoshi
- 大井川見立川越): Nakamura Fukusuke I and Nakamura Tsuruzō I on the right; Iwai Kumesaburō III and Nakamura Ichizō I (?); Ichikawa Kodanji IV and Bandō Hikosaburō V; Onoe Kikujirō II and Kataoka Gadō II; and Arashi Kichisaburō III and Onoe Kikugorō IV on the left
1900c Unidentified gastronomic
Manga Kenko Sugoroku
(漫画健康すご六) - Wakamoto (わかもと) Pharmaceuticals poster
1928 Shinsui eyebrow pencil
Mayuzumi
or 'Eyebrow Pencil' [眉墨]
import 1847-48 Kuniyoshi later
Mikake wa koi-i tonda iku hitoda
(みかけはこわいがとんだいい人だ) "Looks Fierce But is Really Nice" from the series
Men Join to Form a Man
- a modern printing from the key block or
tameshizuri-e
1847-48 Kuniyoshi mitate chush
Mitate chōchingura
:
A Humorous Reworking, The Treasury of the Loyal Retainers
(見立挑灯蔵) - Act 11 (十一段目)
1820c Eisen procession
Mitate
of a daimyō procession [大名行列] along the bank of the Sumida River (隅田川) for cherry blossom viewing (花見)
1800s Kunisada parody good for
Mitate
of the Three Gods of Fortune in their Prime (全盛見立三福神) each represented by a famous courtesan - this is the left panel of a triptych showing Yoyoyama of the Matsubaya (松葉屋内代々山)
1804c Kuninaga doll festival
Mitate
representations of the Eight Legendary Chinese Wizards or
Fūryū hachi sennin
(風流八仙人)
1820s Kunisada winter read
Mizuchaya
(水茶屋) teahouse from the series
Contest of Beauties
(
Bijo kurabe
- 美女競)
1945 Kawakami nanbanesque
Nanbanesque
Behavior [南蛮ぶり]
1848-49c Kuniyoshi masatada
Inauye Daikurō Masatada (稲上大九郎正忠) from the series
Heroes of the Great Peace
(
Taiheiki eiyūden
- 太平記英勇傳)
1852 Kuniyoshi rain
Night Rain at Narumi
(
Narumi yau
- 鳴海夜雨): Inagawa Yoshioto (稲川良音) from the series
Eight Views of Military Brilliance
(
Yōbu hakkei
- 燿武八景)
1910 Terukata noren
Noren
[のれん] - a posthumous printing
1852-53 Kuniyoshi comic
Now on Show at Okuyama, Asakusa: Lifelike Dolls of Foreign Strangers and the Maruyama Courtesans
(浅草奥山生人形 -
Asakusa Okuyama ikiningyo
)
1835 Kuniyoshi 8 dog bakin
Inukawa Sōsuke Yoshitō (犬川荘介義任) from the series
The Eight Dog Heroes of the Master Author Old Kyokutei Bakin
(
Kyokutei-ō seicho Hakkenshi zui-ichi
- 曲亭翁精著八犬士随一)
- right-hand panel of a diptych
1835c Kuniyoshi jewel cut
Inukawa Sōsuke Yoshitō (犬川荘介義任) from the series
The Eight Dog Heroes of the Master Author Old Kyokutei Bakin
(
Kyokutei-ō seicho Hakkenshi zui-ichi
- 曲亭翁精著八犬士随一) - right-hand panel of a diptych
1832c Kuniyoshi cat
Inumura Daikaku stabbing the gigantic cat from the series
Kyokutei-ō seicho Hakkenshi zui-ichi
The Eight Dog Heroes of the Master Author Old Kyokutei Bakin
- 曲亭翁精著八犬士随一
1835c Kuniyoshi 8dog B
Inuta Kobungo Yasuyori (犬田小文吾悌須) from the series
The Eight Dog Heroes of the Master Author Old Kyokutei Bakin
(
Kyokutei-ō seicho Hakkenshi zui-ichi
- 曲亭翁精著八犬士随一)
1835 Kuniyoshi eight dog heroe
Inuta Kobungo Yasuyori [犬田小文吾忬順] with the child Inue Shimbei Masashi (犬江親兵衛仁) fending off an attack - from the series
The One and Only Eight Dog History of Old Kyokutei, Best of Refined Authors
(
Kyokutei-ō seicho Hakkenshi zui-ichi
- 曲亭翁精著八犬士随一)
1835c Kuniyoshi 8dog A
Inuta Kobungo Yasuyori [犬田小文吾忬順] with the child Inue Shimbei Masashi (犬江親兵衛仁) fending off an attack - from the series
The One and Only Eight Dog History of Old Kyokutei, Best of Refined Authors
(
Kyokutei-ō seicho Hakkenshi zui-ichi
- 曲亭翁精著八犬士随一)
1835c Kuniyoshi yoshito cuts
Inuyama Dōsetsu Tadatomo (犬山道節忠知) from the series
The Eight Dog Heroes of the Master Author Old Kyokutei Bakin
(
Kyokutei-ō seicho Hakkenshi zui-ichi
- 曲亭翁精著八犬士随一) this the left-hand panel of a diptych
1881 Kiyochika great fire
Outbreak of Fire Seen from Hisamatsu-chō
(
Hisamatsu-chō kara miru shukka
- 久松町ニ而見る出火)
1879 Kiyochika Umewaka jinjo
Outbreak of Fire Viewed from Hisamatsu-cho
(
Hisamatsu-cho kara miru shukka
- 久松町ニ而見る出火)
1847-50 Kuniyoshi chidori
Plover Jewel River in Mutsu Province
(
Mutsu no kuni Chidori no Tamagawa
- 陸奥国千鳥のたま河)
1850c Kuniyoshi Buckets.jpg
Plover Jewel River in Mutsu Province
(
Mutsu no kuni Chidori no Tamagawa
- 陸奥国千鳥のたま河)
1900s Okuyama irises
Irises stencil print from a set of 12 entitled 'Egoyomi Calendar Pictures' (絵暦拾弐帖)
1791-94 ca Shunzan
Seirō niwaka zensei asobi
:
Ni no kawari
(青楼仁和嘉全盛遊: 二ノ替り - 'Popular Entertainment at the Niwaka Festival, Yoshiwara: Second Transformation')
1887 Chikanobu triptych nobili
Setchu ni ume no sho gunji yugi no zu
(雪中ニ梅荘郡児遊戯図)
1868 Yoshitoshi sword mouth
Ishikawa Mon'ya Katsuaki (石川門弥勝明) from the series
Tales of the Floating World in Eastern Brocade: Momkawa Engyoku
(
Azuma nishiki ukiyo kōdan
:
Momokawa Engyoku
- 東錦浮世稿談: 桃川燕玉)
1848-49c Kuniyoshi ishikawa so
Ishikawa Sōsuke Sadatomo (石川荘助貞和), #27 from the series
Heroes of the Great Peace
(
Taiheiki eiyūden
- 太平記英勇傳)
1859 Utagawa Altar.jpeg
Shini-e
of two actors, Ichikawa Hakuen IV and Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I, grieving the loss of a Ichikawa Ebizō V
1818ca Hokusai shunga
Shinobu-zuri
(志の婦壽李) -
shunga ehon
1946 Yoshida Toshi Ishiyama
Ishiyama Temple -
Ishiyamadera
(石山寺)
2001 1830s Hiroshige nihonbash
Shower on Nihonbashi
(
Nihonbashi no hakuu
) from the series
Famous Places in the Eastern Capital
(
Tōto meisho
) - a modern reproduction
1780c Shuncho Balcony shunga.j
Shunga
of a couple on a balcony engaged in sex from
Koshoku zue juni-ko
(好色図会十二候) or 'Erotic Pictures for the 12 Months'
1845ca Kuniyoshi shunga
Shunga
of a fleeing woman carrying a baby while shoveing a thug down a ladder - from
Shun shoku matsu no sakae
(春色松の栄), volume 3
1820s Hokusai shunga
Shunga
with an
awabi
diver
1830c Eizan shunga text
Shunga
with text
1830s Eisen Oiso station
Ōiso Station (
Ōiso eki
- 大磯駅) - Number 9 (九) of
53 Stations of the Tokaido
(東海道五十三次)
1950s Shiro Kasamatsu swans
Spring at the Moat
(
Ohari no Haru
- おほりの春)
1830s Kunisada bijin rain
Sudden Shower at the Mimeguri Shrine
(三囲の夕立)
1900ca unknown daruma fan 1
Sumizuri-e
Daruma fan 1
1900ca unknown daruma fan 2
Sumizuri-e
Daruma fan #2
1938 Yoshida Toshi supper wago
Supper Wagon
(屋台店 -
Yataimise
) from the series
Tokyo at Night
(夜の東京 -
Yoru no Tokyo
)
1815c Eisen surimono
Surimono
parody of the armor-pulling scene, the
kusazuribiki
[草摺引], of the Soga brothers tale: Asahina and a courtesan holding a spindle represented by
bunraku
puppets
1830ca Kunisada surimono
Surimono
: The peasant (
nō
- 農) from the series Series of Four (
Yonban tsuzuki
- 四番続)
1852 Kuniyoshi itabashi
Itabashi (板橋): Inuzuka Shino (犬塚信乃) with Hikiroku (蟇六), Samojirō (左母二郎), and Dotarō (土太郎), from the series
Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō Road
(
Kisokaidō rokujūkyū tsugi no uchi
- 木曾街道六十九次之内)
1852-3 ZKuniyoshi Ushiwaka Mar
Itahana (板鼻): Onzōshi Ushiwakamaru (御曹司牛若丸) from the series
Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō Road
(
Kisokaidō rokujūkyū tsugi no uchi
- 木曾街道六十九次之内)
1818 Hokkei watonai w chanter
Takemoto
;
Kokusenya
- Watōnai with a chanter of the Takemoto school
1840c Kuniyoshi windy
Tanabata
(七夕) from the series of the Five Festivals (
Go sekku
- 五節句), the Seventh Month (文月)
1852 Hiroshige housewives batt
The Ancient Custom of Attacking the Concubine
(
Ōko uwanari-uchi no zu
- 往古うハなり打の図)
1830s Eisen bijin
The Calculating Type
from the series 'Twelve Scenes of Modern Beauties' (
Imayō bijin jūnikei
- 今様美人十二景) or Yoshiwara (よし原)
1821 Kunisada clever type
The Clever Type
(
Rikō sō
- りこう相), from the series
Thirty-two Physiognomic Types in the Modern World
(
Tōsei sanjūni sō
- 当世三十弐相)
1850s Yoshitora mongols
The Defeat of the Mongol Invasion
(
Mōko zokusen taiji no zu
- 蒙古賊舟退治之図)
1861 Kunisada gonin
The Five Chivalrous Commoners in Summer Kimono
(
Gonin otoko soroi no yukata
- 五人男揃浴衣) - four of these panels shown here
1830c Sadakage 0001
The Pride of Edo Seen in a Collection of Courtesans
(江戸自慢全盛揃) - Hanaōgi (花扇) on the right, Tsukasa (つかさ) in the center, Akome (あこめ) on the left - all of the Ōgi house (扇屋内)
1830c Sadakage 0002
The Pride of Edo Seen in a Collection of Courtesans
(江戸自慢全盛揃) - Hanaōgi (花扇) on the right, Tsukasa (つかさ) in the center, Akome (あこめ) on the left - all of the Ōgi house (扇屋内)
1931 Shinsui hazy moon
The Second Series of Modern Beauties: Hazy Moon on a Spring Night
(
Gendai bijinshu dai-nishu
:
Oboro-yo
)
1851-53 Kuniyoshi soga kyodai
The Soga brothers revenge their father
(
Soga kyōdai chichi no ada-uchi no zu
-曽我兄弟父の仇討図) - the center and left panels of a triptych
1858 Kuniyoshi akazawayama
The Sumō Bout at Akazawa Mountain
(
Akazawa ōzumō
- 赤澤山大相撲) with Kawazo Saburō Sukeyasu (河津三郎祐親) on the right and Matano Gorō Kagehisa (股野五郎景久) on the left
1906 Shoun fashions.jpg
Three-stringed Shamisen
(三すじ) from the series Modern Fashions (
Imasugata
- いま姿)
1830c Kunisada surimono
"
Tori Awase
(雞合) -
Goban migi
(五番右),
Midare Dori
" - with a poem is by Sekiya Satomoto (関屋里元)
1861 Yoshikazu steamboat
Transit of an American Steam Locomotive
(
Amerika koku jōkisha ōrai
- 亜墨利加国蒸気者往来)
1847 Kuniyoshi 08
Ōtsu Pictures for the Times: A Rare Thing You've Been Waiting For
(
Tokini Ōtsu-e kitai no maremono
- 流行逢都絵希代稀物)
1847-52 Kuniyoshi enoshima
View of Enoshima and Fuji from Shichirigahama
(
Shichiri gahama yori Enoshima no tokei
- 七里ヶ浜より江の島乃遠景) - center panel of a triptych
1820s Kunisada mitate kyogen
Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井半四郎) as Naginoha (なぎの葉) and Seki Sanjūrō II (関三十郎) as the giant Kobayashi Asahina (小林朝比奈) from the series 'Mitate Kyogen' (見立狂言 - Imaginary Plays)
1812c Kunisada Hanshiro V
Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井半四郎) as Seitaka Dōji (せいたかの童子 [制吒迦童子]) from
Yuki mo Yoshino Kigoto no Kaomise
(雪芳野来入顔鏡 - ゆきもよしのきごとのかおみせ)
1825c Toyokuni II hoe
Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井半四郎) as the
onnagata
Oroku (おろく) in the snow
1825 Kunisada Iwai Hanshiro
Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井半四郎) in the role of an onnagata in the snow - the left-hand panel of a triptych of a winter scene at Terashima - probably a mitate
1813 Toyokuni sensoji
Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井半四郎), Iwai Kumesaburō II (岩井粂三郎) and Tokiwazu Komojidayū (常盤津小文字太夫) visiting the Sensōji [浅草寺], a temple at Asakusa - center panel of a triptych
1830c Kuniyasu Oichi
Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井半四郎) on the right as Gokuin no Osen (極印のお千) and Segawa Kikunojō V (瀬川菊之丞) on the left as Hotei no Oichi (布袋のお市) - two panels of a larger composition
1820s Kunisada actors stage
Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井半四郎) with Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) on stage - in the center panel of a triptych entitled 大当三階花見図 - the figure in the background is Sawamura Kawazō (澤村川蔵)
1821 Kunisada sendai hagi
Iwai Kumesaburō II (岩井粂三郎) as the courtesan Takao (高尾) and Segawa Kikunojō V (瀬川菊之丞) as the
daimyō
Yorikane (頼兼)
1855 Kunisada iwai kumesaburo
Iwai Kumesaburō III (岩井粂三郎) as Aburaya Okon (油屋おこん) in the play
Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba
[伊勢音頭恋寝刃]
1853c Kunisada Q130.jpg
Iwai Kumesaburō III (岩井粂三郎) as Hisakata-hime (久方姫), Arashi Kichisaburō III (嵐吉三郎) as Kimura Tatewaki (木村帯刀) on the right; Nakamura Tomijūrō II (中村富十郎) as Sangoku no Tayū (三国太夫) in the center; Nakamura Nakasuke II (中村仲助) as Kongōtarō (金剛太郎), Onoe Kikujirō II (尾上菊次郎) as the woman pilgrim Akitsuki (女六部秋月) on the left
1847-52 Kuniyoshi Inue Shimbei
Iwai Kumesaburō III [岩井粂三郎] as Inue Shinbei (犬江親兵衛) from the series
Loyal Heroes of the Hakkenden
(Giyū Hakkenden - 義勇八犬伝)
1855 Kunisada pentaptych 2
Iwai Kumesaburō III [岩井粂三郎] as Karigane Bunshichi (雁金文七) holding a fan - right-hand panel of a pentaptych
1851 Kunisada sakura-hime.jpg
Iwai Kumesaburō III as Sakurahime (さくら姫) above and Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Seigen (清玄) below from the play
Koigoromo Karigane-zome
(恋衣雁金染) - a vertical diptych
1849-52 Kunisada kumesaburo
Iwai Kumesaburō III as Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八郎) on the right; Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Nippondaemon (日本駄右衛門) in the middle; and Seki Sanjūrō III as Banzui Chōbei (幡ずゐ長兵衛) on the left
1847 Kuniyoshi Diptych Bush Cl
Iwai Kumesaburō III (岩井粂三郎) as the Buddhist nun Seigen (清玄尼) on the left and Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII (市川団十郎) as Matsuwakamaru (松若丸) from the play 'Butai no Hana Yayoi no Irotoki'
1859 Kunisada 12 months 24
Iwai Kumesaburō III [岩井粂三郎] as the Weaver Maiden Shokujo in July and the August moon viewing (七月織女 八月月見) from 'A Parody of the Twelve Months' (
Mitate ju ni kagetsu nouchi
- 見立十二ヶ月ノ内) representing the 7th and 8th months
1850c Toyokuni III Q968.jpg
Iwai Kumesaburō III on the right as Shiranui Daijin (白縫大尽) and Asao Yoroku II on the left as 魔耶助 from the series
8 Views of Shiranui
(
Shiranui hakkei no uchi
- 白縫八景之内) - a
mitate
1810c Toyokuni ducks
Iwai Kumesaburō II (岩井粂三郎) on the left and Segawa Kikunojō V (瀬川菊之丞) on the right, both portraying
Yamadori seirei
(山鳥せいれい 'Spirits of the Mountain Birds') in the play
Saruwaka's gold-crested battle fan
(
Saruwaka Hisago no gunbai
- 猿若瓢軍配)
1834 Hokusei Tohonan
Iwai Shijaku I (岩井紫若) as Ohatsu (おはつ) in the play
Tsugiawase Koshiji no Meiboku
[接合北国梅]
1832 Hokuei diptych 72
Iwai Shijaku I as Osuma no Kata on the right and Bandō Jūtarō I as Sasaya Hanbei in
Honobonoto ura no asagiri
('Hidden on the Bay by the Morning Fog')
1828 Kunisada Onnagata
Iwai Shijaku I (岩井紫若) as Shizuka Gozen (静御前) in
Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
[義経千本桜]
1830s Sadamasa shijaku archer.
Iwai Shijaku I (岩井紫若) as Tamuramaru (田村丸) - one panel from a larger
mitate
composition
1828 Kunihiro diptych
Iwai Shijaku I (岩井紫若) as the courtesan Minoya Sankatsu (みの屋三勝), jumping into a boat from a bridge to join her lover Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Akaneya Hanshichi (赤根屋半七) in the play
Daigashira Midori no Iromaku
['The Surge of Love Beneath the Green Cover' 台頭緑色幕]
1832-34c Kunisada iwai shijaku
Iwai Shijaku I (岩井紫若) as the
koshimoto
Chidori (the chambermaid Chidori - 腰元千鳥) from Act II,
The Disinheriting of Genta
(
Genta kando
- 源太勘当) from the play
Hiragana seisuiki
(ひらがな盛衰記)
1868 Yoshitoshi ohashi
Iwami Jūtarō Hōsuke (岩見重太郎包輔) from the series
Tales of the Floating World in Eastern Brocade
(
Azuma nishiki ukiyo kōdan
- 東錦浮世稿談)
1847-48 Kuniyoshi album trip 0
Wind
(
Kaze
- 風) triptych from the series
Modern Flowers and Birds, Wind, and Moon
(Jisei kachō-fūgetsu - 時世花鳥風月) - Rustic Genji theme
1800s Okamoto Toyohiko archer
Yabusame
[流鏑馬] drawing (?): an archer on horseback preparing to shoot an arrow
1821 Ashiyuki nue monster
Yorimasa Nue Monogatari
(頼政鵺物語 the story of Yorimasa and the
Nue
) - Arashi Kitsusaburō I (嵐橘三郎) as Minamoto no Yorimasa (源三位頼政)on the right while his assistant, Ino no Hayata (猪の早太) played by Nakayama Icchō IV (中山一蝶), kills the
Nue
as Ayame no Mae (あやめのまへ) played by Arashi Koroku IV (嵐小六) looks on
1830c Kuniyoshi fujinoye
Izumi no Saburō Tadahira tsuma Fujinoe 泉三郎忠衡妻藤の江 Fujinoe, the wife of Izumi Saburō Tadahira) /
Honcho Suikoden goyu happyakunin no hitori
- 本朝水滸傳豪傑八百人一個 (
One of the Eight Hundred Heroes of the Water Margin of Japan, One by One
)
1828 Kuniyoshi
Izumo no Imaro (出雲伊麿) stabs a
wani
(sea-monster - 鰐)
1950s Shuho Paris
Japanese girl in a western port city from the series
Kindai Reijin Gafu
('Album of Contemporary Beauties')
1910c Koson winter jay
Japanese waxwing [
Bombycilla japonica
-
hirenjaku
(緋連雀) in Japanese] on branch
1890 Chikanobu Nijushiko Mitat
Jiang Shi (Kyō Shi 姜詩) from
Juxtaposed Pictures of Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety
(
Nijūshikō Mitate Awase
- 二十四孝見立画合) - #11
1926 Shunsen jitsukawa enjaku
Jitsukawa Enjaku II as Danshichi Kurobei from the series
Shunsen nigao-e shū
(Collection of Shunsen Portraits)
1989 Kokei Enjaku III
Jitsukawa Enjaku III as the farmer Kyūsaku in the play
Nozakimura
or 'Nozaki Village'
1848 Kiyosada yojiro
Jitsukawa Enzaburō I [実川延三郎] as the monkey trainer Yojirō [与次郎] in the play
Sarumawashi Kadodeno Hitofushi
[猿廻し門途の一節]
1950 Tadamasa danshichi
June - Danshichi Kurobei from the series
Calendar of Kabuki Roles and Actors
(
Kabuki Sugata-goyomi
- 歌舞伎姿暦 - 6th month [六月])
1910c Koson cherry crow
Jungle crow or
hashibutogarasu
(嘴太鴉) on cherry branch
1822 Shibakuni Rikan II
Just arrived from Edo (江戸登り), Arashi Kitsusaburō II (嵐橘三郎), formerly named Arashi Tokusaburō (嵐徳三郎) -
Edo nobori Arashi Tokusaburō gaimei Arashi Kitsusaburō
1819 Gakutei honchoren.jpg
Kaguya-hime [輝夜姫] (the princess born from the bamboo) and Taketori-okina [竹取翁]
1845-46c Kuniyoshi shimosaka i
Kakegawa (掛川): Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡貢) from the series
Fifty-three Pairings for the Tōkaidō Road
(
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsui
- 東海道五十三対)
1840-43 Eisen kakegawa
Kakegawa Station (
Kakegawa shuku
- 掛川宿), No. 27 (廿七) from an untitled series of the 53 stations of the Tōkaidō Road
1862 Kunisada kakitsu
Kakitsu (家橘) (poetry name of Ichimura Uzaemon XIII [市村羽左衛門]), from the series
Seven Popular Idols of the Present Day, a Parody of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove
-
Chikurin shichikenjin no mitate
(竹林七賢の見立),
Tōsei ryūkō shichi enjin
(当時流光七艶人)
1848 Kuniyoshi paragon 18-19
Kaku Kyo (郭巨) on the left and Kyō Shi (姜詩) on the right from the series
The Twenty-four Chinese Paragons of Filial Piety
(
Morokoshi nijūshi-kō
- 唐土廾四孝)
1823c Kunisada winter fuyu
Kamegiku of Manji House (万字屋内亀菊) heating tea over a brazier - from a triptych entitled
Winter
(Fuyu - 冬) - right-hand panel of a triptych - from the series of 'The Four Seasons' (
Shiki no uchi
- 四季ノ内)
1843-47 Hiroshige kameyama oma
Kameyama (亀山): Woman Dreaming of Omatsu (おまつ), Gennojō (源之丞), and Sodesuke (袖助) from the series
Fifty-three Pairings for the Tōkaidō Road
(
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsui
- 東海道五十三対)
1824-5 Kuniyoshi spider
Kamigashi-hime (神我志姫) transformed brigands into spiders then destroyed them
1849-53 Kuniteru sugoroku chus
Kanadehon Seichū Sugoroku （仮名手本誠忠壽古六）- game based on the story of the Forty-Seven Ronin (仮名手本忠臣蔵
Kanahedon Chūshingura
- 'Copybook of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers')
1815 Shunko Hokushu diptych
Kano Minshi I (叶みんし) as Okiyo (娘おきよ) and Arashi Kichisaburō II (二代目嵐吉三郎) as Kowari Dennai (小割伝内) in the play
Katakiuchi ura no asagiri
(
Revenge along the Bay in Morning Fog
: 敵討浦朝霧)
1835 Kuniyoshi fisherman.jpg
Kanshin Humbles Himself and Crawls Through the Legs of Rogues to Gain Self-Control
Kanshin matakuguri no zu
(韓信胯潜之図)
1852 Kuniyoshi matahachi
Karuizawa (輕井澤): Kamata Matahachi (鎌田又八) from the series
Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō Road
(
Kisokaidō rokujūkyū tsugi no uchi
- 木曾街道六十九次之内)
1847-49c Kuniyoshi kurukaya
Karukaya Dōshin (苅萱道心) on the right, Ishidōmaru (石道丸) in the center and Tamaya Yoji (玉屋与次) on the left from the play
Zōho Tsukushi no Iezuto
(ぞうほつくしのいえづと)
1841 Toyohide
Kataoka Gadō II (片岡我童) as Chishima Kanja Yoshihiro (千島冠者義広) in the play
Keisei Satsumagushi
[けいせい挟妻櫛] ('A Pledge of Affection and a Wife's Comb')
1860 Sadayoshi man and boy
Kataoka Gadō II [片岡我童] as Fukumasuya Daisuke (福升屋大助) and Nakamura Tamashichi I (Shikan's son) [芝翫倅中村玉七] as Akechi Tsuruwakamaru (明智鶴若丸) in the play
Keisei Ishikawa-zome
('A courtesan and dyed Ishikawa colors')
Hirosada double bust
Kataoka Gadō II as Furuteya Hachirobei (古手屋八郎兵衛) on the right and Nakayama Bunshichi IV as Saiki Sukesaburō (才木助三郎)
1852 Hirosada diptych
Kataoka Gadō II as Taga no Taishu (多賀大守) on the right and Onoe Tamizō II as Torii Matasuke (鳥井又助) in the play
Kagamiyama Sugata no Utsushie
(加賀見山姿写絵)
1924 Kampō Kataoka Gadō
Kataoka Gadō no Miyuki [片岡我童のみゆき] - Kataoka Gadō IV as Miyuki in the play
Asagao nikki
'The Tales of the Morning Glory' (
Shoutsushi Asagao Nikki
: 生写朝顔日記) - from 'Creative Prints by Kanpō, First Series' (
Kanpō sōsaku-hanga shū daiisshū
)
1830s Sadamasu ichizo
Kataoka Ichizō I (片岡市蔵) as Tetsugatake Dazaemon (鉄ヶだけ) in the play
Sekitori sen ryō nobori
(関取千両幟) at Ōnishi Theater
1830s Sadamasu ichizo xxx
Kataoka Ichizō I (片岡市蔵) as Tetsugatake (鉄ヶだけ) in the play
Sekitori sen ryō nobori
(関取千両幟)
1828 Yoshikuni ichizo i
Kataoka Ichizō I (一代目片岡市蔵) as Tokko no Daroku (とっこノ駄六) in
Ono no Tōfū aoyagi suzuri
(
Ono no Tōfū
, the Inkstone and Green Willow Tree - 小野道風青柳硯)
1828c Toshikuni ichizo
Kataoka Ichizō I (片岡市蔵?) in the yakko role of Saitobei (?)
1793c Ryukosai sumo screen
Kataoka Nizaemon VII (片岡仁左衛門) as Danshichi Kurobei (團七九郎兵衛), Arashi Kitsusaburō II (嵐橘三郎) as Issun Tokubei (一寸徳兵衛) and Nakayama Shinkūrō III or IV (中山新九郎) as Tsurifune no Sabu (つり船ノ三ふ) from the scene 'At Tsurifune Sabu's home'
1859 Kunisada 12 months 26
Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Izaemon (伊左衛門) at his December
kaomise
(顔見世) in 'A Parody of the Twelve Months' (
Mitate ju ni kagetsu nouchi
- 見立十二ヶ月ノ内) representing the 11th and 12th months
1816 Kunihiro Nizaemon VII
Kataoka Nizaemon VII (片岡仁左衛門) in the role of Matsunaga Daizen (松永大膳) in the play
Gion Sairei Shinkōki
[祇園祭礼信仰記 -
The Gion Festival Chronicle of Faith
]
1925 Shunsen Kataoka Nizaemon
Kataoka Nizaemon XI [片岡仁左衛門] as Kakogawa Honzō [九段目本蔵] from Act 9 of the Chūshingura from the series
Portraits of Male Actors in Various Roles
[
Shunsen Nigao-e Shū
創作版画 春仙似顔集]
1877 Toshinobu Tiger
Katō Kiyomasa (加藤主計頭清正) and the tiger from the series
A Brief History of Japan in Pictures
(
Nihon ryakushi zu
- 日本畧史圖)
1867 Yoshiiku taiheiki
Katō Kiyomasa (加藤主計頭清正: Katō Kazue no kami Kiyomasa) and the tiger from the series "
Taiheiki Eiyuden
" (
Heroes from the Chronicles of the Taiheiki
- 太平記英勇傳)
1830c Kuniyoshi kiyomasa tiger
Katō Kiyomasa killing a tiger in Korea
1810ca Tsukimaro courtesan
Katsuyama (勝山) of the House of Nakataya (中田屋) from the series
Modern Beauties of the Pleasure Quarter in Full Flower
(
Seirō tōji zensei no kimi
- 青楼当時全盛の君)
1848 Hirosada Gompachi
Ōkawa Hashizō I as Shirai Gonpachi from the suicide scene in the play
Ume tabiji gojusan eki
or '53 Stages of the Plum Tree Journey' 梅旅路五十三驛
1865 Kunichika iris 4
Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I (河原崎権十郎) as Samezaya Shirōza (鮫ざや四郎三), number four from an untitled set of ten prints of
otokodate
1847-52ca Kunisada diptych
Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I (河原崎権十郎) as the
rōnin
Yaegaki Monzō (浪人八重垣紋三) on the right and Sawamura Tosshō II (沢村訥升) as Kageyama Shigenojō (蔭山繁の丞)
1865 Yoshiiku Kunisada memoria
Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I in the role of
Shibaraku
with a tribute inset of a deceased Danjūrō predecessor (団十郎ばゞア)
1864 Kunisada umbrella 02
Kawarazaki Sanshō (河原崎三升) as the
otokodate
Kaminari Shōkurō (雷庄九郎) from series of 5 actors with umbrellas
1871 Kunichika Danjuro IX
Kawarazaki Sanshō (河原崎三升) tweezing before his mirror - preparing for his role as the
otokodate
Banzui Chōbei [ばんずい長兵へ]
1816c Kunisada goro
Kawazu Saburō Sukeyasu (河津三郎祐安) on the left wrestling Matano Gorō Kagehisa (股野五郎景久) in the center, with Ebina Genpachi Hirotsuna (海老名源八弘綱) as referee on the right
1830s Kunisada Goro vs Saburo
Kawazu Saburō Sukeyasu (河津三郎祐安) wrestling Matano Gorō Kagehisa (股野五郎景久) with Ebina Genpachi Hirotsuna (海老名源八弘綱) as referee
1811c Kunisada sumo
Kawazu Sukeyasu (河津祐安) and Matano Kagehisa (俣野景久) at the sumō tournament in the presence of Minamoto no Yoritomo - this is the center panel of a triptych
1850c Kuniyoshi comic
Ken game of the Three Countries (Sangoku ken - 三国拳):
Nippon Amaterasu onkami,Tenjiku Shaka Nyorai, Morokoshi Taiseijin Kōshi
1847-52 Kuniyoshi hand play
Ken game of Three Countries -
Sangoku ken
(三国拳)
1847c Kuniyoshi Game of Ken
Ken Practice (
Ken no keiko
- けんのけいこ) from the play
Norikake Soga dōchū sugoroku
(飾駒曽我通双六)
1843c Kuniyoshi pennance
Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助) doing penance for his mother at Hikosan Gongen [彦山権現] from the series
Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety of Our Country
(
Honcho nijushi-ko
- 本朝廿四考)
1843-45 Kuniyoshi rokusuke kap
Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助) struggling with three
kappa
on a riverbank with another swimming in the river
1836 Kuniyoshi rokusuke kappa
Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助) struggling with three kappa on a riverbank with another swimming in the river
1880 Yoshitoshi sumo kappa
Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助) watching a wrestling match between
kappa
from the series
The Mirror of the Strange Tales from Japan and China
(
Wakan Kidan Kagami
- 和漢奇談鑑)
1820 Kunisada keyblock.jpg
Keyblock for Fabric Pattern Series - two sides with contemporary proof for a print from the series 'Custom-made for today's tastes - heavy brocade cloth (御誂当世好 - 厚板)
1850c Hirosada Keyblock Bust P
Key block or
tameshizuri-e
bust portrait of an actor, [Jitsukawa Enzaburō I?] as Sasahara Hayato (笹原隼人) from the series
Kokin Yujinki
(古今勇人記) or
Record of Heroes Past and Present
1845c Kuniyoshi Keyblock.jpeg
Key block or
tameshizuri-e
oban
of a
bijin
, Kaji-jo the poetess of Gion, Kyoto, reclining on a balcony
1800c Toyokuni kikunojo sanjin
Keyblock print of Onoe Eizaburō I (尾上栄三郎) and Arashi Sanpachi I (嵐三八) in combat
1840c Kuniyoshi Kidomaru tengu
Kidōmaru (鬼童丸) and the
Tengu
1848-49c Kuniyoshi kido takuza
Kido Takuzaemon Nagachika (木戸宅左衛門長近 - actually Kido Sakuemon [木戸作右衛門]) from the series
Heroes of the Great Peace
(
Taiheiki eiyūden
- 太平記英勇傳)
1842-43 Kuniyoshi minadzuru-hi
Kiitchi's daughter, Princess Minazuru (Kiitchi no musume Minazuru-hime 鬼一の娘みなずる姫) from the series
One Hundred Poets from the Literary Heroes of Our Country
(
Honcho bunyu hyaku nin isshu
- 本朝文雄百人一首)
1828c Kuniyoshi kimmoken
Kimmōken Dankeijū (金毛犬段景住 - aka Duan Jingzhu, Golden Dog) from the series
One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個)
1860s Kiyochika riding carp
Kinkō (子英), the Taoist Immortal, riding on a red carp from the series
Illustrated Stories of the Taoist Immortals
(
Ressen gachū
- 例僊画註)
1827-30c Kuniyoshi kinsoshu jo
Kinsōshu Jonei (Xu Ning 徐寧 - the Metal Lancer) cutting down sparrows with his hooked spear from the series
The Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Suikoden
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個)
1810ca Shuntei carp
Kintarō (金太郎), carp and tengu diptych
1789 Kiyonaga kintaro bear.jpg
Kintarō reading an
ehon
on the back of a bear accompanied by an
oni
holding an ax
1795c Eishi kisegawa
Kisegawa of the Matsubaya House (松葉屋喜瀬川) from the series
Six Beautiful Flowers of the Gay Quarters
(
Chaya Bijin Rokkasen
- 青楼美人六歌仙)
1866 Yoshitoshi tengu fight
Kiso Komawakamaru Yoshinaka (木曾駒若丸義仲) from the series Sagas of Beauty and Bravery (
Biyū Suikoden
- 美勇水滸伝)
1830s Kuniyoshi flaming sword
Kōmei (孔明) conjures up the southeast wind from the series
Wakan buyū kagami
(和漢武勇鑑 - Paragons of Chinese and Japanese Bravery) - 2nd edition of this print
1835c Kuniyoshi komei
Kōmei (孔明) conjures up the southeast wind from the series
Heroes of the Popular History of the Three Kingdoms
(通俗三国志英雄之壱人)
1885 Kyosai hayami
Ko (こ) and So (そ) from the series
Japanese Brocades from the Genroku Era
(
Genroku Yamato Nishiki
- 元禄日本錦) - Sugino Jūheiji Tsugifusa (杉野十平二次房) and Hayami Tozaemon Mitsutaka (早水籐左衛門満尭) - 2 figures from the
Chūshingura
1814c Kunisada P1420.jpg
Kohina (小雛) of the Ōmiya (あみや) from the series
Votive Hand Towels
(
Hōnō tenugui
- 奉納手拭)
2007 Rie Homma Koi.jpg
こい (Koi)
1858 Kunisada iwai kumesaburo
Komachi Washing (
Arai Komachi
- あらゐ小町): Iwai Kumesaburō III (岩井粂三郎) as the geisha Oshun (芸者おしゆん) from the series
Matches for the Seven Komachi Plays
(
Mitate Nana Komachi no uchi
- 見立七小町ノ内)
1805c eisui Pins 906
Komurasaki (小紫) of the Miuraya (みうらや) playing a
koto
and Hirai Gonpachi (平井権八) playing a
shakuhachi
1827-30 Kuniyoshi somon
Kong Liang, the Flaming Star (Dokkasei Kōryō - 獨火星孔亮) and Song Wan, the Guardian God in the Clouds (Unrikongō Sōman - 雲里金剛宋萬), from the series
One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個) - left panel of a diptych
1827c Kuniyoshi unrikongo
Kong Liang, the Flaming Star (Dokukasei Kōryō - 獨火星孔亮) and Song Wan, the Guardian God in the Clouds (Unrikongō Sōman - 雲里金剛宋萬), from
One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個)
1827-30c Kuniyoshi Komei
Kong Ming, the Comet (Mōtōsei Kōmei - 毛頭星孔明) from
One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個) - right panel of a diptych
1866 Yoshitoshi konjin chogoro
Konjin Chōgorō (金神長五郎) from the series
Sagas of Beauty and Bravery
(
Biyū Suikoden
- 美勇水滸伝)
1866 Yoshitora Akebono vs mons
Konjin Chōgorō (金神長五郎) struggling with a three eyed demon. This is from the series
Lives of Brave and Hot-blooded Heroes
(
Yūretsu kekki den
- 勇烈血気伝)
1827-30 Kuniyoshi popular suik
Konkōryū Rishun (混江龍李俊 - Ch. Li Jun) from the series
One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan All Told
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸傳濠傑百八人一個)
1827-30 Kuniyoshi popular suik
Konseimaō Hanzui (混世魔王樊瑞 - Ch. Fan Rui), the Demon King of Chaos from the series
One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸傳濠傑百八人一個) from the first edition
1848 Kuniyoshi paragon 12-13
Kō Teiken (黄廷堅) and Riku Seki (陸績) from the series
The Twenty-four Chinese Paragons of Filial Piety
(
Morokoshi nijūshi-kō
- 唐土廾四孝)
1828c Toyokuni II double bust
Ōkubi-e: Double Bust portrait - Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (?) on the left; Iwai Hanshirō V on the right
1820s Toyokuni II double bust
Ōkubi-e: double bust portrait with bats in the border with Bandō Mitsugorō III on the right as Nuregami Chōgorō
1864 Kunisada 02
Kudaime Mimasu IX (九代目三升) as Aoto Gorō Terutsuna (青砥五郎照綱) in his first performance of
Shibaraku
1867 Yoshitoshi kurikara kengo
Kurikara Kengorō (倶利加羅剱五郎) twisting a thick piece of bamboo - from the series
Sagas of Beauty and Bravery
(
Biyū Suikoden
- 美勇水滸伝)
1845-46 Kuniyoshi Centipede.jp
Kusatsu (草津): Tawara Tōda (田原藤太) and the Dragon Woman (Ryūjo - 龍女), from the series
Fifty-three Pairings for the Tōkaidō Road
(
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsui
- 東海道五十三対)
1865 Yoshitoshi Kusunoki Masay
Kusunoki Tamonmaru Masayuki (楠多門丸正行) from the series
One Hundred Ghost Stories from China and Japan
(
Wakan hyaku monogatari
- 和漢百物語)
1852 Kuniyoshi hag on adachi
Ōkute (大久手): The Old Woman of the Lone House (
Hitotsuya rōba
- 一ツ家老婆), from the series
Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō Road
(
Kisokaidō rokujūkyū tsugi no uchi
- 木曾街道六十九次之内)
1845c Kuniyoshi umi bozu
Kuwana Station: Story of Sailor Tokuzō (
Kuwana
- 桑名:
Funanori Tokuzō no den
- 船のり徳蔵の傳) from the series
53 Stations of the Eastern Sea Road
(
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsui
- 東海道五十三対)
2017 Oda kwanin on leaf
Kwanin on the Leaf
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 29
Kyoto: The Great Bridge at Sanjō (
Kyō, Sanjō Ōhashi
: 京三条大橋) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1827-30c Kuniyoshi kyusempo sa
Kyūsenpō Sakuchō (急先鋒索超 - aka Suo Chao, Urgent Vanguard) from the series
One of the 108 Heroes of the Popular Water Margin
(
Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸傳濠傑百八人一個)
import 1827-30 Kuniyoshi pupul
Kyūsenpō Sakuchō or Suo Chao, the Urgent Vanguard (急先鋒索超) from the series from
One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個)
1887 Ginko Lady-in-waiting.jpg
Lady-in-waiting Ben no Naishi (辨の内侍) from the series
Mirror of Famous Women from Ancient and Modern Times
(Kokon meifu kagami - 古今名婦鏡)
1926 Yoshida Hiroshi lanterns
Lantern Maker (
Chochin-ya
- 提灯屋)
1851 Kuniyoshi last stand
Last Stand of Heroic Samurai of the Kusunoki Clan at Shijō-nawate (
Kusunoki-ke yushi Shijō-nawate nite uchijini
- 楠家勇士四條縄手にて討死)
1955 masamitsu hanayagi shotar
Leading Figures of the Modern Stage in Their Famous Roles, No. 11: Hanayagi Shōtarō (花柳章太郎) as Taki no Shiraito (瀧の白糸) or
The Waterfall's White Thread
1815c Toyokuni Benkei.jpg
Left and central panels of a triptych of Musashibō Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) capturing Tosabō during the night attack at Horikawa (
Horikawa yo uchi
- 堀川夜討)
1820c Toyokuni I wrestlers and
Left panel of a diptych of Minamoto Yorimitsu on horseback watching Ichihara no Kidōmaru (市原野 鬼童丸) being subdued by Watanabe no Tsuna -
Raikō sitennō to Kidōmaru
(頼光主従と鬼童丸)
1809 Toyokuni yakusha junitsuk
Left panel of a triptych of actors as the 7 Lucky Gods on a chrysanthemum treasure ship for the
Kugatsu kikubune shichifukujin no zu
(九月菊舟七福神乃図): Segawa Senjo as Jurōjin and Nakamura Utaemon III as Hotei - from the series
Actors and the 12 Months
(
Sanjurokuban-tsuzuki yakusha junitsuki
三十六ばん続役者十二つき)
1847-52 Kuniyoshi asakusa dipt
Left sheet of a diptych: Nakamura Tsuruzō I as Ryōshi Ganzō (猟師鴈蔵) and Seki Sanjūrō III as Yokoyama Daizō (横山大蔵); right sheet: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Otaka Tonomo (大高主殿) in the play 'A true account of Takagi Oriemon' (高木織右武実録)
1930s Takane Koji hototogisu
Lesser cuckoo (
Hototogisu
- 杜鵑)
import 1827-30 Kuniyoshi pupul
Lü Fang, the Little Duke (Shō'onkō Ryohō - 小温侯呂方) from the series
108 Heroes of the Popular Suikoden All Told
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個) - right panel of a diptych
1827-30 Kuniyoshi suikoden 21
Li Gun, the Flying Deity (Hitentaisei Rikon - 飛天大聖季袞) from the series
One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan All Told
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個)
1827c Kuniyoshi rikon axe
Li Gun, the Flying Deity (Hitentaisei Rikon - 飛天大聖季袞) from the series
One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan All Told
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個)
1830c Kuniyoshi Kokusempu Riki
Li Kui, the Black Whirlwind, also called Iron Ox (Kokusenpū Riki - 黒旋風李逵), from the series
The Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Suikoden
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個)
1830c Kuniyoshi Kokusempu Riki
Li Kui, the Black Whirlwind, also called Iron Ox (Kokusenpū Riki - 黒旋風李逵), from the series
The Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Suikoden
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個)
1842 Kuniyoshi Shizuka-gozen
Lingering snow on Mount Yoshino (
Yoshino-san bosetsu
芳野暮雪 ) from the series
Virtuous Women for the Eight Views
(
Kenjo hakkei
- 賢女八景)
1827-30c Kuniyoshi ryuto
Liu Tang, the Red-haired Devil (Sekihakki Ryūtō 赤髪鬼劉唐) from the series
One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個) - right-hand panel of a triptych
1827-30 Kuniyoshi dakosho rich
Li Zhong, the Tiger-Fighting General (Daskoshō Richū - 打虎將李忠) from the series from
108 Heroes of the Popular Suikoden All Told
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個)
1829c Kuniyoshi 02
Li Zhong, the Tiger-Fighting General (Daskoshō Richū - 打虎將李忠) from the series from
108 Heroes of the Popular Suikoden All Told
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個)
1888 Yoshitoshi courtesan
Looking Feminine (
Shinayaka-sō
- しなやかさう): The Appearance of a 'Castle-toppler' of the Tempo Era (
Tempo nenkan keisei no fuzoku
- 天保年間: 傾城之風俗), from the series
'Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners'
(
Fūzoku sanjūni sō
- 風俗三十二相)
1888 Yoshitoshi moxa
Looking hot (
Atsu-sō
- あつさう): The Appearance of a Housewife of the Bunsei Era (
Bunsei nenkan naishitsu no fuzoku
- 文政年間: 内室の風俗), from the series
'Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners'
(
Fūzoku sanjūni sō
- 風俗三十二相)
1890c Keinen Loons.jpg
Loons in pond -
ehon
diptych from
Keinen kachō gafu
('Album of Bird-and-Flower Pictures by Keinan' - 景年花鳥画譜)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 01 of 12
Lovers enjoying the evening cool [のうりょうのだんじょ] from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (
Keisei higo
- 契情秘語)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 11 of 12
Lovers in a boat from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (
Keisei higo
- 契情秘語)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 02 of 12
Lovers in front of a mirror from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (
Keisei higo
- 契情秘語)
1768ca Harunobu 01
Lovers on boat
1774ca Koryusai boat landing
Lovers standing on a pier embracing in the moonlight
1825 Eisen abuna-e 08 of 12
Lovers warm themselves at a
kotatsu
from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (
Keisei higo
- 契情秘語)
1824-29 Eizan low tide at susa
Low Tide at Susaki (
Susaki no shiohi
- 洲崎之汐干) from the series
Fashionable Eight Views of the Eastern Capital
(
Fūryū Tōto hakkei
- 風流東都八景)
1830c Kuniyoshi suikoden Rochi
Lu Zhishen, the Tattooed Monk - (
Kaoshō Rochishin shomei Rotatsu
- 花和尚魯知深初名魯達) from the series
One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個)
1856 Yoshiharu big snake
Lu Zhishen, the tattooed priest (Kaoshō Rochishin - 花和尚魯智深) from the series
Mirror of Heroes of the Shuihuzhuan
(
Suikoden gōketsu kagami
- 水滸傳豪傑鏡)
1867 Yoshitoshi horse
Magaki Heikurō (曲木平九郎) from the series
Tales of the Floating World in Eastern Brocade
(
Azuma nishiki ukiyo kōdan
- 東錦浮世稿談)
1847 Kuniyoshi P1044.jpeg
Maisaka Station (
Maisaka no eki
- 舞阪乃駅): Kezori Kuemon (毛剃九右衛門) from the series
Fifty-three Pairings for the Tōkaidō Road
(
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsui
- 東海道五十三対)
1930 Kotondo Makeup at Mirror.
Makeup at Mirror
1929 Kotondo powdering shoulde
Make-up (
Keshō
- 化粧)
1894-95 Kiyochika making chine
Making Chinese Soldiers Shiver (
Shinbei no hiyakasare
清兵の冷やかされ ) from the series 'Hurrah for Japan! One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs'
Nihon banzai hyakusen hyashushō
(日本万歳 百撰百笑)
1827c Kuniyoshi barin
Ma Lin (Tettekisen Barin - 鉄笛仙馬麟) from the series
One of the 108 Heroes of the Popular Water Margin
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸傳濠傑百八人一個)
1799 Utamaro Unraveling Thread
Married man and widow with a smoking set beside them from the series
Unraveling the Threads of Desire
(
Negai no ito-guchi
- ねがいの糸口)
1840s Kuniyoshi bijin and ghos
Masaoka (正岡) and the spectre of Nikki Danjo from the series
Lives of Wise and Heroic Women
(
Kenjo reppu den
- 賢女烈婦傳)
1810c Kuninao snow sword
Masumoto Kōshirō V (五代目松本幸四郎) on the left as 藤部伊賀の守 and Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (七代目市川 團十郎) as 藤部太郎, two brothers struggling over a precious sword - two panels of a triptych from the play
Hana to Fubuki Wagō Taiheiki
(花雪和合太平記)
1852 Kuniyoshi minjiro
Matsuida (松井田): Yamauba (山姥) and Matsui Tamijirō (松井民次郎) from the series
Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō Road
(
Kisokaidō rokujūkyū tsugi no uchi
- 木曾街道六十九次之内)
1852 Kuniyoshi yama-uba
Matsuida (松井田): Yamauba (山姥) and Matsui Tamijirō (松井民次郎) from the series
Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō Road
(
Kisokaidō rokujūkyū tsugi no uchi
- 木曾街道六十九次之内)
1847-52 Kuniyoshi koshiro v
Matsumoto Koshirō V (松本幸四郎) as Banzui Chōbei (ばんずい長兵衛) from the play
Kakitsubata Tamuke no Hanakawado
(杜若手向花川戸) - a
mitate
1771c Shunsho four actors
Matsumoto Kōshirō II as Hata no Daizen Taketora and Ichikawa Yaozō II as Kujaku no Saburō on the right, Nakajima Mihoemon II as Aramaki Mimishirō and Nakamura Shōchō as Ōtomo no Kuronushi (or Ki no Tsurayuki) on the left in the play
Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji
['Flowers of Japan: Ono no Komachi's Five Characters' - 倭花小野五文字]
1796ca Toyokuni sumo
Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) and Arashi Sampachi I (嵐三八)
1813 Kunisada Koshiro boatman
Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) as a boatman (按摩取梶の長庵?) in the play
Imaori Hakata no Irifune
(新織博多縞入船)
1820 Toyokuni II actor boat
Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) as Mizuemon (水右衛門) about to strike the geisha Omatsu (芸者お松) with his sword
1823 Toyokuni mirror ghost
Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) as the ghost of Akushichbyōei Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景清) reflected in a mirror from the series
Modern Mirror of Actors
(
Yakusha Tosei Kagami
- 役者當世鏡)
1830 Kunisada Koshiro Goemon
Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) as the robber Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門) in the play
Sanmon gosan no kiri
[楼門五三桐]
1825 Kunisada seated man moxa
Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) as Tohachi Gomon [藤八五文] actually (
Jitsuwa
) Naosuke Gonbei [藤八五もん実は直助権兵へ] from the play
Tōkaidō Yotsuya Kaidan
[東海道四谷怪談]
1935 Shunsen Koshiro VII
Matsumoto Kōshirō VII [七代目松本幸四郎] as Benkei [弁慶 ] - left-hand panel of a diptych
1950 Hasui Sekibei.jpeg
Matsumoto Kōshirō VII (松本幸四郎) as Sekibei (関兵衛)
1848-49c Kuniyoshi matsunaga
Matsunaga Daizen Hisahide (松永大膳久英 - actually Matsunaga Hisahide [松永久秀]), #18 from the series
Heroes of the Great Peace
(
Taiheiki eiyūden
- 太平記英勇傳)
1836c Sadahiro Tora
Matsuume (まつ梅) of the Moritaya (森田屋) as a Palace Maid (Hashitame - はした女) from the series Costume Parade of the Shimanouchi Quarter (
Shimanouchi nerimono
- 島之内ねり物)
1710c Masanobu Toji
Mega Magosaburō Nagamune [妻鹿孫三郎長宗] at Battle of Tōji [束寺] number 3 (三 in the lower right) - from an untitled warrior series by Okumura Masanobu
1890c anon meiji shunga.jpg
Meiji period
shunga
after Utamaro - Pulling Komachi, no.5
1856 Kuniyoshi school
Memorial portrait (
shini-e
) of Bandō Shūka I (坂東 しうか) with a Buddhist invocation - possibly by Toyokuni III
1821 Kunihiro kitsusaburo
Memorial Portrait of Arashi Kitsusaburō I (嵐橘三郎) I as Nagai Genzaburō (永井源三郎) from the play
Katakiuchi Chikai no Shigarami
[敵討義恋柵]
1852 unknown Nakamura Utaemon
Memorial portrait of Nakamura Utaemon IV (中村歌右衛門) generally attributed to Kuniyoshi
1821 Ashiyuki Kitsusaburo memo
Memorial Print to Commemorate Arashi Kitsusaburō I (嵐橘三郎) as Ikaruga Tōta (いかるが藤太) from the play
Toki wa Ima Ariwara Keizu
(時再興在原系図)
1830s Hokusai Turnin.jpg
Men using a winch - a scene from the
Hokusai gifu
(北斎画譜)
1815c Eizan p708.jpg
Meoka of the Hyogoya (兵库屋目岡) from the
Array of Famous Beauties on the Floral Patios
(廊花名君揃)
1853 Kuniyoshi mitono
Midono (三戸野): Midono Kotarō (美止野小太郎) from the series
Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō Road
(
Kisokaidō rokujūkyū tsugi no uchi
- 木曾街道六十九次之内)
1804ca tsukimaro courtesan
Midorigi (緑木) of the Wakamatsuya (若松屋) writing or composing a poem on a
tanzaku
- from the series
Zensei-hana no Sugata-e
(全盛花姿画),
volume 9
(巻九:
maki no kiyū
)
1853c Hirosada Mimasu
Mimasu Daigorō IV [三枡大五郎] is in the role of Yurugi Saemon [由留木左衛門] in the play
Keisei Somewaka Tazuna
[けいせい染分総] - left panel of a triptych
1818c Kunisada Actor p985
Mimasu Gennosuke I (三枡源之助) as Ikazuchi Tsurunosuke (雷鶴之助) - left panel of a triptych from the play 'Maples and Deer: The Long Sleeves of the Soga Brothers' (
Momiji ni shika furisode Soga
-紅葉鹿振袖曽我）
1820s Kunisada gennosuke
Mimasu Gennosuke I (三枡源之助) in the role of the
sumō
wrestler Izutsu Menosuke (角力取井筒女之助)
1849 Hirosada
Mimasu Inemaru I as Otowa (おとわ) in the play
Sekitori Sen Ryō Nobori
[関取千両幟] or 'Rise of the 1,000 Ryō Wrestler'
1835 Kuniyoshi Gojo Bridge
Minamoto Ushiwakamaru (源牛若丸) and Musashibō Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) fighting on Gojō Bridge [五条橋] from the series
Mirror of Military Excellence and Fierce Courage
(
Buei mōyū kagami
- 武英猛勇鏡)
1830 Kuniyoshi triptych nue
Minamoto Yorimasa (源三位頼政 - here Genzanmi Yorimasa) on the left has shot the
nue
(鵺) - Ii no Hayata Hironao (猪早太廣直) in the center is about to finish it off. On the right panel is Watanabe Teishichi Tonau (渡邉丁七唱)
1814ca Kunisada Yorimoto hunt
Minamoto Yoritomo's hunting party in the foothills below Mt. Fuji -
Minamoto Yoritomo kō Fuji no susono makigari no zu
(源頼朝公富士之裾野牧狩之図)
1820-40c Shunshi II Minamoto Y
Minamoto Yoshinaka and His Four Retainers Defeat the Tengu in the Deep Mountains of Kiso (
Minamoto Yoshinaka Shitennō to tomo ni Kiso no okuyama ni tengu o taiji su
- 源義仲四天王トともに木曽の奥山に天狗を退治す)
1932 Hasui Foggy.jpg
Misty Morning at Yotsuya Mitsuke (
Kiri no asa: Yotsuya Mitsuke
- 霧の朝 四谷見附)
1869 Yoshiiku sword mouth
Mitsuhide's daughter, Morihime (
Mitsuhide musume Morihime
- 光秀娘盛姫) - number 16 (十六) from the series
Taiheiki Supplements
(太平記拾遺)
1847-50ca Kunisada album trip
Mitsuuji and his 2nd daughter under a cherry tree at night - a Rustic Genji theme [
Nise Murasaki inaka Genji
- 偐紫田舎源氏]
1860c Kuniteru Ninja.jpg
Mitsuuji struggles with a thief to recover the precious sword Kogarasumaru - from
Kasumitatsu Miyoshi no Genji
(霞立三吉の源氏)
1851-52ca Kunisada II album tr
Mitsuuji watching a white cat delivering a love letter - A Rustic Genji theme - [
Mitsuuji to sakura fuguruma hakubyō no zu
: 光氏と桜・文車・白猫の図]
2013 Binnie modern girl
Moga - A Modern Girl of 1920 (
Ichikyū-nirei-nen no moga
: 一九二０年モガ)
1935 Koson Monkey in Persimmon
"Monkey in a Persimmon Tree" ("Kaki ni Saru" - 柿に猿)
1854 Kuniyoshi monkey
Monkey (Saru - 申): The Nobleman's Son Ushiwakamaru (
Onzōshi Ushiwakamaru
) from the series
Japanese Heroes for the Twelve Signs
(
Eiyū Yamato jūnishi
- 英雄大倭十二支)
1885 Yoshitoshi Moon of pure s
Moon of Pure Snow Asano - Chikako the Filial Daughter (
Asanogawa seisetsu no tsuki
-
Kōjo Chikako
[孝女ちか子]), from the series
100 Aspects of The Moon
(
Tsuki hyaku sugata
- 月百姿)
1843-46 Kunisada carry oni
Ōmori Hikoshichi (大森彦七) carries a female demon disguised as a beautiful woman
1850 Kunisada actor diptych
Morita Kan'ya XI as Shihei-Kō (時平公) with Arashi Rikaku II as Matsuomaru (松王丸) on the right and Seki Sanjurō III as Umeōmaru (梅王丸) with Onoe Kikujirō II as Sakuramaru (桜丸) on the left in the
Kuruma biki
or 'Pulling the carriage apart' scene
1826 Kunisada morning glory
Morning Glory (Asagao - 朝かほ) from the series
Modern Scenes of Summer
(
Tōsei natsu geshiki
- 當世夏景色)
1816-18 Kuniyasu Geisha
Morning routine of a beautiful woman from an untitled series of
bijin
accompanied by poems
1940c Sekino Mother & Child
Mother and Child
1820c Kunisada Mother.jpg
Mother and child: Kinryūzan (金竜山) from the series
Eight Views of Edo
(
Edo hakkei no uchi
- 江戸八景ノ内)
1895c Kunimasa bathing
Mother and playing children bathing from the series 浮世小兎戯
1865 Yoshitaki ogino senjo I
Mu (む): Ogino Senjo I (荻野扇女) as Ohatsu of Hinuka [?] (ひぬかのおはつ) with a horse, from the series
Actors Matched with Proverbs for the Kana Syllabary
(
Mitate Iroha Tatoe
- 見立いろはたとへ)
1887 Yoshitoshi Muraoka head m
Muraoka (村岡) from the series
Stories About The People In Recent Times
(
Kinsei Jinbutsu Shi
- 近世人物誌) - from Yamamoto Newspaper Supplement (やまと新聞附録)
1854 Kunisada album trip 13
Music (
raku
- 楽) from the series
Joy and Anger, Love and Pleasure
(
Kido airaku no uchi
- 喜怒愛楽之内) - a Rustic Genji theme
1867 Yoshitoshi rokugi
Mutsuki Suginosuke Norifusa (六木杉之助則房) from the series
Sagas of Beauty and Bravery
(
Biyū Suikoden
- 美勇水滸伝)
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