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Yamatoya Baiga (大和屋梅我) at Chidori no Tamagawa (千鳥の玉川) in Mutsu Province from the series 'Actors with Six Jewel Faces' (<i>Haiyū mutama-gao</i> - 俳優六玉顔)
1832c Kunisada six jewel 1
Yamatoya Baiga (大和屋梅我) at Chidori no Tamagawa (千鳥の玉川) in Mutsu Province from the series 'Actors with Six Jewel Faces' (Haiyū mutama-gao - 俳優六玉顔)

Wakanoura Bay in Kii Province (紀伊和歌浦): from the series <i> Comparison of Renowned Sceneries and Beautiful Women</i> (<i>Honchō fūkei bijin kurabe</i> - 本朝風景美人競)
1832c Kunisada wakura bay
Wakanoura Bay in Kii Province (紀伊和歌浦): from the series Comparison of Renowned Sceneries and Beautiful Women (Honchō fūkei bijin kurabe - 本朝風景美人競)

Toyohana (豊花 ) of the Maru-Ebiya (丸海老屋内) from the series <i> Comparisons of Courtesans and Flowers</i> (<i>Keisei hana kurabe</i> - 傾城花競)
1830s Sencho flower.jpg
Toyohana (豊花 ) of the Maru-Ebiya (丸海老屋内) from the series Comparisons of Courtesans and Flowers (Keisei hana kurabe - 傾城花競)

The <i>oiran</i> Ogura from the Owari house (尾張屋内尾倉登) accompanied by two <i>kamuro</i> - from an untitled series
1830s Senchō oiran and kamuro
The oiran Ogura from the Owari house (尾張屋内尾倉登) accompanied by two kamuro - from an untitled series

The courtesan Nakagawa (中川) of Nakamanjiya (中万字屋内) - Shin Yoshiwara in Kadomachi (新吉原角町)
1830c Kunisada nakagawa
The courtesan Nakagawa (中川) of Nakamanjiya (中万字屋内) - Shin Yoshiwara in Kadomachi (新吉原角町)

The courtesan Mayuzumi (黛) from the Sakuragi house (さくらぎや) from the school of Kunisada - one panel of a pentaptych
1830c Hokusai Oiran with Kamur
The courtesan Mayuzumi (黛) from the Sakuragi house (さくらぎや) from the school of Kunisada - one panel of a pentaptych

Standing <i>bijin</i> tying her <i>koshihimo</i> (腰紐) - with an <i>aizuri-e</i> background
unknown Kunisada bijin aizurie
Standing bijin tying her koshihimo (腰紐) - with an aizuri-e background

Shosha Gomotsu Saitō Oniwakamaru (書寫御持西荅鬼若丸) from the series <i>One of the Eight Hundred Heroes of the Water Margin of Japan</i> (<i>Honchō Suikoden gōyū happyakunin no hitori</i> - 本朝水滸傳剛勇八百人一個)
1830c Kuniyoshi close shave
Shosha Gomotsu Saitō Oniwakamaru (書寫御持西荅鬼若丸) from the series One of the Eight Hundred Heroes of the Water Margin of Japan (Honchō Suikoden gōyū happyakunin no hitori - 本朝水滸傳剛勇八百人一個)

Satō Shirō Tadanobu (佐藤四郎忠信) brandishing a <i>go</i> board [<i>Goban Tadanobu</i> - 碁盤忠信]
1832 Kuniyoshi suikoden
Satō Shirō Tadanobu (佐藤四郎忠信) brandishing a go board [Goban Tadanobu - 碁盤忠信]

Sakata no Kintoki (坂田金時) wrestling with a three-eyed <i>Mikoshi nyūdō</i> [見越入道]
1832 Kuniyoshi 3-eyed monster
Sakata no Kintoki (坂田金時) wrestling with a three-eyed Mikoshi nyūdō [見越入道]

Onoe Tamizō II (尾上多見蔵) as Rokusaburō (六三郎) in <i>Umemoyo Ukina No Irozome</i>
1832 Shigeharu rokusaburo
Onoe Tamizō II (尾上多見蔵) as Rokusaburō (六三郎) in Umemoyo Ukina No Irozome

Nakamura Utaemon III as Jiraiya in the play <i>Yaemusubi Jiraiya Monogatari</i> [柵自来也談]
1833 Shigeharu jiraiya
Nakamura Utaemon III as Jiraiya in the play Yaemusubi Jiraiya Monogatari [柵自来也談]

Nakamura Utaemon III as Jiraiya in the play <i>Yaemusubi Jiraiya Monogatari</i> [柵自来也談] (<i>The story of Jiraiya at the weir</i>) - left-hand panel of a diptych
1833 Shigeharu Utaemon III
Nakamura Utaemon III as Jiraiya in the play Yaemusubi Jiraiya Monogatari [柵自来也談] (The story of Jiraiya at the weir) - left-hand panel of a diptych

Nakamura Tōzō III as Iwase Kibunta and Nakamura Utaemon III as Jiraiya on the left in the play <i>Yaemusubi Jiraiya Monogatari</i> [柵自来也談] - 'The story of Jiraiya at the weir'
1835c Shigeharu actors rain
Nakamura Tōzō III as Iwase Kibunta and Nakamura Utaemon III as Jiraiya on the left in the play Yaemusubi Jiraiya Monogatari [柵自来也談] - 'The story of Jiraiya at the weir'

 Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) in the role of Shin-chūnagon Tomomori (新中納言知盛) in the play <i>Yoshitsune Sembon-zakura</i> (碁盤忠信雪黒石ご) - center panel of a triptych
1832 Kunisada shikan
Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) in the role of Shin-chūnagon Tomomori (新中納言知盛) in the play Yoshitsune Sembon-zakura (碁盤忠信雪黒石ご) - center panel of a triptych

Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) from the series <i>Tōto Meisho</i> with <i>Ryōgoku</i> in the background (東都名所 - 両国)
1830s Toyokuni II toto meisho
Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) from the series Tōto Meisho with Ryōgoku in the background (東都名所 - 両国)

Nakamura Shikan II as Narikomaya in the series 'Actors with Six Jewel Faces' (<i>Haiyū mutama-gao</i> - 俳優六玉顔)
1832c Kunisada six jewel 3
Nakamura Shikan II as Narikomaya in the series 'Actors with Six Jewel Faces' (Haiyū mutama-gao - 俳優六玉顔)

Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) as a figure wearing a robe decorated with crabs
1830c Kunisada Crabs
Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) as a figure wearing a robe decorated with crabs

Nakamura Karoku I (中村歌六) as the courtesan Yoyoginu (けいせい代々絹) from the play <i>Yaemusubi Jiraiya monogatari</i> (柵自来也談) (<i>The Story of Jiraiya at the Weir</i>)
1830c Hokuei 0001
Nakamura Karoku I (中村歌六) as the courtesan Yoyoginu (けいせい代々絹) from the play Yaemusubi Jiraiya monogatari (柵自来也談) (The Story of Jiraiya at the Weir)

Kōmei (孔明) conjures up the southeast wind from the series <i>Wakan buyū kagami</i> (和漢武勇鑑 - Paragons of Chinese and Japanese Bravery) - 2nd edition of this print
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

Iwai Shijaku I (岩井紫若) as Tamuramaru (田村丸) - one panel from a larger <i>mitate</i> composition
1830s Sadamasa shijaku archer.
Iwai Shijaku I (岩井紫若) as Tamuramaru (田村丸) - one panel from a larger mitate composition

Iwai Shijaku I as Osuma no Kata on the right and Bandō Jūtarō I as Sasaya Hanbei in <i>Honobonoto ura no asagiri</i> ('Hidden on the Bay by the Morning Fog')
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')

Iwai Shijaku I (岩井紫若) as Ohatsu (おはつ) in the play <i>Tsugiawase Koshiji no Meiboku</i> [接合北国梅]
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]

<i>Surimono</i>: The peasant (<i>nō</i> - 農) from the series Series of Four (<i>Yonban tsuzuki</i> - 四番続)
1830ca Kunisada surimono
Surimono: The peasant (nō - 農) from the series Series of Four (Yonban tsuzuki - 四番続)

<i>Shower on Nihonbashi</i> (<i>Nihonbashi no hakuu</i>) from the series <i>Famous Places in the Eastern Capital</i> (<i>Tōto meisho</i>) - a modern reproduction
2001 1830s Hiroshige nihonbash
Shower on Nihonbashi (Nihonbashi no hakuu) from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tōto meisho) - a modern reproduction

Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) as Higuchi Jirō (桶口次郎) in the play <i>Hiragana seisuki</i> [ひらかな盛衰記]
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]

Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川團十郎) as Genta Jūsaburō in an unidentified play
1820s ca Toyokuni II ichikawa
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川團十郎) as Genta Jūsaburō in an unidentified play

<i>Bijin sorōi</i> (Series of Beauties - 美人そろうい) - three separate <i>aizuri-e</i> in a series
1840-42 Kuniyoshi trip aizurie
Bijin sorōi (Series of Beauties - 美人そろうい) - three separate aizuri-e in a series

<i>Aizuri-e</i> - a courtesan holding a pipe (<i>kiseru</i>) watches a pair of ducks, from the series 'Five Modern Beauties' (<i>Tōsei gonin bijo</i> - 當世五人美女)
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)

Group of actors in summer attire visiting a tea house overlooking the Benten Shrine at Shinobazu Pond in Ueno
1810c Kuniyasu visit tea
Group of actors in summer attire visiting a tea house overlooking the Benten Shrine at Shinobazu Pond in Ueno

Dōjōji Maiden (<i>Musume Dōjōji</i> - 道成寺) dressed as a traditional <i>shirabyoshi</i> (白拍子)
1845 ca Kunisada dojoji
Dōjōji Maiden (Musume Dōjōji - 道成寺) dressed as a traditional shirabyoshi (白拍子)

Bonito (<i>katsuo</i>) and saxifrage (<i>yukinoshita</i> [雪の下]) from an untitled series known as <i>The Large Fish</i> (<i>Uozukushi</i> [魚尽くし])
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])

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' (<i>Haiyū mutama-gao</i> - 俳優六玉顔)
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)

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' (<i>Haiyū mutama-gao</i> - 俳優六玉顔)
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)

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 <i>Adachi Moor in Ōshū Province</i> - probably a <i>mitate</i>
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

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 <i>Sōma Tarō hyōbundan</i> [相馬太郎...]
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...]

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