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From an illustrated book on filial piety, the <i>Eiri kōkyō</i> (絵入孝経) by Kitao Masayoshi
1700s Chushingura.jpg
From an illustrated book on filial piety, the Eiri kōkyō (絵入孝経) by Kitao Masayoshi

Scene from <i>Tsui no hinagata</i> ('Picture-book of Patterns of Loving Couples' - 絵本つひの雛形) - an album of 12 compositions
1810-14 Hokusai Festive Lovers
Scene from Tsui no hinagata ('Picture-book of Patterns of Loving Couples' - 絵本つひの雛形) - an album of 12 compositions

Scene from <i>Ehon tsui no hinagata</i> ('Picture-book of Patterns of Loving Couples' - 絵本つひの雛形)
1814c Hokusai sewing shunga
Scene from Ehon tsui no hinagata ('Picture-book of Patterns of Loving Couples' - 絵本つひの雛形)

<i>Shinobu-zuri</i> (志の婦壽李) - <i>shunga ehon</i>
1818ca Hokusai shunga
Shinobu-zuri (志の婦壽李) - shunga ehon

Fulling and a threading loom - two page illustration from the <i>Hokusai gafu</i> or 'Hokusai Picture Book'
1820s Hokusai Threading Loom.j
Fulling and a threading loom - two page illustration from the Hokusai gafu or 'Hokusai Picture Book'

Winter shopping scene from the <i>Hokusai gafu</i> (北斎画譜)
1820s Hokusai Winter Shopping.
Winter shopping scene from the Hokusai gafu (北斎画譜)

The deluxe <i>shunga</i> album, <i>Ama no Ukibashi</i>, 'The Floating Bridge of Heaven' [天浮橋]
1820s Shigenobu II shunga ehon
The deluxe shunga album, Ama no Ukibashi, 'The Floating Bridge of Heaven' [天浮橋]

Double page illustration from the Ichirō Gafu (<i>Ichirō Picture Book</i>: 一老画譜)
1823 Gakutei book plates
Double page illustration from the Ichirō Gafu (Ichirō Picture Book: 一老画譜)

Ichiro's Picture Album (Ichiro gafu  一老画譜)
1823 Gakutei Ichiro Gafu
Ichiro's Picture Album (Ichiro gafu 一老画譜)

Priest having sex with a boy prostitute (<i>kagema</i> - 蔭間) - from <i>Ama no Ukibashi</i> - 'The Floating Bridge of Heaven'
1825c Shigenobu shunga
Priest having sex with a boy prostitute (kagema - 蔭間) - from Ama no Ukibashi - 'The Floating Bridge of Heaven'

Ehon: <i>In Praise of Love in All Four Seasons</i> (<i>Shunka shūtō</i> - 春夏秋冬 - Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter: <i>Shiki no nagame</i> - 色の詠) - volume 2 of a 4 volume set
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

From volume 2, a couple making love on a terrace from <i>In Praise of Love, in the Four Seasons</i> <i>Shunka shūtō, Shiki no nagame</i> - 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

From volume 2, <i>Night rape</i> <i>In Praise of Love in the Four Seasons</i> (<i>Shunka shūtō, Shiki no nagame</i> - 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)

<i>Ehon</i> (絵本): <i>shunga</i> (春画) from the series <i>Hoshi-zukiyo ito no shirabe</i>
1830ca Kunisada shunga ehon
Ehon (絵本): shunga (春画) from the series Hoshi-zukiyo ito no shirabe

Two couples at night - both women are courtesans
1830c Eisen shunga
Two couples at night - both women are courtesans

Men using a winch - a scene from the <i>Hokusai gifu</i> (北斎画譜)
1830s Hokusai Turnin.jpg
Men using a winch - a scene from the Hokusai gifu (北斎画譜)

Volume 3 of <i>The Picture Book of the Journey to the West</i> (<i>Ehon Saiyū zenden</i> - 画本西遊全伝)
1833 Taito II Ehon Saiyu Zende
Volume 3 of The Picture Book of the Journey to the West (Ehon Saiyū zenden - 画本西遊全伝)

Shunga with text
1840ca Eisen shunga
Shunga with text

Volume 1 of <i>A Record of the Benevolent Government at Ōgawa</i> (<i>Ōkawa Jinsei-roku</i> - 大川仁政録)
1840ca Yoshiume Ookawa ehon 1
Volume 1 of A Record of the Benevolent Government at Ōgawa (Ōkawa Jinsei-roku - 大川仁政録)

Volume 3 of <i>A Record of the Benevolent Government at Ōgawa</i> (<i>Ōkawa Jinsei-roku</i>
 - 大川仁政録)
1840ca Yoshiume Ookawa ehon 2
Volume 3 of A Record of the Benevolent Government at Ōgawa (Ōkawa Jinsei-roku - 大川仁政録)

Volume 2 of <i>A Record of the Benevolent Government at Ōgawa</i> <br>
(Ōkawa Jinsei-roku- 大川仁政録)
1840ca Yoshiume Ookawa ehon 3
Volume 2 of A Record of the Benevolent Government at Ōgawa
(Ōkawa Jinsei-roku- 大川仁政録)

Urashima Tarō [浦島太郎], the Dragon King's palace (龍宮城), and seven <i>ama</i> (海女 or あま) female divers and an octopus
1840s anon divers octopus.jpg
Urashima Tarō [浦島太郎], the Dragon King's palace (龍宮城), and seven ama (海女 or あま) female divers and an octopus

Volume from <i>Picture Book of the Taiko-ki</i> (<i>Ehon Taikō-ki</i> 絵本太閤記)
1840s Kuniyoshi Taikoki ehon
Volume from Picture Book of the Taiko-ki (Ehon Taikō-ki 絵本太閤記)

<i>Ehon</i> cover with warrior and monkeys - title: 白菊物語 (<i>Shiragiku monogatari</i> or 'Story of the Auspicious White Chrysanthemum')
1845ca Kunisada archer monkey.
Ehon cover with warrior and monkeys - title: 白菊物語 (Shiragiku monogatari or 'Story of the Auspicious White Chrysanthemum')

Two book covers, <i>ebyōshi</i> (絵表紙) forming a diptych of <i>The Heroic Tales of Jiraiya</i> (<i>Jiraiya Gōketsu Monogatari</i> - 児雷也豪傑物語), Chapter 36
1845c Kuniyoshi Kunisada ehon
Two book covers, ebyōshi (絵表紙) forming a diptych of The Heroic Tales of Jiraiya (Jiraiya Gōketsu Monogatari - 児雷也豪傑物語), Chapter 36

Display-room of a house of pleasure at night
1850c Utamaro seiro ehon
Three double-page illustrations from Yoshiwara picture book: Annals of the Green Houses (Seirō ehon nenjū-gyōji - 青楼絵本年中行事)

Two page illustration from an <i>ehon</i> of Chapter 21 of the <i>Hokusetsu bidan jidai kagami</i> ('Uplifting Tale of Northern Snows' Mirror of the Ages -北雪美談時代加々見)
1850s Kunisada basket head
Two page illustration from an ehon of Chapter 21 of the Hokusetsu bidan jidai kagami ('Uplifting Tale of Northern Snows' Mirror of the Ages -北雪美談時代加々見)

A woman cleaning up while a cat gnaws on the carcass of a fish left over from dinner
1850s Kunisada cat fish.jpg
A woman cleaning up while a cat gnaws on the carcass of a fish left over from dinner

Tadanobu performing the fox-dance to the beat of the <i>kotsuzumi</i> or hand drum made from the skins of his parents
1850s Kunisada fix drum.jpg
Tadanobu performing the fox-dance to the beat of the kotsuzumi or hand drum made from the skins of his parents

Two page illustration from from an <i>ehon</i> of Chapter 20 of the <i>Hokusetsu bidan jidai kagami</i> ('Uplifting Tale of Northern Snows' Mirror of the Ages -北雪美談時代加々見)
1850s Kunisada monkey attack.j
Two page illustration from from an ehon of Chapter 20 of the Hokusetsu bidan jidai kagami ('Uplifting Tale of Northern Snows' Mirror of the Ages -北雪美談時代加々見)

Book (<i>ehon</i>) cover from the <i>Hokusetsu bidan jidai kagami</i> ('Uplifting Tale of Northern Snows' Mirror of the Ages - 北雪美談時代加々見)
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)

Chapter 4 (<i>ehon</i>) cover from the <i>Hokusetsu bidan jidai kagami</i> ('Uplifting Tale of Northern Snows' Mirror of the Ages - 北雪美談時代加々見)
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)

Chapter 5 (<i>ehon</i>) cover from the <i>Hokusetsu bidan jidai kagami</i> ('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)

Two <i>ehon</i> covers [<i>e-byoshi</i> - 絵表紙] from the <i>Hokusetsu bidan jidai kagami</i> ('Uplifting Tale of Northern Snows' Mirror of the Ages -北雪美談時代加々見)
1855 Kunisada kagami 23-24
Two ehon covers [e-byoshi - 絵表紙] from the Hokusetsu bidan jidai kagami ('Uplifting Tale of Northern Snows' Mirror of the Ages -北雪美談時代加々見)

Chapter 12 (<i>ehon</i>) cover from the <i>Hokusetsu bidan jidai kagami</i> ('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)

Chapter 13 (<i>ehon</i>) cover from the <i>Hokusetsu bidan jidai kagami</i> ('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)

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