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Meiji period <i>shunga</i> after Utamaro - Pulling Komachi, no.5
1890c anon meiji shunga.jpg
Meiji period shunga after Utamaro - Pulling Komachi, no.5

<i>Sumizuri-e</i> Daruma fan 1
1900ca unknown daruma fan 1
Sumizuri-e Daruma fan 1

<i>Sumizuri-e</i> Daruma fan #2
1900ca unknown daruma fan 2
Sumizuri-e Daruma fan #2

Actor applying his makeup from the story of 'The Mirror and the Sword'.
1900c Miyagawa Shuntei wig
Actor applying his makeup from the story of 'The Mirror and the Sword'.

<i>Manga Kenko Sugoroku</i> (漫画健康すご六) - Wakamoto (わかもと) Pharmaceuticals poster
1900c Unidentified gastronomic
Manga Kenko Sugoroku (漫画健康すご六) - Wakamoto (わかもと) Pharmaceuticals poster

Irises stencil print from a set of 12 entitled 'Egoyomi Calendar Pictures' (絵暦拾弐帖)
1900s Okuyama irises
Irises stencil print from a set of 12 entitled 'Egoyomi Calendar Pictures' (絵暦拾弐帖)

Willow and Bats from the Tansai Gafu design book
1900s Omoto Yasushi bats
Willow and Bats from the Tansai Gafu design book

Quail from the Tansai Gafu design book
1900s Omoto Yasushi quail
Quail from the Tansai Gafu design book

Straw horse (わら馬) set against a background with a <i>hō-ō</i> or phoenix decoration
1900s Sekino straw horse
Straw horse (わら馬) set against a background with a hō-ō or phoenix decoration

<i>Katagami</i> (型紙) floral design
1900s unknown katagami floral
Katagami (型紙) floral design

Bathing Beauty - 美人の海水浴
1903 Kogyo bathing beauty
Bathing Beauty - 美人の海水浴

Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Yokozō (横蔵) from the series <i>One Hundred Roles of Ichikawa Danjūrō</i> (<i>Ichikawa Danjūrō Engei Hyakuban</i> 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)

<i>Three-stringed Shamisen</i> (三すじ) from the series Modern Fashions (<i>Imasugata</i> - いま姿)
1906 Shoun fashions.jpg
Three-stringed Shamisen (三すじ) from the series Modern Fashions (Imasugata - いま姿)

Winter Peony (<i>Kanbotan</i> - 寒牡丹) - from the series <i>Forms of Modern Beauties</i> (<i>Imasugata</i> - いま姿)
1906 Shoun snow peony
Winter Peony (Kanbotan - 寒牡丹) - from the series Forms of Modern Beauties (Imasugata - いま姿)

Crows in flight
1910-36c Koson crows moon
Crows in flight

Two little egrets flying in heavy rain
1910 Koson herons
Two little egrets flying in heavy rain

<i>Noren</i> [のれん] - a posthumous printing
1910 Terukata noren
Noren [のれん] - a posthumous printing

Evening Snow (Yuke no Yūbei - ゆきの夕べ) - from a portfolio of prints entitled 'Thick Mist'
1910c Ikeda Shoen kuchie
Evening Snow (Yuke no Yūbei - ゆきの夕べ) - from a portfolio of prints entitled 'Thick Mist'

Jungle crow or <i>hashibutogarasu</i> (嘴太鴉) on cherry branch
1910c Koson cherry crow
Jungle crow or hashibutogarasu (嘴太鴉) on cherry branch

Blue-and-white flycatcher [大瑠璃: <i>ōruri</i> - おおるり] on a maple branch
1910c Koson Maple
Blue-and-white flycatcher [大瑠璃: ōruri - おおるり] on a maple branch

Seated monkey studying a wasp by its stinger in his hand [猿と蜂 - <i>Saru to hachi</i>]
1910c Koson monkey dragonfly
Seated monkey studying a wasp by its stinger in his hand [猿と蜂 - Saru to hachi]

Siberian blue robin (<i>koruri</i>: 小瑠璃 - こるり) in flight
1910c Koson P1386
Siberian blue robin (koruri: 小瑠璃 - こるり) in flight

Japanese waxwing [<i>Bombycilla japonica</i> - <i>hirenjaku</i> (緋連雀) in Japanese] on branch
1910c Koson winter jay
Japanese waxwing [Bombycilla japonica - hirenjaku (緋連雀) in Japanese] on branch

Portraits of Yajirobei (彌次郎兵衛) on the right and Kitahachi (喜多八) on the left
1914c Tomonobu double portrait
Portraits of Yajirobei (彌次郎兵衛) on the right and Kitahachi (喜多八) on the left

Onoe Taminosuke in the role of Otsuma [多見之助のお妻] from the play <i>Sakuratsuba Urami Samezaya</i> [桜鍔恨鮫鞘] from the series <i>Shin Nigao-e (New Actor Portraits)</i>
1915 Shunsen taminosuke otsuma
Onoe Taminosuke in the role of Otsuma [多見之助のお妻] from the play Sakuratsuba Urami Samezaya [桜鍔恨鮫鞘] from the series Shin Nigao-e (New Actor Portraits)

Ichimura Uzaemon XV [十五代目市村羽左衛門] in the role of Shirai Gonpachi from the series <i>Shin Nigao-e</i>
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

Woman applying powder (<i>Keshō no onna</i>) 化粧の女
1918 Goyo applying powder
Woman applying powder (Keshō no onna) 化粧の女

The Interesting Type (<i>Omoshiroki sō</i>), from the series <i>Ten Types in the Physiognomic Study of Women </i> (Fujin sōgaku juttai - 婦人相学十躰 面白キ相)
1918ca Goyo Utamaro mirror
The Interesting Type (Omoshiroki sō), from the series Ten Types in the Physiognomic Study of Women (Fujin sōgaku juttai - 婦人相学十躰 面白キ相)

Odai Ferry (小台の渡し) in Tokyo
1920-24c Takahashi Ito
Odai Ferry (小台の渡し) in Tokyo

Woman in a summer kimono (<i>Natsui no onna</i> - 夏衣の女)
1920 Goyo summer kimono
Woman in a summer kimono (Natsui no onna - 夏衣の女)

Goyo's copy of Utamaro's <i>Ryōgokubashi no ue, shita</i> ('On top and beneath Ryōgoku Bridge')
1920 Goyo Utamaro bridge
Goyo's copy of Utamaro's Ryōgokubashi no ue, shita ('On top and beneath Ryōgoku Bridge')

The Kaminohashi, Fukagawa, Tokyo (<i>Tōkyō Kaminohashi</i> - 深川上の橋) from the series<i> Twelve Scenes of Tokyo</i> (<i>Tōkyō jūnidai</i> - 東京十二題) 
1920 Hasui Bridge
The Kaminohashi, Fukagawa, Tokyo (Tōkyō Kaminohashi - 深川上の橋) from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tōkyō jūnidai - 東京十二題) 

Crows flying in a snowstorm
1920s Sozan crows snowy
Crows flying in a snowstorm

The heroine Yūgiri from the play 'Yūgiri and the Straits of Naruto' <i>Yūgiri Awa no Naruto</i> [夕霧阿波鳴渡]
1922 Shima Seien courtesan
The heroine Yūgiri from the play 'Yūgiri and the Straits of Naruto' Yūgiri Awa no Naruto [夕霧阿波鳴渡]

<i>Departed Spirit</i>: The heroine Yūgiri from the play 'Yūgiri and the Straits of Naruto' <i>Yūgiri Awa no Naruto</i> [夕霧阿波鳴渡]
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]

Swordsman from the series <i>Stories by Chikamatsu Manzaemon</i>
1923 Sohei chikamatsu manzaemo
Swordsman from the series Stories by Chikamatsu Manzaemon

Umegawa [梅川] from the play <i>Meido no hikyaku</i> ['The Courier of Hell' - 冥途の飛脚]
1923 Tsunetomi snow maiden
Umegawa [梅川] from the play Meido no hikyaku ['The Courier of Hell' - 冥途の飛脚]

Kataoka Gadō no Miyuki [片岡我童のみゆき] - Kataoka Gadō IV as Miyuki in the play <i>Asagao nikki</i> 'The Tales of the Morning Glory' (<i>Shoutsushi Asagao Nikki</i>: 生写朝顔日記) - from 'Creative Prints by Kanpō, First Series' (<i>Kanpō sōsaku-hanga shū daiisshū</i>)
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)

The heroine Koharu from the series <i>The Complete works of Chikamatsu</i> (<i>Dai Chikamatsu zenshu: 'Shinju ten no amijima' no Koharu</i>)
1924 Keigetsu tobacco
The heroine Koharu from the series The Complete works of Chikamatsu (Dai Chikamatsu zenshu: 'Shinju ten no amijima' no Koharu)

After the bath (湯あがり, July (七月), from the series <i>Collection of new ukiyo-e style beauties</i> (<i>Shin ukiyo-e bijin awase shichi-gatsu - Yuagari</i>)
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)

<i>Hair Style of a Married Woman</i> (<i>Marumage</i>)
1924 Shinsui marumage
Hair Style of a Married Woman (Marumage)

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 <i>Portraits of Male Actors in Various Roles</i> [<i>Shunsen Nigao-e Shū</i> 創作版画 春仙似顔集]
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]

Bust portraits of Ichikawa Shōchō II as Umegawa [梅川] and Kataoka Gadō IV as Chūbei [忠兵衛] in the play <i>Meido no Hikyaku</i> ('The Courier from Hell' - 冥途の飛脚)
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)

Heron Maiden (<i>Sagi Musume</i> - 鷺娘) - Winter (<i>fuyu</i> 冬) from the series <i>Shiki bijin</i> ('Beauties of the Four Seasons' - 四季美人?)
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?)

Cawing Crow
1925c Koson crow
Cawing Crow

Crow on a snowy bough
1925c Koson crow snowy
Crow on a snowy bough

Ichikawa Sumizō VI (市川寿美蔵) as Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八) from the series <i>Portriats of Male Actors in Various Roles</i> (<i>Sōsaku hanga Shunsen nigao-e shū</i> - 創作版画 春仙似顔集)
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)

Jitsukawa Enjaku II as Danshichi Kurobei from the series  <em>Shunsen nigao-e shū </em> (Collection of Shunsen Portraits)
1926 Shunsen jitsukawa enjaku
Jitsukawa Enjaku II as Danshichi Kurobei from the series Shunsen nigao-e shū (Collection of Shunsen Portraits)

Recumbent Female Nude
1926 Yamaguchi Susumu nude
Recumbent Female Nude

Lantern Maker (<i>Chochin-ya</i> - 提灯屋)
1926 Yoshida Hiroshi lanterns
Lantern Maker (Chochin-ya - 提灯屋)

The Snow on Willow Bridge (<i>Yanagi-bashi no Yuki</i> [柳橋の雪]) on the Sumida River
1927-32 Koson snow Yanagi-bash
The Snow on Willow Bridge (Yanagi-bashi no Yuki [柳橋の雪]) on the Sumida River

Cockatoo and pomegranate (<i>Ōmu to zakuro</i> - おうむとざくろ)
1927 Koson cockatoo
Cockatoo and pomegranate (Ōmu to zakuro - おうむとざくろ)

Crows in moonlight (<i>Tsuki ni karasu</i> - 鴉二羽と月)
1927 Koson crows moon
Crows in moonlight (Tsuki ni karasu - 鴉二羽と月)

Ichikawa Ennosuke II as Ikeda Kakutayū from the play <i>The Diary of Tōyama, the Cherry-blossom Tattooed Magistrate</i> (<i>Tōyama zakura Tenpō nikki</i> [遠山桜天保日記])
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])

Bust portraits of Ichikawa Shōchō II as Umegawa [梅川] and Kataoka Gadō IV as Chūbei [忠兵衛] in the play 
<i>Meido no Hikyaku</i> ('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)

<i>Mayuzumi</i> or 'Eyebrow Pencil' [眉墨]
1928 Shinsui eyebrow pencil
Mayuzumi or 'Eyebrow Pencil' [眉墨]

Soganoya Gorō and Choroku in <i>Hizakurige</i> from the series <i>Portraits of Male Actors in Various Roles</i>
1928 Shunsen goro choroku
Soganoya Gorō and Choroku in Hizakurige from the series Portraits of Male Actors in Various Roles

Nakamura Kaisha as Okaru in the play <i>Love Suicides on the Eve of the Kōshin Festival</i> (<i>Shinjū yoi Gōshin</i>) from the series <i>Portraits of Male Actors in Various Roles</i>
1928 Shunsen Nakamura Kaisha
Nakamura Kaisha as Okaru in the play Love Suicides on the Eve of the Kōshin Festival (Shinjū yoi Gōshin) from the series Portraits of Male Actors in Various Roles

Sawamura Gennosuke IV [四代目澤村源之助] as Nikki Danjō [仁木だん正] in <i>The Precious incense and Autumn Flowers of Sendai</i> (<i>Meiboku Sendai hagi</i>) from the series <i>Portraits of Male Actors in Various Roles</i> [<i>Shunsen Nigao-e Shū</i> 創作版画 春仙似顔集]
1928 Shunsen Sawamura Gennosuk
Sawamura Gennosuke IV [四代目澤村源之助] as Nikki Danjō [仁木だん正] in The Precious incense and Autumn Flowers of Sendai (Meiboku Sendai hagi) from the series Portraits of Male Actors in Various Roles [Shunsen Nigao-e Shū 創作版画 春仙似顔集]

Woman Exhaling Smoke from a Pipe (<i>Kiseru no kemuri o fuku onna</i>: 煙草の煙を吹く女) from the series <i>Ten Classes of Women’s Physiognomy</i> (Fujo ninsō juppon - 婦女人相十品)
1928ca Goyo Utamaro smoke
Woman Exhaling Smoke from a Pipe (Kiseru no kemuri o fuku onna: 煙草の煙を吹く女) from the series Ten Classes of Women’s Physiognomy (Fujo ninsō juppon - 婦女人相十品)

Combing Hair (<i>Kamisuki</i> - 髪梳き)
1929 Kotondo combing hair
Combing Hair (Kamisuki - 髪梳き)

Under-kimono or <i>Nagajuban</i> (長襦袢 - embossed at  the bottom center)
1929 Kotondo nagajuban
Under-kimono or Nagajuban (長襦袢 - embossed at the bottom center)

Make-up (<i>Keshō</i>- 化粧)
1929 Kotondo powdering shoulde
Make-up (Keshō- 化粧)

Rain (<i>Ame</i> - 雨: in blind stamped at bottom center just outside the printed area)
1929 Kotondo rain 15
Rain (Ame - 雨: in blind stamped at bottom center just outside the printed area)

Vapor or <i>Yuge</i> (湯気 - embossed at bottom center)
1929 Kotondo yuge
Vapor or Yuge (湯気 - embossed at bottom center)

Snow (<i>Yuki</i> - 雪) - the title is embossed at the bottom
1929 Kotondo yuki
Snow (Yuki - 雪) - the title is embossed at the bottom

First Cotton Kimono (<i>Hatsu yukata</i> [初浴衣]) from the series <i>First Series of Modern Beauties</i> (<i>Gendai bijinshu dai-isshu</i>) [現代美人集第一輯]
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]

Makeup at Mirror
1930 Kotondo Makeup at Mirror.
Makeup at Mirror

Hōryūji Temple (法隆寺) at Nara in the snow
1930 Tsuchiya Koitsu horyiji
Hōryūji Temple (法隆寺) at Nara in the snow

Unidentified <i>koban</i> landscape
1930c anonymous koban
Unidentified koban landscape

Two girls with umbrellas caught in a sudden shower near a willow tree
1930c Koson willow
Two girls with umbrellas caught in a sudden shower near a willow tree

Nakamura Utaemon V as the nurse Masaoka of the Date clan in the play <i>Meiboku Sendai Hagi</i> , No. 24 from the series Portraits by Shin'ei (<i>Shin-ei hitsu nise-e</i>)
1930c Shinei Nakamura Utaemon
Nakamura Utaemon V as the nurse Masaoka of the Date clan in the play Meiboku Sendai Hagi , No. 24 from the series Portraits by Shin'ei (Shin-ei hitsu nise-e)

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