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Yūrei-zu
(幽霊図 - ghosts demons monsters and spirits)
medium:
Japanese woodblock print
1770-90c Shunsho pins 555
Watanabe no Tsuna [渡邉綱] about to cut off the arm of the demon Ibaraki at the Rasho Gate (Rashomon)
1780s Shunsho watanabe oni
Taira no Koremori battling with the demon/woman in
Momijigari
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
1800c Unknown shunga tiger no-
A tattooed woman having sex with Raijin, the god of thunder and lightning
1804ca Shunsen mirage ryugujo
The Clam's Mirage of the Dragon Palace (
Ryūgūjō
龍宮城)
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)
1812c Kunisada Baiko
Onoe Shōroku I (尾上松緑) as the ghost of Princess Osakabe (刑部姫) haunting Hayakawa Takakage on the battlements of Himeji Castle (姫路城) -
Osakabe henka Onoe Shōroku
(おさかべ変化尾上松緑) - this is the top half of a vertical diptych
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
1814 Kunisada princess osakabe
Onoe Shōroku I (尾上松緑) and Ichikawa Danjūrō VII in a scene from Shōroku's revival of the story of Princess Osakabe (
Matazoro Shōroko Osakabe banashi
)
1815 Toyokuni umbrella monster
Umbrella monster (
kasa-obake
傘おばけ or
karakasa-obake
から傘おばけ) from the series Seven Changes: Arashi Sangorō III... (
Shichi Henge Sangorō
- 七変化嵐三五郎)
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)
1820 Kuniyoshi oiwa diptych
Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Satō Yomoshichi (与茂七) on the left and Oiwa (お岩ぼふこん) on the right and Seki Sanjūrō II (関三十郎) as Tamiya Iemon (伊右衛門) also on the right
1820c Kunisada tometomo
Chinzei Hachirō Tametomo (鎮西八郎為朝) watching the demons trying to pull the string of his bow
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)
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)
1825 yoshikuni tamamo no mae
Nakamura Utaemon III (中むら歌右ヱ門) as Lady Tamamo no Mae in the Dance of Nine Changes (
Kokono bake no uchi
- 九変化ノ内,
Tamamo no mae
- 玉藻ノ前) in the play
Yosete Arata ni Kokonobake
[日本新玉九尾化]
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)
1828c Kunisada Baiko II
Onoe Baikō III (尾上梅幸) as the ghost of Kasane [かさねゆうこん] in the play
Kuruwa Kuruwa Date no Ōyose
[曲輪来伊達大寄] - the upper half of a vertical diptych
1830 Kuniyoshi Cho-o
Zhang Heng, the Boat Flame (Senkaji Chōō - 舩火兒張横) about to slay General Hotentei from the series
108 Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個)
1830c Kuniyoshi bando
Bandō Hikosaburō IV (坂東彦三郎) as 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
1830c Kuniyoshi snag oiwa
Onbō canal scene from the
Tōkaidō Yotsuya Kaidan
with Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) on the left as Kamiya Iemon (神谷伊右衛門), Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) as Naosuke (直助), Iemon's assistant, Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Oiwa floating in the river, and Onoe Eizaburō III (尾上栄三郎) on the right as Oyumi (お弓)
1832 Hokuei shikan II
Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) as Tawara Tōda Hidesato (俵藤太秀郷) - left-hand of a diptych - from
What Men? A Female Masakado
(
Otoko narikeri onna Masakado
男哉婦将門)
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
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
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)
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)
1843-47 Kuniyoshi weeping
Nissaka (日坂): The Nightly Weeping Rock (小夜の中山夜啼石) from the series
Fifty-three Pairings for the Tōkaidō Road
(
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsui
- 東海道五十三対)
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)
1844-45 Hiroshige taira snow
Taira Kiyomori haunted by strange sights (
Taira no Kiyomori kai-i o miru zu
- 平清盛怪異を見る図)
1845-46c Kuniyoshi Yoshikado
Usugumo (薄雲): No. 19, Wisps of Cloud /
Ukiyo-e Parallels for the Cloudy Chapters of the Tale of Genji
(
Genji kumo ukiyoe awase
- 源氏雲浮世絵合 )
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
1845c Kuniyoshi ogata shuma
Ogata Shūma Hiroyuki (尾形周馬寛行) from the series
Eight Hundred Heroes of the Japanese Shuihuzhuan
(
Honchō Suikoden gōyū happyakunin no hitori
- 本朝水滸伝剛勇八百人一個)
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)
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)
1847-52c Kuniyoshi seppuku
Nakamura Utaemon IV as Ōtaka Tonomo (大高主殿) and Nakamura Tsuruzō I as the fisherman Ganzō (漁師贋蔵) from the play
Takagi Oriemon Budō Jitsuroku
[高木織右武実録]
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
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