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Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) / Toyokuni III (三代豊国)
unknown Kunisada bijin aizurie
Standing
bijin
tying her
koshihimo
(腰紐) - with an
aizuri-e
background
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
1864 Kunisada umbrella 03
Sawamura Shozan I (澤村曙山) as an
otokodate
as Karigane Bunshichi (雁金文七) from series of 5 actors with umbrellas
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
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
1864 Kunisada elderly ronin
Na (な): Murumatsu Kihei nyūdō Ryūen (村松喜兵衛入道隆圓) portrayed by Seki Sanjūrō III (関三十郎) from the series
Stories of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai
(
Seichū gishi den
- 誠忠義士伝)
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
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)
1863 Toyokuni III p751
Sawamura Tanosuke III (沢村田之助) as Princess Kinshōjo (錦少女) in
Kokusenya Kassen
(国性爺合戦) or
Battles of Coxinga
- center panel of three
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
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)
1862 Kunisada Tanosuke III
Shozan (曙山), the poetry name of Sawamura Tanosuke III, 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)
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)
1862 Kunisada Devil Mask.jpg
Tiger Lily of Suzuka (Suzuka no oniyuri - すゞかの鬼百合): Ichikawa Kodanji IV (市川小団次) as Tennichibō Hōsaku (天日坊法策) from the series
Popular Matches for Thirty-six Selected Flowers
(
Tōsei mitate sanjūroku kasen
- 当盛見立三十六花撰)
1861c Kunisada Q979
Triptych of Nakamura Jakunosuke (中村雀之助) as Arakoma Kotarō (荒駒小太郎) on the left; Sawamura Tanosuke III (沢村田之助) as
ryōshi
Onami (漁師おなみ); Ichimura Uzaemon XIII (市村羽左衛門) as Neko no Chunori (猫の中のり) the cat monster; Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) as Suwa Kazuemon (頂波数右衛門) from the play
Tōkaidō Iroha Nikki
[東駅いろは日記]
1861 Kunisada lightning
No. 18 (十八), the Story of Hinazuru (ひな鶴の話), from the series
An Excellent Selection of Thirty-six Noted Courtesans
(
Meigi sanjūroku kasen
- 名妓三十六佳撰)
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
1861 Kunisada boatman
Nakamura Tsuruzō I (中村つる蔵) as the ferryman Jinbei (渡守甚平) from the play
Sakura Sōshi Gonichi no Bundan
(桜荘子後日文談) based on
Higashiyama Sakura Zōshi
('The Story of Cherry Blossoms on Higashiyama': 東山桜荘子)
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
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)
1860 Kunisada pistol
Onoe Baikō IV as Shichiura or Nanaura (?) Tayū (七浦太夫) above and an actor as Irie Chōbei (入江長兵衛) with a gun from the play
Yayoi-zakura Hisago no Makubari
(宿桜瓢蕈)
1860 Kunisada gofun fire
Sawamura Tanosuke III as Urazato (浦里) on the right and Nakamura Shikan IV as Tokijirō (時次郎) on the left in the play
Akegarasu yuki no uchizato
(其廓夢夜烏 - Tokojirō and Urazato dream of a light snow)
1859 Utagawa Altar.jpeg
Shini-e
of two actors, Ichikawa Hakuen IV and Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I, grieving the loss of a Ichikawa Ebizō V
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
)
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
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
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
1859 Kunisada 12 months 23
Nakamura Fukusuke I representing the 3rd and 4th months of the year: "March, the Doll Festival, and April, a Bonito Seller (鰹売)" - A Parody of the Twelve Months (
Mitate ju ni kagetsu nouchi
見立十二ヶ月ノ内)
1859 Kunisada 12 months 22
Nakamura Fukusuke I as Tadanobu, the fox representing the first two months of the year from the series 'A PARODY OF THE TWELVE MONTHS (MITATE JU NI KAGETSU NOUCHI' (見立十二ヶ月ノ内)
1859-62c Kunisada oiran w kamu
Oiran accompanied by her two kamuro
1858c Toyokuni Frog Actors
The Syllable Ma（ま）as in Masakado (まさかど): Iwai Kumesaburō III (岩井粂三郎) as Takiyasha-hime (瀧夜叉姫) and Nakamura Fukusuke I (初代中村福助ヵ) as Ōtaku Tarō (大屋太郎) from the series
Seven Calligraphic Models for Each Character in the Kana Syllabary
(
Seisho nanatsu iroha
- 清書七伊呂波)
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
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)
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
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)
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
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]
1857 Kunisada nakamura fukusuk
Nakamura Fukusuke I 中村福助 as both a boatman (
sendō
- 船頭) and a processional standard-bearer (
gyōretsu yakko
- 行れつ奴), a series related to
Meiga zukushi no uchi Shosagoto
(名画尽の内 所作事 - 'Dances based on famous paintings')
1857 kunisada Keno
An actor in the role of Inuzaka Keno (犬坂毛乃)
1857-58 Toyokuni III Sukeroku
Nakamura Fukusuke I as Sukeroku (助六) and Agemaki (揚巻)
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
1856 Toyokuni III Scaling Gian
The Syllable Ri for the Carp Scroll (
Rigyo no ichijiku
): Onoe Kikugorō III as Kinugawa Yoemon (きぬ川与右衛門) from the series
Seven Calligraphic Models for Each Character in the Kana Syllabary
(
Seisho nanatsu iroha
- 清書七以呂波)
1856 Kuniyoshi school
Memorial portrait (
shini-e
) of Bandō Shūka I (坂東 しうか) with a Buddhist invocation - possibly by Toyokuni III
1856 Kunisada wi
The Syllable Wi (ゐ) for Revenge of the Cripple (
Izari no adauchi
- ゐさりの仇うち): Iwai Kumesaburō III as Hatsuhana and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Katsugorō from the series
Seven Calligraphic Models for Each Character in the Kana Syllabary
(
Seisho nanatsu iroha
- 清書七伊呂波)
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
1856 kunisada mizu-uri.jpg
The Syllable Mi（み）for Sunset Glow on the Water Seller from the Eight Views (
Mizu-uri no sekishō
- みづうりの夕照 -
hakkei no uchi
- 八景のうち)
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
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
1855 Kunisada kinegawa
Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Konoshitagawa Kōsuke (木下川幸助) on the left - to the right of him by the tail of the fish is Bandō Hikosaburō IV (坂東彦三郎) as Hanyuya Sukeshirō (羽生村助四郎) - standing on the shore is the painter Ukiyo Matabei (浮世絵鏡) played by an unidentified actor, possibly Bandō Takesaburō I from the series
Ukiyo hakkei no uchi
('Eight Views of the Floating World' - 浮世八景ノ内)
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)
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 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 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)
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 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 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 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)
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 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 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)
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]
1855 Kunisada danshichi fish
Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Danshichi Kurobei (団七九郎兵衛) - the right-hand panel of a triptych
1855 Hiroshige shono
Shōno (庄野): The Kumano Shrine and the Shiratori Grave Mound (Kumano no yashiro - 熊野ノ社, Shiratori-zuka - 白鳥塚); Women Travellers (
Onna tabibito
), from the series
The Fifty-three Stations
[
of the Tōkaidō Road
]
by Two Brushes
(
Sōhitsu gojūsan tsugi
- 双筆五十三次)
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]
1854 Kunisada shoki lion
Shōki astride a lion
1854 Kunisada chushingura
Nakamura Tsuruzō I [中村鶴蔵] as Sagisaka Bannai (鷺坂伴内) harassing the
koshimoto
Okaru (こし元おかる) performed by Iwai Kumesaburō III [岩井粂三郎] from the play
"Kanadehon Chūshingura"
['Copybook of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers': 仮名手本忠臣蔵] - possible center panel of a triptych
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
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
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]
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)
1852c Kunisada swimmers
Triptych of kabuki actors on a pleasure outing sailing by a group of performing swimmers who are themselves kabuki actors
1852c Kunisada Night Scene
Sawamura Chōjūrō V (五代目沢村長十郎) as Tsubone Iwafuji (局岩藤) from the play
Sumidagawa Tsui no Kaga-mon
(隅田川対高賀紋)
1852c Kunisada father son
[Sawamura Chōjūrō V - 沢村長十郎 as] Suzuki Mondo (鈴木主水) and his daughter Otoku - center panel of a triptych
1852 Kunisada sumo
Zōgabana (象ヶ鼻) from the series 'Prosperous Sumō Wrestling' (
Sumō hanei tamari iri no zu
- 相撲繁栄り入の図) -
Nishi no kata
(西ノ方)
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)
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)
1852-53 Kunisada 36 poets no 1
Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as the ghost of Yasukata (
Yasukata no bōrei
- 安方ノ亡霊) from the series
Comparisons for Thirty-six Selected Poems
(
Mitate sanjūrokkasen no uchi
- 見立三十六歌撰之内)
1851c Kunisada Genji calendar 10
The Tenth Month (
Kannazuki
- 神無月) from the series
The Twelve Months
(Jūnika tsuki no uchi - 十二ヶ月の内)
1851c Kunisada Genji calendar 04
The Fifth Month (
Satsuki
- 皐つき) from the series
The Twelve Months
(
Jūnika tsuki no uchi
- 十二ヶ月のうち)
1851c Kunisada Genji calendar 03
The Fourth Month (
Uzuki
- 卯月) from the series
The Twelve Months
(
Jūnika tsuki no uchi
- 十二ヶ月の内)
1851c Kunisada Genji calendar
The 12th Month (Rōgetsu - 臘月) from the series
The Twelve Months
(
Jūnika tsuki no uchi
- 十二ヶ月のうち)
1851c Kunisada Genji calendar
The Eighth Month (
Hazuki
- 葉月) from the series
The Twelve Months
(
Jūnika tsuki no uchi
- 十二ヶつきのうち)
1851c Kunisada Genji calendar
The Eleventh Month (
Iwaizuki
- 祝月) from the series
The Twelve Months
(
Jūnika tsuki no uchi
- 十二かつきの内)
1851c Kunisada Genji calendar
The First Month (
Mutsuki
) from the series
The Twelve Months
(
Jūnika tsuki no uchi
- 十二ヶ月のうち 睦月) - Mitsuuji and Lady Futaba (二葉のうへ)
1851c Kunisada Genji calendar
The Ninth Month (
Nagatsuki
- 長月) from the series
The Twelve Months
(
Jūnika tsuki no uchi
- 十二ヶ月のうち)
1851c Kunisada Genji calendar
The Second Month (
Kisaragi
- 如月) from the series
The Twelve Months
(Jūnika tsuki no uchi - 十二ヶ月の内)
1851c Kunisada Genji calendar
The Seventh Month (
Fumizuki
- 文月) from the series
The Twelve Months
(
Jūnika tsuki no uchi
- 十二ヶ月之内)
1851c Kunisada Genji calendar
The Sixth Month (
Minazuki
- 水無月) from the series
The Twelve Months
(
Jūnika tsuki no uchi
- 十二ヶ月の内)
1851c Kunisada Genji calendar
The Third Month (
Hanamizuki
- 花見月) from the series
The Twelve Months
(
Jūnika tsuki no uchi
- 十二ヶ月のうち)
1851ca Kunisada album b
Number 33 (卅三) from the series
Magic Lantern Slides of That Romantic Purple Figure
(
Sono sugata yukari no utsushi-e
- 其姿紫の写絵)
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
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
)
1851 Kunisada eight.jpg
Triptych: Through the generations, the Sawamura lineage (
Toshidoshi wo iwai no kakizome
- 相続栄い字) in the play
Date kurabe uwasa no saayate
[伊達競高評鞘当]
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)
1851-53ca Kunisada album trip
Rendition of Chapter 37 of the
Nise Murasaki inaka Genji
(偐紫田舎源氏)
1851-53ca Kunisada album trip
Rustic Genji triptych - Mitsuuji viewing cherry blossoms in the Yoshiwara
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
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
1850s nutrition
Dietary Life Rules (
Inshoku yōjō kagami
- 飲食養生鑑)
1850s Kunisada tiny okubi-e
Tiny
ōkubi-e
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)
1850s Kunisada hide cabinet.jpg
Figure of a young man hiding inside a cabinet with decoratively painted doors
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
1850s Kunisada cat fish.jpg
A woman cleaning up while a cat gnaws on the carcass of a fish left over from dinner
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)
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
1850c Kunisada hori sake
Nakamura Utaemon IV as Hidari Jingorō from the triptych
The Old Story of the Renowned Sculptor Hidari Jingorō
(
Sono mukashi Hidari Jingorō ga meiyo no furugoto
- 名誉乃奮事)
1850c Kunisada Hiroshige resta
The Kawachō Restaurant (河長): Ichikawa Ebizō V as Kakuju (かく寿) from the series
Famous Restaurants of the Eastern Capital
(
Tōto kōmei kaiseki zukushi
- 東都高名会席尽)
1850c Kunisada fox drum
Nakamura Utaemon IV (中村歌右衛門) as Kitsune Tadanobu (狐忠信) from the series
A Parody of the 12 Months
(見立十二ヶ月之中二月) - the Second Month
1850c Kunisada daikoku shave
Shaving the Head with a Ladder (
Gohō hashigo-zuri
- ごほふはしごずり): Bandō Mitsugorō VI [六代目坂東三津五郎] as Daikoku (大こく) and Nakamura Fukusuke I [初代中村福助] as Fukurokuju (福禄寿) from the series
Dance of the Ōtsu-e Figures
(
Ōtsu-e shosa no uchi
- 大津絵所作ノ内)
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
1850ca Kunisada shunga blue back
Shunga blue background
1850ca Kunisada shunga black back
Shunga - black background
1850ca Kunisada shunga
Shunga of woman stroking a man's penis
1850 Kunisada triptych ghosts
From the play
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 Shibajaku 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]
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
1850 Kunisada kendo practice
Ohatsu in the center (召仕おはつ) battling Iwafuji [局岩藤] on the left, with the chūrō Onoe (中老於の江) on the right
1850 Kunisada danshichi
Nakamura Fukusuke I (中村福助) as Danshichi Kurobei (團七九郎兵衛) from the series
Matches for Thirty-six Selected Poems
(
Mitate sanjūrokkusen
- 見立三十六句撰) - the inset at the upper left is by Miyagi Gengyo
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
1850-53 Kunisada Raiden
Naritayama Fudō Myōō (成田山不動明王) is flanked by his attendants, Kongara Dōji (l矜迦羅童子) on the left and Seitaka Dōji (制吒迦童子) on the right as he rescues Hiranoya Tokubei (平のや徳兵衛), later Honchōmaru Tsunagorō (本朝丸綱五郎), from the sea - from the play
Genji moyō furisode hinagata
(源氏模様娘雛形)
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)
1849ca Kunisada album trip 14
Triptych of Mitsuuji with two
bijin
near cherry blossoms - a Rustic Genji theme - possible titile:
Hanasakari
or 'Cherry blossoms at their best at Ueno' (花さか里)
1849-53c Kunisada 6 tsuho
Sumō wrestler Mutsugamine (六ツヶ峰 ) from the series
Sumō hanei tamari iri no zu
(相撲繁栄り入の図) - Nishi no kata (西ノ方z)
1849-53ca Kunisada album a
Night scene with Chūbei (忠兵衛), Umekawa (梅川) and Magoemon (孫右衛門)
1849-53 Kunisada unryu
Sumō wrestler Unryū (雲龍) from the series
Sumō hanei tamari iri no zu
(相撲繁栄溜り入の図) or 'Pictures of Famous Sumō Wrestlers Waiting for Their Match'
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
1849-50ca Kunisada album trip
The Second Month (
Kisaragi
- 如月) - from the series
Wakamurasaki nenju gyoji no uchi
(若紫年中行事之内)
Events through the Year of Young Murasaki
- a Rustic Genji theme
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
)
1848c Kunisada tanzaku 2
Two actors from an untitled series of paired actors on poem slips (
tanzaku
)
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
)
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 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
)
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)
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
1847-52 Kunisada Kasane Yoemon
Shimōsa Province (下総): Kasane and Yoemon (与右衛門) from the series
The Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan
(
Dai Nihon rokujūyoshū no uchi
- 大日本六十餘州之内)
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
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
1847-50ca Kunisada album trip
Cherry blossoms at night with Mitsuuji and two
bijin
from a Rustic Genji theme [
Nise Murasaki inaka Genji
- 偐紫田舎源氏] -
1847-50 Kunisada kaidomaru ani
Yamauba (山姥) on the left, Kaidōmaru (怪童丸) in the center, and Mita no shi (三田仕) on the right - with acrobatic men dressed as animals - possibly from a
shosagoto
[所作事] performance
1847-48ca Kunisada album trip
'Calligraphy' from
Fashionable Amusements of Spring
(
Fūryū haru no kyō
- 風流春の興)
1847-48ca Kunisada album trip
The Brazier from the series
Elegant Spring Entertainments
(
Fūryū haru no kyō
- 風流春乃興)
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
1846-52c Kunisada II phoenix
Segawa Kikunojō V (瀬川菊之丞) as an
onnagata
probably playing Shizuka Gozen with a hand drum covered with the skins of Fox Tadanobu's parents
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 Kunisada kiyomidzu
Triptych of the Famous Sights of Edo (東都名所遊観): Last Month of the Year in Asakusa (極月浅草市)
1845c Kunisada Cherry.jpg
Pilgrimage to a shrine during plum blossom viewing time [
baika-mōde
- 梅花詣で]
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)
1845 ca Kunisada dojoji
Dōjōji Maiden (
Musume Dōjōji
- 道成寺) dressed as a traditional
shirabyoshi
(白拍子)
1844 Kunisada umbrella
Poem by Emperor Kōkō (Kōkō Tennō - 光孝天皇), No. 15 (十五), from the series
A Pictorial Commentary on One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets
(
Hyakunin isshu eshō
- 百人一首絵抄)
1844 Kunisada heavy snow at ye
Heavy Snow at Year's End (歳暮の深雪) triptych
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)
1843-46 Kunisada carry oni
Ōmori Hikoshichi (大森彦七) carries a demon disguised as a beautiful woman
1843-45 Kunisada wash barrel
Woman kneading a rice cake (
mochi
) in a mortar - illustration of a verse by Prince Motoyoshi (元良親王), no. 20 (二十) from the series
A Collection of Pictures for the One Hundred Poems
(百人一首繪抄)
1843-45 Kunisada Sumida RIver
Two
bijin
traveling aboard a boat in winter
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
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)
1840ca Kunisada shunga close-u
Coital close up
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 the dance play
Hana to Mimasu Itoshitsu no Moji
[花三升恋いの字]
1838c Kunisada okame
Otafuku (お多福) print with a poem - showing a wall ornament with mask in front of a fan
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)
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
1835 Kunisada tokaido 12
View of Mishima (
Mishima no zu
- 三嶋之図) from the series
Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road
(
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
- 東海道五十三次之内)
1835 Kunisada fire boat
Sawamura Tosshō I (沢村訥升) as Matsuwakamaru (松若丸) on the right, Bandō Mitsugorō IV (坂東三津五郎) as Sōta (惣太) in the center, and Iwai Hanshirō VI (岩井半四郎) as the nun Seigen (Seigen-ni - 清玄尼) on the left from the play
Hana butai yoshiya otoko
[花舞台丹前侠客]
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)
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)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 57
View of Kakegawa (
Kakegawa no zu
: 掛川之図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 56
View of Nissaka (
Nissaka no zu
: 日坂之圖) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 55
View of Kanaya (
Kanaya no zu
: 金谷之図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 54
View of Shimada (
Shimada no zu
: 嶋田ノ図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 53
View of Fujieda (
Fujieda no zu
: 藤枝ノ図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 52
View of Okabe (
Okabe no zu
: 岡部之図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 51
View of Mariko (
Mariko no zu
: 鞠子ノ図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 50
View of Fuchū (
Fuchū no zu
: 府中之図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 49
View of Ejiri (
Ejiri no zu
: 江尻之図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 48
View of Okitsu (
Okitsu no zu
: 興津ノ図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 47
View of Yui (
Yui no zu
: 由井之図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 46
View of Kanbara (
Kanbara no zu
: 蒲原図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 45
View of Yoshiwara (
Yoshiwara no zu
: 吉原図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 44
View of Hara (
Hara no zu
: 原ノ図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 43
View of Numazu (
Numazu no zu
: 沼津図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 42
View of Mishima (
Mishima no zu
- 三嶋之図) from the series
Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road
(
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
- 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 41
View of Hakone (
Hakone no zu
: 箱根之図) from the
chūban
series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 40
View of Odawara (
Odawara no zu
: 小田原之図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 39
View of Ōiso (
Ōiso no zu
: 大磯之図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 38
View of Hiratsuka (
Hiratsuka no zu
: 平塚図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 37
View of Fujisawa (
Fujisawa no zu
: 藤沢図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 36
View of Totsuka (
Totsuka no zu
: 戸塚図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 35
View of Kanagawa (
Kanagawa no zu
: 神奈川之図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 34
View of Hodogaya (
Hodogaya no zu
: 保土ヶ谷図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 33
View of Kawasaki (
Kawasaki no zu
: 川崎之図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 32
View of Shinagawa (
Shinagawa no zu
: 品川之図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 31
View of Nihonbashi (
Nihonbashi no zu
: 江戸日本橋之図) from the
chūban
series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 30
View of Kyoto (
Kyōto no zu
: 京都ノ図) from the
chūban
series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
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)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 28
View of Otsu (
Otsu no zu
: 大津之図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 27
View of Kusatsu (
Kusatsu no zu
: 草津ノ図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 26
View of Ishibe (
Ishibe no zu
: 石部之圖) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 25
View of Minakuchi (
Minakuchi no zu
: 水口之図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 24
View of Tsuchiyama (
Tsuchiyama no zu
) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi:: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 23
View of Sakanoshita (
Sakanoshita no zu
: 坂の下之図) from the
chūban
series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 21
View of Seki (
Seki no zu
: 関ノ図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 20
View of Kameyama (
Kameyama no zu
: 亀山ノ図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 19
View of Shono (
Shono no zu
: 四日市之図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 18
View of Ishiyakushi (
Ishiyakushi
: 石薬師ノ図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 17
View of Yokkaichi (
Yokkaichi no zu
: 四日市之図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 16
View of Kuwana (
Kuwana no zu
: 桑名之図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 15
View of Miya (
Miya no zu
: 宮之図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 14
View of Narumi (
Narumi no zu
: 鳴海之図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 13
View of Chiryū (
Chiryū no zu
: 池鯉鮒ノ図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 12
View of Okazaki (
Okazaki no zu
: 岡崎ノ図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 11
View of Fujikawa (
Fujikawa no zu
: 藤川ノ図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 10
View of Akasaka (
Akasaka no zu
: 赤坂ノ図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 09
View of Goyu (
Goyu no zu
: 御油之図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 08
View of Yoshida (
Yoshida no zu
: 吉田之図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 07
View of Futakawa (
Futakawa no zu
: 二川之図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 06
View of Shirasuka (
Shirasuka no zu
: 白須賀之図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 05
View of Arai (
Arai no zu
: 新井ノ図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 04
View of Maisaka (
Maisaka no zu
: 舞阪ノ図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 03
View of Hamamatsu (
Hamamatsu no zu
: 浜松ノ図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 02
View of Mitsuke (
Mitsuke no zu
: 見附ノ図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
1833 Kunisada bijin tokaido 01
View of Fukuroi (
Fukuroi no zu
: 袋井之図) from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi
: 東海道五十三次之内)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
1832 Kunisada Ebizo VI surimon
Ichikawa Ebizō VI as Namazu Bōzu in front of Danjūrō VII's portrait
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)
1831 Kunisada sumo
Sumo Wrestler or
rikishi
(力士)
1830s Kunisada monkey puppet
Seki Sanjūrō II (関三十郎) as the monkey trainer Sarumawashi Yojirō (猿廻し与二郎) - right-hand panel of a diptych
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
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)
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)
1830s Kunisada bijin rain
Sudden Shower at the Mimeguri Shrine
(三囲の夕立)
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
1830c Kunisada tetraptych
Procession of women at the Tōshōgū Shrine in Ueno - four panels of a pentaptych
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)
1830c Kunisada sumida snow
Twilight Snow at Mokuboji (
Mokuboji bosetsu
木母寺暮雪) from the series
Eight Views of Edo
(
Edo hakkei
- 江戸八景)
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)
1830c Kunisada onnagata
Onoe Kikujirō II (尾上菊次郎) as Oishi (お石), the wife of Ōboshi Yuranosuke, in Act IX the
Kanadehon Chūshingura
('Copybook of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers': 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
1830c Kunisada oil thief.jpg
Taira no Tadamori (平忠盛) attacking the temple oil priest thought to be a monster - from the series
Mirror of Famous People from Our Country
(
Honchō kōmei kagami
- 本朝高名鏡)
1830c Kunisada nakagawa
The courtesan Nakagawa (中川) of Nakamanjiya (中万字屋内) - Shin Yoshiwara in Kadomachi (新吉原角町)
1830c Kunisada elegant calenda
Elegant Floral Calendar (
Fūryū hana-goyomi
- 風流花暦),
Nadeshiko
(なでしこ - 撫子)
1830c Kunisada Crabs
Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) as a figure wearing a robe decorated with crabs
1830c Kunisada Courtesan.jpg
The courtesan Masuharu (増春) of the Matsubaya House (松葉屋)
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
1830ca Kunisada surimono
Surimono
: The peasant (
nō
- 農) from the series Series of Four (
Yonban tsuzuki
- 四番続)
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)
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]
1830 Kunisada bird awning
Sawamura Tosshō I (沢村訥升) as Kumagai Naozane (熊谷直実) with Iwai Tojaku (岩井杜若) as his wife (
nyōbō
) Sagami (女房さがみ) from the play
Ichinotani Futaba Gunki
(一谷嫩軍記) - the center and left panels of a triptych
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
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)
1830-33 Kunisada umbrella chil
Woman carrying umbrellas and a child running during a
Sudden shower at the Mimeguri Shrine
(三囲の夕立)
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)
1828c Kunisada chohi
Zhang Fei (張飛 - Jp: Chōhi) thundering at Changban Bridge (長坂橋)
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
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
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]
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)
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)
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 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).
1827c Kunisada dance teacher
The Dance Teacher -
Odori shishō
(踊師匠) from the series 'A Collection of Modern Beauties' -
Tōsei bijin awase
(当世美人合)
1827 Kunisada triptych
A Scene of Spring Rain (
Harusame no kei
- 春雨乃景)
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 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)
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)
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
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)
1825c Kunisada umbrella shower
Sudden Shower on the Way Home from the Fuji Festival (
Fuji kaeri no yūdachi
- 富士帰ノ夕立) from the series
Contest of Present-day Beauties
(
Tōsei bijin awase
- 当世美人合)
1825c Kunisada moonlight
Triptych of a moonlit scene at a sacred Shintō site from the play
Yamatogana Heike monogatari
[倭仮名平家物語] - Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井半四郎) on the left as Monomi no Omatsu (物見のお松); Segawa Kikunojō V (瀬川菊之丞) in the center; Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) on the right
1825c Kunisada goro soga B
The Killing of Ten (Jūban kiri - 十番切): Soga Gorō Tokimune (曽我五郎時宗) and Gosho no Gorōmaru Shigemune (御所五郎丸重宗)
1825c Kunisada goro soga A.jpg
The Killing of Ten (Jūban kiri - 十番切): Soga Gorō Tokimune (曽我五郎時宗) and Gosho no Gorōmaru Shigemune (御所五郎丸重宗)
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)
1825c Kunisada bijin bridge
Bijin
near the foot of a bridge
1825 Kunisada shikake-sode
Scene from
Shikake-sode Ukina no Kaemon
[仕掛袖浮名替紋] with Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井半四郎) as the geisha Koina (芸者小雛) in the center, Segawa Kikunojō V (瀬川菊之丞) as Onna-tayu Omine on the left, and Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) as Inanoya Hanbei on the right
1825 Kunisada seated man moxa
Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) as Fujihachi Gomon, actually (
Jitsu wa
) Naosuke Gonbei [藤八五もん実は直助権兵へ]
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
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
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)
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
1824-25 Kunisada edo meisho sa
The Style of a Geisha: San'en (三園[?] -
San'en geisha fū
) from the series
Famous Places of Edo
(
Edo meishō
- 江戸名所) -
surimono
-like
1824-25 Kunisada edo meisho 3
The Style of a Daimyō's Maid: Ueno (上野
Ueno goten fū
) from the series
Edo Meisho
(
Famous Places of Edo
- 江戸名所) -
surimono
-like
1824-25 Kunisada edo meisho 2
Serving Girl from a Teahouse: Ryōgoku (
Ryōgoku chaya musume
- 両国茶屋娘) from the series
Edo Meisho
(
Famous Places of Edo
- 江戸名所) -
surimono
-type
1824-25 Kunisada edo meisho 1
Young Geisha/Prostitute: Fukagawa (深川[新子]
Fukagawa Shinko
) from the series
Edo Meisho
(Famous Places of Edo - 江戸名所) -
surimono
-like
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)
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)
1823 Kunisada Clock Bijin
The Hour of the Rooster, Sixth Hour of Twilight (
Tori no koku, Kure muttsu
) - 5 to 7 PM, from the series
A Yoshiwara Clock
(
Yoshiwara tokei nihen - Mitate hakkei
- 吉原時計 酉ノ刻 暮六ツ)
1822c Kunisada night street
Triptych of three beauties on their way to an assignation - the Night Escort (
Yoru no okuri
夜の送り)
1822c Kunisada board game
Woman reading a letter from the series
Ukiyo jūroku musashi
'Sixteen Musashi Games of the Floating World' (浮世十六むさし)
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)
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)
1821-22 Kunisada amagoi komach
Praying for Rain (
Amagoi
- 雨乞 ) from the series
Modern Beauties as the Seven Komachi
(
Tōsei bijin Nana Komachi
- 当世美人七小町)
1820s Kunisada woman in bar bo
Riding in a covered pleasure boat on the First Day of the Cock (
Hatsutori no yanebune
- 初酉の屋根ふね) - from the series 浮世三奥
1820s Kunisada winter read
Mizuchaya
(水茶屋) teahouse from the series
Contest of Beauties
(
Bijo kurabe
- 美女競)
1820s Kunisada Nanasato
Number 12 - The Syllable
Wo
(ヲ):
Nanasato
(七里) of the
Sugata-Ebiya
from the series
ABC Poems for Beautiful Courtesans
(
Bijin keisei iroha tanka
: 美人傾城いろはたん歌)
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)
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)
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
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)
1820s Kunisada fight
Okabe Rokuyata Tadazumi (岡部六弥太忠澄) in combat with Satsuma no Kami Tadanori (薩摩守忠度) near Ichinotani -
A Grappling Picture: Satsuma no Kami Tadanori and Okabe Rokuyata Tadazumi
[
Kumiuchi no zu satsuma kami tadanori okabe rokuyata tadazumi
]
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 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)
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)
1820c Kunisada tometomo
Chinzei Hachirō Tametomo (鎮西八郎為朝) watching the demons trying to pull the string of his bow
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 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]
1820c Kunisada Oiran Shoes
An oiran of the Kanayama house (金山屋) about to step into her getas
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)
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)
1820c Kunisada kikugoro III
Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎 ) as the carpenter or
daiku
Rokuzo ( 大工六三) from the play
Keisei Date No Kikigaki
(けいせい伊達抄) - from an untitled series
1820c Kunisada fighters
Watanabe Genji Tsuna (渡邉源次綱) struggling with the Shōgun Tarō Yoshikado (太郎良門)
1820c Kunisada cat
Bijin
playing with cat
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)
1820 Kunisada keyblock - back.
Backside of keyblock
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
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)
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
1820-25 Kunisada Uzaemon shoki
The Fifth Month (
Satsuki
皐月): Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Shōki (市村羽左衛門の鐘馗) from the series: The Twelve Months (
Junitsuki no uchi
- 十二月之内)
1820-25 Kunisada evening
The Hour of the Dog, Fifth Hour of the Night (
Inu no koku
- 戌ノ刻,
Yoru itsutsu
- 夜五ツ) from the series
Yoshiwara Clock
(
Yoshiwara-tokei
- 吉原時計)
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)
1818c Kunisada tatami sword
Segawa Kikusaburō III (瀬川菊三郎), in the center, surprises an archer, Sawamura Gennosuke II (澤村源之助) on the left, and Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川団十郎) on the right
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)
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）
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)
1818 Kinisada garden triptych
Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Izutsuya Denbei (井筒屋伝兵衛) on the left, Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川團十郎) as the
sumō
wrestler Shirafuji (角力取白藤) in the center and Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井粂三郎) the geisha Oshun (芸者おしゆん) in the play
Okuni Iri Soga Nakamura
(御国入曽我中村)
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
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)
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)
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)
1815c Kunisada Genji 39
The beauty Yūgiri (夕きり) in the rain - from the series
Fan-tossing for the Elegant
(
Fūryū tōsenkyō
- 風流投扇興)
1815c Kunisada Dancer.jpg
Nakamura Utaemon III (三代目中村歌右衛門) as a dancer from the series
The Dance of the Nine Changes
or
Kyū henge no uchi
(九へん化の内) from the play
Sono Kokonoe Saishiki-zakura
1815 Kunisada kikugogo denjuro
Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) on the left and Sawamura Tanosuke II (澤村田之助) on the right
1814c Kunisada Utaemon III
Nakamura Utaemon III [中村歌右衛門] as the monkey trainer Yojirō (与次郎) from the series Great Performances (
Ōatari kyōgen no uchi
- 大當狂言之内)
1814c Kunisada Storm.jpg
Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八) emerging from a
kago
and Matsumoto Koshirō V (松本幸四郎) as Banzui Chōbei (ばんずい長兵衛) holding a lantern - from the 'Suzugamori' (鈴ヶ森) scene possibly from the play
Banzui Chōbei shojin manaita
[幡随長兵衛精進爼板]
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)
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)
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
)
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]
1813c Kunisada shojuro hori
Sawamura Sōjūrō IV (沢村宗十郎) and Arashi Shinpei IV (嵐新平) visiting backstage from the series 'Brocade Pictures of the Green Room':
Gakuya nishiki-e ni-hen: Jū mai no uchi
(楽屋錦絵二編 十枚の内)
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
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)
1812c Kunisada onoe matsusuke
Onoe Matsusuke II (尾上松助) as Kajiwara Genta Kagesue [梶原源太景季] and the blooming plum branch
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)
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
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
1811-15c Kunisada Utaemon
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Sukematsu no Kazue (助松かづえ) - center panel of a triptych based on the play
Five Chivalrous Women of the Yoshiwara
(
Otokodate iromo Yoshiwara
- 男作女吉原)
1810s Kunisada watanabe oni
Watanabe no Tsuna [渡邉綱] struggles with the Ibaraki demon (茨鬼) at Modori Bridge (
Ibaraki no oni; Modoribashi Tsuna henge ni au
- 戻橋綱逢変化)
1810s Kunisada two actors
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Matabei (又平) and Ichikawa Ichizō I (市川市蔵) as Tosa no Seigen (土佐のせうげん) in the play
Keisei hangankō
(けいせい反魂香)
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
1809-11ca Kunisada new year pr
Parody of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune in the Pleasure Quarters (
Seirō mitate
- 青楼見立 [
Shichifukujin
- 七福神]) - left-hand panel of a triptych
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)
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