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Yūrei-zu
(幽霊図 - ghosts demons monsters and spirits)
Yoshitoshi triptych ghosts
The Supernatural Beings at Shirazunoyabu in Yawata - 不知薮八幡之実怪
2017 Kitamura 3
From the series Bravery Matched with the Twelve (Zodiac) Signs: (
Buyū mitate jūnishi
- 武勇見立十二支) Rat (子) and Raigō (頼豪) - a modern edition
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]
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]
1895 Yoshiiku satirical monste
The second from the series
Comical Record of Japanese History
(
Kokkei Wanisshi-ki
- 滑稽倭日史記 )
1893 Toshihide Danjuro IX
Ichikawa Danjūrō IX in the role of Kuzunoha (葛の葉) from the series
Sanshō awase sugata
(三升合姿)
1890 Yoshiiku 100
Ghost #11 ( 魂魄 十一) from the
Hyaku monogatari
(百もの語)
1888 Yoshitoshi watanabe rasho
Picture of Watanabe no Tsuna [渡邉綱] cutting off the demon Ibaraki's arm at the Rashōmon [Gate]
Rashōmon Watanabe no Tsuna oniudekiri no zu
- 羅城門渡辺綱鬼腕斬之図
1888 Yoshitoshi watanabe oni
Picture of Watanabe no Tsuna Cutting Off the Demon Ibaraki's Arm at the Rashōmon
Rashōmon Watanabe no Tsuna oniudekiri no zu
- 羅城門渡辺綱鬼腕斬之図
1887 Yoshitoshi Taira no Kurem
Taira no Koremochi Vanquishes a Female Demon at Togakushi Mountain (
Taira Koremochi Togakushiyama kijo taiji no zu
- 平維茂戸隠山鬼女退治之図)
1882c Yoshitoshi okyo
Ghost of Ōkyo (
Ōkyo no Yūrei
- 応挙の幽霊) from the series Yoshitoshi drawings (
Yoshitoshi ryakuga
- 芳年略画)
1882 Yoshitoshi double chuban
Songokū (Sun Wukong) blows his fur into the air (
Gokū fuku ke
- 悟空吹毛) above Jō and Uba (Jō kumi[suru] Uba, 尉與姥) from the series
Sketches by Yoshitoshi
(
Yoshitoshi ryakuga
- 芳年 略画)
1880ca Gyosai school prep for
Oban triptych - Preparations for Monster Marriages (
Bakemono no Yomeiri
- 化物の嫁入)
1880 Yoshitoshi sumo kappa
Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助) watching a wrestling match between
kappa
from the series
The Mirror of the Strange Tales from Japan and China
(
Wakan Kidan Kagami
- 和漢奇談鑑)
1878 Chikashige kikugoro
Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as the Ghost of Okiku (おきくノ霊) and Ichikawa Danjūrō IX (市川団十郎) as Asayama Tetsuzan (浅山鉄山) in
Banchō Sarayasaiki
[番町皿屋敷]
1876 Sadanobu II triptych
Nakamura Komanosuke VI (中村駒之助) in the role of Kamei Rokurō (亀井六郎), Onoe Taganojō II (尾上多賀之丞) playing Shizuka (しずか) and Ichikawa Udanji I (市川左團次) as the magical fox disguised as Tadanobu (狐忠信) in the play
Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
(義経千本桜) - 3 of 4 panels
1869 Kunichika oni mirror.jpg
Ichikawa Udanji I (市川右團次) on the right and Sawamura Tanosuke III (沢村田之助) on the left as Kiyohime (清姫)
1868 No Name triptych
Buffoonery on a Hundred Stories (
Dōke hyaku monogatari
- 道化百物かたり)
1867 Yoshitoshi rokugi
Mutsuki Suginosuke Norifusa (六木杉之助則房) from the series
Sagas of Beauty and Bravery
(
Biyū Suikoden
- 美勇水滸伝)
1867 Kunichika Gon Chunagon
Ōtani Tomoemon V [大谷友右衛門] as the ghost of Taira no Tomomori in the play
Ichi no Mori Kujira no Ōyose
(一守九字成大漁)
1866 Yoshitoshi terakosho.jpg
The temple acolyte Shiragikumaru (Tera koshō Shiragikumaru - 寺扈従白菊丸) wrestling with a green demon from the series
Sagas of Beauty and Bravery
(
Biyū Suikoden
- 美勇水滸伝)
1866 Yoshitoshi tengu fight
Kiso Komawakamaru Yoshinaka (木曾駒若丸義仲) from the series Sagas of Beauty and Bravery (
Biyū Suikoden
- 美勇水滸伝)
1866 Yoshitoshi spider spells
Ōtomo Wakana-hime (大友若菜姫) from the series
Sagas of Beauty and Bravery
(
Biyū Suikoden
- 美勇水滸伝)
1866 Yoshitoshi sangoku taro
Sangoku Tarō (三國太郎) from the series
Sagas of Beauty and Bravery
(
Biyū Suikoden
- 美勇水滸伝)
1866 Yoshitoshi konjin chogoro
Konjin Chōgorō (金神長五郎) from the series
Sagas of Beauty and Bravery
(
Biyū Suikoden
- 美勇水滸伝)
1866 Yoshitora Akebono vs mons
Konjin Chōgorō (金神長五郎) struggling with a three eyed demon. This is from the series
Lives of Brave and Hot-blooded Heroes
(
Yūretsu kekki den
- 勇烈血気伝)
1865 Yoshitoshi Kusunoki Masay
Kusunoki Tamonmaru Masayuki (楠多門丸正行) from the series
One Hundred Ghost Stories from China and Japan
(
Wakan hyaku monogatari
- 和漢百物語)
1865 Yoshitoshi kappa
The sumō wrestler Shirafuji Genta (白藤源太) from the series
Ghost Stories of China and Japan
(
Wakan hyaku monogatari
- 和漢百物語)
1865 Yoshitoshi echigo-doji
Shuten-dōji (酒呑童子) from the series
100 Ghost Stories from China and Japan
(
Wakan Hyaku Monogatori
- 和漢百物語)
1864 Yoshitora triptych
At Hell Valley on Mount Tate in Etchū Province, Nikushi Dōjin demonstrates a battle of frogs and teaches magic to the two comrades Yoshikado and Iga Ju (
Etchū Tateyama no Jigokudani ni Nikushi Dōjin kawazu kassen no ki o arawashi Yoshikado Iga Ju no ryōyū
)
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]
1860s Konobu competition
Competition of Powerful Magicians (
Goketsu Kijutsushi Kurabe
- 豪傑奇術競)
1860c Yoshitsuya serpent
Yorimitsu Tries to Capture Hakamadare by Destroying His Magic (
Kijutsu o yabutte Yorimitsu Hakamadare o karamen to su
- 破奇術頼光袴垂為搦)
1860c Yoshimori shitakiri suzu
The Old Story of the Tongue-cut Sparrow (
Mukashi-banashi shita-kiri suzume
- 昔ばなし舌切雀)
1860c Hironobu diptych
[Ichikawa Ebizō V] as Tainohata Kanobei (田井畑此兵衛) and Nakayama Nanshi II (中山南枝) as the ghost of Matsukaze (松風亡霊) in the play
Yukihira Sonare no Matsu
[行平磯馴松] (
Yukihira and windswept pines along the seashore
)
1860ca Kyōsai demon
Demon with umbrella and bell - 鬼神無横道
1860 Yoshikazu - Taira ghost t
The Terrible Storm in Daimotsu Bay (
Daimotsu no ura nanpū no zu
- 大物浦難風之図)
1860 Kunichika Taira triptych
The Typhoon at Daimotsu Bay in Settsu Province in 1188 (
Bunji yonen Sesshū Daimotsu no ura nanpū no zu
- 文治四年摂州大物浦難風の図)
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 Kuniyoshi Kurama.jpg
Ushiwakamaru being taught swordsmanship on Mt. Kurama (
Ushiwaka Kurama shugyō zu
- 牛若鞍馬修行図)
1857 Yoshitsuya Triptych Drago
At the Battle of Takadachi in Ōshū Province in 1187, a White Dragon Ascends to Heaven from the Koromo River (
Bunji sannen Ōshū Takadachi kassen Koromogawa yori hakuryū ten e noboru
- 文治三年奥州高館合戦自衣川白竜昇天)
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 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)
1856-57 Yoshitoshi funa bansak
Fuwa Bansaku (不破伴作): Wakan Hyaku Monogatari (和漢百物語) from the series
100 Ghost Stories From China and Japan
1855 Kuniyoshi Roshomon demon
Watanabe no Tsuna (渡邉綱) battles the demon Ibaraki at Modori Bridge from the series
A Mirror of Warriors from our Country
(
Honchō musha kagami
- 本朝武者鏡)
1855 Kuniyoshi genji prince ha
Genji chapter 21, The Maiden (
Otome
- 乙女): The nine-tailed fox woman (
Kayō-fujin
[花陽夫人]) terrorizing Prince Hanzoku (足王) and his servant from the series
Japanese and Chinese Parallels to Genji
(
Wakan nazorae Genji
- 和漢准源氏)
1855 Kuniyoshi demon woman
Taira no Koremochi (余吾将軍平維茂), aka Taira Koreshige, battles the female demon Kijo from the series
A Mirror of Warriors from our Country
(Honchō musha kagami - 本朝武者鏡)
1853 Yoshitsuya serpent
Yorimitsu tries to capture Hakamadare by destroying his magic (
Kijutsu o yabutte Yorimitsu Hakamadare o karamen to su
- 破奇術頼光袴垂為搦)
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]
1852 Kuniyoshi hag on adachi
Ōkute (大久手): The Old Woman of the Lone House (
Hitotsuya rōba
- 一ツ家老婆), from the series
Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō Road
(
Kisokaidō rokujūkyū tsugi no uchi
- 木曾街道六十九次之内)
1852 Kuniyoshi ghost foxes
Shimosuwa (下諏訪): Yaegaki-hime (八重垣姫) from the series
Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō Road
(
Kisokaidō rokujūkyū tsugi no uchi
- 木曾街道六十九次之内)
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)
1852-3 ZKuniyoshi Ushiwaka Mar
Itahana (板鼻): Onzōshi Ushiwakamaru (御曹司牛若丸) from the series
Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō Road
(
Kisokaidō rokujūkyū tsugi no uchi
- 木曾街道六十九次之内)
1851 Kuniyoshi triptych
Yoshitsune's ship attacked by ghosts of the Taira warriors at Daimotsu Bay - 大物浦平家の亡霊
1850s Yoshitora mongols
The Defeat of the Mongol Invasion
(
Mōko zokusen taiji no zu
- 蒙古賊舟退治之図)
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
1850 Yoshitsuya dragon hero
Ryūōmaru (龍王丸) from the series
Mirror of Warriors of Our Land
(
Honchō musha kagami
- 本朝武者鏡)
1850 Kuniyoshi tametomo
Tametomo is visited by the ghosts of the Emperor Sutoku and his retainers in the guise of tengu - from the series
Ten Admirable Deeds of Tametomo
(
Tametomo homare no jikketsu
- 為朝誉十傑)
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]
1849 Hirosada 0001
Okiwa Hashizō I as the ghost of Oiwa (お岩) dripping blood with Ichikawa Sukejūrō II (?) as Takuetsu (宅悦) cowering behind her - from the play
Azumakaidō Yotsuya Kaidan
(東海道四谷怪談)
1848c Kuniteru tanenaga
Tainosuke (泰之助) killing a giant snake - from the series
Lives of Heroes of China and Japan
(
Wakan eiyū den
- 和漢英雄伝)
1848 Kuniyoshi flame ghost
Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the ghost of Hōkaibō (法界坊ぼうこん) on right with Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Shimobe Gunsuke (下部軍助)
1847c Kuniyoshi Ginoike.jpeg
Saginoike Heikurō (鷺池平九郎) 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)
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
1847 Kuniyoshi cat witch
Sawamura Sōjūrō V as Teranishi Kanshin (寺西閑心) on the left, Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Inabanosuke (因幡之助) in the center, and Onoe Kikugorō III as Usugomo with the cat-gost Okabe on the right in
The Lifetime of Onoe Kikugorō III
(
Onoe Kikugorō ichidai banashi
- 尾上梅寿一代噺)
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]
1847-52 Kuniyoshi asakusa dipt
Left sheet of a diptych: Nakamura Tsuruzō I as Ryōshi Ganzō (猟師鴈蔵) and Seki Sanjūrō III as Yokoyama Daizō (横山大蔵); right sheet: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Otaka Tonomo (大高主殿) in the play 'A true account of Takagi Oriemon' (高木織右武実録)
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 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)
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)
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 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
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)
1845-46c 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 )
1845-46 Kuniyoshi Centipede.jp
Kusatsu (草津): Tawara Tōda (田原藤太) and the Dragon Woman (Ryūjo - 龍女), from the series
Fifty-three Pairings for the Tōkaidō Road
(
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsui
- 東海道五十三対)
1845-46 Kuniyoshi Cat.jpg
Okabe (岡部): The Story of the Cat Stone (
Neko ishi no hanashi
- 猫石のはなし) from the series
Tōkaidō Gojūsan Tsui
(
Fifty-three Parallels for the Tōkaidō Road
- 東海道五十三対)
1844ca Yoshitsuya 0001
'Birds of Sorrow' (
Utō): Tarō Yoshikado
(太郎良門) in the ruins of a Taira palace; Princess Takiyasha (滝夜叉), Yoshikado's sister, is on the right - on the left are the spirits of Yasukata (安方) and his wife transformed into birds
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)
1844-45 Hiroshige Taira
Center panel of triptych,
Taira Kiyomori Haunted by Strange Sights
(
Taira Kiyomori kaii o miru zu
- 平清盛怪異を見る図)
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)
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)
1843-46 Kuniyoshi fighting cro
Asahina Yoshihide Fighting Crocodiles on the Occasion of Minamoto no Yoriie's Sea Viewing at Kotsubo -
Minamoto no Yoriie-kō Kamakura Kotsubo no umi yūran Asahina Yoshihide shiyū no wani wo tōfu zu
(源頼家公鎌倉小壷海遊覧 朝夷義秀雌雄鰐を捕ふ図)
1843-46 Kunisada carry oni
Ōmori Hikoshichi (大森彦七) carries a demon disguised as a beautiful woman
1843-45 Kuniyoshi rokusuke kap
Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助) struggling with three
kappa
on a riverbank with another swimming in the river
1840s Kuniyoshi bijin and ghos
Masaoka (正岡) and the spectre of Nikki Danjo from the series
Lives of Wise and Heroic Women
(
Kenjo reppu den
- 賢女烈婦傳)
1840c Kuniyoshi Kidomaru tengu
Kidōmaru (鬼童丸) and the
Tengu
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)
1836c Tametomo Wreck.jpg
On the sea at Mizumata in Higo Province, Tametomo is shipwrecked in a storm (
Higo no kuni Mizumata no kaijō nite Tametomo nampū chii
- 肥後国水股の海上にて為朝難風に遇う)
1836 Kuniyoshi rokusuke kappa
Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助) struggling with three kappa on a riverbank with another swimming in the river
1836 Kuniyoshi Kikugoro Oiwa
Onoe Kikugorō III (三代目尾上菊五郎) as the ghost of Oiwa (お岩亡霊) in
Yotsuya Kaidan
(四谷怪談)
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)
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
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
1832 Kuniyoshi 3-eyed monster
Sakata no Kintoki (坂田金時) wrestling with a three-eyed
Mikoshi nyūdō
[見越入道]
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)
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)
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)
1830c Kuniyoshi Oiwa
Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as the ghost of Kasane in the play Kasane kiku Kinugawa-zome (かさね菊絹川染)
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 akugenda
Akugenda Slaying Namba Jirō at Nunobiki Falls -
Nunobiki no taki Akugenda Nanba o utsu
(布引ノ滝悪源太討難波)
1830 Sadakage surimono
Tamamo no Mae [玉藻の前] transforming into a fox while Abe no Yasunari [安部泰成] holds up mirror to show her true nature
1830 Kuniyoshi triptych nue
Minamoto Yorimasa (源三位頼政 - here Genzanmi Yorimasa) on the left has shot the
nue
(鵺) - Ii no Hayata Hironao (猪早太廣直) in the center is about to finish it off. On the right panel is Watanabe Teishichi Tonau (渡邉丁七唱)
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)
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)
1830-35 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)
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 Kuniyoshi
Izumo no Imaro (出雲伊麿) stabs a
wani
(sea-monster - 鰐)
1827-30 Kuniyoshi pupular suik
Gongsun Sheng, Single Purity (Nyūunryū Kōsonshō -入雲龍公孫勝) from the series
One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan All Told
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個)
1826 Hokushu Oiwa
Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as the ghost of Oiwa in the play
Irohagana Yotsuya Kaidan
(伊呂波四谷怪談) second state of this print
1826 Hokuei Oiwa diptych
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) on the right, and Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Satō Yomoshichi (佐藤与茂七) on the left in the play 'Ghost Story along the Eastern Sea Road at Yotsuya' (
Azumakaido Yotsuya Kaidan
東海道四谷怪談)
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)
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]
1825 Kuniyoshi demon woman
Taira no Koremochi (余吾将軍平維茂) killing Kijo the demon-woman at Togakushi-yama
1824-5 Kuniyoshi spider
Kamigashi-hime (神我志姫) transformed brigands into spiders then destroyed them
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)
1821 Hokushu pentaptych
Right to left: Nakamura Sankō I (中村三光) as the fox Kojorō (小女郎狐); Kataoka Nizaemon VII (片岡仁左衛門) as Sengoku Gonpei (仙石権平); Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Takechi Samanosuke (武智左馬之助); Arashi Koroku IV (あらし小六) as Izumo no Okuni (いつものおくに); & Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Nagoya Sanza (名古屋山三)
1820s Kuniyoshi ghost.jpeg
SAWAMURA TOSSHŌ I (澤村訥升) as Torii Matasuke [鳥井又助] with the severed head of a woman between his teeth - trimmed print - left panel of a diptych
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)
1820c Kunisada tometomo
Chinzei Hachirō Tametomo (鎮西八郎為朝) watching the demons trying to pull the string of his bow
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
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)
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)
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
)
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
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
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)
1810c Shuntei tengu and carp
Tengu and carp - left panel of a diptych
1810c Shuntei monster of Oeyam
Yorimitsu (頼光) and his men (Suetake - 末武, Kintoki - 金時 and Sadamitsu - 定光) killing the monster of Oeyama, Shuten-dōji [酒呑童子] - these are the middle and right-hand panels of a triptych
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)
1810ca Shuntei carp
Kintarō (金太郎), carp and tengu diptych
1804ca Shunsen mirage ryugujo
The Clam's Mirage of the Dragon Palace (
Ryūgūjō
龍宮城)
1804 Kunihisa ghost
Onoe Matsusuke I (尾上松助) as the ghost of Iohata (いおはた...) and Iwai Kiyotarō II (岩井喜世太郎) as a boatman Tokubei (せんどう徳兵衛)
1800c Unknown shunga tiger no-
A tattooed woman having sex with Raijin, the god of thunder and lightning
1800c Toyokuni I lantern ghost
Onoe Matsusuke I (尾上松助) as both the ghost of Kohada Koheiji (小鰭小平次) and Koheiji's wife - from the play
Iroiri Otogi Zōshi
1800c Kunihisa Onoe Matsusuke
Onoe Matsusuke I (尾上松助) as the ghost of the wet-nurse Iohata (‘Iohata bokon’) in the play
Tenjiku Tokubei ikoku banashi
(天竺徳兵衛韓噺)
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
1790s Shuntei Egara no Heita
Three brave men slaying the giant
uwabami
[蟒蛇]: Imai Shirō (今井四郎) on the right, Higuchi no Jirō (樋口次郎) in the center and Tezuka Tarō (手塚太郎) on the left
1789 Kiyonaga kintaro bear.jpg
Kintarō reading an
ehon
on the back of a bear accompanied by an
oni
holding an ax
1780s Shunsho watanabe oni
Taira no Koremori battling with the demon/woman in
Momijigari
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)
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