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Japanese color woodblock print
1775 Koryusai morning glory
A
bijin
admiring morning glories (朝顔を見る美人)
1780c Kiyonaga archery
First Archery of the New Year (
Yumi hajime
- 弓はじめ) from the album
Saishiki mitsu no asa
(彩色美津朝) or 'Colors of the Triple Dawn'
1780s Shuncho
Viewing Plum Blossoms
1790s Kikumaro oiran and kamur
Among the Geisha of the New Yoshiwara
(新吉原芸者中) - one panel of a probable 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
1790s Toyokuni I girls and mon
2 beautiful girls and a monkey dressed up for a New Year's celebration.
1795 Choki lake biwa
Yosame Masaki (真崎):
Night Rain
(夜雨) at Masaki Shrine from the series
8 Famous Views of Edo
(江戸名所八景)
1795c Shunei sumo
The sumō wrestler Takaneyama Sōkichi (高根山宗吉)
1795c Toyokuni I Otani Oniji I
Sawamura Sōjūrō III (沢村宗十郎) performs a
mie
possibly in the role of Konomura Ōinosuke [此村大炊之助]
1798c Kunihisa actor
Portrait of the actor Iwai Kiyotarō II (岩井喜代太郎) the boatman Tokubei [せんどう徳兵衛] from the play
Tenjiku Tokubei ikoku banashi
(天竺徳兵衛韓噺)
1798c Kunihisa Onoe Matsusuke
Onoe Matsusuke I (尾上松助) as Fujikawa Mizuemon (藤川水右衛門) confronted by the snake
1800-04 Utamaro Otomo no Kuron
Ōtomo no Kuronushi (大伴黒主) from the series 'Modern Children as the Six Poetic Immortals' -
Tōsei kodomo rokkasen
(当世子供六歌仙)
1800-05 Toyokuni Tortoises
Three long-tailed turtles (
minogame
蓑亀 or みのがめ) with a message of felicitations -
kotobuki
(寿)
1800-10 Toyokuni I Crane
3 figures in an actor's debut (役者地顔見たて) from the series
The Floating World Chūshingura
(
Ukiyo Chūshingura
- 浮世忠臣蔵) - the second act (二段目)
1800 Shunzan gojo bridge
Onzōshi Ushiwakamaru (御曹子.牛若丸), the young Yoshitsune, and Musashibō Benkei at the beginning of their struggle on Gojō Bridge [五条橋]
1800c Eisho hashira-e
Couple in front of a toothbrush shop - possibly the
Shuchu-ka
(酒中花)
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)
1800c Toyokuni I actor
Segawa Kikunojō III [瀬川菊之丞] as Chōkichi [長吉] in the play
Sumida no haru geisha katagi
(隅田春妓女容性)
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
1800s Anonymous meiji rebus
Attributed to a later Okumura Masanobu (政信) - a Meiji rebus or
hanji-e
[判じ絵] triptych of Fashionable New Complaints
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)
1805 Toyokuni I p976
Segawa Rokō III (瀬川路考) as the courtesan Yūgiri (夕きり) of the Ōgiya house in the play
Tayū Shibaraku Yukari no Tsukimi
(太夫暫由縁月視)
1806c Utamaro Narihira mitate
Parody of Narihira's
Journey to the East
(
Azuma-kudri: Yatsushi no Fuji
)
1807 Eizan Lady Walk.jpg
A courtesan and a geisha carrying a shamisen, possibly on their way to a teahouse assignation - from the series 'Modern Dyed Cotton Kimono' (
Tōsei Zokui-zome
- 當世俗衣染)
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
1810c Eizan Kikujido
Scene from the
noh
play,
The Chrysanthemum Boy
(
Kikujidō/Makurajidō
- 菊慈童)
1810c Toyokuni I Gathering.jpg
The New Plum Estate on the Sumida River or
Sumidagawa shin-Umeyashiki no zu
(隅田川新梅屋敷之図)
1810s Eizan yoshiwara double
Two
oiran
, Inaoka (稲岡) and Shigee (? 茂枝) of the Okamotoya (岡本屋), from the series
Seirō bijin awase
(青楼美人合)
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 Toyokuni umbrella.jpg
A
mitate
of Komachi with an umbrella praying for rain (
Amagoi Komachi
- 雨こひ小まち) from the series
Modern Girls as the Seven Komachi
(
Imayō musume Nana Komachi
- 今やう娘七小町)
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)
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)
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)
1813 Shunkyo Kichisaburo II
Arashi Kichisaburō II (嵐吉三郎) as Funakoshi Jūemon (船こし重右衛門) in
Yaegasumi Naniwa no hamaogi
('Eightfold Reeds Along the Seashore: Mist at Osaka')
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
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)
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)
1815-20c Toyokuni parasol
Bijin
carrying a
janome-gasa
or snake's eye umbrella with 3 fan motifs, one with the Zodiac sign of the tiger - one panel of a triptych? -
Yayoi
(弥生), the 3rd month
1815 Eizan shunga oban
From a set of twelve:
Selections from the Brocade Quarter
(
E-awasa kingaishō
)
1815c Eisen surimono
Surimono
parody of the armor-pulling scene, the
kusazuribiki
[草摺引], of the Soga brothers tale: Asahina and a courtesan holding a spindle represented by
bunraku
puppets
1815c Eizan p708.jpg
Meoka of the Hyogoya (兵库屋目岡) from the
Array of Famous Beauties on the Floral Patios
(廊花名君揃)
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
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 Toyokuni I Bath Dry.jpg
After the bath - left panel of a triptych
1816-18 Kuniyasu Geisha
Morning routine of a beautiful woman from an untitled series of
bijin
accompanied by poems
1816 Ashiyuki diptych
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右ェ門) as Yorikane (頼兼) on the right and Fujikawa Kayū II (藤川花友) as Takao (高尾) on the left from the play
Meiboku Sendai Hagi
[伽藍先代萩] - 'Struggles in the Date Clan' at the Kado [角] theater
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
1817c Toyokuni kabuki triptych
A Picture of Great Success (
Shibai Daihanjō no zu
) - 芝居大繁昌之図
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)
1818ca Toyokuni I surimono
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川団十郎) in
Shibaraku
(暫), with a child in the role of Ebisu and a monkey
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）
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)
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 Kuniyasu suikoden Hana
Parody of Zhu Wu: the Divine Strategist "Shinkigunshi Shubu no mitate" (神機軍師朱武の見立) from "Tsūzoku Suikoden Gōketsu Hyaku-hachi-nin no Hitori" (通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個) The hundred and eight heroes of the Suikoden "Ōgiya uchi Hanaōgi" The courtesan Hana-Ogi of the Ogiya house (扇屋内 花扇)
1820-25ca Eisen shunga
A couple locked in an embrace
1820-30 Eisen senju
The courtesan Senju of the Izumiya (和泉屋内泉壽) from the series
Eight Views of the Shin-Yoshiwara
(Shin-Yoshiwara Hakkei - 新吉原八景) -
Returning Sails at San'yabori
(
San'yabori no kihan
- 三谷堀の帰帆)
1820 Shunzan strongman
The strongman Kagekiyo (景清 - つげきよ) breaking out of prison
1820 Yoshikuni Utaemon III
Nakamura Utaemon III (三代目中村歌右衛門) as Katō Masakiyo (加藤清正) in
Hachijin Shugo no Honjō
[八陣守護城]
1820ca Ashiyuki Kunitaro II
Sawamura Kunitarō II (沢村国太郎) in an unidentified, imagined
onnagata
role, a
mitate
- the right-hand panel of a four panel composition
1820ca Ashiyuki Shikan II
Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) as Kumagai Naozane (熊谷直実) from a production of
Ichinotani Futaba Gunki
(一谷嫩軍記)
1820c Hokushu Ebijuro
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as the servant Ranpei in the play
Yamatogana Ariwara Keizu
(倭仮名在原系図) - a
mitate
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 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 Oiran Shoes
An oiran of the Kanayama house (金山屋) about to step into her getas
1820c Toyokuni I wrestlers and
Left panel of a diptych of Minamoto Yorimitsu on horseback watching Ichihara no Kidōmaru (市原野 鬼童丸) being subdued by Watanabe no Tsuna -
Raikō sitennō to Kidōmaru
(頼光主従と鬼童丸)
1820s Kunihiro Utaemon
Nakamura Utaemon III (三代目中村歌右衛門) as Hangaku-jo (半がく女) in
Wada gassen onna maizuru
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 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 winter read
Mizuchaya
(水茶屋) teahouse from the series
Contest of Beauties
(
Bijo kurabe
- 美女競)
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 Sadakage aizuri-e rooste
Aizuri-e
: the Peasant class (Nō 農) from a series of the four estates
Mitate shinōkōshō
(無名: 見立士農工商)
1820s Tamikuni
Arashi Kitsusaburō II (嵐橘三郎) as Miyagi Asojirō (宮木阿曽次郎) in the play
Shoutsushi Asagao Nikki
(生写朝顔日記)
1820s Toyokuni II double bust
Ōkubi-e: double bust portrait with bats in the border with Bandō Mitsugorō III on the right as Nuregami Chōgorō
1821 Hokushu Arashi Kitsusabur
Arashi Kitsusaburō I (嵐橘三郎) as Hyōgonokami Yorimasa (兵庫頭頼政) in the play
Yorimasa Nue Monogatari
(頼政鵺物語) - a memorial print
1821 Hokushu goro omiwa 1
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Kanawa Gorō Imakuni (金輪五郎今国) and Arashi Koroku IV (嵐小六) as Omiwa (おみわ) in
Imoseyama Onna Teikin
[妹背山婦女庭訓 -
Mount Imo and Mount Se:An Exemplary Tale of Womanly
] (state 1)
1821 Hokushu goro omiwa 2
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Kanawa Gorō Imakuni (金輪五郎今国) and Arashi Koroku IV (嵐小六) as Omiwa (おみわ) in
Imoseyama Onna Teikin
[妹背山婦女庭訓 -
Mount Imo and Mount Se:An Exemplary Tale of Womanly
] (state 2)
1821 Hokushu goro omiwa 3
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Kanawa Gorō Imakuni (金輪五郎今国) and Arashi Koroku IV (嵐小六) as Omiwa (おみわ) in
Imoseyama Onna Teikin
[妹背山婦女庭訓 -
Mount Imo and Mount Se:An Exemplary Tale of Womanly
] (state 3)
1821 Hokushu Kitsusaburo I
Arashi Kitsusaburō I (嵐橘三郎) as Sasaki Takatsuna (佐々木高綱) in the play
Ōmi Genji Senjin Yakata
[近江源氏先陣館]
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)
1821 Hokushu Utaemon scrim
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as the peasant Gosaku who is actually Ishikawa Goemon (百姓五作実は石川五右衛門) in the play
Keisei Setsugekka
[けいせい雪月花]
1821 Yoshikuni Rikan I
Posthumous portrait of Arashi Rikan I (嵐璃寛) as Kiso Yoshinaka (木曾義仲) riding an ox as seen in the play
Gunpō Fujimi Saigyō
(軍法富士見西行)
1821 Yoshikuni Rikan I (a)
Posthumous portrait of Arashi Rikan I (嵐璃寛) as Kiso Yoshinaka (木曾義仲) riding an ox as seen in the play
Gunpō Fujimi Saigyō
(軍法富士見西行)
1822-24 Eisen moon shadows
The Night Lamp at Akiba (秋葉常夜燈)
1822 Hokushu checker diptych
Asao Yūjirō I (浅尾勇次郎) as Sano Genzaemon (佐野源左衛門) on the right and Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Miura Arajirō (三浦荒次郎) in the play
Keisei Sano no Funabashi
(傾城佐野の船橋)
1822 Hokushu yellow triptych
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Kanda Yogorō (神田与五郎) on the right; Nakamura Sankō I (中村三光) as keisei (courtesan) Kashiwagi (けいせい柏木) in the middle; Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Teraoka Heiemon (寺岡平右衛門) on the left in the play
Oishizuri sakura tanzaku
1822 Hokushu Yorimasa
Sawamura Kunitarō II (二代目沢村国太郎) as Ayame no Mae (あやめの前) and Arashi Kitsusaburō II (二代目嵐橘三郎) as Gen Sanmi Yorimasa (源三位頼政) from the play
Yorimasa Nue Monogatari
[頼政鵺物語] - early or 1st edition
1822 Shibakuni Rikan II
Just arrived from Edo (江戸登り), Arashi Kitsusaburō II (嵐橘三郎), formerly named Arashi Tokusaburō (嵐徳三郎) -
Edo nobori Arashi Tokusaburō gaimei Arashi Kitsusaburō
1822 Yoshikuni Kitsusaburo II
Arashi Kitsusaburō II (嵐橘三郎) on the occasion of his name change
1823 Hokushu Kanshojo
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Kan Shōjō (菅丞相) in
Sugiwara's Secrets of Calligraphy
(
Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
- 菅原伝授手習鑑)
1823 Hokushu Keisei Omonguchi
Sawamura Kunitarō II (沢村国太郎) as Shinkurō's wife, Shigarami (新九郎妻しがらみ) on the right, Nakamura Karoku I (中村歌六) as Shokurō tsuma, Kochō (庄九郎妻小蝶) in the center, Fujikawa Tomokichi II (藤川友吉) as Katsugen tsuma (勝元妻なぎさ, Nagisa) on the left, in
Keisei Ōmonguchi
('The Great Gate of the Licensed Quarter')
1823 Toyokuni I Bando Mitsugor
Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) as Nuregami Chōgorō (濡髪長五郎) in the play
Futatsu-chōchō Kuruwa Nikki
- the right-hand panel of a three panel composition
1824 Ashiyuki Kitsusaburo II K
Arashi Kitsusaburō II (嵐橘三郎) as the hairdresser [
kamisuri
] Tasuke and Arashi Koroku IV (嵐小六) as Yari no Gonza (鑓の権三) or Gonza the Spearman in 'Rumors of a Scandal on the Fushimi Road' (
Fushimikaido Uwasa no Akatsuki
- 伏見街道噂暁月)
1825-30 Eizan toyozumi and kam
The courtesan Toyozumi (豊住) of the Chōjiya (丁子屋) house with her kamuro from the series
Collection of Beautiful Flowers of the Pleasure Quarters
(
Seirō meika awase
- 青楼名花合)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 01 of 12
Lovers enjoying the evening cool [のうりょうのだんじょ] from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (
Keisei higo
- 契情秘語)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 02 of 12
Lovers in front of a mirror from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (
Keisei higo
- 契情秘語)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 03 of 12
Amorous couple from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (
Keisei higo
- 契情秘語)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 04 of 12
Amorous couple before a screen painted with
nadeshiko
from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (
Keisei higo
- 契情秘語)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 05 of 12
An amorous couple with a woman tying off an undergarment from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (
Keisei higo
- 契情秘語)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 06 of 12
Amorous couple, woman chewing on a toothpick, from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (
Keisei higo
- 契情秘語)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 07 of 12
Amorous couple, she fixes his hair while he smokes from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (
Keisei higo
- 契情秘語)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 08 of 12
Lovers warm themselves at a
kotatsu
from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (
Keisei higo
- 契情秘語)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 09 of 12
Amorous couple with a small painted scroll from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (
Keisei higo
- 契情秘語)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 10 of 12
Amorous couple with the moon and a love letter 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (
Keisei higo
- 契情秘語)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 11 of 12
Lovers in a boat from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (
Keisei higo
- 契情秘語)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 12 of 12
An amorous couple with a woman tying off an undergarment from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (
Keisei higo
- 契情秘語)
1825 Hokushu fan bust 1
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助) from the series
Tōsei Atari Kyogen
('Successful performance of the present time' - 当世あたり狂言)
1825 Hokushu fan bust 2
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as the fencing master Kyōguku no Takumi (京極内匠) in the play
Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi
(彦山権現誓助剣) - from the series 'Hits of a Lifetime of Kyōgen' (
Issei ichidai atari kyōgen
- 一世一代当狂言)
1825 Hokushu fan bust 3
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Osono (おその) disguised as a
komuso
(a traveling mendicant monk)
1825 Hokushu fan bust 4
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Izumi no Saburō (和泉ノ三郎) from the series
Current Hit Plays
(
Tōsei atari kyōgen
- 當世阿た里狂言)
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 Kuniyoshi demon woman
Taira no Koremochi (余吾将軍平維茂) killing Kijo the demon-woman at Togakushi-yama
1825c Kunisada bijin bridge
Bijin
near the foot of a bridge
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)
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 Shunshi Tamizo
Onoe Tamizō II (尾上多見蔵) as the servant Hyakudohei (奴百?平)
1826 Tamikuni Onoe Fujaku III
Onoe Fujaku III (尾上芙雀) as Akizuka Narutonosuke (萩塚鳴戸之助) in
Momochidori naruto no Shiranami
(百千鳥鳴門白浪)
1827-30 Kuniyoshi suikoden 17
Gyokukirin Roshungi (Lu Junyi, the Jade Unicorn - 玉麒麟盧俊義) from the series
The Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Suikoden
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個) - center panel of a triptych
1827-30 Kuniyoshi suikoden 21
Li Gun, the Flying Deity (Hitentaisei Rikon - 飛天大聖季袞) 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)
1827-30 Kuniyoshi suikoden glo
Wu Yong, the Clever Star (Chitasei Goyō - 智多星呉用), from the series
One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個)
1827-30c Kuniyoshi robber
Yang Lin, the Elegant Panther (Kinhyōshi Yōrin - 錦豹子揚林) from the series
One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個)
1827-31 Kunihiro matsue danzo
Nakamura Matsue III (中村松江) as Okaru (おかる) and Ichikawa Danzō V (市川団蔵) as Kampei, two figures from the
Chūshingura
1827 Ashiyuki yoko-e
Sawamura Kunitarō II as Ushiwakamaru on the right and Arashi Kitsusuaburō II (嵐橘三郎) as Kumasaka Chōhan (熊坂長範) in
Kachidoki mibae Genji
[Victory song of the Genji - 勝鬨莩源氏]
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 Shunshi Tamizo II
Onoe Tamizō II (二代目尾上多見蔵) in his dressing room mirror
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)
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 Kuniyoshi suikoden Tosen
Du Qian, the Sky Toucher (Mochakuten Tosen - 摸著天杜遷) from the series
The Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Suikoden
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個)
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)
1828 Hokkei onnagata with fan
Ogino Kinshi I (荻野錦子) as Kohagi, actually Atsumori (小はぎ実はあつもり) in disguise - this is the left panel of a diptych
1828 Shigenobu I Hanamurasaki
The courtesan Hanamurasaki (花紫) of the Nishi-Ōgiya (西扇屋)
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 Kuniyasu bunraku 1
The puppet the
bijin
is holding is in the form of Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) as the
otokodate
An no Heibei (安ノ平兵衛) from the series 'Five Chivalrous Men as Puppets' (
Mitate ningyō gonin otoko
- 見立人形五人男)
1828c Kuniyasu bunraku 2
Puppet in the form of Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) as the
otokodate
Kaminari Shōkurō (雷庄九郎) from the series 'Five Chivalrous Men as Puppets' (
Mitate ningyō gonin otoko
- 見立人形五人男)
1828c Kuniyasu bunraku 4
The puppet the beautiful woman is holding is in the form of Arashi Sanjūrō VII (嵐三十郎) as the
otokodate
Hotei Ichiemon (布袋市右衛門) from the series 'Five Chivalrous Men as Puppets' (
Mitate ningyō gonin otoko
- 見立人形五人男)
1828c Shunshi Fujaku III nue
Onoe Fujaku III (尾上芙雀) as Minamoto no Yorimasa (源三位頼政) in
The Story of Yorimasa and the Nue
(
Yorimasa Nue Monogatari
[頼政鵺物語])
1828c Toyokuni II double bust
Ōkubi-e: Double Bust portrait - Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (?) on the left; Iwai Hanshirō V on the right
1829 Hokucho ebijuro II
Ichikawa Ebijūrō II (市川鰕十郎) as Horiguchi Manemon (堀口万右衛門) - the right-hand panel of a triptych from the play
Sao no uta Kizugawa hakkei
('Song of the boat pole: Eight views of the Kizu River' - 棹歌木津川八景)
1829 Shigeharu Hakuen
Ichikawa Hakuen II (市川白猿) as Yanone Gorō (矢の根五郎) sharpening his giant arrow in the play
Oniwaka Nagori no Motodori
(鬼若名残髻 - 'Oniwaka's farewell topknot')
1830-32c Shigeharu diptych
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Osome (お染) on the right and Ichikawa Danzō V as Hisamatsu (久松) on the left in the play
Somemoyo Imose no Kadomatsu
[染模様妹背門松]
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)
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
1830-35c Eisen Fireworks.jpg
A cool evening watching fireworks at Ryōgoku Bridge, Edo (
Toto Ryōgokubashi Yusuzumi no zu
- 東都両国橋夕涼図)
1830 Eisen bijin triptych
Three panels from the series Cherry Blossoms at Night in the New Yoshiwara (
Shin Yoshiwara yozakura
- 新吉原夜桜) - Chōdayū (長太夫) of the Okamotoya on the left
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 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 Sadahide oniwaku maru
Oniwakamaru (Young Devil Child - 鬼若まる), fighting the giant carp in the waterfall of Bishamon gataki
1830 Shigeharu diptych
Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Shizuka Gozen (静御前) on the right and Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Kitsune Tadanobu (狐忠信) from the play
Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
[義経千本桜]
1830 Shigeharu inumura daigaku
Ichikawa Danzō V (市川団蔵) as the hermit Inumura Daikaku Masanori (犬村大学礼儀) from the series
Satomi ke Hakkenshi no hitori
(里見家八犬士の一人)
1830 Shigeharu keisei setsugek
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門) on the right and Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Omi no Funauri Gengorō (近江ノ鮒売源五郎) from the play
Keisei Setsugekka
[けいせい雪月花]
1830 Shigeharu yoko-e duo
Ichikawa Hakuen II (市川白猿) as Katsuma Gengobei (right) and Nakamura Matsue III (中むら松江) as Kikuno (きくの) - a
mitate
1830 Toyokuni II Kikunojo V
Bandō Mitsugorō III, under his poetry name Bandō Shūka (坂東秀桂), from the series
Actors Compared to Flowers
(
Yakusha hana awase
- 役者花合)
1830c Kunisada Crabs
Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) as a figure wearing a robe decorated with crabs
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 surimono
"
Tori Awase
(雞合) -
Goban migi
(五番右),
Midare Dori
" - with a poem is by Sekiya Satomoto (関屋里元)
1830c Kuniyasu Oichi
Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井半四郎) on the right as Gokuin no Osen (極印のお千) and Segawa Kikunojō V (瀬川菊之丞) on the left as Hotei no Oichi (布袋のお市) - two panels of a larger composition
1830c Kuniyoshi Kokusempu Riki
Li Kui, the Black Whirlwind, also called Iron Ox (Kokusenpū Riki - 黒旋風李逵), from the series
The Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Suikoden
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個)
1830c Kuniyoshi Kokusempu Riki
Li Kui, the Black Whirlwind, also called Iron Ox (Kokusenpū Riki - 黒旋風李逵), from the series
The Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Suikoden
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個)
1830c Kuniyoshi suikoden Rochi
Lu Zhishen, the Tattooed Monk - (
Kaoshō Rochishin shomei Rotatsu
- 花和尚魯知深初名魯達) from the series
One Hundred and Eight 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 Sadafusa Festival.jpg
Children's parade (子進) carrying a sacred float during the Tennō Festival (天王祭)
1830c Tominobu oiran and maiko
Oiran and and two assistant trainees from the Kado-Ebiya (角海老屋)
1830c Toyokuni II aizuri-e
Aizuri-e
- a courtesan holding a pipe (
kiseru
) watches a pair of ducks, from the series 'Five Modern Beauties' (
Tōsei gonin bijo
- 當世五人美女)
1830c Toyokuni II bat aizuri-e
Aizuri-e - a
bijin
stands before a large plant of chrysanthemums from the series
Beauties of the Latest Fashion Compared with the Beauty of Flowers
(Tōsei bijin hana-awase - 當世美人花合)
1830c Toyokuni II tiger
Tiger and bamboo
1830c Yoshiharu suikoden roost
The hero Hakujitsuso Hakushō (白日鼠白勝), Daylight Rat, fighting a giant rooster, from the series
Mirror of Heroes of the Shuihuzhuan
(
Suikoden gōketsu kagami
- 水滸傳豪傑鏡)
1830s Eisen courtesan
Streetwalker (
Tsujigimi
- 辻君) from the series
Comparison of Present-day Beauties
(
Jisei bijin kurabe
- 時世美人競)
1830s Eisen Oiso station
Ōiso Station (
Ōiso eki
- 大磯駅) - Number 9 (九) of
53 Stations of the Tokaido
(東海道五十三次)
1830s Hokuei Rikan
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Karahashi Sakujūrō (唐橋作十郎) - right-hand panel of a diptych - in the play 'Honor, Loyalty, and Filial Piety at the Crossroads'
1830s Kiyomine musha-e triptyc
Warrior (
musha-e
) triptych of Minamoto no Yoritomo at the Battle of Ishibashiyama (源頼朝石橋山合戦之図)
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 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 Senchō oiran and kamuro
The
oiran
Ogura from the Owari house (尾張屋内尾倉登) accompanied by two
kamuro
- from an untitled series
1831c Toyokuni II actor
Bandō Shūka (坂東秀調 - poetry name of Bandō Mitsugorō III) standing before a view of the Benten Shrine at Shinobazu Pond at Ueno - from the series
Famous Views of the Eastern Capital
(Tōto Meisho - 東都名所)
1832 Ashiyuki Miyamoto Musashi
Arashi Rikan II as Miyamoto Musashi in the snow in the play
Katakiuchi Nitō Eiyuki
[復讐二島英雄記]
1832 Eisen Towel.jpg
The Tenth Month (十月): The Festival of Ebisu (
Jūgatsu, Ebisu kō
- 恵比子講), Kaotsuma (顔妻) of the Tamaya (玉屋), from the series Annual Events in the New Yoshiwara (
Shin Yoshiwara nenjū gyōji
- 新吉原年中行事)
1832 Hokuei Danshichi Kurobei
Arashi Rikan II as Danshichi Kurobei in the murder scene of the play
Mirror of Naniwa: The Summer Festival
(
Natsu matsuri Naniwa kagami
)
1832 Shigeharu musashi
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Kowari Dennai (小割伝内) / Miyamoto Musashi in the play 'Honobonoto Ura no Asagiri' (Daybreak hidden on the bay by morning fog) - [仏暁浦朝霧]
1832 Shigeharu Rikan II
Arashi Rikan II [嵐璃寛] as Heitarō in the play
Sōma Tarō hyōbundan
[相馬太郎...]
1832 Shigeharu Taro
Arashi Rikan II [嵐璃寛] as the shogun Tarō and on the left Nakamura Karoku I as Takiyashi and Ichikawa Sukejurō IV as Yasukata in
Sōma Tarō hyōbundan
[相馬太郎...]
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)
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 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 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)
1833 Hokuei rikan bats
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Chinzei Hachirō Tametomo (鎮西八郎為朝) in
Bow-shaped Moon around the Islands
(
Shimameguri tsuki no yumiharu
島廻月弓張) from the series
Tōsei keisho kagami
(当世化粧鏡) or 'Mirror of Contemporary Make-up'
1833 Hokuei seaside diptych
Arashi Rikan II as Chinzei Hachirō Tametomo and Iwai Shijaku I as Neiwanjo [ねいわん女] in the play 'Bow-shaped Moon around the Islands' (
Shimameguri Tsuki no Yumihari
[嶋巡月弓張])
1833 Hokuei Shikan II mirror
Nakamura Shikan II in his dressing room, before a mirror holding a pipe [楽屋図]
1833 Shigeharu jiraiya
Nakamura Utaemon III as Jiraiya in the play
Yaemusubi Jiraiya Monogatari
[柵自来也談]
1833 Shigeharu utaemon III goe
Nakamura Utaemon III in the roles of Ariwara no Narihira [在原業平] and Bunya no Yasuhide [文屋康秀]
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)
1834-35 Kuniyoshi kappa
Takagi Toranosuke (多嘉木虎之助) capturing a kappa underwater in the Tamura River in the Province of Sagami [相模国]
1834 Shigeharu 6 poets
Nakamura Shikan II and Nakamura Baika I [中村梅花] as the Six Immortal Poets in the dance play
Rokkasen Sugata no Saishiki
1834c Kuniyoshi Suikoden iron
Tang Long, the Gold-Coin Spotted Leopard (Kinsenhyōshi Tōryū - 金銭豹子湯隆) from the series
One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan
(
Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
- 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個)
1835 Hokuei rikan II
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Akogi Heiji (あこぎ平次) from the series
Tōsei keshōkagami
(当世化粧鏡)
1835 Hokuei Shikan II
Nakamura Shikan II (中村芝翫) as Tawara Tōta Hidesato (俵藤太郎秀郷) in the play
Otoko nariken Onna Masakado
[
What men? A female Masakado
男哉婦将門] from the series
Fashionable Mirror Covers
(流行鏡之覆)
1835 Kuniyoshi Gojo Bridge
Minamoto Ushiwakamaru (源牛若丸) and Musashibō Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) fighting on Gojō Bridge [五条橋] from the series
Mirror of Military Excellence and Fierce Courage
(
Buei mōyū kagami
- 武英猛勇鏡)
1835 Shigeharu shoki
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Shōki the Demon Queller [鍾馗] - from the series of seven quick-change roles performed by this actor (七変化之内)
1835c Hokuei Kabuki.jpg
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Inuzuka Shino (犬塚信乃) on the right and Seki Sanjūrō II (關三十郎) as Inuzuka Bansaku (犬塚伴作) from the play
Hana no ani tsubomi no yatsufusa
(花魁莟八総 - '8 Buds of the Plum Blossoms')
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
1835c Shigeharu actors rain
Nakamura Tōzō III as Iwase Kibunta and Nakamura Utaemon III as Jiraiya on the left in the play
Yaemusubi Jiraiya Monogatari
[柵自来也談] - 'The story of Jiraiya at the weir'
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)
1836c Kuniyoshi sakata kaidoma
Sakata Kaidōmaru (坂田怪童丸) struggling with a giant carp under a waterfall
1836c Sadahiro Tora
Matsuume (まつ梅) of the Moritaya (森田屋) as a Palace Maid (Hashitame - はした女) from the series Costume Parade of the Shimanouchi Quarter (
Shimanouchi nerimono
- 島之内ねり物)
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)
1837 Kuniyoshi Ebizo V
Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) as the pirate captain Kezori Kuemon (毛剃九右衛門) in the play
Koi minata Hakata no hitouchi
(aka
Hakata Kojōrō makura
) or 'Love at Sea'
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)
1838 Sadanobu kanji triptych
Bandō Jutarō I (坂東寿太郎) as Lady Iwafuji (局岩ふじ) on the right, Nakamura Tomijūrō II (中村富十郎) as the Servant Ohatsu (お初), and Mimasu Gennosuke I (三枡源之助) as Chūrō Onoe (中老尾上) on the left in the play
Mirror Mountain: A Woman's Treasury of Loyalty
(Kagamiyama Kokyō no Nishikie)
1840c Kuniyoshi 24 paragons 1
Taishun 大舜 from the series
Twenty Four Paragons of Filial Piety for Children
(
Nijushi-ko doji kagami
: 二十四孝童子鑑)
1840c Kuniyoshi Kidomaru tengu
Kidōmaru (鬼童丸) and the
Tengu
1840c Kuniyoshi Michizane
Sugawara no Michizane [菅原道真] at Tenmangū Shrine
1840c Kuniyoshi tree.jpg
Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) as Higuchi Jirō (桶口次郎) in the play
Hiragana seisuki
[ひらかな盛衰記]
1840c Kuniyoshi Yoshitsune shi
Yoshitsune and his twenty one retainers on a ship (
Yoshitsune no kenin ikki-tosen no niju-ikki no zu
- 義経之家人一騎当千廾一騎之図)
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
1840s Kuniyoshi drum bridge
A
bijin
on a small wooden platform during the Tanabata Festival (七夕) - from the series
The Five Festivals
(
Go sekku
- 五節句)
1840s Kuniyoshi hag lonely hou
Seki Sanjūrō III (関三十郎) as Mikawaya no Giheiji no Obaa (三河町の義平次お婆ア) on the right and Bandō Shūka I (坂東しうか) as Danshichi Okaji (団七お梶) on the left
1840s Kuniyoshi Shino Kosho.jp
A
mitate
of one of the 'four social classes' of the
shinōkōshō
(士農工商) Seki Sanjūrō III as Katsura Matsunoshin (三蓋松之進) in the back right, Bandō Shuka I as Katsumi no Kohide (勝見の小秀) in the center and Nakamura Utaemon IV as Uraume no Kozue (裏梅の梢) from the play
O megumi ni Urūō Iwafuji
[恵閏初夏藤]
1840s Kuniyoshi suikoden heroe
Heroes led by a member of the Taira clan (平家英...)
1840s Kuniyoshi suikoden heroe
Heroes led by Yoshitsune (義経英雄勤)
1840s Kuniyoshi suikoden heroe
Kusunoki eiyū roku
- Kusunoki's heroes (樟英雄勤)
1840s Kuniyoshi weeping bijin
No. 2, Takejo, wife of Yamaoka Kakubei (
Yamaoka Kakubei no tsuma Takejo
山岡覺平の妻竹女), from the series
Biographies of Loyal and Righteous Hearts
(
Seichu gishin den
誠忠義心傳)
1841c Kuniyoshi Hatsu-hana
Hatsuhana (初花 ) from the series
Biographies of Wise Women and Virtuous Wives
(
Kenjo reppuden
- 賢女烈婦傳)
1842 Kuniyoshi Shizuka-gozen
Lingering snow on Mount Yoshino (
Yoshino-san bosetsu
芳野暮雪 ) from the series
Virtuous Women for the Eight Views
(
Kenjo hakkei
- 賢女八景)
1842c Kuniyoshi pleasure boat
Kihan
(Returning Sails - 帰帆)/
Mitate hakkei
(美盾八競) from the drama
Nunobiki-no-taki
1843-44 Kuniyoshi Chujo-hime
Chūjō-hime (中将姫) from the series
Mirror of Women of Wisdom and Courage
(
Kenyū fujo kagami
- 賢勇婦女鏡)
1843-46 Kunisada carry oni
Ōmori Hikoshichi (大森彦七) carries a demon disguised as a beautiful woman
1843-46 Kuniyoshi bijin mirror
Saint Mayouwa Says Indecisiveness Is Bad (
Mayou wa son ja
) from the series
Sixteen Wonderful Considerations of Profit
(
Myō densu jūroku rikan
- 妙でんす十六利勘 迷者損者)
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)
1843-47 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)
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)
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)
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 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)
1845ca Kuniyoshi shunga
Shunga
of a fleeing woman carrying a baby while shoveing a thug down a ladder - from
Shun shoku matsu no sakae
(春色松の栄), volume 3
1845c Kuniyoshi autumn
Autumn (
aki
- 秋) from the series
Women's Pleasures of the Four Seasons
(
Shiki no kokoro onna asobi
- 四季心女遊)
1845c Kuniyoshi Balcony.jpeg
Shizuka Gozen (静御前) from the series
Biographies of Exceptional Persons of Loyalty and Honor
(
Chūkō meiyo kinjin den
- 忠考名誉奇人傳)
1845c Kuniyoshi Keyblock.jpeg
Key block or
tameshizuri-e
oban
of a
bijin
, Kaji-jo the poetess of Gion, Kyoto, reclining on a balcony
1845c Kuniyoshi Omiwa.jpeg
The Horse (Uma - 午): Omiwa (おみわ) from the series
Selections for the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac
(
Mitate Jūnishi
- 美盾十二史)
1845c Kuniyoshi winter
Winter (
Fuyu
- 冬), from the series Pleasures of Women at the Height of the Four Seasons (
Shiki no kokoro onna asobi
- 四季心女遊)
1847-48 Kuniyoshi evening plum
Triptych of
Plum Blossoms in the Evening Snow
(
Tsumoru yo no ume
- つもる夜の梅)
1847-48 Kuniyoshi giant rat.jp
Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Arajishi Otokonosuke (荒獅子男之助) beating a man disguised as a giant rat
1847-48 Kuniyoshi Koshiro
Ichikawa Omezō II [市川男女蔵] as Saitō Dōsan (斎藤道三) - right hand panel of a triptych from the play
Hana no yuki Takeda no kachidoki
(花眺雪武田勝凱)
1847-48 Kuniyoshi mitate chush
Mitate chōchingura
:
A Humorous Reworking, The Treasury of the Loyal Retainers
(見立挑灯蔵) - Act 11 (十一段目)
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
1847-52 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 Kuniyoshi Genji at tem
An Old Picture of an Up-to-Date Teruuji at the Old Temple (
Imayō Teruuji kodera no kozu
- 今様輝氏古寺之古図) - a Rustic Genji theme
1847-52 Kuniyoshi Inue Shimbei
Iwai Kumesaburō III [岩井粂三郎] as Inue Shinbei (犬江親兵衛) from the series
Loyal Heroes of the Hakkenden
(Giyū Hakkenden - 義勇八犬伝)
1847-52 Kuniyoshi yamashiro
The Ide Jewel River in Yamashiro Province (
Yamashiro no kuni Ide no Tamagawa
- 山城国井出の玉川) from an untitled triptych series of
Six Jewel Rivers
(
Mu Tamagawa
- 六玉川)
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 Kuniyoshi beating cloth
The Cloth-fulling Jewel River in Settsu Province (
Settsu no kuni Tōi no Tamagawa
- 摂津国檮衣の玉川) from an untitled triptych series of the 'Six Jewel Rivers' (
Mu Tamagawa
- 六玉川)
1847 Kuniyoshi Benkei diptych
Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Musashibō Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Minamoto Ushiwakamaru (源牛若丸) [in
Shiki utsushi tosa-e no futsutsuka
(四季写士佐画拙)]
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 Kuniyoshi P1044.jpeg
Maisaka Station (
Maisaka no eki
- 舞阪乃駅): Kezori Kuemon (毛剃九右衛門) from the series
Fifty-three Pairings for the Tōkaidō Road
(
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsui
- 東海道五十三対)
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)
1848-51c Kuniyoshi pine painti
Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII on the right as Kanō Motonobu (狩野四郎次郎元信) and Bandō Shūka I as the Shōgun's daughter Omatsu (将監娘おみつ)
1848 Hirosada Gompachi
Ōkawa Hashizō I as Shirai Gonpachi from the suicide scene in the play
Ume tabiji gojusan eki
or '53 Stages of the Plum Tree Journey' 梅旅路五十三驛
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)
1848 Kuniyoshi Tametomo 2
No. 2, Tametomo and the wolf pups from the series
Ten Admirable Deeds of Tametomo
(
Tametomo homare no jikketsu
- 為朝譽十傑)
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
)
1848c Kunisada tanzaku 2
Two actors from an untitled series of paired actors on poem slips (
tanzaku
)
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 Kuniyoshi Daruma on scro
Nakamura Utaemon IV [四代中村歌右衛門] as Daruma portrayed on a hanging scroll -
Ni Daruma no ichijiku
(似達磨の一軸)
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)
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 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 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 Kuniyoshi dragon screen
Ryo Dōhin (呂洞賓, aka Lu Dongbin) from the series Sixteen Female Sennin Charming Creatures (
Enshi juroku josen
- 艶姿十六女仙)
1850ca Kunisada shunga
Shunga of woman stroking a man's penis
1850ca Kunisada shunga black back
Shunga - black background
1850ca Kunisada shunga blue back
Shunga blue background
1850c Kuniyoshi Aizuri-e.jpeg
Favorite Customs of the Present Day
[
Tōsei fūzoku kō
- 当盛風俗好] - left-hand panel of a triptych - the title is on the right-hand panel
1850c Kuniyoshi Buckets.jpg
Plover Jewel River in Mutsu Province
(
Mutsu no kuni Chidori no Tamagawa
- 陸奥国千鳥のたま河)
1850c Kuniyoshi popup
Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Kamiya Iemon (神谷仁右衛門) with his servant, Kohei and his dead wife Oiwa (お岩) nailed to a door along with images of their skeletons - a
shikake-e
or 'mechanical print'
1850c Kuniyoshi silk workers
The Cloth-fulling Jewel River in Settsu Province (
Settsu no kuni Tōi no Tamagawa
- 摂津国檮衣の玉川) from an untitled triptych series of
Six Jewel Rivers
(
Mu Tamagawa
- 六玉川)
1850s nutrition
Dietary Life Rules (
Inshoku yōjō kagami
- 飲食養生鑑)
1851-53 Kuniyoshi devil
Ichikawa Kodanji IV [市川小団次] as the God of Thunder and Lightning (Raijin or Raiden), also known as
kaminari
(かみ鳴 or 加美鳴)
1851 Kuniyoshi Bando Shuka
Bandō Shūka I (坂東しうか) as Kijin no Omatsu (鬼神おまつ), the Demon God, and Ichikawa Danjurō VIII (市川団十郎) as Natsume Shirōsaburō (夏目四郎三郎) holding their child - from the play
Shinpan Koshi no Shiranami
(新板越白浪 ) performed with
Genji moyō furisode hinagata
(源氏模様娘雛形)
1851 Kuniyoshi last stand
Last Stand of Heroic Samurai of the Kusunoki Clan at Shijō-nawate (
Kusunoki-ke yushi Shijō-nawate nite uchijini
- 楠家勇士四條縄手にて討死)
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 Hiroshige housewives batt
The Ancient Custom of Attacking the Concubine
(
Ōko uwanari-uchi no zu
- 往古うハなり打の図)
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 Kunisada II Hat Warrior
Nakamura Fukusuke I (中村福助) as Jūjō Rikijirō (十條力二郎) from the series
The Book of the Eight Dog Heroes
(
Hakkenden inu no sōshi no uchi
- 八犬傳犬の草紙の内)
1852 Kunisada II Warrior
Ichikawa Danzō VI (市川団蔵) as Jūjō Shakuhachirō (十條尺八郎) from the series
The Book of the Eight Dog Heroes
(
Hakkenden inu no sōshi no uchi
- 八犬傳犬のさうし乃内)
1852 Kuniyoshi actor 2923
Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII [市川団十郎] in the role of Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡みつぎ) - right-hand panel of a diptych - from the play
Ise Ondo Koi Neba
[伊勢音頭恋寝刃]
1852 Kuniyoshi Danshichi Kisok
No. 4 (四) Urawa (浦和):The fishmonger Danshichi (魚屋團七) 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 geese
Fujiwara no Masakiyo (藤原正清) watches descending geese at Hokkyō (
Hokkyō rakugan
- 北京落雁) from the series
Military Brilliance for the Eight Views
(
Yōbu hakkei
- 燿武八景)
1852 Kuniyoshi hag
Bandō Shūka I as Danshichi’s wife Okaji (団七おかぢ) on the left and Seki Sanjurō III as the wife of Giheiji (義平次ばゞア) of Mikawa-cho in the play
Shinzō tsurifune kidan
[新造艣奇談?]
1852 Kuniyoshi Inuyama
No. 3 (三) Warabi (蕨)i: Inuyama Dōsetsu (犬山道節) from the series
Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō
(
Kisokaidō rokujūkyū tsugi no uchi
- 木曾街道六十九次之内)
1852 Kuniyoshi kisokaido 10
No. 10 Fukaya (深谷): Yuriwaka Daijin (百合若大臣), 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 naginata
Akushichibyōe Kagekiyo (悪七兵衛景清) - Evening Bell at Tōdai-ji (
Tōdai-ji banshō
- 東大寺晩鐘) from the series
Eight Views of Military Brilliance
(
Yōbu hakkei
- 燿武八景)
1852 Kuniyoshi rain
Night Rain at Narumi
(
Narumi yau
- 鳴海夜雨): Inagawa Yoshioto (稲川良音) from the series
Eight Views of Military Brilliance
(
Yōbu hakkei
- 燿武八景)
1852 Kuniyoshi rikan danjuro
Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as the wrestler Chōkichi (はなれ駒長吉) and Nakamura Utaemon IV on the right as Chōgorō (ぬれ髪長五郎) from the play
Diary of Two Butterflies in the Pleasure Quarters
(
Futatsu Chōchō Kuruwa Nikki
- 双蝶仝曲輪日記)
1852 Kuniyoshi Shiraito
Bandō Shūka I as the courtesan Shiraito (白糸) of the Hashimotoya (橋本屋) - this is the left-hand panel of a diptych
1852 unknown Nakamura Utaemon
Memorial portrait of Nakamura Utaemon IV (中村歌右衛門) generally attributed to Kuniyoshi
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)
1853 Kuniyoshi Matabei
Ichikawa Kodanji IV (市川.小団次) as Iwata Matabei in the
Miraculous Paintings by Ukiyo Matabei
(
Ukiyo Matabei meiga kitoku
- 浮世又平名画奇特)
1853 Yoshiharu nue monster
Zhang Heng, the boatman, (Senkaji Chōō - 船火児張横) from the series
Mirror of Heroes of the Shuihuzhuan
(
Suikoden gōketsu kagami
- 水滸傳豪傑鏡)
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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)
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)
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)
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 Yoshiharu suikoden
Yan Qing the Graceful (Rōshi Ensei - 浪子燕青) from the series
Mirror of Heroes of the Shuihuzhuan
(
Suikoden gōketsu kagami
- 水滸傳豪傑鏡)
1857 kunisada Keno
An actor in the role of Inuzaka Keno (犬坂毛乃)
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]
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
1858 Kuniyoshi akazawayama
The Sumō Bout at Akazawa Mountain
(
Akazawa ōzumō
- 赤澤山大相撲) with Kawazo Saburō Sukeyasu (河津三郎祐親) on the right and Matano Gorō Kagehisa (股野五郎景久) on the left
1858 Kuniyoshi Kurama.jpg
Ushiwakamaru being taught swordsmanship on Mt. Kurama (
Ushiwaka Kurama shugyō zu
- 牛若鞍馬修行図)
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)
1859 Kunikazu kichusaburo III
Arashi Kichisaburō III (嵐吉三郎) as Asahina Tōbei (朝比奈藤兵衛) from the series
Seven Calligraphic Models for Each Character in the Kana Syllabary
(Nanatsu iroha - 七ツいろは) - the syllable
te
(て)
1859 Utagawa Altar.jpeg
Shini-e
of two actors, Ichikawa Hakuen IV and Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I, grieving the loss of a Ichikawa Ebizō V
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)
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)
1860 Sadayoshi man and boy
Kataoka Gadō II [片岡我童] as Fukumasuya Daisuke (福升屋大助) and Nakamura Tamashichi I (Shikan's son) [芝翫倅中村玉七] as Akechi Tsuruwakamaru (明智鶴若丸) in the play
Keisei Ishikawa-zome
('A courtesan and dyed Ishikawa colors')
1860 Yoshiyuki courtesans trip
Osaka courtesans on parade
1860ca Kyōsai demon
Demon with umbrella and bell - 鬼神無横道
1860c Kuniteru Ninja.jpg
Mitsuuji struggles with a thief from
Kasumitatsu Miyoshi no Genji
(霞立三吉の源氏)
1860c Yoshimori shitakiri suzu
The Old Story of the Tongue-cut Sparrow (
Mukashi-banashi shita-kiri suzume
- 昔ばなし舌切雀)
1860s Kiyochika riding carp
Kinkō (子英), the Taoist Immortal, riding on a red carp from the series
Illustrated Stories of the Taoist Immortals
(
Ressen gachū
- 例僊画註)
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
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 Yoshikazu steamboat
Transit of an American Steam Locomotive
(
Amerika koku jōkisha ōrai
- 亜墨利加国蒸気者往来)
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)
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 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)
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
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
1865-67 Yoshitaki Danshichi
Onoe Tamizō II (尾上多見蔵) as Danshichi Kurobei (団七九郎兵衛) in the play
Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami
(夏祭浪花鑑) - "Summer" from the series "Pictures of the Four Seasons" (
mitate Shiki no ichi-natsu
)
1865 Kunichika iris 2
Sawamura Tanosuke III (沢村田之助) as Shiranui Tarō (しらぬひ太郎), number two from an untitled set of ten prints of
otokodate
1865 Kunichika iris 4
Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I (河原崎権十郎) as Samezaya Shirōza (鮫ざや四郎三), number four from an untitled set of ten prints of
otokodate
1865 Yoshiiku Kunisada memoria
Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I in the role of
Shibaraku
with a tribute inset of a deceased Danjūrō predecessor (団十郎ばゞア)
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)
1866 Kunichika P822.jpg
Actor as Nuregami Chōgorō (濡髪長五郎) in
Imayō musume teikin
(今様娘庭訓)
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)
1866 Yoshitora Goshaku Somegor
Goshaku Somegorō (五尺染五郎) from the series
The Lives of Brave and Hot-blooded Heroes
(
Yūretsu kekki den
- 勇烈血気傳)
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)
1867 Kunichika lion dance
Sawamura Tosshō II (二代目沢村訥升) as Tomiki Saburō (冨貴三郎) on the right, Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) as Hidetarō (英太郎) in the middle, and Ōtani Tomoemon V (五代目大谷友右衛門) on the left as Fukami Jirō (深見次郎) in the play
Sangoku Kumiage Tōrō
[和漢竺爼上灯篭]
1867 Kunichika trip.jpg
Bandō Mitsugorō VI (坂東三津五郎) on the left as Oshio (おしを) with Ōtani Tomoemon V (大谷友右衛門) in the middle as Shirataki Yokichi (白滝与吉) and Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) as 岩岡竹五郎 or as Jinriki Tamigorō (神力民五郎) on the right possibly in the play
Mure Kiyotaki Hiiki no Seiriki
[群清滝贔屓勢力]
1867 Yoshitoshi horse
Magaki Heikurō (曲木平九郎) from the series
Tales of the Floating World in Eastern Brocade
(
Azuma nishiki ukiyo kōdan
- 東錦浮世稿談)
1867 Yoshitoshi tales
Nihon Daemon (日本駝右衛門) slays Kuroma Gonpei (黒馬權平) - from the series
Tales of the Floating World on Easter Brocade
(
Azuma nishiki ukiyo kōdan
- 東錦浮世稿談)
1868 Hiroshige III P818
Hakone (箱根): Nakamura Shikan IV (四代目中村芝翫) as Kō no Moronao (高師直) from the series
The Tōkaidō Road: One Look Worth a Thousand Ryō
(
Tōkaidō hitome senryō
- 東海道一ト眼千両 -
Yojiba no zu
湯冶場ノ図 - 'Picture of the Hot Springs')
1868 Kunichika p797
Bandō Hikosaburō V [坂東彦三郎] as Nezumi Kozō Jirokichi (鼠子僧次郎吉) from the series
Mirror of Demonic People, Good and Evil
(
Zen'aku kijin kagami
- 善悪鬼人鏡)
1868 Kunichika p814
Bandō Hikosaburō V (坂東彦三郎) as Gengobei (源五兵衛) in the play
Drawing a crowd for the chorus in the two theaters
(
Koe mo Sorou Ryōza no Ōyose
- 音揃成両勘大寄) - the center panel of a triptych
1868 No Name triptych
Buffoonery on a Hundred Stories (
Dōke hyaku monogatari
- 道化百物かたり)
1869 Yoshiiku sword mouth
Mitsuhide's daughter, Morihime (
Mitsuhide musume Morihime
- 光秀娘盛姫) - number 16 (十六) from the series
Taiheiki Supplements
(太平記拾遺)
1870s yoshitaki trip.jpg
Arashi Rikan IV (嵐璃寛) as Sakuramaru (桜丸), Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) as Matsuōmaru (松王丸) and Nakamura Fukusuke III (中村福助) as Umeōmaru (梅王丸) in the play
Sugawara denju tenarai kagami
(菅原伝授手習鑑)
1874 Toyoshige waterfall fudo
Ichikawa Danjūrō IX (市川團十郎) as Mongaku Shōnin (文覚上人) with Suketakaya Takasuke IV as Kongara dōji, Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Fudō no Reizō and Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) as Seitaka dōjiin in 'The Austerities of Mongaku' (
Hashikuyō Bonji no Mongaku
- 橋供養梵字紋覚)
1880s Kiyochika rain
Umewaka shrine (
Umewaka jinja
- 梅若神社)
1885 Kunichika Fireworks.jpg
Five actors in casual attire in
A Cool Evening at Ryōgoku Bridge
(両国橋夕涼之図) - Onoe Kikugorō V as 音羽屋清吉 and Ichikawa Sadanji I as 高島屋藤助 on the right, Kataoka Gadō III as 松島屋房八 and Nakamura Fukusuke III as 成駒屋小文吾 in the middle and is a woman with the description Yanagibashi no ko Hide (柳橋の小ひで) on the left
1885c Yoshitoshi Shingoro.jpg
The story of the actor Ikushima Shingorō (生島新五郎之話) with Lady Ejima - from the series
New Selections of Eastern Brocade Pictures
(
Shinsen azuma niskikie
- 新撰東錦絵)
1887 Chikanobu triptych nobili
Setchu ni ume no sho gunji yugi no zu
(雪中ニ梅荘郡児遊戯図)
1887 Yoshitoshi suikoden
Rochishin and the Guardian God [Statue] -
Rochishin ransui Godaisen Kongōjin o uchikowasu no zu
(魯智深爛酔打壊五壹山金剛神之図)
1888 Yoshitoshi Tokugawa Keiki
The wife of the last shōgun, Tokugawa Keiki (徳川慶喜公御簾中), number 20 (第ニ十), from the series
Biographies of the People in the Recent Years
(Kinsei Jinbutsu Shi - 近世人物誌)
1890c Keinen Loons.jpg
Loons in pond -
ehon
diptych from
Keinen kachō gafu
('Album of Bird-and-Flower Pictures by Keinan' - 景年花鳥画譜)
1890c Keinen Pigeons.jpg
Pigeons -
ehon
diptych from
Keinen kachō gafu
('Album of Bird-and-Flower Pictures by Keinan' - 景年花鳥画譜)
1890c Kuniyoshi Spiders.jpeg
Sawamura Chōjūrō V [沢村長十郎] as Shiratsuka Jūemon (白柄十石工門) wearing a skull and spider kimono - the inset in the upper left is Bandō Shūka I as Komurasaki (小紫)
1894 Kunichika Ichikawa Sadanj
Ichikawa Sadanji I (市川左團次) as Akiyama Kii no kami (秋山紀伊守) amidst flames from the play
The Kōshū War Strategy and the Takeda Clan Preparing for Battle
1895ca 5 heads 10 bodies
Cowardly Pigs With Five Heads and Ten Bodies - 弱虫: 五豕十豕之圖
1898 Kunichika Demon
Ichikawa Danjūrō IX (市川団十郎) as the female demon Teruhi no miko [照日の神子] in Uwanari (嫐) one the
18 Famous Plays
[of the Ichikawa Clan] - Juhachiban - (十八番之内) in the series
One Hundred Roles of Ichikawa Danjūrō
(市川団十郎演芸百番)
1903 Kogyo bathing beauty
Bathing Beauty - 美人の海水浴
1906 Shoun fashions.jpg
Three-stringed Shamisen
(三すじ) from the series Modern Fashions (
Imasugata
- いま姿)
1910 Koson herons
Two little egrets flying in heavy rain
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)
1920-24c Takahashi Ito
Odai Ferry (小台の渡し) in Tokyo
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
)
1924 Shinsui marumage
Hair Style of a Married Woman
(
Marumage
)
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]
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)
1926 Yoshida Hiroshi lanterns
Lantern Maker (
Chochin-ya
- 提灯屋)
1927-32 Koson snow Yanagi-bash
The Snow on Willow Bridge (
Yanagi-bashi no Yuki
[柳橋の雪]) on the Sumida River
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])
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]
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)
1929 Kotondo powdering shoulde
Make-up (
Keshō
- 化粧)
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]
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
)
1930s Koson bird with lotus
Wagtail and lotus
1930s Shoun after bath
Anonymous print of a woman after her bath
1930s Takane Koji hana no ame
Showering Flower Petals (
Hana bira ame
- 花の雨 or 花弁雨)
1930s Takane Koji hototogisu
Lesser cuckoo (
Hototogisu
- 杜鵑)
1931 Shinsui hazy moon
The Second Series of Modern Beauties: Hazy Moon on a Spring Night
(
Gendai bijinshu dai-nishu
:
Oboro-yo
)
1931 Shunsen Onoe Baiko
Onoe Baikō VI [六世尾上梅幸] as the courtesan Aburaya Okon [油屋おこん] in the play
Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba
(伊勢音頭戀寢刃) or 'The Ise Dances and Love's Dull Blade'
1935 Shunsen Koshiro VII
Matsumoto Kōshirō VII [七代目松本幸四郎] as Benkei [弁慶 ] - left-hand panel of a diptych
1935c Benji Asada
Pipes and Cigarettes
1946 Yoshida Toshi Ishiyama
Ishiyama Temple -
Ishiyamadera
(石山寺)
1950 Hasui Sekibei.jpeg
Matsumoto Kōshirō VII (松本幸四郎) as Sekibei (関兵衛)
1950 Tadamasa danshichi
June - Danshichi Kurobei from the series
Calendar of Kabuki Roles and Actors
(
Kabuki Sugata-goyomi
- 歌舞伎姿暦 - 6th month [六月])
1950c Gako Danjuro fudo
Ichikawa Danjūrō X or XI (?) as Narukami Shōnin [鳴神上人]
1950s Goyo recarved
Woman at the bath (
Yokujō no onna
- 浴場の女)
1950s Shiro Kasamatsu swans
Spring at the Moat
(
Ohari no Haru
- おほりの春)
1950s Shuho Paris
Japanese girl in a western port city from the series
Kindai Reijin Gafu
('Album of Contemporary Beauties')
1952 Shunsen Red Actor.jpeg
Nakamura Fukusuke VII [七世中村福助] as Kuramae no Osome (蔵前のお染)
1989 Kokei Enjaku III
Jitsukawa Enjaku III as the farmer Kyūsaku in the play
Nozakimura
or 'Nozaki Village'
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