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Onoe Tamizō II (尾上多見蔵) as Shirai Saijirō (白井才八郎 actually Gonpachi 権八) in <i>Futatsumon kuruwa no nishiki-e</i> (双紋郭錦絵: 'Brocade print of two crests in the pleasure quarters')
1832 Shunshi onoe tamizo ii
Onoe Tamizō II (尾上多見蔵) as Shirai Saijirō (白井才八郎 actually Gonpachi 権八) in Futatsumon kuruwa no nishiki-e (双紋郭錦絵: 'Brocade print of two crests in the pleasure quarters')

<i>The Calculating Type</i> from the series 'Twelve Scenes of Modern Beauties' (<i>Imayō bijin jūnikei</i> - 今様美人十二景) or Yoshiwara (よし原)
1830s Eisen bijin
The Calculating Type from the series 'Twelve Scenes of Modern Beauties' (Imayō bijin jūnikei - 今様美人十二景) or Yoshiwara (よし原)

The courtesan Masuharu (増春) of the Matsubaya House (松葉屋)
1830c Kunisada Courtesan.jpg
The courtesan Masuharu (増春) of the Matsubaya House (松葉屋)

Hair-washing Day (<i>Rokugatsu, Kamiarai hi</i> - 髪あらい日) in the Sixth Month (六月): Michitose (三千歳) of the Miuraya (三浦屋内) from the series <i>Four Seasons in the Pleasure Quarters: Annual Events in the Yoshiwara</i> (<i>Kuruwa no shikishi Yoshiwara yōji</i> - 廓の四季志吉原要事)
1830c Eizan homesick
Hair-washing Day (Rokugatsu, Kamiarai hi - 髪あらい日) in the Sixth Month (六月): Michitose (三千歳) of the Miuraya (三浦屋内) from the series Four Seasons in the Pleasure Quarters: Annual Events in the Yoshiwara (Kuruwa no shikishi Yoshiwara yōji - 廓の四季志吉原要事)

Minamoto Yorimasa (源三位頼政 - here Genzanmi Yorimasa) on the left has shot the <i>nue</i> (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 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)

Three panels from the series Cherry Blossoms at Night in the New Yoshiwara (<i>Shin Yoshiwara yozakura</i> - 新吉原夜桜) - Chōdayū (長太夫) of the Okamotoya on the left
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

Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Katsura Chūnagon, actually Ise Shinkurō (桂中納言実は伊勢新九郎) on the right; Asao Gakujūrō I (浅尾額十郎) as Hosokawa Katsumoto (細川勝元); and Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Takahashi no Tsubone, actually Mino no Shōkurō (高はしの局実は美濃庄九郎) on the left
1829ca Hokushu triptych
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Katsura Chūnagon, actually Ise Shinkurō (桂中納言実は伊勢新九郎) on the right; Asao Gakujūrō I (浅尾額十郎) as Hosokawa Katsumoto (細川勝元); and Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Takahashi no Tsubone, actually Mino no Shōkurō (高はしの局実は美濃庄九郎) on the left

Zhang Fei (張飛 - Jp: Chōhi) thundering at Changban Bridge (長坂橋)
1828c Kunisada chohi
Zhang Fei (張飛 - Jp: Chōhi) thundering at Changban Bridge (長坂橋)

Kamegiku of Manji House (万字屋内亀菊) heating tea over a brazier - from a triptych entitled <i>Winter</i> (Fuyu - 冬) - right-hand panel of a triptych - from the series of 'The Four Seasons' (<i>Shiki no uchi</i> - 四季ノ内)
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)

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 <i>Modern Mirror of Actors</i> (<i>Yakusha Tosei Kagami</i> - 役者當世鏡)
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)

"Hiding Eyebrows" (<i>Mayu kakushi</i> - 眉かくし) from the series <i>Mirrors of the Modern Boudoir</i> (<i>Imafū keshō-kagami</i> - 今風化粧鏡)
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)

The Hour of the Rooster, Sixth Hour of Twilight (<i>Tori no koku, Kure muttsu</i>) - 5 to 7 PM, from the series <i>A Yoshiwara Clock</i> (<i>Yoshiwara tokei nihen - Mitate hakkei</i> - 吉原時計 酉ノ刻 暮六ツ)
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)

Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Matsunami Sanpei (松並三平) on the right, Arashi Koroku IV (嵐小六) as the waiting maid Saeda (御女中早枝) in the center, and Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Ohashi Sohei (大橋曽平) on the left
1823 Kunihiro rain scene
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Matsunami Sanpei (松並三平) on the right, Arashi Koroku IV (嵐小六) as the waiting maid Saeda (御女中早枝) in the center, and Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Ohashi Sohei (大橋曽平) on the left

Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Kan Shōjō (菅丞相) in <i> Sugiwara's Secrets of Calligraphy</i> (<i>Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami</i> - 菅原伝授手習鑑)
1823 Hokushu Utaemon III as Ka
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)

Nakamura Utaemon III [中村歌右衛門] as Mino no Shōkurō [美濃庄九郎] from the play <i>Keisei Ōmonguchi</i> ('The Great Gate of the Licensed Quarter')
1823 Hokushu pipe surimono
Nakamura Utaemon III [中村歌右衛門] as Mino no Shōkurō [美濃庄九郎] from the play Keisei Ōmonguchi ('The Great Gate of the Licensed Quarter')

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 <i>Keisei Ōmonguchi</i> ('The Great Gate of the Licensed Quarter')
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')

Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Kan Shōjō (菅丞相) in <i> Sugiwara's Secrets of Calligraphy</i> (<i>Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami</i> - 菅原伝授手習鑑)
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)

Ichiro's Picture Album (Ichiro gafu  一老画譜)
1823 Gakutei Ichiro Gafu
Ichiro's Picture Album (Ichiro gafu 一老画譜)

Double page illustration from the Ichirō Gafu (<i>Ichirō Picture Book</i>: 一老画譜)
1823 Gakutei book plates
Double page illustration from the Ichirō Gafu (Ichirō Picture Book: 一老画譜)

Arashi Kitsusaburō II (嵐橘三郎) in the role of Chūnagon Yukihira (中納言行平) in <i>The Snow, The Moon, and The Flowers</i> (<i>Mitate Setsugekka</i> - 目立雪月花)
1823 Ashiyuki setsugekka
Arashi Kitsusaburō II (嵐橘三郎) in the role of Chūnagon Yukihira (中納言行平) in The Snow, The Moon, and The Flowers (Mitate Setsugekka - 目立雪月花)

Arashi Kitsusaburō II (嵐橘三郎) as Nagoya Sanza (名古屋山三) on the right with Nakayama Icchō IV (中山一蝶) as the servant Shikazō (奴鹿蔵) on the left
1823 Ashiyuki letter
Arashi Kitsusaburō II (嵐橘三郎) as Nagoya Sanza (名古屋山三) on the right with Nakayama Icchō IV (中山一蝶) as the servant Shikazō (奴鹿蔵) on the left

Bandō Jūtarō (坂東重太郎) as Daifukuya Sōroku (大福屋宗六) in <i>Shima Date daishō</i>
1823 anonymous stencil bundo j
Bandō Jūtarō (坂東重太郎) as Daifukuya Sōroku (大福屋宗六) in Shima Date daishō

Bandō Jūtarō as Daifukuya Sōroku (大福屋宗六) in <i>Shima Date daishō</i>
1823 anonymous stencil bundo j
Bandō Jūtarō as Daifukuya Sōroku (大福屋宗六) in Shima Date daishō

Six prominent kabuki actors on a winter outing
1820s Toyokuni II triptych sno
Six prominent kabuki actors on a winter outing

Picture of Fireworks at Ryōgoku Bridge (<i>Ryōgoku hanabi no zu</i> - 両 国花火之図) - lower half of a six panel composition
1820s Toyokuni I boating
Picture of Fireworks at Ryōgoku Bridge (Ryōgoku hanabi no zu - 両 国花火之図) - lower half of a six panel composition

Arashi Kitsusaburō II (嵐橘三郎) as Miyagi Asojirō (宮木阿曽次郎) in the play <i>Shoutsushi Asagao Nikki</i> (生写朝顔日記)
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)

<i>Aizuri-e</i>: the Peasant class (Nō 農) from a series of the four estates <i>Mitate shinōkōshō</i> (無名: 見立士農工商)
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)

Pentaptych: <i>bijin</i> holding puppets of actors as <i>otokodate</i> - from the left - Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) as An no Heibei (安ノ平兵衛), Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Gokuin Sen'emon (極印千右衞門), Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) as Kaminari Shōkurō (雷庄九郎), Seki Sanjūrō II (関三十郎) as Hotei Ichiemon (布袋市右衛門) and Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川團十郎) as Karigane Bunshichi (雁金文七) - from 'Five Chivalrous Men as Puppets' (<i>Mitate ningyō gonin otoko</i> - 見立人形五人男)
1820s Kuniyasu pentaptych
Pentaptych: bijin holding puppets of actors as otokodate - from the left - Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) as An no Heibei (安ノ平兵衛), Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Gokuin Sen'emon (極印千右衞門), Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) as Kaminari Shōkurō (雷庄九郎), Seki Sanjūrō II (関三十郎) as Hotei Ichiemon (布袋市右衛門) and Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川團十郎) as Karigane Bunshichi (雁金文七) - from 'Five Chivalrous Men as Puppets' (Mitate ningyō gonin otoko - 見立人形五人男)

<i>Mizuchaya</i> (水茶屋) teahouse from the series <i>Contest of Beauties</i> (<i>Bijo kurabe</i> - 美女競)
1820s Kunisada winter read
Mizuchaya (水茶屋) teahouse from the series Contest of Beauties (Bijo kurabe - 美女競)

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 lightning
A young mother is hanging a mosquito net to protect herself and her child against a lightning storm - center panel of a triptych

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)
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)

Nakamura Utaemon III  (三代目中村歌右衛門) as Hangaku-jo (半がく女) in <i>Wada gassen onna maizuru</i>
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

<i>Shunga</i> with an <i>awabi</i> diver
1820s Hokusai shunga
Shunga with an awabi diver

San'enzan Zōjō-ji Temple (<i>San'enzan Zōjō-ji zu</i> - 三園山増上寺図) from the series <i>The Eastern Capital</i> (Tōto - 東都)
1820s Hokuju landscape yoko-e
San'enzan Zōjō-ji Temple (San'enzan Zōjō-ji zu - 三園山増上寺図) from the series The Eastern Capital (Tōto - 東都)

Bijin looking at the full moon
1820c Kuniyasu pipe moon
Bijin looking at the full moon

Chinzei Hachirō Tametomo (鎮西八郎為朝) watching the demons trying to pull the string of his bow
1820c Kunisada tometomo
Chinzei Hachirō Tametomo (鎮西八郎為朝) watching the demons trying to pull the string of his bow

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