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A <i>bijin</i> admiring morning glories (朝顔を見る美人)
1775 Koryusai morning glory
A bijin admiring morning glories (朝顔を見る美人)

First Archery of the New Year (<i>Yumi hajime</i> - 弓はじめ) from the album <i>Saishiki mitsu no asa</i> (彩色美津朝) or 'Colors of the Triple Dawn'
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'

Viewing Plum Blossoms
1780s Shuncho
Viewing Plum Blossoms

<i>Among the Geisha of the New Yoshiwara</i> (新吉原芸者中) - one panel of a probable triptych
1790s Kikumaro oiran and kamur
Among the Geisha of the New Yoshiwara (新吉原芸者中) - one panel of a probable triptych

Three brave men slaying the giant <i>uwabami</i> [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 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

2 beautiful girls and a monkey dressed up for a New Year's celebration.
1790s Toyokuni I girls and mon
2 beautiful girls and a monkey dressed up for a New Year's celebration.

Yosame Masaki (真崎): <i>Night Rain</i> (夜雨) at Masaki Shrine from the series <i>8 Famous Views of Edo</i> (江戸名所八景)
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)

The sumō wrestler Takaneyama Sōkichi (高根山宗吉)
1795c Shunei sumo
The sumō wrestler Takaneyama Sōkichi (高根山宗吉)

 Sawamura Sōjūrō III (沢村宗十郎) performs a <i>mie</i> possibly in the role of Konomura Ōinosuke [此村大炊之助]
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]

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 <i>Tenjiku Tokubei ikoku banashi</i> (天竺徳兵衛韓噺)
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)

Onoe Matsusuke I (尾上松助) as Fujikawa Mizuemon (藤川水右衛門) confronted by the snake
1798c Kunihisa Onoe Matsusuke
Onoe Matsusuke I (尾上松助) as Fujikawa Mizuemon (藤川水右衛門) confronted by the snake

Ōtomo no Kuronushi (大伴黒主) from the series 'Modern Children as the Six Poetic Immortals' - <i>Tōsei kodomo rokkasen</i> (当世子供六歌仙)
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)

Three long-tailed turtles (<i>minogame</i>  蓑亀 or みのがめ) with a message of felicitations - <i>kotobuki</i> (寿)
1800-05 Toyokuni Tortoises
Three long-tailed turtles (minogame 蓑亀 or みのがめ) with a message of felicitations - kotobuki (寿)

3 figures in an actor's debut (役者地顔見たて) from the series <i>The Floating World Chūshingura</i> (<i>Ukiyo Chūshingura</i> - 浮世忠臣蔵) - the second act (二段目)
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)

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]
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]

Couple in front of a toothbrush shop - possibly the <i>Shuchu-ka</i> (酒中花)
1800c Eisho hashira-e
Couple in front of a toothbrush shop - possibly the Shuchu-ka (酒中花)

Onoe Matsusuke I (尾上松助) as the ghost of the wet-nurse Iohata (‘Iohata bokon’) in the play <i>Tenjiku Tokubei ikoku banashi</i> (天竺徳兵衛韓噺)
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)

Segawa Kikunojō III [瀬川菊之丞] as Chōkichi [長吉] in the play <i>Sumida no haru geisha katagi</i> (隅田春妓女容性)
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)

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 <i>Iroiri Otogi Zōshi</i>
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

Attributed to a later Okumura Masanobu (政信) - a Meiji rebus or <i>hanji-e</i> [判じ絵] triptych of Fashionable New Complaints
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

<i>Mitate</i> 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)
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)

Segawa Rokō III (瀬川路考) as the courtesan Yūgiri (夕きり) of the Ōgiya house in the play <i>Tayū Shibaraku Yukari no Tsukimi</i> (太夫暫由縁月視)
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)

Parody of Narihira's <i>Journey to the East</i> (<i>Azuma-kudri: Yatsushi no Fuji</i>)
1806c Utamaro Narihira mitate
Parody of Narihira's Journey to the East (Azuma-kudri: Yatsushi no Fuji)

A courtesan and a geisha carrying a shamisen, possibly on their way to a teahouse assignation - from the series 'Modern Dyed Cotton Kimono' (<i>Tōsei Zokui-zome</i> - 當世俗衣染)
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)

Parody of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune in the Pleasure Quarters (<i>Seirō mitate</i> - 青楼見立  [<i>Shichifukujin</i> - 七福神]) - left-hand panel of a triptych
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

Scene from the <i>noh</i> play, <i>The Chrysanthemum Boy</i> (<i>Kikujidō/Makurajidō</i> - 菊慈童)
1810c Eizan Kikujido
Scene from the noh play, The Chrysanthemum Boy (Kikujidō/Makurajidō - 菊慈童)

The New Plum Estate on the Sumida River or <i>Sumidagawa shin-Umeyashiki no zu</i> (隅田川新梅屋敷之図)
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)

Two <i>oiran</i>, Inaoka (稲岡) and Shigee (? 茂枝) of the Okamotoya (岡本屋), from the series <i>Seirō bijin awase</i> (青楼美人合)
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)

Watanabe no Tsuna [渡邉綱] struggles with the Ibaraki demon (茨鬼) at Modori Bridge (<i>Ibaraki no oni; Modoribashi Tsuna henge ni au</i> - 戻橋綱逢変化)
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)

A <i>mitate</i> of Komachi with an umbrella praying for rain (<i>Amagoi Komachi</i> - 雨こひ小まち) from the series <i>Modern Girls as the Seven Komachi</i> (<i>Imayō musume Nana Komachi</i> - 今やう娘七小町)
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)

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 <i>Five Chivalrous Women of the Yoshiwara</i> (<i>Otokodate iromo Yoshiwara</i> - 男作女吉原)
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)

Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井半四郎) as Seitaka Dōji (せいたかの童子 [制吒迦童子]) from <i>Yuki mo Yoshino Kigoto no Kaomise</i>  (雪芳野来入顔鏡 - ゆきもよしのきごとのかおみせ)
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)

Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) as a boatman (按摩取梶の長庵?) in the play <i>Imaori Hakata no Irifune</i> (新織博多縞入船)
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)

Arashi Kichisaburō II (嵐吉三郎) as Funakoshi Jūemon (船こし重右衛門) in <i>Yaegasumi Naniwa no hamaogi</i> ('Eightfold Reeds Along the Seashore: Mist at Osaka')
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')

Asao Yūjirō I (浅尾勇次郎) holding an umbrella in the play <i>Tsuma Gasane Uwasa ni Kikuzuki</i> - left panel of a diptych
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

Minamoto Yoritomo's hunting party in the foothills below Mt. Fuji - <i>Minamoto Yoritomo kō Fuji no susono makigari no zu</i> (源頼朝公富士之裾野牧狩之図)
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)

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