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Winter shopping scene from the <i>Hokusai gafu</i> (北斎画譜)
1820s Hokusai Winter Shopping.
Winter shopping scene from the Hokusai gafu (北斎画譜)

Volume from <i>Picture Book of the Taiko-ki</i> (<i>Ehon Taikō-ki</i> 絵本太閤記)
1840s Kuniyoshi Taikoki ehon
Volume from Picture Book of the Taiko-ki (Ehon Taikō-ki 絵本太閤記)

Volume 5 of <i>Gaten Tsūkō</i> [画典通考]
1728 Morikuni stories V5
Volume 5 of Gaten Tsūkō [画典通考]

Volume 4 of <i>Gaten Tsūkō</i> [画典通考]
1728 Morikuni stories V4
Volume 4 of Gaten Tsūkō [画典通考]

Volume 3 of <i>The Picture Book of the Journey to the West</i> (<i>Ehon Saiyū zenden</i> - 画本西遊全伝)
1833 Taito II Ehon Saiyu Zende
Volume 3 of The Picture Book of the Journey to the West (Ehon Saiyū zenden - 画本西遊全伝)

Volume 3 of <i>Gaten Tsūkō</i> [画典通考]
1728 Morikuni stories V3
Volume 3 of Gaten Tsūkō [画典通考]

Volume 3 of <i>Gaten Tsūkō</i> [画典通考]
1728 Morikuni stories V2
Volume 3 of Gaten Tsūkō [画典通考]

Volume 3 of <i>A Record of the Benevolent Government at Ōgawa</i> (<i>Ōkawa Jinsei-roku</i>
 - 大川仁政録)
1840ca Yoshiume Ookawa ehon 2
Volume 3 of A Record of the Benevolent Government at Ōgawa (Ōkawa Jinsei-roku - 大川仁政録)

Volume 2 of <i>A Record of the Benevolent Government at Ōgawa</i> <br>
(Ōkawa Jinsei-roku- 大川仁政録)
1840ca Yoshiume Ookawa ehon 3
Volume 2 of A Record of the Benevolent Government at Ōgawa
(Ōkawa Jinsei-roku- 大川仁政録)

Volume 1 of <i>Gaten Tsūkō</i> [画典通考]
1728 Morikuni stories V1
Volume 1 of Gaten Tsūkō [画典通考]

Volume 1 of <i>A Record of the Benevolent Government at Ōgawa</i> (<i>Ōkawa Jinsei-roku</i> - 大川仁政録)
1840ca Yoshiume Ookawa ehon 1
Volume 1 of A Record of the Benevolent Government at Ōgawa (Ōkawa Jinsei-roku - 大川仁政録)

Urashima Tarō [浦島太郎], the Dragon King's palace (龍宮城), and seven <i>ama</i> (海女 or あま) female divers and an octopus
1840s anon divers octopus.jpg
Urashima Tarō [浦島太郎], the Dragon King's palace (龍宮城), and seven ama (海女 or あま) female divers and an octopus

Two page illustration from from an <i>ehon</i> of Chapter 20 of the <i>Hokusetsu bidan jidai kagami</i> ('Uplifting Tale of Northern Snows' Mirror of the Ages -北雪美談時代加々見)
1850s Kunisada monkey attack.j
Two page illustration from from an ehon of Chapter 20 of the Hokusetsu bidan jidai kagami ('Uplifting Tale of Northern Snows' Mirror of the Ages -北雪美談時代加々見)

Two page illustration from an <i>ehon</i> of Chapter 21 of the <i>Hokusetsu bidan jidai kagami</i> ('Uplifting Tale of Northern Snows' Mirror of the Ages -北雪美談時代加々見)
1850s Kunisada basket head
Two page illustration from an ehon of Chapter 21 of the Hokusetsu bidan jidai kagami ('Uplifting Tale of Northern Snows' Mirror of the Ages -北雪美談時代加々見)

Two <i>ehon</i> covers [<i>e-byoshi</i> - 絵表紙] from the <i>Hokusetsu bidan jidai kagami</i> ('Uplifting Tale of Northern Snows' Mirror of the Ages -北雪美談時代加々見)
1855 Kunisada kagami 23-24
Two ehon covers [e-byoshi - 絵表紙] from the Hokusetsu bidan jidai kagami ('Uplifting Tale of Northern Snows' Mirror of the Ages -北雪美談時代加々見)

Two couples at night - both women are courtesans
1830c Eisen shunga
Two couples at night - both women are courtesans

Two book covers, <i>ebyōshi</i> (絵表紙) forming a diptych of <i>The Heroic Tales of Jiraiya</i> (<i>Jiraiya Gōketsu Monogatari</i> - 児雷也豪傑物語), Chapter 36
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

Display-room of a house of pleasure at night
1850c Utamaro seiro ehon
Three double-page illustrations from Yoshiwara picture book: Annals of the Green Houses (Seirō ehon nenjū-gyōji - 青楼絵本年中行事)

The deluxe <i>shunga</i> album, <i>Ama no Ukibashi</i>, 'The Floating Bridge of Heaven' [天浮橋]
1820s Shigenobu II shunga ehon
The deluxe shunga album, Ama no Ukibashi, 'The Floating Bridge of Heaven' [天浮橋]

Tadanobu performing the fox-dance to the beat of the <i>kotsuzumi</i> or hand drum made from the skins of his parents
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

Shunga with text
1840ca Eisen shunga
Shunga with text

Scene from <i>Tsui no hinagata</i> ('Picture-book of Patterns of Loving Couples' - 絵本つひの雛形) - an album of 12 compositions
1810-14 Hokusai Festive Lovers
Scene from Tsui no hinagata ('Picture-book of Patterns of Loving Couples' - 絵本つひの雛形) - an album of 12 compositions

Scene from <i>Ehon tsui no hinagata</i> ('Picture-book of Patterns of Loving Couples' - 絵本つひの雛形)
1814c Hokusai sewing shunga
Scene from Ehon tsui no hinagata ('Picture-book of Patterns of Loving Couples' - 絵本つひの雛形)

Priest having sex with a boy prostitute (<i>kagema</i> - 蔭間) - from <i>Ama no Ukibashi</i> - 'The Floating Bridge of Heaven'
1825c Shigenobu shunga
Priest having sex with a boy prostitute (kagema - 蔭間) - from Ama no Ukibashi - 'The Floating Bridge of Heaven'

Pigeons - <i>ehon</i> diptych from <i>Keinen kachō gafu</i> ('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)

Men using a winch - a scene from the <i>Hokusai gifu</i> (北斎画譜)
1830s Hokusai Turnin.jpg
Men using a winch - a scene from the Hokusai gifu (北斎画譜)

Matsumoto Kōshirō II as Hata no Daizen Taketora and Ichikawa Yaozō II as Kujaku no Saburō on the right, Nakajima Mihoemon II as Aramaki Mimishirō and Nakamura Shōchō as Ōtomo no Kuronushi (or Ki no Tsurayuki) on the left in the play <i>Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji</i> ['Flowers of Japan: Ono no Komachi's Five Characters' - 倭花小野五文字]
1771c Shunsho four actors
Matsumoto Kōshirō II as Hata no Daizen Taketora and Ichikawa Yaozō II as Kujaku no Saburō on the right, Nakajima Mihoemon II as Aramaki Mimishirō and Nakamura Shōchō as Ōtomo no Kuronushi (or Ki no Tsurayuki) on the left in the play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji ['Flowers of Japan: Ono no Komachi's Five Characters' - 倭花小野五文字]

Loons in pond - <i>ehon</i> diptych from <i>Keinen kachō gafu</i> ('Album of Bird-and-Flower Pictures by Keinan' - 景年花鳥画譜)
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)

<i>Shinobu-zuri</i> (志の婦壽李) - <i>shunga ehon</i>
1818ca Hokusai shunga
Shinobu-zuri (志の婦壽李) - shunga ehon

Illustration to Fontaine from volume 2 - fable of monkey riding on a dolphin (<i>Choix de fables de La Fontaine illustrées par un groupe des meilleurs artistes de Tokio sous la direction de P. Barboutau</i>)
1894 Shusui Monkey
Illustration to Fontaine from volume 2 - fable of monkey riding on a dolphin (Choix de fables de La Fontaine illustrées par un groupe des meilleurs artistes de Tokio sous la direction de P. Barboutau)

Illustration to Fontaine fable of belling the cat (<i>Choix de fables de La Fontaine illustrées par un groupe des meilleurs artistes de Tokio sous la direction de P. Barboutau</i>)
1894 Hanko Mice
Illustration to Fontaine fable of belling the cat (Choix de fables de La Fontaine illustrées par un groupe des meilleurs artistes de Tokio sous la direction de P. Barboutau)

Illustrated book on warriors volumes 1 & 3 of 3 bound in one (attributed to Okamoto Masafusa [岡本昌房])
1700s Okamoto Masafusa ehon
Illustrated book on warriors volumes 1 & 3 of 3 bound in one (attributed to Okamoto Masafusa [岡本昌房])

<i>Ehon</i> (絵本): <i>shunga</i> (春画) from the series <i>Hoshi-zukiyo ito no shirabe</i>
1830ca Kunisada shunga ehon
Ehon (絵本): shunga (春画) from the series Hoshi-zukiyo ito no shirabe

<i>Ehon</i> (絵本): <i>shunga</i> (春画)
1880ca Kunisada ehon shunga
Ehon (絵本): shunga (春画)

<i>Ehon</i> - <i>Essentials of Birth in the Pure Land</i> (<i>Ōjōyōshū</i> - 往生要集)
1690-1710ca Genshin ehon Hell
Ehon - Essentials of Birth in the Pure Land (Ōjōyōshū - 往生要集)

<i>Ehon</i> cover with warrior and monkeys - title: 白菊物語 (<i>Shiragiku monogatari</i> or 'Story of the Auspicious White Chrysanthemum')
1845ca Kunisada archer monkey.
Ehon cover with warrior and monkeys - title: 白菊物語 (Shiragiku monogatari or 'Story of the Auspicious White Chrysanthemum')

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