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Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Kagekiyo (景清) -  the right-hand panel of a diptych - scene from the play <i>Keisei Hangonkō</i> [けいせい反魂香] - a <i>mitate</i>
1832 Sadamasu Kagekiyo
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Kagekiyo (景清) - the right-hand panel of a diptych - scene from the play Keisei Hangonkō [けいせい反魂香] - a mitate

[Nakamura Shikan IV] as Kagekiyo (景清) below  and Okawa Tomoemon (大川友右工門) above from the series <i>Modern Style Set of the Provinces in Edo Brocade</i>  (<i>Kōto nishiki imayō kuni zukushi</i> - 江都錦今様国盡) - 
Higo province (肥後) and Hyūga province (日向)
1852 Kuniyoshi fudo
[Nakamura Shikan IV] as Kagekiyo (景清) below and Okawa Tomoemon (大川友右工門) above from the series Modern Style Set of the Provinces in Edo Brocade (Kōto nishiki imayō kuni zukushi - 江都錦今様国盡) - Higo province (肥後) and Hyūga province (日向)

Woman accompanying a child on horseback with a view of Mount Fuji in the distance - probably the central panel of a triptych
1780s Shuncho near Fuji
Woman accompanying a child on horseback with a view of Mount Fuji in the distance - probably the central panel of a triptych

Ariwara Narihira and Ono no Komachi (在原業平と小野小町) from the series <i>Five Colors of Love for the Six Poetic Immortals</i> (<i>Goshiki zome rokkasen</i> - 五色染六歌仙) 
1798 Utamaro couple
Ariwara Narihira and Ono no Komachi (在原業平と小野小町) from the series Five Colors of Love for the Six Poetic Immortals (Goshiki zome rokkasen - 五色染六歌仙) 

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)

Comic Handgames Compared (<i>Dōke ken awase</i> - 道化拳合 - どうけけんあわせ)
1847 Kuniyoshi 04
Comic Handgames Compared (Dōke ken awase - 道化拳合 - どうけけんあわせ)

Fan print of a courtesan with her child assistant - the background is the <i>Matsu kiri</i> scene from Act 2 of the <i>Chūshingura</i> with Kakogawa Honzō lopping off a pine branch - a <i>mitate</i> (見立)
1818c Kunisada bijin child
Fan print of a courtesan with her child assistant - the background is the Matsu kiri scene from Act 2 of the Chūshingura with Kakogawa Honzō lopping off a pine branch - a mitate (見立)

THE PUPPET THE <i>BIJIN</i> IS HOLDING IS IN THE FORM OF ONOE KIKUGORŌ III (尾上菊五郎) AS GOKUIN SEN'EMON (極印千右衞門) from the series 'Five Chivalrous Men as Puppets' (<i>Mitate ningyō gonin otoko</i> - 見立人形五人男)
1827ca Kuniyasu bunraku 4
THE PUPPET THE BIJIN IS HOLDING IS IN THE FORM OF ONOE KIKUGORŌ III (尾上菊五郎) AS GOKUIN SEN'EMON (極印千右衞門) from the series 'Five Chivalrous Men as Puppets' (Mitate ningyō gonin otoko - 見立人形五人男)

Procession of women at the Tōshōgū Shrine in Ueno - four panels of a pentaptych
1830c Kunisada tetraptych
Procession of women at the Tōshōgū Shrine in Ueno - four panels of a pentaptych

The Marvelous Doctor Treats Serious Diseases (<i>Kitai na meii nanbyō ryōji</i> - 難病療治 - きたいなめい医)
1850 Kuniyoshi doctors
The Marvelous Doctor Treats Serious Diseases (Kitai na meii nanbyō ryōji - 難病療治 - きたいなめい医)

Nakamura Shikan IV as the Priest Mongaku Shōnin in <i>Mitate Nachi no taki Mongaku Shōnin</i> (見立那智瀧文覚上人)
1875 Kunichika mongaku
Nakamura Shikan IV as the Priest Mongaku Shōnin in Mitate Nachi no taki Mongaku Shōnin (見立那智瀧文覚上人)

Elegant women with attendants in a parody of a daimyō's procession - these are the center 3 of a 5 panel pentaptych
1790c Toyokuni I oiran and kam
Elegant women with attendants in a parody of a daimyō's procession - these are the center 3 of a 5 panel pentaptych

Ichikawa Danjūrō VII wipes his face in front of a makeup - from the series <i>Tōsei rok'kasen</i> ('Six Choice Modern Flowers' - 當世六花撰)
1834 Kunisada danjuro fan
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII wipes his face in front of a makeup - from the series Tōsei rok'kasen ('Six Choice Modern Flowers' - 當世六花撰)

Kakitsu (家橘) (poetry name of Ichimura Uzaemon XIII [市村羽左衛門]), from the series <i>Seven Popular Idols of the Present Day, a Parody of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove</i> - <i>Chikurin shichikenjin no mitate</i> (竹林七賢の見立), <i>Tōsei ryūkō shichi enjin</i> (当時流光七艶人)  
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)  

Shozan (曙山), the poetry name of Sawamura Tanosuke III, from the series <i>Seven Popular Idols of the Present Day, a Parody of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove</i> (<i>Chikurin shichikenjin no mitate</i> - 竹林七賢の見立, <i>Tōsei ryūkō shichi enjin</i> - 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)  

Wakamurasaki (若紫): No. 5, Lavender from the series <i>Ukiyo-e Parallels for the Cloudy Chapters of the Tale of Genji</i> (<i>Genji kumo ukiyoe awase</i> - 源氏雲浮世絵合)
1845-46c Kuniyoshi cloudy genj
Wakamurasaki (若紫): No. 5, Lavender from the series Ukiyo-e Parallels for the Cloudy Chapters of the Tale of Genji (Genji kumo ukiyoe awase - 源氏雲浮世絵合)

Usugumo (薄雲): No. 19, Wisps of Cloud / <i>Ukiyo-e Parallels for the Cloudy Chapters of the Tale of Genji</i> (<i>Genji kumo ukiyoe awase</i> - 源氏雲浮世絵合 )
1845-46c Kuniyoshi Yoshikado
Usugumo (薄雲): No. 19, Wisps of Cloud / Ukiyo-e Parallels for the Cloudy Chapters of the Tale of Genji (Genji kumo ukiyoe awase - 源氏雲浮世絵合 )

#88 (八十八番 - <i>hachijūhachiban</i>) from the series 'A Pictorial Commentary on One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets' -  a <i>bijin</i> with a hand-drum paired with a book opened  to a poem by the Imperial Princess Shokushi (式子内親王 -  <i>Shokushi Naishinnō</i>)
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)

Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助) doing penance for his mother at Hikosan Gongen [彦山権現] from the series <i>Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety of Our Country</i> (<i>Honcho nijushi-ko</i> - 本朝廿四考)
1843c Kuniyoshi pennance
Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助) doing penance for his mother at Hikosan Gongen [彦山権現] from the series Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety of Our Country (Honcho nijushi-ko - 本朝廿四考)

Young samurai on horseback
1750s Masanobu horse dandy
Young samurai on horseback

Fishing with a four armed scoop-net (<i>yotsude ami</i> - 四つ手網)  by the light of a crescent moon
1801ca Utamaro triptych scoop
Fishing with a four armed scoop-net (yotsude ami - 四つ手網) by the light of a crescent moon

<i>Mitate</i> of a daimyō procession [大名行列] along the bank of the Sumida River (隅田川) for cherry blossom viewing (花見)
1820c Eisen procession
Mitate of a daimyō procession [大名行列] along the bank of the Sumida River (隅田川) for cherry blossom viewing (花見)

The Upstairs Parlor of a Brothel (<i>Nikai zashiki no zu</i> - 二かい座敷の図) from the series <i>Modern Select Dolls</i> (<i>Tōsei mitate ningyō no uchi</i> - 當盛見立人形之内)
1856 Kuniyoshi diptych
The Upstairs Parlor of a Brothel (Nikai zashiki no zu - 二かい座敷の図) from the series Modern Select Dolls (Tōsei mitate ningyō no uchi - 當盛見立人形之内)

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 <i>Popular Matches for Thirty-six Selected Flowers</i> (<i>Tōsei mitate sanjūroku kasen</i> - 当盛見立三十六花撰)  
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)  

Hotei fording a river with a young woman on his back
1769 Harunobu Hotei
Hotei fording a river with a young woman on his back

Actors from a Soga Brothers play as the Seven Gods of Good Fortune on the Treasure Ship (役者見立宝船) from the play <i>Nami Nori Soga Hana no Kagekiyo</i> (浪乗曽我花景清)
1850ca Yoshitoyo seven gods of
Actors from a Soga Brothers play as the Seven Gods of Good Fortune on the Treasure Ship (役者見立宝船) from the play Nami Nori Soga Hana no Kagekiyo (浪乗曽我花景清)

Yabuhara (薮原): #36, Sue Harukata (陶晴賢) from the series <i>Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō Road</i> (<i>Kisokaidō rokujūkyū tsugi no uchi</i> - 木曾街道六十九次之内)
1853 Kuniyoshi yabuhara
Yabuhara (薮原): #36, Sue Harukata (陶晴賢) 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)

Mutsu Province (陸奥) from the series <i>Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers </i> (<i>Fūryū Mu Tamagawa</i> - 風流六玉川) - one panel of a hexaptych
1804c Utamaro mutsu
Mutsu Province (陸奥) from the series Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers (Fūryū Mu Tamagawa - 風流六玉川) - one panel of a hexaptych

<i>Mitate chōchingura</i>: <i>A Humorous Reworking, The Treasury of the Loyal Retainers</i> (見立挑灯蔵) - Act 11 (十一段目)
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)

Jiang Shi (Kyō Shi 姜詩) from <i>Juxtaposed Pictures of Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety</i> (<i>Nijūshikō Mitate Awase</i> - 二十四孝見立画合) - #11
1890 Chikanobu Nijushiko Mitat
Jiang Shi (Kyō Shi 姜詩) from Juxtaposed Pictures of Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijūshikō Mitate Awase - 二十四孝見立画合) - #11

3:00 AM (<i>Gozen sanji</i> - 午前三時) from the series <i>Scenes of the twenty-four hours parodied</i> (<i>Mitate chūya nijūoji no uchi</i> - 見立昼夜廿四時之内)
1890 Kunichika 3 am
3:00 AM (Gozen sanji - 午前三時) from the series Scenes of the twenty-four hours parodied (Mitate chūya nijūoji no uchi - 見立昼夜廿四時之内)

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 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)

Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Izaemon (伊左衛門) at his December <i>kaomise</i> (顔見世) in 'A Parody of the Twelve Months' (<i>Mitate ju ni kagetsu nouchi</i> - 見立十二ヶ月ノ内) representing the 11th and 12th months
1859 Kunisada 12 months 26
Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Izaemon (伊左衛門) at his December kaomise (顔見世) in 'A Parody of the Twelve Months' (Mitate ju ni kagetsu nouchi - 見立十二ヶ月ノ内) representing the 11th and 12th months

Right panel: Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) as Daihanji Kiyozumi (大判事清澄) & Arashi Koroku IV (嵐小六) as Koganosuke (久我之助): left panel: Nakamura Matsue III (中村松江) as Sadaka's daughter Hinadori (娘ひな鳥) & Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as the widow Sadaka (後室狭高) - from the play <i>Imoseyama Onna Teikin</i> [妹背山婦女庭訓 - <i>Mount Imo and Mount Se: An Exemplary Tale of Womanly Virtue</i>]
1821 Hokushu four actors
Right panel: Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) as Daihanji Kiyozumi (大判事清澄) & Arashi Koroku IV (嵐小六) as Koganosuke (久我之助): left panel: Nakamura Matsue III (中村松江) as Sadaka's daughter Hinadori (娘ひな鳥) & Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as the widow Sadaka (後室狭高) - from the play Imoseyama Onna Teikin [妹背山婦女庭訓 - Mount Imo and Mount Se: An Exemplary Tale of Womanly Virtue]

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

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 <i>Mirror Mountain: A Woman's Treasury of Loyalty</i> (Kagamiyama Kokyō no Nishikie)
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)

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