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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

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 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

<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')

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

Imado (今戸): Onoe Kikugorō III as the carpenter Rokusaburō (大工六三郎), from the series <i>Thirty-six Fashionable Restaurants of the Eastern Capital</i> (<i>Tōto ryūkō sanjūroku kaiseki</i> - 東都流行三十六会席)
1847-50c Kuniyoshi gofun
Imado (今戸): Onoe Kikugorō III as the carpenter Rokusaburō (大工六三郎), from the series Thirty-six Fashionable Restaurants of the Eastern Capital (Tōto ryūkō sanjūroku kaiseki - 東都流行三十六会席)

Arashi Rikan III (嵐璃寛) as Hanaregoma no Chōkichi (放駒乃長吉) - right panel of a triptych
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

<i>View of Enoshima and Fuji from Shichirigahama</i> (<i>Shichiri gahama yori Enoshima no tokei</i> - 七里ヶ浜より江の島乃遠景) - center panel of a triptych
1847-52 Kuniyoshi enoshima
View of Enoshima and Fuji from Shichirigahama (Shichiri gahama yori Enoshima no tokei - 七里ヶ浜より江の島乃遠景) - center panel of a triptych

Ken game of Three Countries - <i>Sangoku ken</i> (三国拳)
1847-52 Kuniyoshi hand play
Ken game of Three Countries - Sangoku ken (三国拳)

Matsumoto Koshirō V (松本幸四郎) as Banzui Chōbei (ばんずい長兵衛) from the play <i>Kakitsubata Tamuke no Hanakawado</i> (杜若手向花川戸) - a <i>mitate</i>
1847-52 Kuniyoshi koshiro v
Matsumoto Koshirō V (松本幸四郎) as Banzui Chōbei (ばんずい長兵衛) from the play Kakitsubata Tamuke no Hanakawado (杜若手向花川戸) - a mitate

Nichirai Shōnin [日来上人] at the Battle of Kawanakajima [川中島合戦の日来上人] - middle panel of a triptych
1847-52 Yoshimune kawanakajima
Nichirai Shōnin [日来上人] at the Battle of Kawanakajima [川中島合戦の日来上人] - middle panel of a triptych

Woman Holding a Child Before a Daruma Kite - center panel of a triptych of <i>The Five Festivals - Mutsuki</i> (五節句之内睦月)
1847-52c Kuniyoshi daruma kite
Woman Holding a Child Before a Daruma Kite - center panel of a triptych of The Five Festivals - Mutsuki (五節句之内睦月)

Blind Men and Elephant 盲人と象、達磨 (above);  Ichikawa Ebizō V 五代目市川海老蔵 as Daruma (below)  from the series <i>Meiga rokumai byobu</i>  (Screen with the six branches of famous painting - 名画六枚屏風) - center panel of a triptych
1847-1852 Kuniyoshi blind
Blind Men and Elephant 盲人と象、達磨 (above); Ichikawa Ebizō V 五代目市川海老蔵 as Daruma (below) from the series Meiga rokumai byobu (Screen with the six branches of famous painting - 名画六枚屏風) - center panel of a triptych

The Cloth-fulling Jewel River in Settsu Province (<i>Settsu no kuni Tōi no Tamagawa</i> - 摂津国檮衣の玉川) from an untitled triptych series of the 'Six Jewel Rivers' (<i>Mu Tamagawa</i> - 六玉川)  
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)  

Iwai Kumesaburō III as Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八郎) on the right; Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Nippondaemon (日本駄右衛門) in the middle; and Seki Sanjūrō III as Banzui Chōbei (幡ずゐ長兵衛) on the left
1849-52 Kunisada kumesaburo
Iwai Kumesaburō III as Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八郎) on the right; Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Nippondaemon (日本駄右衛門) in the middle; and Seki Sanjūrō III as Banzui Chōbei (幡ずゐ長兵衛) on the left

Sumō wrestler Unryū (雲龍) from the series <i>Sumō hanei tamari iri no zu</i> (相撲繁栄溜り入の図) or 'Pictures of Famous Sumō Wrestlers Waiting for Their Match'
1849-53 Kunisada unryu
Sumō wrestler Unryū (雲龍) from the series Sumō hanei tamari iri no zu (相撲繁栄溜り入の図) or 'Pictures of Famous Sumō Wrestlers Waiting for Their Match'

Kanadehon Seichū Sugoroku (仮名手本誠忠壽古六)- game based on the story of the Forty-Seven Ronin (仮名手本忠臣蔵 <i>Kanahedon Chūshingura</i> - 'Copybook of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers')
1849-53 Kuniteru sugoroku chus
Kanadehon Seichū Sugoroku (仮名手本誠忠壽古六)- game based on the story of the Forty-Seven Ronin (仮名手本忠臣蔵 Kanahedon Chūshingura - 'Copybook of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers')

Night scene with Chūbei (忠兵衛), Umekawa (梅川) and Magoemon (孫右衛門)
1849-53ca Kunisada album a
Night scene with Chūbei (忠兵衛), Umekawa (梅川) and Magoemon (孫右衛門)

Sumō wrestler Mutsugamine (六ツヶ峰 ) from the series <i>Sumō hanei tamari iri no zu</i> (相撲繁栄り入の図) - Nishi no kata (西ノ方z)
1849-53c Kunisada 6 tsuho
Sumō wrestler Mutsugamine (六ツヶ峰 ) from the series Sumō hanei tamari iri no zu (相撲繁栄り入の図) - Nishi no kata (西ノ方z)

Nakamura Utaemon IV as Danshichi Kurobei (団七九郎兵衛) in 'Expanded mirror of Osaka': <i>Zôho Naniwa kagami</i> (増補浪花鑑) from the series <i>Edo meisho mitate jūnikagetsu no uchi</i> (<i>Famous Places in Edo for the Twelve Months</i> - 江戸名所見立十二ヶ月)
1850 Kuniyoshi actor
Nakamura Utaemon IV as Danshichi Kurobei (団七九郎兵衛) in 'Expanded mirror of Osaka': Zôho Naniwa kagami (増補浪花鑑) from the series Edo meisho mitate jūnikagetsu no uchi (Famous Places in Edo for the Twelve Months - 江戸名所見立十二ヶ月)

Nakamura Utaemon IV (中村歌右衛門) as Kitsune Tadanobu (狐忠信) from the series <i>A Parody of the 12 Months</i> (見立十二ヶ月之中二月) - the Second Month
1850c Kunisada fox drum
Nakamura Utaemon IV (中村歌右衛門) as Kitsune Tadanobu (狐忠信) from the series A Parody of the 12 Months (見立十二ヶ月之中二月) - the Second Month

The Kawachō Restaurant (河長): Ichikawa Ebizō V as Kakuju (かく寿) from the series <i>Famous Restaurants of the Eastern Capital </i>(<i>Tōto kōmei kaiseki zukushi</i> - 東都高名会席尽)   
1850c Kunisada Hiroshige resta
The Kawachō Restaurant (河長): Ichikawa Ebizō V as Kakuju (かく寿) from the series Famous Restaurants of the Eastern Capital (Tōto kōmei kaiseki zukushi - 東都高名会席尽)   

A woman cleaning up while a cat gnaws on the carcass of a fish left over from dinner
1850s Kunisada cat fish.jpg
A woman cleaning up while a cat gnaws on the carcass of a fish left over from dinner

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

Tiny <i>ōkubi-e</i>
1850s Kunisada tiny okubi-e
Tiny ōkubi-e

Hōjō Takatoki watching a dog fight (北條高時犬合戦之圖) - attributed to Kuniyoshi - right-hand panel of a diptych
1850s Kuniyoshi dog fight
Hōjō Takatoki watching a dog fight (北條高時犬合戦之圖) - attributed to Kuniyoshi - right-hand panel of a diptych

Dietary Life Rules (<i>Inshoku yōjō kagami</i> - 飲食養生鑑)
1850s nutrition
Dietary Life Rules (Inshoku yōjō kagami - 飲食養生鑑)

Mitsuuji watching a white cat delivering a love letter - A Rustic Genji theme - [<i>Mitsuuji to sakura fuguruma hakubyō no zu</i>: 光氏と桜・文車・白猫の図]
1851-52ca Kunisada II album tr
Mitsuuji watching a white cat delivering a love letter - A Rustic Genji theme - [Mitsuuji to sakura fuguruma hakubyō no zu: 光氏と桜・文車・白猫の図]

Figures in Edo Purple: The Utsusemi Chapter (<i>Edo Murasaki sugata no Utsusemi</i> - えとむらさきすかたのうつせみ) - a Rustic Genji theme
1851-53 Kinisada album trip 16
Figures in Edo Purple: The Utsusemi Chapter (Edo Murasaki sugata no Utsusemi - えとむらさきすかたのうつせみ) - a Rustic Genji theme

<i>The Soga brothers revenge their father</i> (<i>Soga kyōdai chichi no ada-uchi no zu</i> -曽我兄弟父の仇討図) - the center and left panels of a triptych
1851-53 Kuniyoshi soga kyodai
The Soga brothers revenge their father (Soga kyōdai chichi no ada-uchi no zu -曽我兄弟父の仇討図) - the center and left panels of a triptych

Rendition of Chapter 37 of the <i>Nise Murasaki inaka Genji</i> (偐紫田舎源氏)
1851-53ca Kunisada album trip
Rendition of Chapter 37 of the Nise Murasaki inaka Genji (偐紫田舎源氏)

Rustic Genji triptych - Mitsuuji viewing cherry blossoms in the Yoshiwara
1851-53ca Kunisada album trip
Rustic Genji triptych - Mitsuuji viewing cherry blossoms in the Yoshiwara

Iwai Kumesaburō III as Sakurahime (さくら姫) above and Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Seigen (清玄) below from the play <i>Koigoromo Karigane-zome</i> (恋衣雁金染) - a vertical diptych
1851 Kunisada sakura-hime.jpg
Iwai Kumesaburō III as Sakurahime (さくら姫) above and Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Seigen (清玄) below from the play Koigoromo Karigane-zome (恋衣雁金染) - a vertical diptych

Itahana (板鼻): Onzōshi Ushiwakamaru (御曹司牛若丸)  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)
1852-3 ZKuniyoshi Ushiwaka Mar
Itahana (板鼻): Onzōshi Ushiwakamaru (御曹司牛若丸) 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)

Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as the ghost of Yasukata (<i>Yasukata no bōrei</i> - 安方ノ亡霊) from the series  <i>Comparisons for Thirty-six Selected Poems</i> (<i>Mitate sanjūrokkasen no uchi</i> - 見立三十六歌撰之内)
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)

Honjō (本庄): Shirai Gonpachi (白井權八) 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)
1852-53 Kuniyoshi gompachi rai
Honjō (本庄): Shirai Gonpachi (白井權八) 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)

Kataoka Gadō II as Taga no Taishu (多賀大守) on the right and Onoe Tamizō II as Torii Matasuke (鳥井又助)  in the play <i>Kagamiyama Sugata no Utsushie</i> (加賀見山姿写絵)
1852 Hirosada diptych
Kataoka Gadō II as Taga no Taishu (多賀大守) on the right and Onoe Tamizō II as Torii Matasuke (鳥井又助) in the play Kagamiyama Sugata no Utsushie (加賀見山姿写絵)

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