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Portrait of Ichikawa Kuzō III (市川九蔵) as Danshichi Kurobei (団七力郎兵衛)
1865 Kunisada II
Portrait of Ichikawa Kuzō III (市川九蔵) as Danshichi Kurobei (団七力郎兵衛)

<i>Bijin sorōi</i> (Series of Beauties - 美人そろうい) - three separate <i>aizuri-e</i> in a series
1840-42 Kuniyoshi trip aizurie
Bijin sorōi (Series of Beauties - 美人そろうい) - three separate aizuri-e in a series

Iwai Shijaku I (岩井紫若) as the courtesan Minoya Sankatsu (みの屋三勝), jumping into a boat from a bridge to join her lover Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Akaneya Hanshichi (赤根屋半七) in the play <i>Daigashira Midori no Iromaku</i> ['The Surge of Love Beneath the Green Cover' 台頭緑色幕]
1828 Kunihiro diptych
Iwai Shijaku I (岩井紫若) as the courtesan Minoya Sankatsu (みの屋三勝), jumping into a boat from a bridge to join her lover Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as Akaneya Hanshichi (赤根屋半七) in the play Daigashira Midori no Iromaku ['The Surge of Love Beneath the Green Cover' 台頭緑色幕]

Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Akaneya Hanshichi (あかねや半七) holding his child Otsū
1829c Shigeharu
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Akaneya Hanshichi (あかねや半七) holding his child Otsū

Xuān Zān (Ch. 宣贊), the Ugly Son-in-Law (Shūgunba Sensan - 醜郡馬宣贊) from the series <i>One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan</i>  (<i>Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori</i> - 通俗水滸傳濠傑百八人一個)
1827-30 Kuniyoshi popular suik
Xuān Zān (Ch. 宣贊), the Ugly Son-in-Law (Shūgunba Sensan - 醜郡馬宣贊) from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan (Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori - 通俗水滸傳濠傑百八人一個)

Triptych of Ichikawa Danjurō VII (市川団十郎) as Gantetsubō (願鉄坊) on the left, Segawa Kikunojō V (瀬川菊之丞) as Dote no Oroku (土手のお六) in the middle and Sawamura Gennosuke II (沢村源之助) as Denbei (伝兵衛) on the right
1831 Kuniyoshi Triptych
Triptych of Ichikawa Danjurō VII (市川団十郎) as Gantetsubō (願鉄坊) on the left, Segawa Kikunojō V (瀬川菊之丞) as Dote no Oroku (土手のお六) in the middle and Sawamura Gennosuke II (沢村源之助) as Denbei (伝兵衛) on the right

<i>Komachi at Kiyomizu Temple - Shimizu</i> (しみづ) from the series <i>Seven Fashionable Komachis</i> (<i>Fūryū nana Komachi</i> - 風流七小町)
1769-70ca Harunobu pins 143
Komachi at Kiyomizu Temple - Shimizu (しみづ) from the series Seven Fashionable Komachis (Fūryū nana Komachi - 風流七小町)

Visit to Meguro or <i>Meguro mairi</i> (目黒詣) from the series <i>Edo Meisho asobi</i> (江戸名所遊)
1800ca Utamaro hashira-e
Visit to Meguro or Meguro mairi (目黒詣) from the series Edo Meisho asobi (江戸名所遊)

Midorigi (緑木) of the Wakamatsuya (若松屋) writing or composing a poem on a <i>tanzaku</i> - from the series <i>Zensei-hana no Sugata-e</i> (全盛花姿画), <i>volume 9</i> (巻九: <i>maki no kiyū</i>)
1804ca tsukimaro courtesan
Midorigi (緑木) of the Wakamatsuya (若松屋) writing or composing a poem on a tanzaku - from the series Zensei-hana no Sugata-e (全盛花姿画), volume 9 (巻九: maki no kiyū)

Katsuyama (勝山) of the House of Nakataya (中田屋) from the series <i>Modern Beauties of the Pleasure Quarter in Full Flower</i> (<i>Seirō tōji zensei no kimi</i> - 青楼当時全盛の君)
1810ca Tsukimaro courtesan
Katsuyama (勝山) of the House of Nakataya (中田屋) from the series Modern Beauties of the Pleasure Quarter in Full Flower (Seirō tōji zensei no kimi - 青楼当時全盛の君)

A Scene of Spring Rain (<i>Harusame no kei</i> - 春雨乃景)
1827 Kunisada triptych
A Scene of Spring Rain (Harusame no kei - 春雨乃景)

<i>Mayuzumi</i> or 'Eyebrow Pencil' [眉墨]
1928 Shinsui eyebrow pencil
Mayuzumi or 'Eyebrow Pencil' [眉墨]

31 Flavors Invading Japan / Today’s Special (三十一種類のアイスクリイム日本に上陸: 本日のお味)
1982 Teraoka Masaoka 31 flavor
31 Flavors Invading Japan / Today’s Special (三十一種類のアイスクリイム日本に上陸: 本日のお味)

Courtesan seated at a writing desk from the album <i>Spring in the Four Directions</i> (<i>Yomo no haru</i> - 四方の巴流)
1796 Eishi surimono
Courtesan seated at a writing desk from the album Spring in the Four Directions (Yomo no haru - 四方の巴流)

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)

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

Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as the <i>umakata</i> (packhorse driver - 馬方) Hachizō (八蔵) in the play <i>Keisei Somewake Tazuna</i> (けいせい染分總) or 'A Courtesan's Reins Dyed in Different Colors'
1834 Gyokushu Rikan II Hachizo
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as the umakata (packhorse driver - 馬方) Hachizō (八蔵) in the play Keisei Somewake Tazuna (けいせい染分總) or 'A Courtesan's Reins Dyed in Different Colors'

Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as the tobacconist Sankichi (三吉) in the play <i>Keisei Somewake Tazuna</i>
import 1834 Shunkei arashi rik
Arashi Rikan II (嵐璃寛) as the tobacconist Sankichi (三吉) in the play Keisei Somewake Tazuna

Inuta Kobungo Yasuyori [犬田小文吾忬順] with the child Inue Shimbei Masashi (犬江親兵衛仁) fending off an attack -  from the series <i>The One and Only Eight Dog History of Old Kyokutei, Best of Refined Authors</i> (<i>Kyokutei-ō seicho Hakkenshi zui-ichi</i> - 曲亭翁精著八犬士随一)
1835 Kuniyoshi eight dog heroe
Inuta Kobungo Yasuyori [犬田小文吾忬順] with the child Inue Shimbei Masashi (犬江親兵衛仁) fending off an attack - from the series The One and Only Eight Dog History of Old Kyokutei, Best of Refined Authors (Kyokutei-ō seicho Hakkenshi zui-ichi - 曲亭翁精著八犬士随一)

Arashi Koroku IV as Orie (おりへ) on the right and Bandō Mitsugorō III as Yazama Jūtarō (矢間重太郎) in the play <i>Taiheiki chūshin kōshaku</i> [太平記忠臣講釈]
1821 Nagahide diptych
Arashi Koroku IV as Orie (おりへ) on the right and Bandō Mitsugorō III as Yazama Jūtarō (矢間重太郎) in the play Taiheiki chūshin kōshaku [太平記忠臣講釈]

"Zazenmame" from the series Daruma's buffonery (<i>Dōke Daruma asobi</i> - 道化達磨あそび?)
1847-48 Kuniyoshi daruma
"Zazenmame" from the series Daruma's buffonery (Dōke Daruma asobi - 道化達磨あそび?)

The Eleventh Month (十一月), First Snowfall on the Day of the Rooster, the Tori-no-hi Festival (<i>Jūichigatsu, hatsuyuki, tori no hi</i> - 初雪酉の日): Aizome (相染) of the Ebiya (海老屋), from the series Annual Events in the New Yoshiwara (<i>Shin Yoshiwara nenjū gyōji</i> - 新吉原年中行事)
1828 Eisen oiran and peddler
The Eleventh Month (十一月), First Snowfall on the Day of the Rooster, the Tori-no-hi Festival (Jūichigatsu, hatsuyuki, tori no hi - 初雪酉の日): Aizome (相染) of the Ebiya (海老屋), from the series Annual Events in the New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara nenjū gyōji - 新吉原年中行事)

Left sheet of a diptych: Nakamura Tsuruzō I as Ryōshi Ganzō (猟師鴈蔵) and Seki Sanjūrō III as Yokoyama Daizō (横山大蔵); right sheet: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Otaka Tonomo (大高主殿) in the play 'A true account of Takagi Oriemon' (高木織右武実録)
1847-52 Kuniyoshi asakusa dipt
Left sheet of a diptych: Nakamura Tsuruzō I as Ryōshi Ganzō (猟師鴈蔵) and Seki Sanjūrō III as Yokoyama Daizō (横山大蔵); right sheet: Nakamura Utaemon IV as Otaka Tonomo (大高主殿) in the play 'A true account of Takagi Oriemon' (高木織右武実録)

Seki Sanjūrō III (right) as Yokoyama Daizō (横山大蔵) and Nakamura Utaemon IV (left) as Otaka Tonomo (大高主殿)
1847-52 Kuniyoshi asakusa duo
Seki Sanjūrō III (right) as Yokoyama Daizō (横山大蔵) and Nakamura Utaemon IV (left) as Otaka Tonomo (大高主殿)

Iwai Kumesaburō III (岩井粂三郎) as the Buddhist nun Seigen (清玄尼) on the left and Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII (市川団十郎) as Matsuwakamaru (松若丸) from the play 'Butai no Hana Yayoi no Irotoki'
1847 Kuniyoshi Diptych Bush Cl
Iwai Kumesaburō III (岩井粂三郎) as the Buddhist nun Seigen (清玄尼) on the left and Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII (市川団十郎) as Matsuwakamaru (松若丸) from the play 'Butai no Hana Yayoi no Irotoki'

The Supernatural Beings at Shirazunoyabu in Yawata - 不知薮八幡之実怪
Yoshitoshi triptych ghosts
The Supernatural Beings at Shirazunoyabu in Yawata - 不知薮八幡之実怪

Rape scene (<i>shunga</i>)
1790ca Eiri shunga rape
Rape scene (shunga)

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

<i>Now on Show at Okuyama, Asakusa: Lifelike Dolls of Foreign Strangers and the Maruyama Courtesans</i> (浅草奥山生人形 - <i>Asakusa Okuyama ikiningyo</i>)
1852-53 Kuniyoshi comic
Now on Show at Okuyama, Asakusa: Lifelike Dolls of Foreign Strangers and the Maruyama Courtesans (浅草奥山生人形 - Asakusa Okuyama ikiningyo)

Ichimura Uzaemon XIII (市村 羽左衛門) as motoyiya Bunshichi (元結屋文七) and Bandō Mitsugorō VI (坂東三津五郎) as the geisha Osaki (芸者おさき)
1864 kunichika actors
Ichimura Uzaemon XIII (市村 羽左衛門) as motoyiya Bunshichi (元結屋文七) and Bandō Mitsugorō VI (坂東三津五郎) as the geisha Osaki (芸者おさき)

Kataoka Gadō II (片岡我童) as Chishima Kanja Yoshihiro (千島冠者義広) in the play <i>Keisei Satsumagushi</i> [けいせい挟妻櫛] ('A Pledge of Affection and a Wife's Comb')
1841 Toyohide
Kataoka Gadō II (片岡我童) as Chishima Kanja Yoshihiro (千島冠者義広) in the play Keisei Satsumagushi [けいせい挟妻櫛] ('A Pledge of Affection and a Wife's Comb')

The Ninth Month (<i>Nagatsuki</i> - 長月) - with Mitsuuji as Koremochi and his brother as the Mountain Demoness from the series <i>The Twelve Months</i> (<i>Jūnika tsuki no uchi</i> - 十二ヶ月のうち)
1851c Kunisada Genji calendar
The Ninth Month (Nagatsuki - 長月) - with Mitsuuji as Koremochi and his brother as the Mountain Demoness from the series The Twelve Months (Jūnika tsuki no uchi - 十二ヶ月のうち)

Performers who hit the bull's eye: Bandō Shūka I on the left as Miuraya Agemaki or <i>Agemaki of the Three Shores House</i> (三浦屋揚巻) and Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII on the right as Agemaki no Sukeroku (揚巻の助六) from the play <i>Sukeroku kuruwa no hanami doki</i> [助六廓の花見時]
1850 Kuniyoshi Diptch
Performers who hit the bull's eye: Bandō Shūka I on the left as Miuraya Agemaki or Agemaki of the Three Shores House (三浦屋揚巻) and Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII on the right as Agemaki no Sukeroku (揚巻の助六) from the play Sukeroku kuruwa no hanami doki [助六廓の花見時]

Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助) struggling with three kappa on a riverbank with another swimming in the river
1836 Kuniyoshi rokusuke kappa
Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助) struggling with three kappa on a riverbank with another swimming in the river

Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助) struggling with three <i>kappa</i> on a riverbank with another swimming in the river
1843-45 Kuniyoshi rokusuke kap
Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助) struggling with three kappa on a riverbank with another swimming in the river

Young man on a horse being watched by two girls from behind a window
1770ca Koryusai horse lovers
Young man on a horse being watched by two girls from behind a window

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