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<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)

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

Ichikawa Monnosuke III (市川門之助) as Akoya (あこや), a mother with her son, played by Onoe Matsusuke III (尾上松助) as Hiroi Yokichi - from the play <i>Ise heishi ume no Mitegura</i> [伊勢平氏額英幣] - right hand panel
1810c Kunisada monnosuke
Ichikawa Monnosuke III (市川門之助) as Akoya (あこや), a mother with her son, played by Onoe Matsusuke III (尾上松助) as Hiroi Yokichi - from the play Ise heishi ume no Mitegura [伊勢平氏額英幣] - right hand panel

Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Matabei (又平) and Ichikawa Ichizō I (市川市蔵) as Tosa no Seigen (土佐のせうげん) in the play <i>Keisei hangankō</i> (けいせい反魂香)
1810s Kunisada two actors
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Matabei (又平) and Ichikawa Ichizō I (市川市蔵) as Tosa no Seigen (土佐のせうげん) in the play Keisei hangankō (けいせい反魂香)

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)

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)

Kawazu Sukeyasu (河津祐安) and Matano Kagehisa (俣野景久) at the sumō tournament in the presence of Minamoto no Yoritomo - this is the center panel of a triptych
1811c Kunisada sumo
Kawazu Sukeyasu (河津祐安) and Matano Kagehisa (俣野景久) at the sumō tournament in the presence of Minamoto no Yoritomo - this is the center panel of a triptych

Onoe Shōroku I (尾上松緑) as the ghost of Princess Osakabe (刑部姫) haunting Hayakawa Takakage on the battlements of Himeji Castle (姫路城) - <i>Osakabe henka Onoe Shōroku</i> (おさかべ変化尾上松緑) - this is the top half of a vertical diptych
1812c Kunisada Baiko
Onoe Shōroku I (尾上松緑) as the ghost of Princess Osakabe (刑部姫) haunting Hayakawa Takakage on the battlements of Himeji Castle (姫路城) - Osakabe henka Onoe Shōroku (おさかべ変化尾上松緑) - this is the top half of a vertical diptych

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)

Onoe Matsusuke II (尾上松助) as Kajiwara Genta Kagesue [梶原源太景季] and the blooming plum branch
1812c Kunisada onoe matsusuke
Onoe Matsusuke II (尾上松助) as Kajiwara Genta Kagesue [梶原源太景季] and the blooming plum branch

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)

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

Sawamura Sōjūrō IV (沢村宗十郎) and Arashi Shinpei IV (嵐新平) visiting backstage from the series 'Brocade Pictures of the Green Room': <i>Gakuya nishiki-e ni-hen: Jū mai no uchi </i> (楽屋錦絵二編 十枚の内)
1813c Kunisada shojuro hori
Sawamura Sōjūrō IV (沢村宗十郎) and Arashi Shinpei IV (嵐新平) visiting backstage from the series 'Brocade Pictures of the Green Room': Gakuya nishiki-e ni-hen: Jū mai no uchi (楽屋錦絵二編 十枚の内)

Ichikawa Denzō I (市川傳蔵) as Ōboshi Rikiya (大ぼし力弥) in Kanadehon Chūshingura ['Copybook of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers': 仮名手本忠臣蔵]
1814 Kunisada crepe Chushingur
Ichikawa Denzō I (市川傳蔵) as Ōboshi Rikiya (大ぼし力弥) in Kanadehon Chūshingura ['Copybook of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers': 仮名手本忠臣蔵]

Onoe Shōroku I (尾上松緑) and Ichikawa Danjūrō VII in a scene from Shōroku's revival of the story of Princess Osakabe (<i>Matazoro Shōroko Osakabe banashi</i>)
1814 Kunisada princess osakabe
Onoe Shōroku I (尾上松緑) and Ichikawa Danjūrō VII in a scene from Shōroku's revival of the story of Princess Osakabe (Matazoro Shōroko Osakabe banashi)

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)

Kohina (小雛) of the Ōmiya (あみや) from the series <i>Votive Hand Towels</i> (<i>Hōnō tenugui</i> - 奉納手拭)
1814c Kunisada P1420.jpg
Kohina (小雛) of the Ōmiya (あみや) from the series Votive Hand Towels (Hōnō tenugui - 奉納手拭)

Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as  Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八) emerging from a <i>kago</i> and Matsumoto Koshirō V (松本幸四郎) as Banzui Chōbei (ばんずい長兵衛) holding a lantern - from the 'Suzugamori' (鈴ヶ森) scene possibly from the play <i>Banzui Chōbei shojin manaita</i> [幡随長兵衛精進爼板]
1814c Kunisada Storm.jpg
Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Shirai Gonpachi (白井権八) emerging from a kago and Matsumoto Koshirō V (松本幸四郎) as Banzui Chōbei (ばんずい長兵衛) holding a lantern - from the 'Suzugamori' (鈴ヶ森) scene possibly from the play Banzui Chōbei shojin manaita [幡随長兵衛精進爼板]

Nakamura Utaemon III [中村歌右衛門] as the monkey trainer Yojirō (与次郎) from the series Great Performances (<i>Ōatari kyōgen no uchi</i> - 大當狂言之内)
1814c Kunisada Utaemon III
Nakamura Utaemon III [中村歌右衛門] as the monkey trainer Yojirō (与次郎) from the series Great Performances (Ōatari kyōgen no uchi - 大當狂言之内)

Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) on the left and Sawamura Tanosuke II (澤村田之助) on the right
1815 Kunisada kikugogo denjuro
Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) on the left and Sawamura Tanosuke II (澤村田之助) on the right

Nakamura Utaemon III  (三代目中村歌右衛門)  as a dancer from the series <i>The Dance of the Nine Changes</i> or  <i>Kyū henge no uchi</i> (九へん化の内) from the play <i>Sono Kokonoe Saishiki-zakura</i>
1815c Kunisada Dancer.jpg
Nakamura Utaemon III (三代目中村歌右衛門) as a dancer from the series The Dance of the Nine Changes or Kyū henge no uchi (九へん化の内) from the play Sono Kokonoe Saishiki-zakura

The beauty Yūgiri (夕きり) in the rain - from the series <i>Fan-tossing for the Elegant</i> (<i>Fūryū tōsenkyō</i> - 風流投扇興)
1815c Kunisada Genji 39
The beauty Yūgiri (夕きり) in the rain - from the series Fan-tossing for the Elegant (Fūryū tōsenkyō - 風流投扇興)

Ichikawa Monnosuke III (市川門之助) in the role of the <i>menoto</i> Jiko? (めのとじこ?) probably from the play <i>Gion Sairei Shinkouki</i> (祇園祭礼信仰記)
1815c Kunisada Kodanosuke
Ichikawa Monnosuke III (市川門之助) in the role of the menoto Jiko? (めのとじこ?) probably from the play Gion Sairei Shinkouki (祇園祭礼信仰記)

An oiran lighting an andon - from the series <i>Richly Colored Contemporary Fashions</i> (<i>Gokusaishiki jisei shitate</i> - 極彩色時世仕立)
1815c Kunisada lamp light
An oiran lighting an andon - from the series Richly Colored Contemporary Fashions (Gokusaishiki jisei shitate - 極彩色時世仕立)

Diptych of Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) as Nagoya Sanzaburō (名古屋山三) on the left and Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) as Fuwa Banzaemon (不破伴左衛門) on the right in the play <i>Fuwa Nagoya Yuki no Tategasa</i> (不破名護屋雪棹)
1816 Kunisada Bando Mitsugoro
Diptych of Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) as Nagoya Sanzaburō (名古屋山三) on the left and Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) as Fuwa Banzaemon (不破伴左衛門) on the right in the play Fuwa Nagoya Yuki no Tategasa (不破名護屋雪棹)

Kawazu Saburō Sukeyasu (河津三郎祐安) on the left wrestling Matano Gorō Kagehisa (股野五郎景久) in the center, with Ebina Genpachi Hirotsuna (海老名源八弘綱) as referee on the right
1816c Kunisada goro
Kawazu Saburō Sukeyasu (河津三郎祐安) on the left wrestling Matano Gorō Kagehisa (股野五郎景久) in the center, with Ebina Genpachi Hirotsuna (海老名源八弘綱) as referee on the right

Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Izutsuya Denbei (井筒屋伝兵衛) on the left, Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川團十郎) as the <i>sumō</i> wrestler Shirafuji (角力取白藤) in the center and Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井粂三郎) the geisha Oshun (芸者おしゆん) in the play <i>Okuni Iri Soga Nakamura</i> (御国入曽我中村)
1818 Kinisada garden triptych
Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Izutsuya Denbei (井筒屋伝兵衛) on the left, Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川團十郎) as the sumō wrestler Shirafuji (角力取白藤) in the center and Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井粂三郎) the geisha Oshun (芸者おしゆん) in the play Okuni Iri Soga Nakamura (御国入曽我中村)

An evening stroll along the Sumida River near the Ryōgoku Bridge <i>Tōto Ryōgoku yūryō no ga</i>  (東都両国夕涼の画)
1818 Kunisada bijin and sumo
An evening stroll along the Sumida River near the Ryōgoku Bridge Tōto Ryōgoku yūryō no ga (東都両国夕涼の画)

Mimasu Gennosuke I (三枡源之助) as Ikazuchi Tsurunosuke (雷鶴之助) - left panel of a triptych from the play 'Maples and Deer: The Long Sleeves of the Soga Brothers' (<i>Momiji ni shika furisode Soga</i> -紅葉鹿振袖曽我)
1818c Kunisada Actor p985
Mimasu Gennosuke I (三枡源之助) as Ikazuchi Tsurunosuke (雷鶴之助) - left panel of a triptych from the play 'Maples and Deer: The Long Sleeves of the Soga Brothers' (Momiji ni shika furisode Soga -紅葉鹿振袖曽我)

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)

Segawa Kikusaburō III (瀬川菊三郎), in the center, surprises an archer, Sawamura Gennosuke II (澤村源之助) on the left,  and  Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川団十郎) on the right
1818c Kunisada tatami sword
Segawa Kikusaburō III (瀬川菊三郎), in the center, surprises an archer, Sawamura Gennosuke II (澤村源之助) on the left, and Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川団十郎) on the right

A woman breast feeding a child while putting her hair up - from the series <i>Richly Colored Contemporary Fashions</i> (<i>Gokusaishiki jisei shitate</i> - 極彩色時世仕立)
1819 Kunisada Nursing.jpg
A woman breast feeding a child while putting her hair up - from the series Richly Colored Contemporary Fashions (Gokusaishiki jisei shitate - 極彩色時世仕立)

The Hour of the Dog, Fifth Hour of the Night (<i>Inu no koku</i> - 戌ノ刻, <i>Yoru itsutsu</i> - 夜五ツ) from the series <i>Yoshiwara Clock</i> (<i>Yoshiwara-tokei</i> - 吉原時計)
1820-25 Kunisada evening
The Hour of the Dog, Fifth Hour of the Night (Inu no koku - 戌ノ刻, Yoru itsutsu - 夜五ツ) from the series Yoshiwara Clock (Yoshiwara-tokei - 吉原時計)

The Fifth Month (<i>Satsuki</i> 皐月): Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Shōki (市村羽左衛門の鐘馗) from the series: The Twelve Months (<i>Junitsuki no uchi</i> - 十二月之内)
1820-25 Kunisada Uzaemon shoki
The Fifth Month (Satsuki 皐月): Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Shōki (市村羽左衛門の鐘馗) from the series: The Twelve Months (Junitsuki no uchi - 十二月之内)

<i>Bijin</i> in a summer robe, standing before an insect merchant's portable booth, visiting a shrine temple during a festival - this is the left panel of a triptych entitled <i>En'nichi no kei</i> (ゑん日乃景) in the <i>toshidama</i> cartouche in the center panel
1820-40c Kunisada crickets
Bijin in a summer robe, standing before an insect merchant's portable booth, visiting a shrine temple during a festival - this is the left panel of a triptych entitled En'nichi no kei (ゑん日乃景) in the toshidama cartouche in the center panel

Center panel of <i>A Meeting at Yagurashita</i> (櫓下の会合) from the series <i>A Comparison of Popular Beauties</i> (<i>Ryūkō Bijin Awase</i> - 流行美人合)
1820-56 Kunisada Hachiman Shri
Center panel of A Meeting at Yagurashita (櫓下の会合) from the series A Comparison of Popular Beauties (Ryūkō Bijin Awase - 流行美人合)

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