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A couple locked in an embrace
1820-25ca Eisen shunga
A couple locked in an embrace

A High-Ranking Courtesan: New Yoshiwara (Shin-yoshiwara - 新吉原) from the series <i>Famous Places of Edo</i> (Edo meishō - 江戸名所) - <i>surimono</i>-like
1824 Kunisada koban
A High-Ranking Courtesan: New Yoshiwara (Shin-yoshiwara - 新吉原) from the series Famous Places of Edo (Edo meishō - 江戸名所) - surimono-like

Aizuri-e - a <i>bijin</i> stands before a large plant of chrysanthemums from the series <i>Beauties of the Latest Fashion Compared with the Beauty of Flowers</i> (Tōsei bijin hana-awase - 當世美人花合)
1830c Toyokuni II bat aizuri-e
Aizuri-e - a bijin stands before a large plant of chrysanthemums from the series Beauties of the Latest Fashion Compared with the Beauty of Flowers (Tōsei bijin hana-awase - 當世美人花合)

Amorous couple before a screen painted with <i>nadeshiko</i> from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (<i>Keisei higo</i> - 契情秘語)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 04 of 12
Amorous couple before a screen painted with nadeshiko from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (Keisei higo - 契情秘語)

Amorous couple from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (<i>Keisei higo</i> - 契情秘語)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 03 of 12
Amorous couple from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (Keisei higo - 契情秘語)

Amorous couple, she fixes his hair while he smokes from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (<i>Keisei higo</i> - 契情秘語)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 07 of 12
Amorous couple, she fixes his hair while he smokes from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (Keisei higo - 契情秘語)

Amorous couple with a small painted scroll from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (<i>Keisei higo</i> - 契情秘語)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 09 of 12
Amorous couple with a small painted scroll from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (Keisei higo - 契情秘語)

Amorous couple with the moon and a love letter 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (<i>Keisei higo</i> - 契情秘語)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 10 of 12
Amorous couple with the moon and a love letter 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (Keisei higo - 契情秘語)

Amorous couple, woman chewing on a toothpick, from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (<i>Keisei higo</i> - 契情秘語)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 06 of 12
Amorous couple, woman chewing on a toothpick, from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (Keisei higo - 契情秘語)

An amorous couple with a woman tying off an undergarment from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (<i>Keisei higo</i> - 契情秘語)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 05 of 12
An amorous couple with a woman tying off an undergarment from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (Keisei higo - 契情秘語)

An amorous couple with a woman tying off an undergarment from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (<i>Keisei higo</i> - 契情秘語)
1825 Eisen abuna-e 12 of 12
An amorous couple with a woman tying off an undergarment from the series 'Secret Conversations with Courtesans' (Keisei higo - 契情秘語)

An elegant <i>oiran</i> wearing a winter kimono decorated with a dragon.
1804-13c Shunsen kakemono aizu
An elegant oiran wearing a winter kimono decorated with a dragon.

An oiran from the series <i>Popular Flute Tunes and Pictures of Women</i> (<i>Fūryū chōshi fue: niagari</i> - 風流調子婦絵: 二上り)
1820c Kunisada Oiran.jpg
An oiran from the series Popular Flute Tunes and Pictures of Women (Fūryū chōshi fue: niagari - 風流調子婦絵: 二上り)

A young mother is hanging a mosquito net to protect herself and her child against a lightning storm - center panel of a triptych
1820s Kunisada lightning
A young mother is hanging a mosquito net to protect herself and her child against a lightning storm - center panel of a triptych

Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) and the broken bowl
1825c Toyokuni mitsugoro
Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) and the broken bowl

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

Chinzei Hachirō Tametomo (鎮西八郎為朝) watching the demons trying to pull the string of his bow
1820c Kunisada tometomo
Chinzei Hachirō Tametomo (鎮西八郎為朝) watching the demons trying to pull the string of his bow

From the series <i>One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan All Told</i> (Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori - 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個): Seishushosei Shōjō (聖手書生蕭讓) above Shinkōtaiho Taisō (神行太保戴宗)
1825 Kuniyoshi kakemono-e suik
From the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan All Told (Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori - 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個): Seishushosei Shōjō (聖手書生蕭讓) above Shinkōtaiho Taisō (神行太保戴宗)

Fuchū (府中): Sonohama (園浜) of the Owariya (尾張屋内) from the series <i>A Tōkaidō Board Game of Courtesans: Fifty-three Pairings in the Yoshiwara</i> (Keisei dōchū sugoroku/Mitate Yoshiwara gojūsan tsui [no uchi] - 契情道中双六  見立よしはら五十三対)
1821-23 Eisen sonohoma
Fuchū (府中): Sonohama (園浜) of the Owariya (尾張屋内) from the series A Tōkaidō Board Game of Courtesans: Fifty-three Pairings in the Yoshiwara (Keisei dōchū sugoroku/Mitate Yoshiwara gojūsan tsui [no uchi] - 契情道中双六 見立よしはら五十三対)

Group of actors in summer attire visiting a tea house overlooking the Benten Shrine at Shinobazu Pond in Ueno
1810c Kuniyasu visit tea
Group of actors in summer attire visiting a tea house overlooking the Benten Shrine at Shinobazu Pond in Ueno

<i>Aizuri-e</i> of a <i>bijin</i> reaching up to grab a branch of a flowering cherry tree, from the series <i>Beauties of the Latest Fashion Compared with the Beauty of Flowers</i> (<i>Tōsei bijin hana-awase</i> - 當世美人花合)
1830c Toyokuni II bat aizuri
Aizuri-e of a bijin reaching up to grab a branch of a flowering cherry tree, from the series Beauties of the Latest Fashion Compared with the Beauty of Flowers (Tōsei bijin hana-awase - 當世美人花合)

<i>Aizuri-e</i>: the Peasant class (Nō 農) from a series of the four estates <i>Mitate shinōkōshō</i> (無名: 見立士農工商)
1820s Sadakage aizuri-e rooste
Aizuri-e: the Peasant class (Nō 農) from a series of the four estates Mitate shinōkōshō (無名: 見立士農工商)

<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

<i>Bijin</i> near the foot of a bridge
1825c Kunisada bijin bridge
Bijin near the foot of a bridge

Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川團十郎) as Genta Jūsaburō in an unidentified play
1820s ca Toyokuni II ichikawa
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川團十郎) as Genta Jūsaburō in an unidentified play

Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川團十郎) as Yorikane (頼兼実ハ道鉄) - right panel of a diptych
1825-30ca Kunisada Danjuro
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川團十郎) as Yorikane (頼兼実ハ道鉄) - right panel of a diptych

Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Izumi no Saburō (和泉ノ三郎) from the series <i>Current Hit Plays</i> (<i>Tōsei atari kyōgen</i> - 當世阿た里狂言)
1825 Hokushu fan bust 4
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Izumi no Saburō (和泉ノ三郎) from the series Current Hit Plays (Tōsei atari kyōgen - 當世阿た里狂言)

Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助) from the series <i>Tōsei Atari Kyogen</i> ('Successful performance of the present time' - 当世あたり狂言)
1825 Hokushu fan bust 1
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助) from the series Tōsei Atari Kyogen ('Successful performance of the present time' - 当世あたり狂言)

Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) as the Shōgun Tarō Yoshikado (将軍太郎良門) and Yamashita Kinsaku III (山下金作) as Hashidate (橋立), wife of Yasumasa (保昌)
1825c Kunisada Ebizo Kinsaku
Ichikawa Ebizō V (市川海老蔵) as the Shōgun Tarō Yoshikado (将軍太郎良門) and Yamashita Kinsaku III (山下金作) as Hashidate (橋立), wife of Yasumasa (保昌)

<i>Mizuchaya</i> (水茶屋) teahouse from the series <i>Contest of Beauties</i> (<i>Bijo kurabe</i> - 美女競)
1820s Kunisada winter read
Mizuchaya (水茶屋) teahouse from the series Contest of Beauties (Bijo kurabe - 美女競)

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

"<i>Tori Awase</i> (雞合) - <i>Goban  migi</i> (五番右), <i>Midare Dori</i>" - with a poem is by Sekiya Satomoto (関屋里元)
1830c Kunisada surimono
"Tori Awase (雞合) - Goban migi (五番右), Midare Dori" - with a poem is by Sekiya Satomoto (関屋里元)

Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井半四郎) as the <i>onnagata</i> Oroku (おろく) in the snow
1825c Toyokuni II hoe
Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井半四郎) as the onnagata Oroku (おろく) in the snow

Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井半四郎) in the role of an onnagata in the snow - the left-hand panel of a triptych of a winter scene at Terashima - probably a mitate
1825 Kunisada Iwai Hanshiro
Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井半四郎) in the role of an onnagata in the snow - the left-hand panel of a triptych of a winter scene at Terashima - probably a mitate

Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井半四郎) with Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) on stage - in the center panel of a triptych entitled 大当三階花見図 - the figure in the background is Sawamura Kawazō (澤村川蔵)
1820s Kunisada actors stage
Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井半四郎) with Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) on stage - in the center panel of a triptych entitled 大当三階花見図 - the figure in the background is Sawamura Kawazō (澤村川蔵)

Kamigashi-hime (神我志姫) transformed brigands into spiders then destroyed them
1824-5 Kuniyoshi spider
Kamigashi-hime (神我志姫) transformed brigands into spiders then destroyed them

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