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Yorimitsu (頼光) and his men (Suetake - 末武, Kintoki - 金時 and Sadamitsu - 定光) killing the monster of Oeyama, Shuten-dōji [酒呑童子] - these are the middle and right-hand panels of a triptych
1810c Shuntei monster of Oeyam
Yorimitsu (頼光) and his men (Suetake - 末武, Kintoki - 金時 and Sadamitsu - 定光) killing the monster of Oeyama, Shuten-dōji [酒呑童子] - these are the middle and right-hand panels of a triptych

Yamauba shaving Kintarō's head [山姥と金太郎 かみそり]
1802c Utamaro Kintaro Yamauba
Yamauba shaving Kintarō's head [山姥と金太郎 かみそり]

Woman smoking, seated man writing and small boy holding tray
1790c Toyohiro Tea
Woman smoking, seated man writing and small boy holding tray

Warriors Struggling in a Storm
1800 Shuntei lightning
Warriors Struggling in a Storm

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)

View of the front of the Mieidō [御影堂] Fan Shop - the right-hand panel of a triptych
1808c Toyokuni mieido fan shop
View of the front of the Mieidō [御影堂] Fan Shop - the right-hand panel of a triptych

Various figures aboard the Treasure Ship (<i>Takarabune</i>) which is generally reserved for the The Seven Gods of Good Fortune (<i>Shichifukujin</i>)  - a <i>mitate</i>
1800s Unknown shichi fukujin
Various figures aboard the Treasure Ship (Takarabune) which is generally reserved for the The Seven Gods of Good Fortune (Shichifukujin) - a mitate

Ōtomo no Kuronushi (大伴黒主) from the series 'Modern Children as the Six Poetic Immortals' - <i>Tōsei kodomo rokkasen</i> (当世子供六歌仙)
1800-04 Utamaro Otomo no Kuron
Ōtomo no Kuronushi (大伴黒主) from the series 'Modern Children as the Six Poetic Immortals' - Tōsei kodomo rokkasen (当世子供六歌仙)

Three long-tailed turtles (<i>minogame</i>  蓑亀 or みのがめ) with a message of felicitations - <i>kotobuki</i> (寿)
1800-05 Toyokuni Tortoises
Three long-tailed turtles (minogame 蓑亀 or みのがめ) with a message of felicitations - kotobuki (寿)

Display-room of a house of pleasure at night
1850c Utamaro seiro ehon
Three double-page illustrations from Yoshiwara picture book: Annals of the Green Houses (Seirō ehon nenjū-gyōji - 青楼絵本年中行事)

Three brave men slaying the giant <i>uwabami</i> [蟒蛇]: Imai Shirō (今井四郎) on the right, Higuchi no Jirō (樋口次郎) in the center and Tezuka Tarō (手塚太郎) on the left
1790s Shuntei Egara no Heita
Three brave men slaying the giant uwabami [蟒蛇]: Imai Shirō (今井四郎) on the right, Higuchi no Jirō (樋口次郎) in the center and Tezuka Tarō (手塚太郎) on the left

The dolphin-like <i>kinshachi</i> (金鯱) atop Nagoya Castle at sunset (or sunrise)
1790-1810c Sori surimono
The dolphin-like kinshachi (金鯱) atop Nagoya Castle at sunset (or sunrise)

The Clam's Mirage of the Dragon Palace (<i>Ryūgūjō</i> 龍宮城)
1804ca Shunsen mirage ryugujo
The Clam's Mirage of the Dragon Palace (Ryūgūjō 龍宮城)

Ōtani Tomoemon II (大谷友右衛門) with a Scroll
1805 Toyokuni tomoemon scroll
Ōtani Tomoemon II (大谷友右衛門) with a Scroll

Segawa Rokō III (瀬川路考) as the courtesan Yūgiri (夕きり) of the Ōgiya house in the play <i>Tayū Shibaraku Yukari no Tsukimi</i> (太夫暫由縁月視)
1805 Toyokuni I p976
Segawa Rokō III (瀬川路考) as the courtesan Yūgiri (夕きり) of the Ōgiya house in the play Tayū Shibaraku Yukari no Tsukimi (太夫暫由縁月視)

Sawamura Sōjūrō III (沢村宗十郎) as Satsuma Gengobei (薩摩源五兵衛) in the play <i>Godairiki koi no fūjime</i> (五大力恋緘) - 'The Five Great Powers that Secure Love'
1798 Toyokuni sawamuro sojuro
Sawamura Sōjūrō III (沢村宗十郎) as Satsuma Gengobei (薩摩源五兵衛) in the play Godairiki koi no fūjime (五大力恋緘) - 'The Five Great Powers that Secure Love'

Sawamura Gennosuke I [初代沢村源之助] with two <i>bijin</i> gathering pine branches or a New Year's celebration from the series 十二組の内 (<i>Jūni kumi no uchi</i>) - center panel of a triptych
1795-1800c Toyokuni river pine
Sawamura Gennosuke I [初代沢村源之助] with two bijin gathering pine branches or a New Year's celebration from the series 十二組の内 (Jūni kumi no uchi) - center panel of a triptych

Sawamura Gennosuke I (澤村源之助) as Obiya Chōemon ( 帯や長右衛門)
1809ca Toyokuni I damaged acto
Sawamura Gennosuke I (澤村源之助) as Obiya Chōemon ( 帯や長右衛門)

Samawura Gennosuke I (澤村源之助) in the role of Miuranosuke Yoshiaki (三浦之介義明) in the play <i>Kamakura sandaiki</i> or <i>Three Generations of Kamakura Shoguns</i> - 鎌倉三代記
1800c Toyokuni kennosuke
Samawura Gennosuke I (澤村源之助) in the role of Miuranosuke Yoshiaki (三浦之介義明) in the play Kamakura sandaiki or Three Generations of Kamakura Shoguns - 鎌倉三代記

Preliminary drawing (<i>shita-e</i>) for a tetraptych - Utagawa School - A place of pilgrimage - a temple district with waterfall
Utagawa school drawing shita-e
Preliminary drawing (shita-e) for a tetraptych - Utagawa School - A place of pilgrimage - a temple district with waterfall

Portrait of the actor Iwai Kiyotarō II (岩井喜代太郎) the boatman Tokubei [せんどう徳兵衛] from the play <i>Tenjiku Tokubei ikoku banashi</i> (天竺徳兵衛韓噺)
1798c Kunihisa actor
Portrait of the actor Iwai Kiyotarō II (岩井喜代太郎) the boatman Tokubei [せんどう徳兵衛] from the play Tenjiku Tokubei ikoku banashi (天竺徳兵衛韓噺)

Pleasure boating on the Sumida with a scoop-net (<i>yotsude ami</i> - 四つ手網) - left panel of triptych
1800-01 Utamaro BW
Pleasure boating on the Sumida with a scoop-net (yotsude ami - 四つ手網) - left panel of triptych

Pine needles
1800s katagami
Pine needles

Pillar print of a Okaru [おかる] looking down at Ōboshi Yuranosuke [大星由良之助] - from the ‘Gion Ichiriki Jaya’ scene (段目) VII of the <i>Kanadehon Chūshingura</i> ('Copybook of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers': 仮名手本忠臣蔵)
1800c Toyokuni I Pillar
Pillar print of a Okaru [おかる] looking down at Ōboshi Yuranosuke [大星由良之助] - from the ‘Gion Ichiriki Jaya’ scene (段目) VII of the Kanadehon Chūshingura ('Copybook of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers': 仮名手本忠臣蔵)

Parody of Narihira's <i>Journey to the East</i> (<i>Azuma-kudri: Yatsushi no Fuji</i>)
1806c Utamaro Narihira mitate
Parody of Narihira's Journey to the East (Azuma-kudri: Yatsushi no Fuji)

Onzōshi Ushiwakamaru (御曹子.牛若丸), the young Yoshitsune, and Musashibō Benkei at the beginning of their struggle on Gojō Bridge [五条橋]
1800 Shunzan gojo bridge
Onzōshi Ushiwakamaru (御曹子.牛若丸), the young Yoshitsune, and Musashibō Benkei at the beginning of their struggle on Gojō Bridge [五条橋]

Onoe Matsusuke I (尾上松助) as the ghost of the wet-nurse Iohata (‘Iohata bokon’) in the play <i>Tenjiku Tokubei ikoku banashi</i> (天竺徳兵衛韓噺)
1800c Kunihisa Onoe Matsusuke
Onoe Matsusuke I (尾上松助) as the ghost of the wet-nurse Iohata (‘Iohata bokon’) in the play Tenjiku Tokubei ikoku banashi (天竺徳兵衛韓噺)

Onoe Matsusuke I (尾上松助) as the ghost of Iohata (いおはた...) and Iwai Kiyotarō II (岩井喜世太郎) as a boatman Tokubei (せんどう徳兵衛)
1804 Kunihisa ghost
Onoe Matsusuke I (尾上松助) as the ghost of Iohata (いおはた...) and Iwai Kiyotarō II (岩井喜世太郎) as a boatman Tokubei (せんどう徳兵衛)

Onoe Matsusuke I (尾上松助) as Fujikawa Mizuemon (藤川水右衛門) confronted by the snake
1798c Kunihisa Onoe Matsusuke
Onoe Matsusuke I (尾上松助) as Fujikawa Mizuemon (藤川水右衛門) confronted by the snake

Onoe Matsusuke I (尾上松助) as both the ghost of Kohada Koheiji (小鰭小平次) and Koheiji's wife - from the play <i>Iroiri Otogi Zōshi</i>
1800c Toyokuni I lantern ghost
Onoe Matsusuke I (尾上松助) as both the ghost of Kohada Koheiji (小鰭小平次) and Koheiji's wife - from the play Iroiri Otogi Zōshi

Nakayama Tomisaburō I standing next to Matsumoto Koshirō V in the checkered robe, Ichikawa Danjurō VII in makeup and Onoe Eizaburō I seated and holding a scroll - this is the left panel of a triptych entitled <i>Edo shibai sangai no zu</i> ('The 3rd Floor of an Edo Theater' - 江戸芝居三階之図)
1802-03 Toyokuni Kabuki 4
Nakayama Tomisaburō I standing next to Matsumoto Koshirō V in the checkered robe, Ichikawa Danjurō VII in makeup and Onoe Eizaburō I seated and holding a scroll - this is the left panel of a triptych entitled Edo shibai sangai no zu ('The 3rd Floor of an Edo Theater' - 江戸芝居三階之図)

Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as the <i>yakko</i> Ippei (奴逸平)
1808 Toyokuni I itsubei hannya
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as the yakko Ippei (奴逸平)

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

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)

Meoka of the Hyogoya (兵库屋目岡) from the <i>Array of Famous Beauties on the Floral Patios</i> (廊花名君揃)
1815c Eizan p708.jpg
Meoka of the Hyogoya (兵库屋目岡) from the Array of Famous Beauties on the Floral Patios (廊花名君揃)

Left panel of a triptych of actors as the 7 Lucky Gods on a chrysanthemum treasure ship  for the <i>Kugatsu kikubune shichifukujin no zu</i> (九月菊舟七福神乃図): Segawa Senjo as Jurōjin and Nakamura Utaemon III as Hotei - from the series <i>Actors and the 12 Months</i> (<i>Sanjurokuban-tsuzuki yakusha junitsuki</i> 三十六ばん続役者十二つき)
1809 Toyokuni yakusha junitsuk
Left panel of a triptych of actors as the 7 Lucky Gods on a chrysanthemum treasure ship for the Kugatsu kikubune shichifukujin no zu (九月菊舟七福神乃図): Segawa Senjo as Jurōjin and Nakamura Utaemon III as Hotei - from the series Actors and the 12 Months (Sanjurokuban-tsuzuki yakusha junitsuki 三十六ばん続役者十二つき)

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