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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

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

Nakamura Fukusuke I (中村福助) as Danshichi Kurobei (團七九郎兵衛) from the series <i>Matches for Thirty-six Selected Poems </i>(<i>Mitate sanjūrokkusen</i> - 見立三十六句撰) - the inset at the upper left is by Miyagi Gengyo  
1850 Kunisada danshichi
Nakamura Fukusuke I (中村福助) as Danshichi Kurobei (團七九郎兵衛) from the series Matches for Thirty-six Selected Poems (Mitate sanjūrokkusen - 見立三十六句撰) - the inset at the upper left is by Miyagi Gengyo  

Ryūōmaru (龍王丸) from the series <i>Mirror of Warriors of Our Land</i> (<i>Honchō musha kagami</i> - 本朝武者鏡)
1850 Yoshitsuya dragon hero
Ryūōmaru (龍王丸) from the series Mirror of Warriors of Our Land (Honchō musha kagami - 本朝武者鏡)

Shaving the Head with a Ladder (<i>Gohō hashigo-zuri</i> - ごほふはしごずり): Bandō Mitsugorō VI [六代目坂東三津五郎] as Daikoku (大こく) and Nakamura Fukusuke I [初代中村福助] as Fukurokuju (福禄寿) from the series <i>Dance of the Ōtsu-e Figures</i> (<i>Ōtsu-e shosa no uchi</i> - 大津絵所作ノ内)
1850c Kunisada daikoku shave
Shaving the Head with a Ladder (Gohō hashigo-zuri - ごほふはしごずり): Bandō Mitsugorō VI [六代目坂東三津五郎] as Daikoku (大こく) and Nakamura Fukusuke I [初代中村福助] as Fukurokuju (福禄寿) from the series Dance of the Ōtsu-e Figures (Ōtsu-e shosa no uchi - 大津絵所作ノ内)

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)

Ichikawa Ichizō III as Tenjiku Tokubei (天竺徳兵衛) from the series <i>Matches for Thirty-six Selected Poems</i> (<i>Mitate sanjūrokkusen</i> - 見立三十六句撰) - image in the upper left is by Miyagi Gengyo
1856c Kunisada tenkasa
Ichikawa Ichizō III as Tenjiku Tokubei (天竺徳兵衛) from the series Matches for Thirty-six Selected Poems (Mitate sanjūrokkusen - 見立三十六句撰) - image in the upper left is by Miyagi Gengyo

Nakamura Fukusuke I as Sukeroku (助六) and Agemaki (揚巻)
1857-58 Toyokuni III Sukeroku
Nakamura Fukusuke I as Sukeroku (助六) and Agemaki (揚巻)

Nihonbashi Bridge and Edobashi Bridge (<i>Nihonbashi Edobashi</i> - 日本橋江戸ばし) from the series <i>One Hundred Famous Views of Edo</i> (<i>Meisho Edo hyakkei</i> - 名所江戸百景)
1857 Hiroshige nihon bashi
Nihonbashi Bridge and Edobashi Bridge (Nihonbashi Edobashi - 日本橋江戸ばし) from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei - 名所江戸百景)

Chapter 24 (廿四), Kochō - 胡蝶 ('Butterflies') from the series <i>Lady Murasaki's Genji Cards</i> (<i>Murasaki Shikibu Genji karuta</i> - 紫式部げんじかるた)
1857 Kunisada II minori
Chapter 24 (廿四), Kochō - 胡蝶 ('Butterflies') from the series Lady Murasaki's Genji Cards (Murasaki Shikibu Genji karuta - 紫式部げんじかるた)

'Bamboo River' (<i>Takegawa</i> - 竹川), #44 (四十四) from the series <i>Lady Murasaki's Genji Cards</i> (<i>Murasaki Shikibu Genji karuta</i> - 紫式部げんじかるた)
1857 Kunisada II takegawa
'Bamboo River' (Takegawa - 竹川), #44 (四十四) from the series Lady Murasaki's Genji Cards (Murasaki Shikibu Genji karuta - 紫式部げんじかるた)

An actor in the role of Inuzaka Keno (犬坂毛乃)
1857 kunisada Keno
An actor in the role of Inuzaka Keno (犬坂毛乃)

Nakamura Fukusuke I 中村福助 as both a boatman (<i>sendō</i> - 船頭) and a processional standard-bearer (<i>gyōretsu yakko</i> - 行れつ奴), a series related to <i>Meiga zukushi no uchi Shosagoto</i> (名画尽の内 所作事 - 'Dances based on famous paintings')
1857 Kunisada nakamura fukusuk
Nakamura Fukusuke I 中村福助 as both a boatman (sendō - 船頭) and a processional standard-bearer (gyōretsu yakko - 行れつ奴), a series related to Meiga zukushi no uchi Shosagoto (名画尽の内 所作事 - 'Dances based on famous paintings')

Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Onzōshi Ushiwaka (御曹子牛若) fighting with Nakamura Fukusuke I as Musashibō Benkei ( 武蔵坊弁慶) on Gojō Bridge [五条橋]
1857 Kunisada Shijo Bridge
Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Onzōshi Ushiwaka (御曹子牛若) fighting with Nakamura Fukusuke I as Musashibō Benkei ( 武蔵坊弁慶) on Gojō Bridge [五条橋]

The last stand of the Kusunoki at Shijō-nawate - 楠家勇士四条縄手にて討死
1857 Kuniyoshi Kusunoki
The last stand of the Kusunoki at Shijō-nawate - 楠家勇士四条縄手にて討死

The last stand of the Kusunoki at Shijō-nawate - 楠家勇士四条縄手にて討死
1857 Kuniyoshi Kusunoki 2
The last stand of the Kusunoki at Shijō-nawate - 楠家勇士四条縄手にて討死

At the Battle of Takadachi in Ōshū Province in 1187, a White Dragon Ascends to Heaven from the Koromo River (<i>Bunji sannen Ōshū Takadachi kassen Koromogawa yori hakuryū ten e noboru</i>
 - 文治三年奥州高館合戦自衣川白竜昇天)
1857 Yoshitsuya Triptych Drago
At the Battle of Takadachi in Ōshū Province in 1187, a White Dragon Ascends to Heaven from the Koromo River (Bunji sannen Ōshū Takadachi kassen Koromogawa yori hakuryū ten e noboru - 文治三年奥州高館合戦自衣川白竜昇天)

The Syllable Ma ま: Hayano Wasuke Tsunenari 早野和助常成, from the series <i>Mirror of the True Loyalty of Each of the Faithful Retainers</i> (<i>Seichū gishin meimei kagami</i> - 誠忠義臣名々鏡)
1857c Kuniyoshi ma
The Syllable Ma ま: Hayano Wasuke Tsunenari 早野和助常成, from the series Mirror of the True Loyalty of Each of the Faithful Retainers (Seichū gishin meimei kagami - 誠忠義臣名々鏡)

The Syllable Ta た: Chiba Saburohei Mitsutada 千場三郎兵衛光忠 from the series <i>Mirror of the True Loyalty of Each of the Faithful Retainers</i> (<i>Seichū gishin meimei kagami</i> - 誠忠義臣名々鏡)
1857c Kuniyoshi ta
The Syllable Ta た: Chiba Saburohei Mitsutada 千場三郎兵衛光忠 from the series Mirror of the True Loyalty of Each of the Faithful Retainers (Seichū gishin meimei kagami - 誠忠義臣名々鏡)

Chapter 4 - from the series <i>Lingering Sentiments of a Late Collection of Genji</i> (<i>Genji goshū yojō</i> - 源氏後集余情): -  <i>Suetsumuhana</i> (The Safflower - 末摘花) - left panel of a diptych
1858 Kunisada female genji2
Chapter 4 - from the series Lingering Sentiments of a Late Collection of Genji (Genji goshū yojō - 源氏後集余情): - Suetsumuhana (The Safflower - 末摘花) - left panel of a diptych

[Ichikawa Ebizō V] as Tainohata Kanobei (田井畑此兵衛) and Nakayama Nanshi II (中山南枝) as the ghost of Matsukaze (松風亡霊) in the play <i>Yukihira Sonare no Matsu</i> [行平磯馴松] (<i>Yukihira and windswept pines along the seashore</i>)
1860c Hironobu diptych
[Ichikawa Ebizō V] as Tainohata Kanobei (田井畑此兵衛) and Nakayama Nanshi II (中山南枝) as the ghost of Matsukaze (松風亡霊) in the play Yukihira Sonare no Matsu [行平磯馴松] (Yukihira and windswept pines along the seashore)

Competition of Powerful Magicians (<i>Goketsu Kijutsushi Kurabe</i> - 豪傑奇術競)
1860s Konobu competition
Competition of Powerful Magicians (Goketsu Kijutsushi Kurabe - 豪傑奇術競)

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Bandō Mitsugorō VI (六代目坂東三津五郎: 5/1856 to 9/11/1873) (1)
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Ichimura Uzaemon XIII (十三代目市村羽左衛門: 1/1851 to 1862) (1)
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Nakamura Fukusuke I (初代中村福助: 3/1839 to 6/1860) (5)
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Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art - Water Embodied in Japanese Prints - Rotation 2 (1)
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