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<i>Mikake wa koi-i tonda iku hitoda</i> (みかけはこわいがとんだいい人だ) "Looks Fierce But is Really Nice" from the series <i>Men Join to Form a Man</i> - a modern printing from the key block or <i>tameshizuri-e</i>
import 1847-48 Kuniyoshi later
Mikake wa koi-i tonda iku hitoda (みかけはこわいがとんだいい人だ) "Looks Fierce But is Really Nice" from the series Men Join to Form a Man - a modern printing from the key block or tameshizuri-e

Humorous Hiroshige print with a dog-headed man (Blind Dog, Zatō no inu, ざとうの犬) and bird-headed man (-- Black, -- Kuro,  --くろ) preparing a meal
18302 Hiroshige comic
Humorous Hiroshige print with a dog-headed man (Blind Dog, Zatō no inu, ざとうの犬) and bird-headed man (-- Black, -- Kuro, --くろ) preparing a meal

Sawamura Chōjūrō V [沢村長十郎] as Shiratsuka Jūemon (白柄十石工門) wearing a skull and spider kimono - the inset in the upper left is Bandō Shūka I as Komurasaki (小紫)
1890c Kuniyoshi Spiders.jpeg
Sawamura Chōjūrō V [沢村長十郎] as Shiratsuka Jūemon (白柄十石工門) wearing a skull and spider kimono - the inset in the upper left is Bandō Shūka I as Komurasaki (小紫)

Front and back covers
1860c Kunisada ehon C12
Ehon chapter 12 - from Yūsenkutsu harusame soshi [遊仙沓春雨草紙] by Ryokutei Senryu (緑亭川柳)

Ichikawa Kodanji IV [市川小団次] as the God of Thunder and Lightning (Raijin or Raiden), also known as <i>kaminari</i> (かみ鳴 or 加美鳴)
1851-53 Kuniyoshi devil
Ichikawa Kodanji IV [市川小団次] as the God of Thunder and Lightning (Raijin or Raiden), also known as kaminari (かみ鳴 or 加美鳴)

The Cloth-fulling Jewel River in Settsu Province (<i>Settsu no kuni Tōi no Tamagawa</i> - 摂津国檮衣の玉川) from an untitled triptych series of <i>Six Jewel Rivers</i> (<i>Mu Tamagawa</i> - 六玉川)
1850c Kuniyoshi silk workers
The Cloth-fulling Jewel River in Settsu Province (Settsu no kuni Tōi no Tamagawa - 摂津国檮衣の玉川) from an untitled triptych series of Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa - 六玉川)

Triptych of three <i>bijin</i> and children gathering outdoors at dusk in the summertime
1850c Kuniyoshi silhouette
Triptych of three bijin and children gathering outdoors at dusk in the summertime

<i>Plover Jewel River in Mutsu Province</i> (<i>Mutsu no kuni Chidori no Tamagawa</i> - 陸奥国千鳥のたま河)
1850c Kuniyoshi Buckets.jpg
Plover Jewel River in Mutsu Province (Mutsu no kuni Chidori no Tamagawa - 陸奥国千鳥のたま河)

Nakamura Utaemon IV as Hidari Jingorō from the triptych <i>The Old Story of the Renowned Sculptor Hidari Jingorō</i> (<i>Sono mukashi Hidari Jingorō ga meiyo no furugoto</i> - 名誉乃奮事)
1850c Kunisada hori sake
Nakamura Utaemon IV as Hidari Jingorō from the triptych The Old Story of the Renowned Sculptor Hidari Jingorō (Sono mukashi Hidari Jingorō ga meiyo no furugoto - 名誉乃奮事)

Actor bust in snow from the series <i>Kokin Yujinki</i> (古今勇人記) or <i>Record of Heroes Past and Present</i>
1850c Hirosada Actor Bust Port
Actor bust in snow from the series Kokin Yujinki (古今勇人記) or Record of Heroes Past and Present

Tametomo is visited by the ghosts of the Emperor Sutoku and his retainers in the guise of tengu - from the series <i>Ten Admirable Deeds of Tametomo</i> (<i>Tametomo homare no jikketsu</i> - 為朝誉十傑)
1850 Kuniyoshi tametomo
Tametomo is visited by the ghosts of the Emperor Sutoku and his retainers in the guise of tengu - from the series Ten Admirable Deeds of Tametomo (Tametomo homare no jikketsu - 為朝誉十傑)

Ryo Dōhin (呂洞賓, aka Lu Dongbin) from the series Sixteen Female Sennin Charming Creatures (<i>Enshi juroku josen</i> - 艶姿十六女仙)
1850 Kuniyoshi dragon screen
Ryo Dōhin (呂洞賓, aka Lu Dongbin) from the series Sixteen Female Sennin Charming Creatures (Enshi juroku josen - 艶姿十六女仙)

The Flute -  Matsumoto Kinshō I as Sumiyoshi no reijin Fujitarō (住吉の住人富士太郎) on the left, Nakamura Utaemon IV as Asama Saemon (浅間左エ門) in the center, and Onoe Baikō IV [尾上梅幸] as Umegae (梅ヶ枝) on the right from the play <i>Fukujukai Muryō Denki</i> (福聚海駒量伝記)
1850 Kuniyoshi Diptych Cherry
The Flute - Matsumoto Kinshō I as Sumiyoshi no reijin Fujitarō (住吉の住人富士太郎) on the left, Nakamura Utaemon IV as Asama Saemon (浅間左エ門) in the center, and Onoe Baikō IV [尾上梅幸] as Umegae (梅ヶ枝) on the right from the play Fukujukai Muryō Denki (福聚海駒量伝記)

Bandō Shūka I [初代坂東しうか] as the courtesan Takao (高尾) - center panel of a triptych
1850 Kuniyoshi Bijin
Bandō Shūka I [初代坂東しうか] as the courtesan Takao (高尾) - center panel of a triptych

Ohatsu [召仕おはつ] in the center  battling Iwafuji [局岩藤] on the left, with the <i>chūrō</i> [中臈] Onoe (中老於の江) on the right
1850 Kunisada kendo practice
Ohatsu [召仕おはつ] in the center battling Iwafuji [局岩藤] on the left, with the chūrō [中臈] Onoe (中老於の江) on the right

Sawamura Sōjūrō V [五代目沢村宗十郎] as Yorikane (頼兼) slaying his lover, the courtesan Takao (高尾), played by Bandō Shūka I [初代坂東しうか] - the center and left panels of a triptych
1849 Kuniyoshi diptych
Sawamura Sōjūrō V [五代目沢村宗十郎] as Yorikane (頼兼) slaying his lover, the courtesan Takao (高尾), played by Bandō Shūka I [初代坂東しうか] - the center and left panels of a triptych

Tainosuke (泰之助) killing a giant snake - from the series <i>Lives of Heroes of China and Japan</i> (<i>Wakan eiyū den</i> - 和漢英雄伝)
1848c Kuniteru tanenaga
Tainosuke (泰之助) killing a giant snake - from the series Lives of Heroes of China and Japan (Wakan eiyū den - 和漢英雄伝)

Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII (市川団十郎) as Nozarashi Gosuke (野晒語輔) from the series of 10 prints <i>Eiyu mitate junin otoko</i> (栄優見立十人男: Parody of Actors as Ten Brave Men)
1848ca Kunisada nozarashi
Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII (市川団十郎) as Nozarashi Gosuke (野晒語輔) from the series of 10 prints Eiyu mitate junin otoko (栄優見立十人男: Parody of Actors as Ten Brave Men)

Saitō Toshimoto nyūdō Ryūhon (菜籐利基入道立本), number 48 of Heroes of the Great Peace (<i>Taiheiki eiyūden</i> - 太平記英勇傳)
1848 Kuniyoshi water
Saitō Toshimoto nyūdō Ryūhon (菜籐利基入道立本), number 48 of Heroes of the Great Peace (Taiheiki eiyūden - 太平記英勇傳)

Yu Kinrō and Shu Jushō (朱壽昌) from the series <i>The Twenty-four Chinese Paragons of Filial Piety</i> (<i>Morokoshi nijūshi-kō</i> - 唐土廾四孝)
1848 Kuniyoshi paragon 20-21
Yu Kinrō and Shu Jushō (朱壽昌) from the series The Twenty-four Chinese Paragons of Filial Piety (Morokoshi nijūshi-kō - 唐土廾四孝)

Kaku Kyo (郭巨) on the left and Kyō Shi (姜詩) on the right  from the series <i>The Twenty-four Chinese Paragons of Filial Piety</i> (<i>Morokoshi nijūshi-kō</i> - 唐土廾四孝)
1848 Kuniyoshi paragon 18-19
Kaku Kyo (郭巨) on the left and Kyō Shi (姜詩) on the right from the series The Twenty-four Chinese Paragons of Filial Piety (Morokoshi nijūshi-kō - 唐土廾四孝)

Tō-fujin (唐夫人) on the left and Rō Raishi (老來子) on the right from the series <i>The Twenty-four Chinese Paragons of Filial Piety</i> (<i>Morokoshi nijūshi-kō</i> - 唐土廾四孝)
1848 Kuniyoshi paragon 16-17
Tō-fujin (唐夫人) on the left and Rō Raishi (老來子) on the right from the series The Twenty-four Chinese Paragons of Filial Piety (Morokoshi nijūshi-kō - 唐土廾四孝)

Sōshin (曽参) on the left and Binshiken (閔子騫) on the right, from the series <i>The Twenty-four Chinese Paragons of Filial Piety</i> (<i>Morokoshi nijūshi-kō</i> - 唐土廾四孝)
1848 Kuniyoshi paragon 04-05
Sōshin (曽参) on the left and Binshiken (閔子騫) on the right, from the series The Twenty-four Chinese Paragons of Filial Piety (Morokoshi nijūshi-kō - 唐土廾四孝)

Taishun (大舜) from the series <i>The Twenty-four Chinese Paragons of Filial Piety</i> (<i>Morokoshi nijūshi-kō</i> - 唐土廾四孝)
1848 Kuniyoshi paragon 01
Taishun (大舜) from the series The Twenty-four Chinese Paragons of Filial Piety (Morokoshi nijūshi-kō - 唐土廾四孝)

Inauye Daikurō Masatada (稲上大九郎正忠) from the series <i>Heroes of the Great Peace</i> (<i>Taiheiki eiyūden</i> - 太平記英勇傳)
1848-49c Kuniyoshi masatada
Inauye Daikurō Masatada (稲上大九郎正忠) from the series Heroes of the Great Peace (Taiheiki eiyūden - 太平記英勇傳)

Fujiwara no Masakiyo (藤原正清) from the series <i>Taiheiki eiyuden</i> (<i>Heroes of the Great Peace</i> - 太平記英勇傳)
1848-49c Kuniyoshi masakiyo
Fujiwara no Masakiyo (藤原正清) from the series Taiheiki eiyuden (Heroes of the Great Peace - 太平記英勇傳)

Ken Practice (<i>Ken no keiko</i> - けんのけいこ) from the play <i>Norikake Soga dōchū sugoroku</i> (飾駒曽我通双六)
1847c Kuniyoshi Game of Ken
Ken Practice (Ken no keiko - けんのけいこ) from the play Norikake Soga dōchū sugoroku (飾駒曽我通双六)

Nakamura Shikan III as Ume no Yoshibei (梅ノ由衛) and Kataoka Gadō II as the <i>decchi</i> (apprentice - でっち) Chōkichi (長吉) in <i>The Mirror of Loyalty and Filial Piety</i> (<i>Chūkō kagami</i> - 忠孝鏡) - a possible <i>mitate</i>
1847 Shusho shikan gado
Nakamura Shikan III as Ume no Yoshibei (梅ノ由衛) and Kataoka Gadō II as the decchi (apprentice - でっち) Chōkichi (長吉) in The Mirror of Loyalty and Filial Piety (Chūkō kagami - 忠孝鏡) - a possible mitate

Danshichi’s wife Okaji [おかぢ] and the clerk Seishichi [手代清七]
1847 Kuniyoshi okaji & seshich
Danshichi’s wife Okaji [おかぢ] and the clerk Seishichi [手代清七]

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'

Sawamura Sōjūrō V as Teranishi Kanshin (寺西閑心) on the left, Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Inabanosuke (因幡之助) in the center, and Onoe Kikugorō III as Usugomo with the cat-gost Okabe on the right in <i>The Lifetime of Onoe Kikugorō III</i> (<i>Onoe Kikugorō ichidai banashi</i> - 尾上梅寿一代噺)
1847 Kuniyoshi cat witch
Sawamura Sōjūrō V as Teranishi Kanshin (寺西閑心) on the left, Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Inabanosuke (因幡之助) in the center, and Onoe Kikugorō III as Usugomo with the cat-gost Okabe on the right in The Lifetime of Onoe Kikugorō III (Onoe Kikugorō ichidai banashi - 尾上梅寿一代噺)

Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Musashibō Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Minamoto Ushiwakamaru (源牛若丸) [in <i>Shiki utsushi tosa-e no futsutsuka</i> (四季写士佐画拙)]
1847 Kuniyoshi Benkei diptych
Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Musashibō Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Minamoto Ushiwakamaru (源牛若丸) [in Shiki utsushi tosa-e no futsutsuka (四季写士佐画拙)]

The Cloth-fulling Jewel River in Settsu Province (<i>Settsu no kuni Tōi no Tamagawa</i> - 摂津国檮衣の玉川) from an untitled triptych series of the 'Six Jewel Rivers' (<i>Mu Tamagawa</i> - 六玉川)  
1847 Kuniyoshi beating cloth
The Cloth-fulling Jewel River in Settsu Province (Settsu no kuni Tōi no Tamagawa - 摂津国檮衣の玉川) from an untitled triptych series of the 'Six Jewel Rivers' (Mu Tamagawa - 六玉川)  

Sawamura Sōjūrō V (五代目沢村宗十郎) as Shiratsuka Jūemon (白柄十右衛門) - this is the left panel of a diptych in a scene from the play <i>Onoe Kikugorō Ichidai Banashi</i> (尾上梅寿一代噺)
1847 Kuniyoshi actor geese
Sawamura Sōjūrō V (五代目沢村宗十郎) as Shiratsuka Jūemon (白柄十右衛門) - this is the left panel of a diptych in a scene from the play Onoe Kikugorō Ichidai Banashi (尾上梅寿一代噺)

<i>Ōtsu Pictures for the Times: A Rare Thing You've Been Waiting For</i> (<i>Tokini Ōtsu-e kitai no maremono</i> - 流行逢都絵希代稀物)
1847 Kuniyoshi 08
Ōtsu Pictures for the Times: A Rare Thing You've Been Waiting For (Tokini Ōtsu-e kitai no maremono - 流行逢都絵希代稀物)

Comic Handgames Compared (<i>Dōke ken awase</i> - 道化拳合 - どうけけんあわせ)
1847 Kuniyoshi 04
Comic Handgames Compared (Dōke ken awase - 道化拳合 - どうけけんあわせ)

#88 (八十八番 - <i>hachijūhachiban</i>) from the series 'A Pictorial Commentary on One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets' -  a <i>bijin</i> with a hand-drum paired with a book opened  to a poem by the Imperial Princess Shokushi (式子内親王 -  <i>Shokushi Naishinnō</i>)
1847 Kunisada drum poets
#88 (八十八番 - hachijūhachiban) from the series 'A Pictorial Commentary on One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets' - a bijin with a hand-drum paired with a book opened to a poem by the Imperial Princess Shokushi (式子内親王 - Shokushi Naishinnō)

Blind Men and Elephant 盲人と象、達磨 (above);  Ichikawa Ebizō V 五代目市川海老蔵 as Daruma (below)  from the series <i>Meiga rokumai byobu</i>  (Screen with the six branches of famous painting - 名画六枚屏風) - center panel of a triptych
1847-1852 Kuniyoshi blind
Blind Men and Elephant 盲人と象、達磨 (above); Ichikawa Ebizō V 五代目市川海老蔵 as Daruma (below) from the series Meiga rokumai byobu (Screen with the six branches of famous painting - 名画六枚屏風) - center panel of a triptych

Woman Holding a Child Before a Daruma Kite - center panel of a triptych of <i>The Five Festivals - Mutsuki</i> (五節句之内睦月)
1847-52c Kuniyoshi daruma kite
Woman Holding a Child Before a Daruma Kite - center panel of a triptych of The Five Festivals - Mutsuki (五節句之内睦月)

Nichirai Shōnin [日来上人] at the Battle of Kawanakajima [川中島合戦の日来上人] - middle panel of a triptych
1847-52 Yoshimune kawanakajima
Nichirai Shōnin [日来上人] at the Battle of Kawanakajima [川中島合戦の日来上人] - middle panel of a triptych

The Ide Jewel River in Yamashiro Province (<i>Yamashiro no kuni Ide no Tamagawa</i> - 山城国井出の玉川) from an untitled triptych series of <i>Six Jewel Rivers</i> (<i>Mu Tamagawa</i> -  六玉川)
1847-52 Kuniyoshi yamashiro
The Ide Jewel River in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro no kuni Ide no Tamagawa - 山城国井出の玉川) from an untitled triptych series of Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa - 六玉川)

Matsumoto Koshirō V (松本幸四郎) as Banzui Chōbei (ばんずい長兵衛) from the play <i>Kakitsubata Tamuke no Hanakawado</i> (杜若手向花川戸) - a <i>mitate</i>
1847-52 Kuniyoshi koshiro v
Matsumoto Koshirō V (松本幸四郎) as Banzui Chōbei (ばんずい長兵衛) from the play Kakitsubata Tamuke no Hanakawado (杜若手向花川戸) - a mitate

<i>View of Enoshima and Fuji from Shichirigahama</i> (<i>Shichiri gahama yori Enoshima no tokei</i> - 七里ヶ浜より江の島乃遠景) - center panel of a triptych
1847-52 Kuniyoshi enoshima
View of Enoshima and Fuji from Shichirigahama (Shichiri gahama yori Enoshima no tokei - 七里ヶ浜より江の島乃遠景) - center panel of a triptych

<i>Attack of the Taira Ghosts at Daimotsu Bay</i> (<i>Sesshū Daimotsu no ura Heike onryō arawaruru zu</i> - 摂州大物浦平家怨霊顕る図)
1847-52 Hokui Heike
Attack of the Taira Ghosts at Daimotsu Bay (Sesshū Daimotsu no ura Heike onryō arawaruru zu - 摂州大物浦平家怨霊顕る図)

Mitsuuji and his 2nd daughter under a cherry tree at night -  a Rustic Genji theme [<i>Nise Murasaki inaka Genji</i> - 偐紫田舎源氏]
1847-50ca Kunisada album trip
Mitsuuji and his 2nd daughter under a cherry tree at night - a Rustic Genji theme [Nise Murasaki inaka Genji - 偐紫田舎源氏]

<i>Plover Jewel River in Mutsu Province</i> (<i>Mutsu no kuni Chidori no Tamagawa</i> - 陸奥国千鳥のたま河)
1847-50 Kuniyoshi chidori
Plover Jewel River in Mutsu Province (Mutsu no kuni Chidori no Tamagawa - 陸奥国千鳥のたま河)

Yamauba (山姥) on the left, Kaidōmaru (怪童丸) in the center, and Mita no shi (三田仕) on the right - with acrobatic men dressed as animals - possibly from a <i>shosagoto</i> [所作事] performance
1847-50 Kunisada kaidomaru ani
Yamauba (山姥) on the left, Kaidōmaru (怪童丸) in the center, and Mita no shi (三田仕) on the right - with acrobatic men dressed as animals - possibly from a shosagoto [所作事] performance

No. 29 (廿九 - nijūkyū) - Hamamatsu (浜松) from the Tōkaidō (東海道) series - The Fifty-three Stations (<i>Gojūsan tsugi no uchi</i> - 五十三次之内)
1847-50 Hiroshige Smoke
No. 29 (廿九 - nijūkyū) - Hamamatsu (浜松) from the Tōkaidō (東海道) series - The Fifty-three Stations (Gojūsan tsugi no uchi - 五十三次之内)

The End (Taibi - 大尾), Jinzaburō (甚三郎), retainer of Shikamatsu Kanroku (鹿松諌家僕塵三郎) from the series <i>Stories of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai</i> (<i>Seichū gishi den</i> - 誠忠義士傳)
1847-48c Kuniyoshi ronin C
The End (Taibi - 大尾), Jinzaburō (甚三郎), retainer of Shikamatsu Kanroku (鹿松諌家僕塵三郎) from the series Stories of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai (Seichū gishi den - 誠忠義士傳)

No. 20 ( 二十): Tokuda Sadaemon Yukitaka (徳田貞右衛門行高) from the series <i>Stories of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai </i>(<i>Seichū gishi den</i> - 誠忠義士傳)
1847-48c Kuniyoshi ronin B
No. 20 ( 二十): Tokuda Sadaemon Yukitaka (徳田貞右衛門行高) from the series Stories of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai (Seichū gishi den - 誠忠義士傳)

No. 6 (六): Yoshida Sadaemon Kanesada (吉田定右エ門兼貞) from the series <i>Stories of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai </i> (<i>Seichū gishi den</i> - 誠忠義士傳)
1847-48c Kuniyoshi ronin A
No. 6 (六): Yoshida Sadaemon Kanesada (吉田定右エ門兼貞) from the series Stories of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai (Seichū gishi den - 誠忠義士傳)

'Calligraphy' from <i>Fashionable Amusements of Spring</i> (<i>Fūryū haru no kyō</i> - 風流春の興)
1847-48ca Kunisada album trip
'Calligraphy' from Fashionable Amusements of Spring (Fūryū haru no kyō - 風流春の興)

No. 23 (廿三): Katsuta Shinzaemon Taketaka (勝多真左衛門武尭) from the series <i>Biographies of Loyal and Righteous Samurai</i> (<i>Seichu gishi den</i> - 誠忠義士傳)
1847-48 Kuniyoshi ronin D
No. 23 (廿三): Katsuta Shinzaemon Taketaka (勝多真左衛門武尭) from the series Biographies of Loyal and Righteous Samurai (Seichu gishi den - 誠忠義士傳)

<i>Mitate chōchingura</i>: <i>A Humorous Reworking, The Treasury of the Loyal Retainers</i> (見立挑灯蔵) - Act 11 (十一段目)
1847-48 Kuniyoshi mitate chush
Mitate chōchingura: A Humorous Reworking, The Treasury of the Loyal Retainers (見立挑灯蔵) - Act 11 (十一段目)

Triptych of <i>Plum Blossoms in the Evening Snow</i> (<i>Tsumoru yo no ume</i> - つもる夜の梅)
1847-48 Kuniyoshi evening plum
Triptych of Plum Blossoms in the Evening Snow (Tsumoru yo no ume - つもる夜の梅)

"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?)

Descending Geese at Katada (<i>Katada Rakugan</i> - 堅田落雁) from the series <i>Eight Views of Ōmi</i> (<i>Ōmi hakkei no uchi</i> - 近江八景之内)
1847-48 Kunisada II album trip
Descending Geese at Katada (Katada Rakugan - 堅田落雁) from the series Eight Views of Ōmi (Ōmi hakkei no uchi - 近江八景之内)

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

The actor Jitsukawa Enjaku I (延若) with a poem card
1845 Hirosada enjyaku
The actor Jitsukawa Enjaku I (延若) with a poem card

The Stone-faced General Sekishōgun Sekiyū (石將軍石勇) from the series <i>108 Heroes of the Popular Suikoden</i> (<i>Tzuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no uchi</i> - 通俗水滸傳濠傑百八人之内)
1845-53 Kuniyoshi sekishogun
The Stone-faced General Sekishōgun Sekiyū (石將軍石勇) from the series 108 Heroes of the Popular Suikoden (Tzuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no uchi - 通俗水滸傳濠傑百八人之内)

Nissaka (日坂): The Nightly Weeping Rock (小夜の中山夜啼石) from the series <i>Fifty-three Pairings for the Tōkaidō Road</i> (<i>Tōkaidō gojūsan tsui</i> - 東海道五十三対)
1843-47 Kuniyoshi weeping
Nissaka (日坂): The Nightly Weeping Rock (小夜の中山夜啼石) from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsui - 東海道五十三対)

Kameyama (亀山): Woman Dreaming of Omatsu (おまつ), Gennojō (源之丞), and Sodesuke (袖助) from the series <i>Fifty-three Pairings for the Tōkaidō Road</i> (<i>Tōkaidō gojūsan tsui</i> - 東海道五十三対)
1843-47 Hiroshige kameyama oma
Kameyama (亀山): Woman Dreaming of Omatsu (おまつ), Gennojō (源之丞), and Sodesuke (袖助) from the series Fifty-three Pairings for the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsui - 東海道五十三対)

Sun Er Niang, the Witch (Botaichū Kodaisō - 母体中顧太嫂) from the series <i>108 Heroes of the Popular Water Margin</i> (<i>Tzuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no uchi</i> - 通俗水滸傳濠傑百八人之内)
1843-46 Kuniyoshi pillar throw
Sun Er Niang, the Witch (Botaichū Kodaisō - 母体中顧太嫂) from the series 108 Heroes of the Popular Water Margin (Tzuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no uchi - 通俗水滸傳濠傑百八人之内)

Sun Erniang, the Witch (<i>Boyasha Sonnijō</i> - 母夜叉孫二娘) from the series <i>One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan</i> (<i>Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori</i> - 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人一個)
1842-46 Kuniyoshi sonjiro
Sun Erniang, the Witch (Boyasha Sonnijō - 母夜叉孫二娘) from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan (Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori - 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人一個)

Scene from a kabuki play performed by Kataoka Ichizō I (斤岡市蔵) as Katō Masakiyo (加藤正清)
1840s Sadayoshi barge
Scene from a kabuki play performed by Kataoka Ichizō I (斤岡市蔵) as Katō Masakiyo (加藤正清)

Volume from <i>Picture Book of the Taiko-ki</i> (<i>Ehon Taikō-ki</i> 絵本太閤記)
1840s Kuniyoshi Taikoki ehon
Volume from Picture Book of the Taiko-ki (Ehon Taikō-ki 絵本太閤記)

Heroes led by Yoshitsune (義経英雄勤)
1840s Kuniyoshi suikoden heroe
Heroes led by Yoshitsune (義経英雄勤)

Nakamura Shikan III [中村芝翫] as Danshichi Kurobei (団七九郎兵衛) - the title cartouche reads: 古今甬人記 - from the play <i>Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami</i> (夏祭浪花鑑)
1840c Hirosada actor drape
Nakamura Shikan III [中村芝翫] as Danshichi Kurobei (団七九郎兵衛) - the title cartouche reads: 古今甬人記 - from the play Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (夏祭浪花鑑)

The Ninth Month: A famous saké brand from the series <i>Brands of Saké for the Five Festivals</i> (<i>Fūryū Sakaya Gosekku</i> - 風流酒屋五節句)
1830ca Sadafusa tamagawa sake
The Ninth Month: A famous saké brand from the series Brands of Saké for the Five Festivals (Fūryū Sakaya Gosekku - 風流酒屋五節句)

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