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Standing <i>bijin</i> tying her <i>koshihimo</i> (腰紐) - with an <i>aizuri-e</i> background
unknown Kunisada bijin aizurie
Standing bijin tying her koshihimo (腰紐) - with an aizuri-e background

Young girl under a black parasol or <i>yōgasa</i> [黒の洋傘] from the series <i>True Beauties</i> (<i>Shin Bijin</i> - 真美人) - this is #14 of 36
1897 Chikanobu parasol
Young girl under a black parasol or yōgasa [黒の洋傘] from the series True Beauties (Shin Bijin - 真美人) - this is #14 of 36

Beauty of the Keichō period (慶長の頃 - <i>Keichō no koro</i>) from the <i>Mirror of the Historical Eras</i>- Jidai Kagami (時代かゞみ)
1897 Chikanobu jidai kagami no
Beauty of the Keichō period (慶長の頃 - Keichō no koro) from the Mirror of the Historical Eras- Jidai Kagami (時代かゞみ)

Fireflies (<i>hotaru</i> - ほたる) from the series <i>The Inner Precincts at Chiyoda</i> (<i>Chiyoda no Ōoku</i> - 千代田之大奥)
1896 Chikanobu hotaru
Fireflies (hotaru - ほたる) from the series The Inner Precincts at Chiyoda (Chiyoda no Ōoku - 千代田之大奥)

The Tenmei Era (天明ノ頃) from the series <i>Patterns of Edo</i> (<i>Hana moyō</i> - 花模様)
1895c Kiyochika FLowers.jpg
The Tenmei Era (天明ノ頃) from the series Patterns of Edo (Hana moyō - 花模様)

Bijin washing herself from 'Collection of Magic Lantern Images: Bathing' (幻燈写心競 - 海水浴)
1891 Chikanobu basin
Bijin washing herself from 'Collection of Magic Lantern Images: Bathing' (幻燈写心競 - 海水浴)

3:00 AM (<i>Gozen sanji</i> - 午前三時) from the series <i>Scenes of the twenty-four hours parodied</i> (<i>Mitate chūya nijūoji no uchi</i> - 見立昼夜廿四時之内)
1890 Kunichika 3am (Gozen sanj
3:00 AM (Gozen sanji - 午前三時) from the series Scenes of the twenty-four hours parodied (Mitate chūya nijūoji no uchi - 見立昼夜廿四時之内)

3:00 AM (<i>Gozen sanji</i> - 午前三時) from the series <i>Scenes of the twenty-four hours parodied</i> (<i>Mitate chūya nijūoji no uchi</i> - 見立昼夜廿四時之内)
1890 Kunichika 3 am
3:00 AM (Gozen sanji - 午前三時) from the series Scenes of the twenty-four hours parodied (Mitate chūya nijūoji no uchi - 見立昼夜廿四時之内)

Jiang Shi (Kyō Shi 姜詩) from <i>Juxtaposed Pictures of Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety</i> (<i>Nijūshikō Mitate Awase</i> - 二十四孝見立画合) - #11
1890 Chikanobu Nijushiko Mitat
Jiang Shi (Kyō Shi 姜詩) from Juxtaposed Pictures of Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijūshikō Mitate Awase - 二十四孝見立画合) - #11

<i>Looking Tiresome: The Appearance of a Virgin of the Kansei Era</i> (<i>Urusasō</i> - うるささう: <i>Kansei nenkan shojo no fūzoku</i> - 寛政年間処女之風俗) from the series <i>Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners</i> (<i>Fūzoku sanjūnisō</i> - 風俗三十二相)
1888 Yoshitoshi Virgin Appeara
Looking Tiresome: The Appearance of a Virgin of the Kansei Era (Urusasō - うるささう: Kansei nenkan shojo no fūzoku - 寛政年間処女之風俗) from the series Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners (Fūzoku sanjūnisō - 風俗三十二相)

Looking hot (<i>Atsu-sō</i> - あつさう): The Appearance of a Housewife of the Bunsei Era (<i>Bunsei nenkan naishitsu no fuzoku</i> - 文政年間: 内室の風俗), from the series <i>'Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners' </i> (<i>Fūzoku sanjūni sō</i> - 風俗三十二相)
1888 Yoshitoshi moxa
Looking hot (Atsu-sō - あつさう): The Appearance of a Housewife of the Bunsei Era (Bunsei nenkan naishitsu no fuzoku - 文政年間: 内室の風俗), from the series 'Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners' (Fūzoku sanjūni sō - 風俗三十二相)

Looking Feminine (<i>Shinayaka-sō</i> - しなやかさう): The Appearance of a 'Castle-toppler' of the Tempo Era (<i>Tempo nenkan keisei no fuzoku</i> - 天保年間: 傾城之風俗), from the series <i>'Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners' </i> (<i>Fūzoku sanjūni sō</i> - 風俗三十二相)
1888 Yoshitoshi courtesan
Looking Feminine (Shinayaka-sō - しなやかさう): The Appearance of a 'Castle-toppler' of the Tempo Era (Tempo nenkan keisei no fuzoku - 天保年間: 傾城之風俗), from the series 'Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners' (Fūzoku sanjūni sō - 風俗三十二相)

<i>Looking Capable</i> (<i>Okigatsuki-sō</i> - おきがつきさう): The Appearance of a Kyoto Waitress in the Meiji Era (<i>Meiji nenkan saikyo nakai no fuzoku</i> - 明治年間: 西京仲居之風俗) from the series <i>'Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners' </i> (<i>Fūzoku sanjūni sō</i> - 風俗三十二相)
1888 Yoshitoshi capable
Looking Capable (Okigatsuki-sō - おきがつきさう): The Appearance of a Kyoto Waitress in the Meiji Era (Meiji nenkan saikyo nakai no fuzoku - 明治年間: 西京仲居之風俗) from the series 'Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners' (Fūzoku sanjūni sō - 風俗三十二相)

Full Moon on Tatami Mats - Shadows of Pine Branches (<i>Meigetsu ya tatami no ue ni matsu no kage</i> - 名月や畳の上に松の影 其角): from the series <i>100 Aspects of the Moon</i> (<i>Tsuki hyaku sugata</i> - 月百姿)
1885 Yoshitoshi Shadows of Pin
Full Moon on Tatami Mats - Shadows of Pine Branches (Meigetsu ya tatami no ue ni matsu no kage - 名月や畳の上に松の影 其角): from the series 100 Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyaku sugata - 月百姿)

7:00 AM (午前七時) from the series <i>24 Hours at Shinbashi and Yanagibashi</i> (<i>Shinryū nijūyoshi</i> - 新柳二十四時)
1880c Yoshitoshi 7am
7:00 AM (午前七時) from the series 24 Hours at Shinbashi and Yanagibashi (Shinryū nijūyoshi - 新柳二十四時)

One of the prints from the series of <i>True Beauties</i> (<i>Shin Bijin</i> - 真美人) - this is #1 of 36
1875c Chikanobu Shin Bijin.jpg
One of the prints from the series of True Beauties (Shin Bijin - 真美人) - this is #1 of 36

Bijin with an umbrella watching a bird in flight from the series <i>Annual Events and Customs in the Capital</i> (<i>Azuma fūzoku nenjū gyōji</i> - 東風俗年中行事) - the 4th Month (四月)
1870s Chikanobu Cuckoo Flight.
Bijin with an umbrella watching a bird in flight from the series Annual Events and Customs in the Capital (Azuma fūzoku nenjū gyōji - 東風俗年中行事) - the 4th Month (四月)

The geisha Miyokichi (芸妓美代吉) from the series <i>Thirty-six Good and Evil Beauties</i> (<i>Zen-aku sanjūroku bijin</i> - 善悪三拾六美人)
1870 Kunichika miyokichi
The geisha Miyokichi (芸妓美代吉) from the series Thirty-six Good and Evil Beauties (Zen-aku sanjūroku bijin - 善悪三拾六美人)

No. 18 (十八), the Story of Hinazuru (ひな鶴の話), from the series <i>An Excellent Selection of Thirty-six Noted Courtesans</i> (<i>Meigi sanjūroku kasen</i> - 名妓三十六佳撰) 
1861 Kunisada lightning
No. 18 (十八), the Story of Hinazuru (ひな鶴の話), from the series An Excellent Selection of Thirty-six Noted Courtesans (Meigi sanjūroku kasen - 名妓三十六佳撰) 

Osaka courtesans on parade
1860 Yoshiyuki courtesans trip
Osaka courtesans on parade

Oiran accompanied by her two kamuro
1859-62c Kunisada oiran w kamu
Oiran accompanied by her two kamuro

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

Shōno (庄野): The Kumano Shrine and the Shiratori Grave Mound (Kumano no yashiro - 熊野ノ社, Shiratori-zuka - 白鳥塚); Women Travellers (<i>Onna tabibito</i>), from the series <i>The Fifty-three Stations</i> [<i>of the Tōkaidō Road</i>] <i>by Two Brushes</i> (<i>Sōhitsu gojūsan tsugi</i> - 双筆五十三次)
1855 Hiroshige shono
Shōno (庄野): The Kumano Shrine and the Shiratori Grave Mound (Kumano no yashiro - 熊野ノ社, Shiratori-zuka - 白鳥塚); Women Travellers (Onna tabibito), from the series The Fifty-three Stations [of the Tōkaidō Road] by Two Brushes (Sōhitsu gojūsan tsugi - 双筆五十三次)

Music (<i>raku</i> - 楽) from the series <i>Joy and Anger, Love and Pleasure</i> (<i>Kido airaku no uchi</i> - 喜怒愛楽之内) - a Rustic Genji theme
1854 Kunisada album trip 13
Music (raku - 楽) from the series Joy and Anger, Love and Pleasure (Kido airaku no uchi - 喜怒愛楽之内) - a Rustic Genji theme

Triptych of the Great Summer Fireworks at Ryōgoku Bridge (<i>Ryōgoku nōryō ōhanabi</i>: 両国納涼大花火)
1853c Hiroshige fireworks
Triptych of the Great Summer Fireworks at Ryōgoku Bridge (Ryōgoku nōryō ōhanabi: 両国納涼大花火)

Women with cat on an <i>engawa</i> by a goldfish pond
1851 Kuniyoshi album trip 12
Women with cat on an engawa by a goldfish pond

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)

<i>Favorite Customs of the Present Day</i> [<i>Tōsei fūzoku kō</i> - 当盛風俗好] - left-hand panel of a triptych - the title is on the right-hand panel
1850c Kuniyoshi Aizuri-e.jpeg
Favorite Customs of the Present Day [Tōsei fūzoku kō - 当盛風俗好] - left-hand panel of a triptych - the title is on the right-hand panel

Bijin reading a letter by lantern light - from the series 'A Collection of Modern Beauties' <i>Tōsei bijin soroe no uchi</i> (當盛美人揃之内)
1850c Kunisada II love letter
Bijin reading a letter by lantern light - from the series 'A Collection of Modern Beauties' Tōsei bijin soroe no uchi (當盛美人揃之内)

Bijin watching geese flying across the full moon -  from the series <i>Tōsei bijin soroe no uchi</i> 當盛美人揃之内 - 'A Collection of Modern Beauties'
1850c Kunisada II descending g
Bijin watching geese flying across the full moon - from the series Tōsei bijin soroe no uchi 當盛美人揃之内 - 'A Collection of Modern Beauties'

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)

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

'Distant Treasure' (遠方通宝) from the series The Modern Measure of Womenʼs Desire for Money (<i>Imayō tofu shisen</i> - 今様斗婦志錢)
1848ca Kuniyoshi bijin with do
'Distant Treasure' (遠方通宝) from the series The Modern Measure of Womenʼs Desire for Money (Imayō tofu shisen - 今様斗婦志錢)

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)  

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