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A beautiful, elegant woman standing outside the entry to a building which houses the Chūshuntei restaurant [柱春亭]  - center panel of a triptych
1835c Kunisada Letter
A beautiful, elegant woman standing outside the entry to a building which houses the Chūshuntei restaurant [柱春亭] - center panel of a triptych

Nakamura Utaemon III as Ishikawa Goemon in the play <i>Kinmon Gosan no Kiri</i> (<i>The Temple Gate and the Paulownia Crest</i>) [金門五三桐]
1830s Hokushu Goemon and Hawk
Nakamura Utaemon III as Ishikawa Goemon in the play Kinmon Gosan no Kiri (The Temple Gate and the Paulownia Crest) [金門五三桐]

<i>The Calculating Type</i> from the series 'Twelve Scenes of Modern Beauties' (<i>Imayō bijin jūnikei</i> - 今様美人十二景) or Yoshiwara (よし原)
1830s Eisen bijin
The Calculating Type from the series 'Twelve Scenes of Modern Beauties' (Imayō bijin jūnikei - 今様美人十二景) or Yoshiwara (よし原)

Minamoto Yorimasa (源三位頼政 - here Genzanmi Yorimasa) on the left has shot the <i>nue</i> (鵺) - Ii no Hayata Hironao (猪早太廣直) in the center is about to finish it off. On the right panel is Watanabe Teishichi Tonau (渡邉丁七唱)
1830 Kuniyoshi triptych nue
Minamoto Yorimasa (源三位頼政 - here Genzanmi Yorimasa) on the left has shot the nue (鵺) - Ii no Hayata Hironao (猪早太廣直) in the center is about to finish it off. On the right panel is Watanabe Teishichi Tonau (渡邉丁七唱)

Zhang Fei (張飛 - Jp: Chōhi) thundering at Changban Bridge (長坂橋)
1828c Kunisada chohi
Zhang Fei (張飛 - Jp: Chōhi) thundering at Changban Bridge (長坂橋)

Fujiwara no Ietaka [藤原家隆] from the series <i>A Series for Those Who Still Have Their Teeth</i> (<i>Shōshikai Bantsuzuki</i> - 尚歯会番続)
1825c Hokkei surimono
Fujiwara no Ietaka [藤原家隆] from the series A Series for Those Who Still Have Their Teeth (Shōshikai Bantsuzuki - 尚歯会番続)

Triptych of three beauties on their way to an assignation - the Night Escort (<i>Yoru no okuri</i> 夜の送り)
1822c Kunisada night street
Triptych of three beauties on their way to an assignation - the Night Escort (Yoru no okuri 夜の送り)

Woman reading a letter from the series <i>Ukiyo jūroku musashi</i> 'Sixteen Musashi Games of the Floating World'  (浮世十六むさし)
1822c Kunisada board game
Woman reading a letter from the series Ukiyo jūroku musashi 'Sixteen Musashi Games of the Floating World' (浮世十六むさし)

Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Tōken (China Dog) Jūbei (市川鰕十郎の唐犬重兵衛) from the play <i>Benimurasaki Aide Someage</i> ('Red and Purple, Rich Dyes of Osaka') [紅紫大坂潤]
1822ca Hokushu ichikawa ebijur
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Tōken (China Dog) Jūbei (市川鰕十郎の唐犬重兵衛) from the play Benimurasaki Aide Someage ('Red and Purple, Rich Dyes of Osaka') [紅紫大坂潤]

Arashi Kitsusaburō II (嵐橘三郎) on the occasion of his name change
1822 Yoshikuni Kitsusaburo II
Arashi Kitsusaburō II (嵐橘三郎) on the occasion of his name change

Nakamura Utaemon III (三代目中村歌右衛門) as the apprentice Igo (伊吾) of the Amakawaya (天川屋) in the play <i>Ōishizuri sakura tanzaku</i>
1822 Yoshikuni
Nakamura Utaemon III (三代目中村歌右衛門) as the apprentice Igo (伊吾) of the Amakawaya (天川屋) in the play Ōishizuri sakura tanzaku

Just arrived from Edo (江戸登り), Arashi Kitsusaburō II (嵐橘三郎), formerly named Arashi Tokusaburō (嵐徳三郎) - <i>Edo nobori Arashi Tokusaburō gaimei Arashi Kitsusaburō</i>
1822 Shibakuni Rikan II
Just arrived from Edo (江戸登り), Arashi Kitsusaburō II (嵐橘三郎), formerly named Arashi Tokusaburō (嵐徳三郎) - Edo nobori Arashi Tokusaburō gaimei Arashi Kitsusaburō

Sawamura Kunitarō II (二代目沢村国太郎) as Ayame no Mae (あやめの前) and Arashi Kitsusaburō II (二代目嵐橘三郎) as Gen Sanmi Yorimasa (源三位頼政) from the play <i>Yorimasa Nue Monogatari</i> [頼政鵺物語] - early or 1st edition
1822 Hokushu Yorimasa
Sawamura Kunitarō II (二代目沢村国太郎) as Ayame no Mae (あやめの前) and Arashi Kitsusaburō II (二代目嵐橘三郎) as Gen Sanmi Yorimasa (源三位頼政) from the play Yorimasa Nue Monogatari [頼政鵺物語] - early or 1st edition

Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Kanda Yogorō (神田与五郎) on the right; Nakamura Sankō I (中村三光) as keisei (courtesan) Kashiwagi (けいせい柏木) in the middle; Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Teraoka Heiemon (寺岡平右衛門) on the left in the play <i>Oishizuri sakura tanzaku</i>
1822 Hokushu yellow triptych
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Kanda Yogorō (神田与五郎) on the right; Nakamura Sankō I (中村三光) as keisei (courtesan) Kashiwagi (けいせい柏木) in the middle; Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Teraoka Heiemon (寺岡平右衛門) on the left in the play Oishizuri sakura tanzaku

Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Kanda Yogorō (神田与五郎) in the play <i>Ōishizuri sakura tanzaku</i> [大西摺桜花短冊]
1822 Hokushu sanko
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Kanda Yogorō (神田与五郎) in the play Ōishizuri sakura tanzaku [大西摺桜花短冊]

Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Tōken Jūbei (市川鰕十郎の唐犬重兵衛) from the play <i>Benimurasaki Aide Someage</i> (<i>Red and Purple, Rich Dyes of Osaka</i>) [紅紫大坂潤]
1822 Hokushu Ebijuro I (2).jpg
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Tōken Jūbei (市川鰕十郎の唐犬重兵衛) from the play Benimurasaki Aide Someage (Red and Purple, Rich Dyes of Osaka) [紅紫大坂潤]

Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Teraoka Heiemon (寺岡平右衛門)
1822 Hokushu Ebijuro I
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Teraoka Heiemon (寺岡平右衛門)

Asao Yūjirō I (浅尾勇次郎) as Sano Genzaemon (佐野源左衛門) on the right and Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Miura Arajirō (三浦荒次郎) in the play <i>Keisei Sano no Funabashi</i> (傾城佐野の船橋)
1822 Hokushu checker diptych
Asao Yūjirō I (浅尾勇次郎) as Sano Genzaemon (佐野源左衛門) on the right and Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Miura Arajirō (三浦荒次郎) in the play Keisei Sano no Funabashi (傾城佐野の船橋)

Sawamura Kunitarō II (二代目沢村国太郎) as Ayame no Mae (あやめの前) and Arashi Kitsusaburō II (二代目嵐橘三郎) as Gen Sanmi Yorimasa (源三位頼政) in the play <i>Yorimasa Nue Monogatari</i> [頼政鵺物語] - a second or later edition
1822 Hokushu 03
Sawamura Kunitarō II (二代目沢村国太郎) as Ayame no Mae (あやめの前) and Arashi Kitsusaburō II (二代目嵐橘三郎) as Gen Sanmi Yorimasa (源三位頼政) in the play Yorimasa Nue Monogatari [頼政鵺物語] - a second or later edition

Praying for Rain (<i>Amagoi</i> - 雨乞 ) from the series <i>Modern Beauties as the Seven Komachi</i> (<i>Tōsei bijin Nana Komachi</i> - 当世美人七小町)
1821-22 Kunisada amagoi komach
Praying for Rain (Amagoi - 雨乞 ) from the series Modern Beauties as the Seven Komachi (Tōsei bijin Nana Komachi - 当世美人七小町)

Six prominent kabuki actors on a winter outing
1820s Toyokuni II triptych sno
Six prominent kabuki actors on a winter outing

Picture of Fireworks at Ryōgoku Bridge (<i>Ryōgoku hanabi no zu</i> - 両 国花火之図) - lower half of a six panel composition
1820s Toyokuni I boating
Picture of Fireworks at Ryōgoku Bridge (Ryōgoku hanabi no zu - 両 国花火之図) - lower half of a six panel composition

<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)

Pentaptych: <i>bijin</i> holding puppets of actors as <i>otokodate</i> - from the left - Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) as An no Heibei (安ノ平兵衛), Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Gokuin Sen'emon (極印千右衞門), Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) as Kaminari Shōkurō (雷庄九郎), Seki Sanjūrō II (関三十郎) as Hotei Ichiemon (布袋市右衛門) and Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川團十郎) as Karigane Bunshichi (雁金文七) - from 'Five Chivalrous Men as Puppets' (<i>Mitate ningyō gonin otoko</i> - 見立人形五人男)
1820s Kuniyasu pentaptych
Pentaptych: bijin holding puppets of actors as otokodate - from the left - Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) as An no Heibei (安ノ平兵衛), Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Gokuin Sen'emon (極印千右衞門), Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) as Kaminari Shōkurō (雷庄九郎), Seki Sanjūrō II (関三十郎) as Hotei Ichiemon (布袋市右衛門) and Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (市川團十郎) as Karigane Bunshichi (雁金文七) - from 'Five Chivalrous Men as Puppets' (Mitate ningyō gonin otoko - 見立人形五人男)

Number 12 - The Syllable <i>Wo</i> (ヲ): <i>Nanasato</i> (七里) of the <i>Sugata-Ebiya</i> from the series <i>ABC Poems for Beautiful Courtesans</i> (<i>Bijin keisei iroha tanka</i>: 美人傾城いろはたん歌)
1820s Kunisada Nanasato
Number 12 - The Syllable Wo (ヲ): Nanasato (七里) of the Sugata-Ebiya from the series ABC Poems for Beautiful Courtesans (Bijin keisei iroha tanka: 美人傾城いろはたん歌)

Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) as Hayano Kanpei (早勘平) from the series <i>Great Performances: Contemporary Pressed-Cloth Battledores</i> (<i>Tōsei oshi-e hagoita atari kyōgen no uchi</i> - 當世押絵羽子板)
1820s Kunisada mitsugoro battl
Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) as Hayano Kanpei (早勘平) from the series Great Performances: Contemporary Pressed-Cloth Battledores (Tōsei oshi-e hagoita atari kyōgen no uchi - 當世押絵羽子板)

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

Mimasu Gennosuke I (三枡源之助) in the role of the <i>sumō</i> wrestler Izutsu Menosuke (角力取井筒女之助)
1820s Kunisada gennosuke
Mimasu Gennosuke I (三枡源之助) in the role of the sumō wrestler Izutsu Menosuke (角力取井筒女之助)

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)

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

San'enzan Zōjō-ji Temple (<i>San'enzan Zōjō-ji zu</i> - 三園山増上寺図) from the series <i>The Eastern Capital</i> (Tōto - 東都)
1820s Hokuju landscape yoko-e
San'enzan Zōjō-ji Temple (San'enzan Zōjō-ji zu - 三園山増上寺図) from the series The Eastern Capital (Tōto - 東都)

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

<i>Bijin</i> playing with cat
1820c Kunisada cat
Bijin playing with cat

Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as the apprentice Igo (伊吾) of the Amakawaya (天川屋) in the play <i>Ōishizuri sakura tanzaku</i> [大石摺桜花短冊]
1820c Hokushū utaemon dance
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as the apprentice Igo (伊吾) of the Amakawaya (天川屋) in the play Ōishizuri sakura tanzaku [大石摺桜花短冊]

Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as the servant Ranpei in the play <i>Yamatogana Ariwara Keizu</i> (倭仮名在原系図) - a <i>mitate</i>
1820c Hokushu Ebijuro
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as the servant Ranpei in the play Yamatogana Ariwara Keizu (倭仮名在原系図) - a mitate

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