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1810s
1700s Chushingura.jpg
From an illustrated book on filial piety, the
Eiri kōkyō
(絵入孝経) by Kitao Masayoshi
1790-1810c Sori surimono
The dolphin-like
kinshachi
(金鯱) atop Nagoya Castle at sunset (or sunrise)
1800-10 Toyokuni I Benkei vs T
Triptych of Musashibō Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) capturing Tosabō during the night attack at Horikawa (
Horikawa yo uchi
- 堀川夜討)
1800-10 Toyokuni I Crane
3 figures in an actor's debut (役者地顔見たて) from the series
The Floating World Chūshingura
(
Ukiyo Chūshingura
- 浮世忠臣蔵) - the second act (二段目)
1800-10c Tsukimaro horse ride
A traveling
bijin
on horseback pausing for a smoke
1800c Toyokuni I utaemon
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as number three (三) from a series of 5 Chivalrous Men
1806ca Ryukosai hextaptych
Kappazuri-e
: from right to left a member of the Asao clan (浅尾奥治?); Ichikawa Omezō I (市川男女蔵); Kataoka Ichizō I (片岡市蔵?); Sawamura Gennosuke I (澤村源之助); a member of the Matsui clan (松???); a member of the Nakayama Monjūrō (中山紋十郎) ; and Arashi Sankatsu (嵐三勝) in the female role
1809-11ca Kunisada new year pr
Parody of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune in the Pleasure Quarters (
Seirō mitate
- 青楼見立 [
Shichifukujin
- 七福神]) - left-hand panel of a triptych
1810-14 Hokusai Festive Lovers
Scene from
Tsui no hinagata
('Picture-book of Patterns of Loving Couples' - 絵本つひの雛形) - an album of 12 compositions
1810 Shunko musha-e
Tomoe Gozen (巴御前), 12th century warrior mistress of Kiso Yoshinaka, fighting against Onda no Hachirō Moroshige (御田八郎師重)
1810ca Shuntei carp
Kintarō (金太郎), carp and tengu diptych
1810ca Tsukimaro courtesan
Katsuyama (勝山) of the House of Nakataya (中田屋) from the series
Modern Beauties of the Pleasure Quarter in Full Flower
(
Seirō tōji zensei no kimi
- 青楼当時全盛の君)
1810c Eizan Bijin.jpg
Cherry blossoms in blooming in the Yoshiwara (
Yoshiwara no hanazakari
- 吉原の花盛) from the series 'Eight Views of Famous Places in the Eastern Capital' (
Tōto meisho hakkei
- 東都名所八景)
1810c Eizan Kikujido
Scene from the
noh
play,
The Chrysanthemum Boy
(
Kikujidō/Makurajidō
- 菊慈童)
1810c Kuninao snow sword
Masumoto Kōshirō V (五代目松本幸四郎) on the left as 藤部伊賀の守 and Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (七代目市川 團十郎) as 藤部太郎, two brothers struggling over a precious sword - two panels of a triptych from the play
Hana to Fubuki Wagō Taiheiki
(花雪和合太平記)
1810c Shunsen lineless
Kakemono of an
oiran
in a black
uchikake decorated with a dragon in a night sky
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
1810c Shuntei tengu and carp
Tengu and carp - left panel of a diptych
1810c Toyokuni chrysanthemums.
An
oiran
holding a bouquet of gift-wrapped chrysanthemums - Zodiac sign of the monkey - the 9th month
1810c Toyokuni I mitsugoro
Bandō Mitsugorō (坂東三津五郎) as the
otokodate
(Ume) Yoshibei (由兵衛) from the play 'The Gion Festival Chronicle of Faith' (
Gion Sairei Shinkōki
- 祇園祭礼信仰記) - this is number 5 (五) from this series
1810c Toyokuni Tannosuke II Yo
Sawamura Tanosuke II (沢村田之助) as Yorikane (頼兼) about to slay his mistress Takao (高尾) played by Onoe Matsusuke II (尾上松助) - vertical diptych
1810s Eizan komachi
Two courtesans seated on a staircase from the series 'Five sets of Women Beautiful as Iris Flowers' (
Hana-ayame gonin-zoroi
- 英山 花あやめ五人揃)
1810s Eizan yoshiwara double
Two
oiran
, Inaoka (稲岡) and Shigee (? 茂枝) of the Okamotoya (岡本屋), from the series
Seirō bijin awase
(青楼美人合)
1810s Kunisada two actors
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Matabei (又平) and Ichikawa Ichizō I (市川市蔵) as Tosa no Seigen (土佐のせうげん) in the play
Keisei hangankō
(けいせい反魂香)
1810s Kunisada watanabe oni
Watanabe no Tsuna [渡邉綱] struggles with the Ibaraki demon (茨鬼) at Modori Bridge (
Ibaraki no oni; Modoribashi Tsuna henge ni au
- 戻橋綱逢変化)
1810s Shuntei soga goro asahin
'Spring Poems' (春詠):
surimono
of votive painting of Asahina pulling the armor of Soga no Gorō
1810s Toyokuni umbrella.jpg
A
mitate
of Komachi with an umbrella praying for rain (
Amagoi Komachi
- 雨こひ小まち) from the series
Modern Girls as the Seven Komachi
(
Imayō musume Nana Komachi
- 今やう娘七小町)
1811-15c Kunisada Utaemon
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Sukematsu no Kazue (助松かづえ) - center panel of a triptych based on the play
Five Chivalrous Women of the Yoshiwara
(
Otokodate iromo Yoshiwara
- 男作女吉原)
1811 Toyokuni I bando hikosabu
Bandō Hikosaburō III (坂東彦三郎) as Yuranosuke (由良之介) standing and Sawamura Tanosuke II (沢村田之助) as Okaru (おかる) in the play
Kanadehon Chūshingura
['Copybook of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers': 仮名手本忠臣蔵]
1811 Toyokuni I roko iv bando
Segawa Rokō IV (瀬川路考) standing with Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東彦三郎)
1811 toyokuni I sawamura sojur
Sawamura Sōjūrō IV [四代目沢村宗十郎], viewing a playbill, i.e., a ranking list of kabuki actors [顔見世番付を見る図]
1811 Toyokuni I Utaemon
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) in a kabuki role as a figure standing in the snow, holding an umbrella
1811 Toyokuni mitsugoro III
Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) as Mitsugatsuji (三ヶつ地) Tsurunosuke (鶴之介) from the play
Sugata no Hana Azuma no Date-zome
[姿花江戸伊達染]
1811c Kunisada sumo
Kawazu Sukeyasu (河津祐安) and Matano Kagehisa (俣野景久) at the sumō tournament in the presence of Minamoto no Yoritomo - this is the center panel of a triptych
1812 Toyokuni Onoe Matsusuke
The Moon (月): Onoe Matsusuke II [尾上松助] relaxing at night viewing the moon and bats
1812c Kunisada Baiko
Onoe Shōroku I (尾上松緑) as the ghost of Princess Osakabe (刑部姫) haunting Hayakawa Takakage on the battlements of Himeji Castle (姫路城) -
Osakabe henka Onoe Shōroku
(おさかべ変化尾上松緑) - this is the top half of a vertical diptych
1812c Kunisada Hanshiro V
Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井半四郎) as Seitaka Dōji (せいたかの童子 [制吒迦童子]) from
Yuki mo Yoshino Kigoto no Kaomise
(雪芳野来入顔鏡 - ゆきもよしのきごとのかおみせ)
1812c Kunisada onoe matsusuke
Onoe Matsusuke II (尾上松助) as Kajiwara Genta Kagesue [梶原源太景季] and the blooming plum branch
1813 Kunisada Koshiro boatman
Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) as a boatman (按摩取梶の長庵?) in the play
Imaori Hakata no Irifune
(新織博多縞入船)
1813 Shunkyo Kichisaburo II
Arashi Kichisaburō II (嵐吉三郎) as Funakoshi Jūemon (船こし重右衛門) in
Yaegasumi Naniwa no hamaogi
('Eightfold Reeds Along the Seashore: Mist at Osaka')
1813 Toyokuni sensoji
Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井半四郎), Iwai Kumesaburō II (岩井粂三郎) and Tokiwazu Komojidayū (常盤津小文字太夫) visiting the Sensōji [浅草寺], a temple at Asakusa - center panel of a triptych
1813c Kunisada Asao Yujiro
Asao Yūjirō I (浅尾勇次郎) holding an umbrella in the play
Tsuma Gasane Uwasa ni Kikuzuki
- left panel of a diptych
1813c Kunisada shojuro hori
Sawamura Sōjūrō IV (沢村宗十郎) and Arashi Shinpei IV (嵐新平) visiting backstage from the series 'Brocade Pictures of the Green Room':
Gakuya nishiki-e ni-hen: Jū mai no uchi
(楽屋錦絵二編 十枚の内)
1814-15 Toyokuni Onoe Matsusuk
Onoe Matsusuke II (尾上松助) as Soga Jurō Sukenari (曽我十郎祐成)
1814 Kunisada crepe Chushingur
Ichikawa Denzō I (市川傳蔵) as Ōboshi Rikiya (大ぼし力弥) in Kanadehon Chūshingura ['Copybook of the Treasury of Loyal Retainers': 仮名手本忠臣蔵]
1814 Kunisada princess osakabe
Onoe Shōroku I (尾上松緑) and Ichikawa Danjūrō VII in a scene from Shōroku's revival of the story of Princess Osakabe (
Matazoro Shōroko Osakabe banashi
)
1814ca Kunisada Yorimoto hunt
Minamoto Yoritomo's hunting party in the foothills below Mt. Fuji -
Minamoto Yoritomo kō Fuji no susono makigari no zu
(源頼朝公富士之裾野牧狩之図)
1814c Hokusai sewing shunga
Scene from
Ehon tsui no hinagata
('Picture-book of Patterns of Loving Couples' - 絵本つひの雛形)
1814c Kunisada P1420.jpg
Kohina (小雛) of the Ōmiya (あみや) from the series
Votive Hand Towels
(
Hōnō tenugui
- 奉納手拭)
1814c Kunisada Utaemon III
Nakamura Utaemon III [中村歌右衛門] as the monkey trainer Yojirō (与次郎) from the series Great Performances (
Ōatari kyōgen no uchi
- 大當狂言之内)
1815-20 Toyokuni I nakamura
Nakamura Shikan I (中村芝翫) as Hanaregoma Chōkichi (放駒長吉) standing before a wooden screen
1815-20c Toyokuni parasol
Bijin
carrying a
janome-gasa
or snake's eye umbrella with 3 fan motifs, one with the Zodiac sign of the tiger - one panel of a triptych? -
Yayoi
(弥生), the 3rd month
1815 Eizan shunga oban
From a set of twelve:
Selections from the Brocade Quarter
(
E-awasa kingaishō
)
1815 Kunisada kikugogo denjuro
Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) on the left and Sawamura Tanosuke II (澤村田之助) on the right
1815 Shunko Hokushu diptych
Kano Minshi I (叶みんし) as Okiyo (娘おきよ) and Arashi Kichisaburō II (二代目嵐吉三郎) as Kowari Dennai (小割伝内) in the play
Katakiuchi ura no asagiri
(
Revenge along the Bay in Morning Fog
: 敵討浦朝霧)
1815 Toyokuni umbrella monster
Umbrella monster (
kasa-obake
傘おばけ or
karakasa-obake
から傘おばけ) from the series Seven Changes: Arashi Sangorō III... (
Shichi Henge Sangorō
- 七変化嵐三五郎)
1815 Toyokuni utaemon
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) in the role of an old woman - from a series of 8 prints (
Hachimai tsuzuki no uchi
- 八枚続之内)
1815c Eisen fan couple
Tokojirō and Urazato the courtesan from 時次郎浦里 明烏夢の泡雪 (Tokojirō and Urazato dream of a light snow)
1815c Eisen surimono
Surimono
parody of the armor-pulling scene, the
kusazuribiki
[草摺引], of the Soga brothers tale: Asahina and a courtesan holding a spindle represented by
bunraku
puppets
1815c Kunisada Dancer.jpg
Nakamura Utaemon III (三代目中村歌右衛門) as a dancer from the series
The Dance of the Nine Changes
or
Kyū henge no uchi
(九へん化の内) from the play
Sono Kokonoe Saishiki-zakura
1815c Kunisada lamp light
An oiran lighting an andon - from the series
Richly Colored Contemporary Fashions
(
Gokusaishiki jisei shitate
- 極彩色時世仕立)
1815c Toyokuni Benkei.jpg
Left and central panels of a triptych of Musashibō Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) capturing Tosabō during the night attack at Horikawa (
Horikawa yo uchi
- 堀川夜討)
1815c Toyokuni I Bath Dry.jpg
After the bath - left panel of a triptych
1816-18 Kuniyasu Geisha
Morning routine of a beautiful woman from an untitled series of
bijin
accompanied by poems
1816 Ashisato utaemon ebijuro
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) in the role of Mori no Ranmaru (森ノ蘭丸) on the right and Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Yamaguchi Kurōjirō (山口九郎治郎) on the left
1816 Ashiyuki diptych
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右ェ門) as Yorikane (頼兼) on the right and Fujikawa Kayū II (藤川花友) as Takao (高尾) on the left from the play
Meiboku Sendai Hagi
[伽藍先代萩] - 'Struggles in the Date Clan' at the Kado [角] theater
1816 Kunihiro Nizaemon VII
Kataoka Nizaemon VII (片岡仁左衛門) in the role of Matsunaga Daizen (松永大膳) in the play
Gion Sairei Shinkōki
[祇園祭礼信仰記 -
The Gion Festival Chronicle of Faith
]
1816 Kunihiro utaemon ebijuro
Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門) as Saibara Kageyu (才原勘解由) on the right and Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Matsugae Tekinosuke (松が枝敵之介) in the play
Meiboku Sendai Hagi
1816 Kunisada Bando Mitsugoro
Diptych of Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) as Nagoya Sanzaburō (名古屋山三) on the left and Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) as Fuwa Banzaemon (不破伴左衛門) on the right in the play
Fuwa Nagoya Yuki no Tategasa
(不破名護屋雪棹)
1816 Toyokuni I actor diptychg
Early kabuki diptych of Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) on the left and Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) on the right
1816c Kunihira asao onimaru
Asao Kigan (浅尾鬼丸) as Shibukawa Tōma (渋川藤馬) left-hand panel of a diptych - from the play
Shin Usuyuki monogatari
1816c Kunisada goro
Kawazu Saburō Sukeyasu (河津三郎祐安) on the left wrestling Matano Gorō Kagehisa (股野五郎景久) in the center, with Ebina Genpachi Hirotsuna (海老名源八弘綱) as referee on the right
1816c Toyokuni kikugoro kanpei
Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as
Chūshingura
character Kanpei (勘平) at the back gate of Tadayoshi castle
1817 Hokushu yoshio ebijuro
Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (市川鰕十郎) as Koshina Danjō (越名弾正) and Nakayama Yoshio I (中山よしを) as Koshina's wife Irie (Koshina tsuma Irie -女房入江)
1817c Toyokuni kabuki triptych
A Picture of Great Success (
Shibai Daihanjō no zu
) - 芝居大繁昌之図
1818 Hokkei watonai w chanter
Takemoto
;
Kokusenya
- Watōnai with a chanter of the Takemoto school
1818 Kunisada bijin and sumo
An evening stroll along the Sumida River near the Ryōgoku Bridge
Tōto Ryōgoku yūryō no ga
(東都両国夕涼の画)
1818 Toyokuni I
Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) as an Edo magician (手妻江戸蔵) - performing the linking rings as 金は打
1818c Toyokuni cat killer
Onoe Kikugorō III (尾上菊五郎) as Okoma (おこま) menacing a cat - from the play
Tsuma Gasane Kanete Kikuzuki
(褄重噂菊月) - left panel of a diptych
1818c Toyokuni Shikan
Nakamura Shikan I (中村芝寛) as Hotei Ichiemon [布袋市右衛門] in the series
Ryūkō Go Karigane
or 'Five Fashionable Men from Karigane' (流行五雁金)
1818c Toyokuni shikan lotus
Nakamura Shikan I (中村芝翫) as a celestial being (天人) from 御名残押絵交張 (おんなごりおしえのまぜはり) - from the dance of nine changes
1819 Gakutei honchoren.jpg
Kaguya-hime [輝夜姫] (the princess born from the bamboo) and Taketori-okina [竹取翁]
1819 Kunisada Nursing.jpg
A woman breast feeding a child while putting her hair up - from the series
Richly Colored Contemporary Fashions
(
Gokusaishiki jisei shitate
- 極彩色時世仕立)
1819 Toyokuni shikan coral
Nakamura Shikan I (中村芝翫) as a black man or
kuronbō
(黒んば) carrying a large piece of coral
1820 Toyokuni II actor boat
Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) as Mizuemon (水右衛門) about to strike the geisha Omatsu (芸者お松) with his sword
1820c Eizan Kakemono
Hashira-e
of two elegant courtesans
1820c Toyokuni danjuri goat
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (七代目市川團十郎) as 町がゝへうぶげの金太郞 - accompanied by a live goat
1821 Toyokuni II ladies
Ichikawa Dannosuke III (市川団之助) on the left, Iwai Hanshirō V (岩井半四郎) in the center, and Segawa Kikunojō V (瀬川菊之丞) on the right -
onnagata
coming from or going to a women's bathhouse (女中湯) - 3 of 5 panels
1823 Toyokuni I Bando Mitsugor
Bandō Mitsugorō III (坂東三津五郎) as Nuregami Chōgorō (濡髪長五郎) in the play
Futatsu-chōchō Kuruwa Nikki
- the right-hand panel of a three panel composition
1825c Yoshikuni yellow stairs
Arashi Koroku IV (あらし小六) as Omiwa [おみわ] at the base of a flight of stairs - the left-hand panel of a diptych from the play
Imoseyama Onna Teikin
[妹背山婦女庭訓 -
Mount Imo and Mount Se:An Exemplary Tale of Womanly
]
1828 Hokkei onnagata with fan
Ogino Kinshi I (荻野錦子) as Kohagi, actually Atsumori (小はぎ実はあつもり) in disguise - this is the left panel of a diptych
1830s Kiyomine musha-e triptyc
Warrior (
musha-e
) triptych of Minamoto no Yoritomo at the Battle of Ishibashiyama (源頼朝石橋山合戦之図)
unknown Eizan hashira-e
Yugiri (夕霧) and Izaemon (伊左衛門)
hashira-e
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