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18th century
1700s Okamoto Masafusa ehon
Illustrated book on warriors volumes 1 & 3 of 3 bound in one (attributed to Okamoto Masafusa [岡本昌房])
1710c Masanobu Toji
Mega Magosaburō Nagamune [妻鹿孫三郎長宗] at Battle of Tōji [束寺] number 3 (三 in the lower right) - from an untitled warrior series by Okumura Masanobu
1728 Morikuni stories V1
Volume 1 of
Gaten Tsūkō
[画典通考]
1728 Morikuni stories V2
Volume 3 of
Gaten Tsūkō
[画典通考]
1728 Morikuni stories V3
Volume 3 of
Gaten Tsūkō
[画典通考]
1728 Morikuni stories V4
Volume 4 of
Gaten Tsūkō
[画典通考]
1728 Morikuni stories V5
Volume 5 of
Gaten Tsūkō
[画典通考]
1750s Kiyomitsu kinsaku
Yamashita Kinsaku II (山下金作) as a young beauty standing over the kneeling actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I (佐野川市松)
1750s Masanobu horse dandy
Young samurai on horseback
1760s Harunobu cat tease
Osen of the Kagiya teahouse playing with a kitten
1760s Harunobu sumida
Two bijin enjoying a summer evening along the Sumida in Edo
1768-70 Harunobu pins 225
Young man, as the
bodhisattva
of wisdom, Monju [文殊], sitting astride his vehicle, a lion
1768ca Harunobu 01
Lovers on boat
1769-70ca Harunobu pins 143
Komachi at Kiyomizu Temple - Shimizu
(しみづ) from the series
Seven Fashionable Komachis
(
Fūryū nana Komachi
- 風流七小町)
1769 Harunobu Hotei
Hotei fording a river with a young woman on his back
1769 Shunsho seigen
Nakamura Utaemon I (中村歌右衛門) as the Monk Seigen of Kiyomizu Temple from the play
Soga Moyō Aigo no Wakamatsu
[そがもよう あいごのわかまつ] [曾我?愛護若松]
1770-90c Shunsho pins 555
Watanabe no Tsuna [渡邉綱] about to cut off the arm of the demon Ibaraki at the Rasho Gate (Rashomon)
1770 ca Buncho kikunojo shakky
Segawa Kikunojō II in the Stone Wall (
Shakkyō
- 石橋) lion dance.
1770 Harunobu fan vendor
Wild Pinks (寄花): The Rokō girl (
Rokō musume
- 路考娘, nadeshiko), from the series Beauties of the Floating World Compared to Flowers (
Ukiyo bijin yosebana
- 浮世美人季)
1770 Harunobu letter.jpg
An amorous couple possibly by Suzuki Harunobu
1770 Harunobu pins 142
The Kōya Jewel River, a Famous Place in Kii Province (
Kōya no Tamagawa, Kiinokuni no meisho
), from the series
The Six Jewel Rivers in Popular Customs
(
Fūzoku Mu Tamagawa
- 風俗六玉川)
1770ca Koryusai horse lovers
Young man on a horse being watched by two girls from behind a window
1770c Koryusai after bath hash
Woman with baby climbing out of bathtub (子供を抱いて風呂から上がる女)
1770c Koryusai bijin snow
Young woman under willow in the falling snow
1770c Koryusai cooling off
Cooling off at the riverside
1770c Koryusai Lovers
Young courtesan on horseback being assisted by a young man, possibly her lover - with Mt. Fuji looming in the background
1770s Koryusai manayemon
Haikai meoto Mane'emon
6 (俳諧女夫-まねへもん - 六) or 'Mane'emon Discovers a Miniature Woman Under a Basket' from the series
Poems of the Male and Female Mane'emon
1770s Koryusai pins 446
'A game of tag'
1771c Shunsho four actors
Matsumoto Kōshirō II as Hata no Daizen Taketora and Ichikawa Yaozō II as Kujaku no Saburō on the right, Nakajima Mihoemon II as Aramaki Mimishirō and Nakamura Shōchō as Ōtomo no Kuronushi (or Ki no Tsurayuki) on the left in the play
Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji
['Flowers of Japan: Ono no Komachi's Five Characters' - 倭花小野五文字]
1774ca Koryusai boat landing
Lovers standing on a pier embracing in the moonlight
1775 Koryusai morning glory
A
bijin
admiring morning glories (朝顔を見る美人)
1775c Koryusai Cortesan Michih
Dressed in white in the eight month (
Hachigatsu shiromuku
): Michiharu (道はる) of the Tsutaya (蔦屋内) from the series
Models for Fashion: New Year Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves
(
Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyō
- 雛形若菜の初模様)
1775c Koryusai shunga peepers
Shunga with peeping Toms
1776 Shunsho hat
Onoe Masazō [尾上政蔵] in a kabuki performance of the
daishō no mai
or sword dance [大小の舞]
1778 Shunsho kikunojo
Segawa Kikunojō III [瀬川菊之丞] as a woman crouching with a sword
1780-90c Shunei tiger
Watōnai subduing a tiger
1780 Shunsho Hosoban
Ichimura Uzaemon IX [市村羽左衛門] as Soga no Gorō [曽我の五郎]
1780c Kiyonaga archery
First Archery of the New Year (
Yumi hajime
- 弓はじめ) from the album
Saishiki mitsu no asa
(彩色美津朝) or 'Colors of the Triple Dawn'
1780c Shuncho Balcony shunga.j
Shunga
of a couple on a balcony engaged in sex from
Koshoku zue juni-ko
(好色図会十二候) or 'Erotic Pictures for the 12 Months'
1780s Shuncho
Viewing Plum Blossoms
1780s Shuncho beni girai
Courtesans parading under lanterns: Nishikido (錦戸) of the Chōjiya,
kamuro
Kikuno (きくの) and Utano (うたの) in the right panel; Nanakoshi (七こし) of the Ōgiya (扇や),
kamuro
Mineno (みねの) and Takane (たかね) in the left panel - These are the center and right hand panels of a triptych
1780s Shuncho near Fuji
Woman accompanying a child on horseback with a view of Mount Fuji in the distance - probably the central panel of a triptych
1780s Shunsho sangogo ii
Arashi Sangorō II
1780s Shunsho watanabe oni
Taira no Koremori battling with the demon/woman in
Momijigari
1784 Shunzan Katsukawa
Tomoe Gozen [巴御前] on horseback twisting off the head of Onda no Hachirō Moroshige [御田八郎師重]
1785 Kiyonaga cherry.jpg
The courtesan Nioteru (鳰照) of the Ogiya (おぎや) with two attendants, Namiji and Aō-mi - from a triptych of courtesans viewing cherry blossoms (
Naka no machi no sakura
- 仲之町の桜)
1785c Shuncho Hashira-e
Two girls relaxing with a dog
1787 Shuncho two ladies
Two
bijin
visiting Shinobazu Pond at Ueno with a view of the Benten Shrine in the background
1789 Kiyonaga kintaro bear.jpg
Kintarō reading an
ehon
on the back of a bear accompanied by an
oni
holding an ax
1790-1810c Sori surimono
The dolphin-like
kinshachi
(金鯱) atop Nagoya Castle at sunset (or sunrise)
1790 ca Eishi geisha & wakasha
Geisha and
wakashu
at Matsumoto tea house
1790 Eisui courtesan Beach
The courtesan Hanaōgi (花扇) of the Ōgi House (扇屋内) -
Ōgiya uchi Hanaōgi
1790 Shunei
Asao Tamejūrō I [浅尾為十郎] operating a
bunraku
puppet
1790ca Eiri shunga rape
Rape scene (
shunga
)
1790c Chōki onis
Courtesans in a brothel - left-hand panel from a triptych showing the forces of good and evil influences in the red-light district (遊郭善玉悪玉 -
Yūkaku zendama akudama
)
1790c Eiri pins 913
Two
bijin
on a walk at night holding an
odawara
-lantern
1790c Eisho pins 879
Two women reading a love letter - a parody of the Act 7 from the Chūshingura
1790c Eisho Pins 894
A courtesan with her
kamuro
possibly from the Matsubaya
1790c Shunei outing
Act 8 of the
Chūshingura
(忠臣蔵八段目): 'The Wedding Journey' possibly through the pine forests of Miho
1790c Shunko tanikaze onogawa
Sumō bout between Tanikaze (
Nishi Tanikaze
西 谷風) and Onogawa (
Azuma Onogawa
- 東 小野川)
1790c Shunkyoku hashira-e
A tea house waitress in front of an
oyasumi-dokoro
(御休所) at the Sansha Daigongen (三社大権現) shrine
1790c Toyokuni I oiran and kam
Elegant women with attendants in a parody of a daimyō's procession - these are the center 3 of a 5 panel pentaptych
1790c Toyokuni musicians
The right-hand panel of a triptych of
Women Masquerading as the Seven Gods of Good Fortune
(
Shichifukujin
- 七福神): Daikoku with a mallet and Benzaiten with a
biwa
and a young attendant
1790c Unknown pins 1036
Two
bijin
walking near a row of decorative lanterns at a festival
1790s Choki pins 846
Okaru (おかる) and Yuranosuke (由良之助) in a scene from Chapter 7 of the Chūshingura
1790s Shunei actor
Nakamura Nakazō I [中村仲蔵] in a kabuki role
1790s Shunei sojuro iii
Sawamura Sojūrō III in the role of a samurai
1790s Shunei yaozo iii
The actor Ichikawa Yaozō III
1790s Toyokuni tsutaya teahous
Courtesans of Tsutaya Teahouse with near the Ryōgoku Bridge - one panel of a pentaptych
1790s Utamaro shunga
Shunga print attributed to Utamaro, but possibly by Shunman
1791-94 ca Shunzan
Seirō niwaka zensei asobi
:
Ni no kawari
(青楼仁和嘉全盛遊: 二ノ替り - 'Popular Entertainment at the Niwaka Festival, Yoshiwara: Second Transformation')
1792ca Toyokuni I lucky new ye
A Lucky New Year Dream of a Mouse Wedding (鼠の嫁入りの初夢)
1793ca Utamaro Wakaume
Wakaume (若梅) of the Tamaya (玉屋) in Edo-machi itchōme (江戸町壱丁目),
kamuro
Mumeno (むめの) and Iroka (いろか) (
Edo-machi itchōme, Tamaya uchi Wakaume Mumeno Iroka
)
1793c Shuntei Yoshitsune
Yoshitsune (源義經公) and Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) and the signboard warning to Kumagai
1794 Eisho
The courtesan Kasugano of the Sasaya (笹屋春日野) after a bath from the series
Contest of Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters
(
Kakuchū bijin kurabe
- 郭中美人競)
1795 Choki lake biwa
Yosame Masaki (真崎):
Night Rain
(夜雨) at Masaki Shrine from the series
8 Famous Views of Edo
(江戸名所八景)
1795c Eishi 01
Hinazuru of the Chōjiya (丁子屋雛鶴) from the series
Beauties of the Yoshiwara as Six Floral Immortals
(
Seirō bijin Rokkasen
- 青楼美人六花仙)
1795c Eishi Boat ride
Party on the
daifuku
(大福) pleasure boat
1795c Eishi kisegawa
Kisegawa of the Matsubaya House (松葉屋喜瀬川) from the series
Six Beautiful Flowers of the Gay Quarters
(
Chaya Bijin Rokkasen
- 青楼美人六歌仙)
1795c Eisho Oiran
Hanaōgi (花扇) of the Ōgiya house (扇屋内) with
kamuro Yoshino
(よしの) and Tatsuta from the series
Comparison of Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters
(
Seirō bijin awase
- 青楼美人合)
1795c Masanobu fan vendor
The fan seller - pillar print
1795c Shunei sumo
The sumō wrestler Takaneyama Sōkichi (高根山宗吉)
1795c Toyokuni I Otani Oniji I
Sawamura Sōjūrō III (沢村宗十郎) performs a
mie
possibly in the role of Konomura Ōinosuke [此村大炊之助]
1795c Utamaro Bijin Farmers
Farm wives relaxing (
Ikou nōfu
- 憩う農婦) from the series
Kyōka-iri aiban fūzoku zu
(狂歌入間判風俗図)
1796-97 eishi boat triptych
Party on the
Daifuku
(大福) pleasure boat
1796 Eishi surimono
Courtesan seated at a writing desk from the album
Spring in the Four Directions
(
Yomo no haru
- 四方の巴流)
1796ca Toyokuni sumo
Matsumoto Kōshirō V (松本幸四郎) and Arashi Sampachi I (嵐三八)
1798 Utamaro couple
Ariwara Narihira and Ono no Komachi (在原業平と小野小町) from the series
Five Colors of Love for the Six Poetic Immortals
(
Goshiki zome rokkasen
- 五色染六歌仙)
1798c Utamaro 01
Upper left panel of a 6 panel piece:
On top of and beneath Ryōgoku Bridge
(
Ryōgokubashi no ue, shita
両国橋 上下)
1798c Utamaro 02
7 Imaginary Chinese Creatures
(
shōjō
)
in a Drunken State
(
Shichi-nin shōjō zuburoku no zu
- 七人猩々酩酊之図) - left panel of a triptych
1799 Utamaro Unraveling Thread
Married man and widow with a smoking set beside them from the series
Unraveling the Threads of Desire
(
Negai no ito-guchi
- ねがいの糸口)
1800-05c Moronobu couple
Young couple - youth with courtesan
1800 Toyokuni I ichikawa yaozo
Ichikawa Yaozō IV (市川八百蔵) as Omuraya Denbei (伝兵衛) and Iwai Kumesaburō I (岩井粂三郎) as the courtesan Oshun (おしゅん) in the play
Keisei byōbu ura
(A Courtesan: a folding screen and the seashore) (けいせい屏風浦)
1800c Eisho hashira-e
Couple in front of a toothbrush shop - possibly the
Shuchu-ka
(酒中花)
1800c Toyokuni I actor
Segawa Kikunojō III [瀬川菊之丞] as Chōkichi [長吉] in the play
Sumida no haru geisha katagi
(隅田春妓女容性)
1820 Shunzan strongman
The strongman Kagekiyo (景清 - つげきよ) breaking out of prison
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