Artworks · Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

The actor Bando Hikosaburo V as Konjin Chogoro, from the series "One Hundred Selected Actors (Haiyu hyakkasen)"

1864 · Color woodblock print; chirimen-e

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Memorial portrait of the actor Arashi Rikan III

1863 · Color woodblock print; oban

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Begonias of Mount Ashigara (Ashigarayama no shukaido): Bando Hikosaburo V as Yamauba, from the series "Contemporary Versions of Thirty-six Selected Flowers (Tosei mitate sanjurokkasen)"

1862 · Color woodblock print; chirimen-e

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Memorial Portrait of the Actor Nakamura Kanjaku II

1861 · Color woodblock print; oban

35.6 × 25.5 cm (14 × 10 in.)

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The actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Inada Kozo disguised as Yamagata Gyobunosuke

1861 · Color woodblock print; chirimen-e

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Memorial Portrait of the Actor Onoe Kikugoro IV, from the diptych "Visions of Mementos in Double Mirrors (Awase kagami katami no omokage)"

1860 · Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban diptych (left: 1937.266)

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Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII Commemorating the Sixth Anniversary of His Death, from the diptych "Visions of Mementos in Double Mirrors (Awase kagami katami no omokage)"

1860 · Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban diptych (right: 1937.267)

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Jewels in the Cool Light of Evening Dew (Ryoko yotsuyu no rama)

1859 · Color woodblock print; uchiwa-e

23.2 × 29.9 cm (9 1/8 × 11 3/4 in.)

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Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Ebizo V

1859 · Color woodblock print; oban

35.7 × 24.2 cm (14 1/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

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Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Ebizo V (Ichikawa Danjuro VII)

1859 · Color woodblock print; oban

36.2 × 25.5 cm (14 1/4 × 10 in.)

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The Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Konjin Chogoro, from the series "Atari senkin otoko kagami"

1859 · Color woodblock print; oban

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Mii Temple in Omi Province, No. 14 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei juyonban Omi Miidera), from the series "The Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)"

1859 · Color woodblock print; oban

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Mount Hokke in Harima Province, No. 26 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei nijurokuban Harima Hokkezan), from the series "The Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)"

1859 · Color woodblock print; oban

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Soji Temple in Settsu Province, No. 22 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei nijuniban Settsu no kuni Sojiji), from the series "The Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)"

1859 · Color woodblock print; oban

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Kachio Temple in Settsu Province, No. 23 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei nijusanban Settsu Kachiodera), from the series "The Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)"

1859 · Color woodblock print; oban

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Imakumano in Kyoto, Yamashiro Province, No. 15 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei jugoban Yamashiro Kyo Imakumano), from the series "The Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)"

1859 · Color woodblock print; oban

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Chikubu Island in Omi Province, No. 30 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei sanjuban Omi Chikubujima), from the series "The Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)"

1859 · Color woodblock print; oban

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Mount Nachi in Kii Province, No. 1 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei ichiban Kishu Nachisan), from the series "The Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)"

1858 · Color woodblock print; oban

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Ishiyama Temple in Omi Province, No. 13 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei jusanban Koshu Ishiyamadera), from the series "The Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)"

1858 · Color woodblock print; oban

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Memorial portrait of Utagawa Hiroshige

1858 · Color woodblock print; oban

35.6 × 24.5 cm (14 × 9 5/8 in.)

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Joriken riding his sword across water, section of a sheet from an untitled harimaze series

1858 · Color woodblock print; section of harimaze sheet

16.8 × 10.2 cm (6 9/16 × 4 in.)

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Flourishing of Edo Pictures Depicting Dances (Odori keiyo Edo-e no sakae)

1858 · Color woodblock print; part of triptych

35.2 × 73.7 cm (13 7/8 × 29 in.)

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Flourishing of Edo Pictures Depicting Dances (Odori keiyo Edo-e no sakae)

1858 · Color woodblock print; part of triptych

35.2 × 73.7 cm (13 7/8 × 29 in.)

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Flourishing of Edo Pictures Depicting Dances (Odori keiyo Edo-e no sakae)

1858 · Color woodblock print; part of triptych

35.2 × 73.7 cm (13 7/8 × 29 in.)

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The actors Nakamura Fukusuke I as Matsugae Matonosuke and Ichikawa Komazo VII as Nikki Danjo in the play "Konoshita Kage Masago no Datezome," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the ninth month, 1855

1855 · Color woodblock print; oban

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Memorial portrait: Ichikawa Ebizo V (Danjuro VII) looking up at a painting of the late Danjuro VIII

1854 · Color woodblock print; oban

37.7 × 25.5 cm (14 13/16 × 10 in.)

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Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII

1854 · Color woodblock print; oban

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The Country Samurai Sachuta and Odan

1854 · Color woodblock print; oban

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The actors Nakamura Tomijuro II as the wet nurse Shigenoi and Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Jinenjo no Sankichi in the play "Koi Nyobo Somewake Tazuna," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fifth month, 1854

1854 · Color woodblock print; oban diptych

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Panel (Furnishing Fabric)

1853 · Cotton, plain weave; block printed; glazed

218.8 × 132.5 cm (86 1/2 × 52 in.)

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View of Sagano (Sagano fukei), from the series "A Modern Genji Picture Contest (Furyu Genji e-awase)"

1853 · Color woodblock print; oban triptych

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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Ito Sota

1853 · Color woodblock print; sheet from oban triptych?

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The actor Matsumoto Kinsho I as Igami no Gonta at Gontazaka, between Hodogaya and Totsuka, from the series "Tokaido"

1852 · Color woodblock print; oban

36.3 × 24.5 cm (14 1/4 × 9 5/8 in.)

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Actors as Fukashichi and Omiwa from the play "Imoseyama," from an untitled series of half-block images of kabuki scenes

1852 · Color woodblock print; chuban

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The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Mashiba Hisatsugu

1851 · Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban diptych

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The actors Ichikawa Ebizo V as Goshogun Kanki and Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Watonai Sankan in the play "Kokusanya Kassen," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the fifth month, 1850

1850 · Color woodblock print; oban

36.5 × 24.6 cm (14 3/8 × 9 11/16 in.)

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Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as the Boatman Matsuemon, actually Higuchi Jiro Kanemitsu (Sendo Matsuemon, jissha Higuchi Jiro Kanemitsu)

1849 · Color woodblock print; oban

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The actors Ichikawa Ebizo V and Ichikawa Saruzo I

1849 · Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban diptych (left: 1937.272b)

36.7 × 25.3 cm (14 7/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Diptych: 36.7 × 50.9 cm (14 7/16 × 20 in.)

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The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII

1849 · Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban diptych (right: 1937.272a)

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Memorial Portrait of the Actor Onoe Kikugoro III

1849 · Color woodblock print; oban

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Snow View (Yuki no nagame), from the series Fashionable Genji (Furyu Genji)

1848 · Color woodblock print

Each sheet: 35.5 × 23.5 cm (14 × 9 1/4 in.)

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The actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Churo Onoe

1847 · Color woodblock print; center sheet of oban triptych (right: 1939.1034b)

35.6 × 24.8 cm (14 × 9 3/4 in.)

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The actor Sawamura Sojuro V as Tsubone Iwafuji

1847 · Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych (center: 1939.1034a)

35.6 × 24.8 cm (14 × 9 3/4 in.)

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Actors as Fujisawa Shiro, Asari Yoichi, and Hangaku, from an untitled series of half-block images of kabuki scenes

1846 · Color woodblock print; chuban

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Actors as Genroku, Otsuma, and Shokuro, from an untitled series of half-block images of kabuki scenes

1846 · Color woodblock print; chuban

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Actor Bando Shuka I as Jujibei's Wife Ohaya (Jujibei nyobo Ohaya)

1843 · Color woodblock print; oban

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No. 37, from the series "That Purple Image in Magic Lantern Shows (Sono sugata yukari no utsushie)"

1842 · Color woodblock print; oban

25.2 × 36.3 cm (9 15/16 × 14 1/4 in.)

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The actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as the fisherman Fukashichi, actually Kanawa Goro Imakuni (Ryoshi Fukashichi jitsu wa Kanawa Goro Imakuni)

1842 · Color woodblock print; oban

36.1 × 24.4 cm (14 3/16 × 9 9/16 in.)

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