Artworks · Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

The actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as Taira Shinno Masakado

1842 · Color woodblock print; oban

36.5 × 24.6 cm (14 3/8 × 9 11/16 in.)

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The actor Morita Kan'ya, from the series "Pictures and Calligraphy of Kabuki Actors-Poets (Haika shoga kyodai)"

1842 · Color woodblock print; oban

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The actors Ichikawa Enzo as Chobei's Son Nagamatsu (R), Ichikawa Ebizo V as Banzui Chobei (C), and Ichikawa Komazo VI as Hanaregoma Shirobei (L)

1842 · Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych

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Cherry Blossom Viewing (Shunchaku hana no shizuku)

1842 · Color woodblock prints; oban triptych

34.7 × 24 cm (13 5/8 × 9 7/16 in.)

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Portrait of the Sumo Wrestler Ikezuki Geitazaemon

1840 · Color woodblock print

36 × 23.2 cm (14 3/16 × 9 1/8 in.)

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Parody of Liu Bei (J: Gentoku) Visiting Zhuge Liang (J: Komei) in Wind and Snow (Gentoku fusetsu ni Komei o tazureru)

1839 · Color woodblock print; oban triptych

38.4 × 78.1 cm (15 1/8 × 30 3/4 in.)

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Album of 27 prints from the series "Pairings of Actors with the Fifty-three Stations (Mitate yakusha gojusan tsui no uchi)"

1839 · Color woodblock-printed book

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Memorial Portrait of the Actor Nakamura Tamasuke

1838 · Color woodblock print; oban

37.7 × 26.2 cm (14 13/16 × 10 5/16 in.)

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Shiki no sugatami (0016)

1837 · Color woodblock printed book, 3 volumes

22.4 × 15.2 cm (8 7/8 × 6 in.)

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Shunjo gidan mizuage cho

1836 · Woodblock printed books, three volumes

Book: 22.2 cm x 16 cm; Double page: 22.1 x 28.3

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Umegonomi neya no utsuriga (Lingering plum scent in the sleeping chamber)(0017-0019)

1836 · Three color woodblock printed volumes

24 × 16.5 cm (9 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.)

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Memorial Portrait of the Actor Iwai Hanshiro VI

1836 · Color woodblock print; oban

35.6 × 24.6 cm (14 × 9 11/16 in.)

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The actor Ichikawa Ebizo V as Asahina Tobei

1836 · Color woodblock print; oban

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Actor in riding garb

1834 · Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

21.9 × 19.3 cm (8 5/8 × 7 5/8 in.)

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Ichikawa Danjūrō VII as Watanabe no Tsuna and Segawa Kikunojō V as the Female Demon, in “Modori Bridge” (Modoribashi)

1833 · Color woodblock print; surimono

42.2 × 19.6 cm (16 5/8 × 7 3/4 in.)

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The actors Iwai Hanshiro VI, Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Kintoki, and Ichikawa Ebizo V as the woodcutter Nekko no Yokizo

1833 · Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

22.6 × 19.6 cm (8 7/8 × 7 3/4 in.)

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The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kan Shojo (Sugawara Michizane) and Segawa Kikunojo V as Umeomaru in the play "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami," performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the ninth month, 1832

1832 · Color woodblock print; vertical shikishiban diptych, surimono

43.7 × 19.3 cm (17 1/4 × 7 5/8 in.)

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Crouching tiger

1830 · Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

21.2 × 18.7 cm (8 3/8 × 7 3/8 in.)

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Viewing Maple Trees

1830 · Color woodblock print

25.5 × 37.4 cm (10 1/16 × 14 3/4 in.)

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Woman on her way to visit a shrine

1830 · Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

21.7 × 19.3 cm (8 9/16 × 7 5/8 in.)

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The actors Onoe Kikugoro III (R) as Nagoya Sanza and Iwai Kumesaburo II (L) as the courtesan Katsuragi in the play "Oichiza Soga no Shimadai," performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the first month, 1827

1827 · Color woodblock print; right and center sheets of shikishiban triptych, surimono

Each: 21 × 18.3 cm (8 1/4 × 7 3/16 in.)

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Landscape in Mist (Muchu no sansui), from an untitled series of landscapes

1827 · Color woodblock print; oban

25.1 × 36.9 cm (9 7/8 × 14 1/2 in.)

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The actor Iwai Kumesaburo II as the courtesan Katsuragi in the play "Oichiza Soga no Shimadai," performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the first month, 1827

1827 · Color woodblock print; center sheet of shikishiban triptych, surimono

21.7 × 19.4 cm (8 9/16 × 7 11/16 in.)

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The actor Onoe Kikugoro III as Nagoya Sanza in the play "Sato no Haru Meibutsu Amigasa," performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the first month, 1827

1827 · Color woodblock print; left sheet of shikishiban diptych, surimono

21.6 × 19.4 cm (8 9/16 × 7 11/16 in.)

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The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Soga Goro and Bando Mitsugoro III as Kobayashi no Asahina

1827 · Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

22.5 × 19.6 cm (8 7/8 × 7 3/4 in.)

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Second Illustration of Calligraphy and Painting Party on the Upper Floor of the Manpachiro Restaurant (Manpachiro jo shoga kaiseki no zu, onajiku sono ni)

1827 · Color woodblock print; chuban, surimono

20.2 × 26.8 cm (8 × 10 9/16 in.)

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Ikuyo no mutsugoto (Nocturnal pillow talk)

1826 · Three color woodblock printed volumes

24 × 28 cm (9 1/2 × 11 in.)

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The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII

1826 · Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban diptych (left: 1937.251)

36.8 × 24.9 cm (14 1/2 × 9 13/16 in.)

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The actor Seki Sanjuro II as Stuttering Matahei (Domo no Matahei)

1826 · Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban diptych (right: 1937.270)

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The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII (Ebizo V) as Shirafuji Genta in the play "Sono Uwasa Sakura no Irodoki," from the series "Yakusha oiri sakazuki"

1825 · Color woodblock print; oban

35.4 × 24.4 cm (13 15/16 × 9 9/16 in.)

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Shirabyoshi Dancer in Asazuma Boat (Asazuma-bune), from an untitled series of landscapes

1825 · Color woodblock print; oban

24.5 × 37.3 cm (9 5/8 × 14 11/16 in.)

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Guan Yu, Liu Bei, and Zhang Fei

1825 · Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

22.4 × 19.8 cm (8 7/8 × 7 13/16 in.)

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Image of a Japanese Woman (Fujo Yamato sugata)

1825 · Color woodblock print; vertical oban diptych

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The actor Segawa Kikunojo V as Nuregami Chogoro

1825 · Color woodblock print; oban

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Mountain Landscape in the Mist (Muchu no sansui)

1825 · Color woodblock print

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The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Mongaku and Matsumoto Koshiro V as Fudo Myoo

1824 · Color woodblock print; vertical shikishiban diptych, surimono

43.9 × 20.2 cm (17 5/16 × 8 in.)

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The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Sagami Goro, from the series "Popular Actors as the 108 Heroes of the Water Margin (Ryuko yakusha Suikoden goketsu hyakuichinin no hitori)"

1823 · Color woodblock print; oban

37.2 × 23.2 cm (14 5/8 × 9 1/8 in.)

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The actors Onoe Kikugoro III as Hayano Kanpei and Mimasu Gennosuke as Enya Hangan

1822 · Color woodblock print; oban

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The actors Onoe Kikugoro III, Onoe Matsutake III, and Iwai Kumesaburo II

1820 · Color woodblock print; shikishiban diptych

22.2 × 38.6 cm (8 3/4 × 15 3/16 in.)

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Goten Hill (Goten-yama), from the series "Flower Viewing in Edo (Edo hanami tsukushi)"

1820 · Color woodblock print; oban

36.6 × 24.5 cm (14 3/8 × 9 5/8 in.)

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The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Sukeroku (R) and Onoe Kikugoro III as the white sake peddler Shinbei (L) in the play "Yukari no Edo-zakura"

1818 · Color woodblock print; two sheets of a shikishiban triptych, surimono

Each sheet: 21 × 18.5 cm (8 1/4 × 7 1/4 in.)

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The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Takamoto no kitsune and Segawa Kikunojo V as Izumi no Chieda-gitsune

1818 · Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

22.7 × 20 cm (8 15/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

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The actor Bando Mitsugoro III as Minamoto no Yorimasa

1817 · Color woodblock print; right sheet of shikishiban triptych, surimono

20.8 × 18.1 cm (8 1/4 × 7 3/16 in.)

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The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as I no Hayata

1817 · Color woodblock print; left sheet of shikishiban triptych, surimono

20.8 × 18 cm (8 1/4 × 7 1/8 in.)

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The actor Segawa Kikunojo V as Ayame no Mae

1817 · Color woodblock print; center sheet of shikishiban triptych, surimono

21 × 18.2 cm (8 5/16 × 7 3/16 in.)

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Bando Mitsugoro III as Minamoto no Yorimasa (right), Segawa Kikunojo V as Ayame no Mae (center), and Ichikawa Danjuro VII as I no Hayata (left)

1817 · Color woodblock prints; shikishiban triptych, surimono

20.8 × 18.1 cm (right), 21.0 × 18.2 cm (center), 20.8 × 18.0 cm (left)

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Memorial Portrait of the Actor Sawamura Tanosuke II

1817 · Color woodblock print; oban

38.9 × 26.4 cm (15 5/16 × 10 3/8 in.)

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Three actors and a puppet

1816 · Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

21.2 × 19.5 cm (8 3/8 × 7 11/16 in.)

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