Artworks

The Priest Kisen, from the series "Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)"

Henjo, from the series "Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)"

View of Tsukuda Island (Tsukudajima no kei), from the series "Eastern Capital (Toto)"

Parody of the Well Curb Story from the Tales of Ise

View of the Rokugo River Crossing at the Kawasaki Station (Kawasaki-juku Rokugo kawa watashi no zu), from the series "Tokaido Road (Tokaido)"

Looking out to Sea from the Benten Shrine at Susaki in Fukagawa (Fukagawa Susaki Benten yori kaijo o nozomu), from the series "Eastern Capital (Toto)"

Around the Kotatsu

An Actors' Boating Party on the Sumida River

The Actors Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no Juro, Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Oiso no Tora, Azuma Tozo III as Miura Katagai, and Otani Tokuji I as Danzaburo, in the joruri "Chidorigake Koi no Tamaboko," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1784

Ono no Komachi Washing the Copybook, from the series The Fashionable Seven Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi)

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Koito, Sawamura Sojuro III as the monk Sainenbo, and Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the monk Renseibo, in the shosa "Mata Saku Hana Museume Dojoji," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the fourth month, 1783

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as the Shirabyoshi Katsuragi, Matsumoto Koshiro IV as the monk Meigetsubo, and Otani Hiroji III as the monk Izayoibo, in the play "Edoganoko Musume Dojoji," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eighth month, 1783

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V and his family, from an untitled series of four prints showing Actors in private life

Women Washing Clothes

Parrot Komachi, from the series The Fashionable Seven Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi)

The Actors Bando Matakuro IV as Chubei, Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Umegawa, and Nakamura Katsugoro as Magoemon, in the play "Keisei Koibikyaku," performed at the Morita Theater in the fifth month, 1783

The Courtesan Takigawa of the Ogiya with Her Attendants Onami and Menami, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo)"

The Courtesan Wakakusa of the Chojiya with Her Attendants Asano and Midori, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo)"

Ono no Komachi at Seki Temple, from the series The Fashionable Seven Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi)

The First Bath of the New Year (Yudono hajime), from the illustrated book "Colors of the Triple Dawn (Saishiki mitsu no asa)"

Nanamachi of the Yotsumeya with Attendants Sumano and Akashi

The First Garments of the New Year (Kiso hajime), from the illustrated book "Colors of the Triple Dawn (Saishiki mitsu no asa)"

The First Calligraphy of the New Year (Kissho hajime), from the illustrated book "Colors of the Triple Dawn (Saishiki mitsu no asa)"

The First Horseback Ride of the New Year (Uma norizome), from the illustrated book "Colors of the Triple Dawn (Saishiki mitsu no asa)"