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Alphabetical
List of Kuniyoshi’s Print Series |
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Japanese Name |
English Name |
Description |
Date |
Robinson 1961* |
Robinson 1982‡ |
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Ada-uchi chûkô den |
Stories of dutifulness and loyalty in revenge |
Heroes of revenge stories |
c. 1847-8 |
45 |
S53 |
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Aisho kagami |
Perfect matches |
Fan prints of women with inset male head |
c. 1848 |
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Aratamete tanuki no tawamure |
More fun with raccoon dogs |
Comic and slightly vulgar horizontal chûban |
1844-1846 |
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Atari
doshi inu no tawamure |
Successful plays with frolicking dogs |
Comic horizontal chûban |
1850 |
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Au-mi hakkei |
Personal encounters for the eight views |
Theatrical |
1848 |
178 |
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Bigyoku imayô fûzoku |
Gems of modem customs |
Women |
c. 1850 |
160 |
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Burû go-gyô |
Warriors for the five elements |
Heroes (ôtanzakuban) |
c. 1840 |
24 |
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Burû hyaku den |
A hundred stories of military valor |
Heroic scenes |
c. 1836 |
23 |
S9 |
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Buyei meiba kurabe |
Comparison of the famous horses of brilliant soldiers |
Heroes, horses inset |
c. 1847-8 |
67 |
S50 |
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Buyei môyû kagami |
Mirror of military excellence and fierce
courage |
Heroes |
c. 1836 |
|
S7 |
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Buyû chigaragusa |
Examples of valor |
Actors in roles |
c. 1847-48 |
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Buyû go-gyô |
Heroes for the five elements |
Heroes |
c. 1840 |
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S16 |
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Buyû mitate jûnishi |
Choice of heroes for the twelve signs |
Heroes (chûtanzakuban) |
c. 1840 |
22 |
S17 |
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Buyû nazorae Genji |
Heroic comparisons for the chapters of ‘Genji’ |
Heroes (ôtanzakuban) |
c. 1843 |
27 |
S28 |
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Chitatsusei nanajû-in hachimai uchi |
72 earthly stars of the 108 heroes of the
Suikoden in eight sheets |
Nine Suikoden heroes on each sheet |
1830 |
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Chiyû rokkasen |
Selection of six men of wisdom and courage |
Heroes |
c. 1850 |
52 |
S67 |
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Choke meiyo kijin den |
Stories of remarkable persons of loyalty and
high reputation |
Heroes |
c. 1845 |
|
S35 |
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Chûkô meiyo kijin den |
Stories of people famous for loyalty and
filial devotion |
Dramatic characters |
c. 1845 |
35 |
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Chûkô tenarai-zôshi |
Copy-book of loyalty |
Loyal heroes |
c. 1845 |
|
S41 |
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Chûkô tôken meijin kagami |
Mirror of the loyal persons famed for the
sword |
Dramatic characters |
1847 |
55 |
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Chûshin gishi kômei kurabe |
Comparison of the high renown of the loyal
retainers and faithful samurai |
The forty-seven rônin |
1848 |
78 |
S57 |
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Chûshin giyû kagami |
Mirror of the loyal courage of the faithful
retainers |
Actors’ heads with landscape backgrounds |
1852 |
206 |
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Chûshingura |
Chûshingura |
Characters in pairs |
1849 |
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Chûshingura gojûsan tsugi |
The fifty-three post-stations of the
Chûshingura |
Characters in pairs with inset landscape |
c. 1851 |
|
S72 |
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Dai Nippon rokujûyo-shû no uchi |
The sixty-odd provinces of |
Dramatic characters |
c. 1845 |
37 |
S36 |
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Daigwan jôju ari-ga-taki-jima |
Waterfall-striped materials in answer to
earnest prayer |
Half-length women with waterfall inset |
c. 1845 |
111 |
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Date moyô kekki kurabe |
Comparisons of physical energy, Date style |
Heroes |
c. 1845-6 |
174 |
S42 |
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Date otoko kishô kurabe |
Comparisons of the spirits of able men |
Theatrical (three-quarter length figures) |
c. 1850 |
172 |
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Denka chaya adauchi |
Vengeance at Denka Tea House |
Theatrical (horizontal ôban) |
1854 |
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Dogai kesho no tawamure |
Brushes with make-up off the beaten path |
Comic fan prints |
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Doge jyunigatsu no uchi |
Twelve months of buffoonery |
Comic
scenes (vertical chûban) |
c. 1839-42 |
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Dôke Chôchingura |
Comic paper lantern Chûshingura |
Comic horizontal chûban |
1830 |
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Dôke Daruma asobi |
Daruma’s buffoonery |
Actors caricatured as Daruma |
1847-48 |
191 |
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Dôke jôruri zukushi |
Collection of humorous scenes from Jôruri drama |
Burlesques of comic musical plays (horizontal chûban) |
1855 |
215 |
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Dôke jû-ni-shi |
Comic twelve signs |
Animals in comic situations (horizontal chûban) |
1855 |
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Dôke jû-ni-shi |
Comic twelve signs |
Animals in comic situations (vertical chûban) |
Mid 1850s |
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Dôke miburi jû-ni-shi |
Comic parts for the Twelve Signs |
Theatrical caricatures |
c. 1848 |
180 |
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Dôke sanjûroku gesô |
Thirty-six comical faces of actors off stage |
Six actor’s busts per ôban sheet |
1847-1852 |
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Dôke tômorokoshi |
Comic sweet corn |
Actors’ faces on corn (horizontal chûban) |
1845 |
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Echigo jûhasshô |
Eighteen generals of |
Warriors |
1854 |
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S83 |
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Various specialties of |
Women |
1843-1846 |
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Edo
jiman tôsei ji-ire |
The pride of |
Women and inset dramatic characters |
c. 1850 |
107 |
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Famous views of |
Women’s heads (fan prints) |
1851-1853 |
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Famous views of |
Women |
c. 1833 |
144 |
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A collection of plants and trees at |
Women (triptychs) |
1843-1844 |
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Edo
meisho mitate jûnikagetsu no uchi roku jûni |
Famous views of |
Theatrical |
1852 |
210 |
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Famous views of |
Women (triptychs) |
c.1843 |
157 |
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Flowers of |
Actors (same title also used for polyptychs) |
1850 |
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Eiyû goshiki awase |
Heroes matched to the five colors |
Heroes |
1857 |
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S91 |
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Eiyû ippyaku den |
A hundred heroic stories |
Heroes |
c. 1851 |
|
S69 |
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Eiyû kumiu kagami |
Mirror of heroes’ scrimmages |
Heroes in combat |
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Eiyû rokkasen |
Six select heroes |
Heroes |
1853 |
56 |
S81 |
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Eiyû san-jû-rokkasen |
Thirty-six hero-poets |
Heroes |
1852-2 |
59 |
S77 |
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Eiyû Yamato jûni-shi |
Japanese heroes for the twelve signs |
Warriors |
1854 |
73 |
S84 |
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Eiyû Yamato Suikoden |
Suikoden of Japanese heroes |
Japanese heroes |
c. 1843 |
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S24 |
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E-kyôdai mitate |
Select ‘brother-pictures’ |
Noh plays (fan prints) |
1847-50 |
221 |
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E-kyôdai
mitate musha awase |
Brother-pictures: a select comparison of
warriors |
Figures with inset pictures of warriors |
c. 1834 |
91 |
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E-kyôdai mitate san-jû bokkwa-sen |
Selected ‘brother-pictures’ of 30 chosen trees
and flowers |
Theatrical (large heads) |
c. 1845 |
155 |
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E-kyôdai raso sugata |
Eighty forms of ‘brother-pictures’ |
Women with historical insets |
c. 1845 |
104 |
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E-kyôdai uchibiki ni-jû-shi kô |
‘Brother-pictures’ for the twenty-four
paragons of filial piety |
Women |
c. 1840 |
122 |
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Enkyoku zoroi |
A collection of charming music |
Fan prints of women |
1853 |
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Enjo takara awase |
Matching of treasures with charming women |
Fan prints of women |
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Enshi jû-roku josen |
Sixteen female Sennin, charming
creatures |
Women |
c. 1847 |
58 |
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Fujin tewaza kagami |
Mirror of women’s tasks |
Women |
c. 1843 |
141 |
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Fujo ichidai kagami |
The mirrors of women’s lives |
Fan prints of women |
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Fujo kagami |
Mirror of women |
Women |
c. 1843 |
151 |
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Fukurokuju atama no tawamure |
Fun with Fukurokuju’s head |
Comic horizontal chûban |
c. 1840 |
194 |
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Fûryû kodomo odori zukushi |
Fashionable series of children’s dances |
Children |
c. 1840 |
142 |
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Fûryû meitôji zukushi |
Fashionable series of important characters |
Women |
c. 1843 |
127 |
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Fûryû mitate kaizukushi |
Select
series of shells in elegant taste |
Women |
c. 1834-1835 |
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Fûryû rokkwa sen |
Fashionable choice of six flowers |
Women |
c. 1843 |
101 |
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Fûzoku onna Suikoden |
Suikoden of women’s customs |
Women (surimono) |
c. 1830 |
148 |
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Gama-tehon hyôkingura |
Treasury of humor modeled by toads |
The Chûshingura
performed by toads (horizontal chûban) |
c. 1847-48 |
85 |
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Gempei seisuiki |
History of the ups and downs of the Minamoto
and Taira |
Battle scenes (triptychs) |
c. 1834 |
34 |
S18 |
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Genji kumo ukiyoe awase |
Ukiyo-e comparisons for the cloudy chapters of
‘Genji’ |
Historical and dramatic |
c. 1845 |
36 |
S45 |
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Gishi chûshin kagami |
Mirror of the faithful samurai and
loyal retainers |
The forty-seven rônin |
1848 |
82 |
S59 |
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Gishi
no seichû Yoshi ga tawamure |
Kuniyoshi’s Parody on the Samurai’s Loyalty |
horizontal chûban |
1847-1852 |
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Gishi shinzô |
True portraits of the faithful samurai |
The forty-seven rônin |
1853 |
75 |
S80 |
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Giyû Hakkenden |
The loyal heroes of Bakin’s “Hakkenden” |
Theatrical (large heads) |
1850 |
162 |
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Go sekku |
The five festivals |
Women |
c. 1843 |
86 |
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Go sekku no uchi |
The five festivals |
Groups of actors |
1849 |
125 |
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Go sekku no uchi |
The five festivals |
Women |
c. 1840 |
133 |
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Go sekku no uchi |
The five festivals |
Women
(triptychs) |
c. 1845 |
166 |
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Gochûmon oatsurae some |
Fabrics
dyed to order |
Actors |
1846 |
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Gôketsu hakkei |
Heroes for the eight views |
Heroes |
1847-8 |
66 |
S52 |
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Hachi gyô onna no uchi |
Women for the eight dispositions |
Women |
c. 1843 |
93 |
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Haishi Suikoden |
People’s history of the Suikoden |
Koban Suikoden series |
c. 1830 |
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Haku
mensô kabe no mudagaki |
Laughing white faces scribbled on a wall |
Theatrical caricatures |
c. 1848 |
182 |
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Hana awase tosei bijin awase |
A collection of flowers―beautiful women
compared |
Women |
c. 1830s |
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Hana-goyomi |
Calendar of Flowers |
Sexually explicit pictures (shunga) |
1835 |
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Harimaze Jôruri kagami |
A Harimaze Mirror of Jôruri Plays |
Harimaze |
1854 |
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Hayarikou
sagazuki |
Fashionable
sake cups |
Actors painted inside sake cups |
c. 1851 |
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Hayatake Torakichi |
Hayatake Torakichi (name of acrobat) |
Acrobatic feats of Hayatake Torakichi |
1857 |
214 |
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He no yôna dôke he-zukushi |
Likenesses of the fart in a series of comic
farts |
Comic and slightly vulgar |
c. 1845 |
189 |
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Hizakurige go-jû-san eki |
The fifty-three stations on shank’s mare |
Comic illustrations (diptychs & triptychs) |
1854 |
204 |
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Hodo
Yoshitsune koi no Minamoto ichidaiki |
Biography of Yoshitsune |
Historic scenes |
1848-53 |
64 |
S65 |
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Hodomoyoshi
toki-ni Ôtsu-e |
Hodomoyoshi’s fashionable Ôtsu pictures |
Dramatic characters |
c. 1845-6 |
165 |
S43 |
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Honchô bunyû hyaku-nin isshu |
A hundred poets from the literary heroes of
our country |
Heroes (chûban) |
c.1842-3 |
31 |
S22 |
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Honchô buyû kagami |
Mirror of our country’s military elegance |
Heroes |
c. 1845 |
43 |
S32 |
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Honchô keishoku bijin zue |
Our country’s scenery illustrated by beautiful
women |
Women |
c. 1830 |
88 |
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Honchô kendô ryaku den |
Abridged stories of our country’s
swordsmanship |
Dramatic characters |
c. 1845-46 |
33 |
S37 |
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Honchô kômei kagami |
Mirror of famous names of our country |
Heroes |
1855 |
|
S87a |
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Honchô musha kagami |
Mirror of warriors of our country |
Heroes |
1855 |
74 |
S87 |
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Honchô nijûshi-kô |
Twenty-four paragons of filial piety of our
country |
Heroes and heroines (chûban) |
c. 1842-3 |
28 |
S23 |
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Honchô Suikoden goyû happyaku-nin no hitori |
Eight hundred heroes of our country’s
Suikoden, one by one |
Japanese heroes (ôban) |
1830-45 |
5 |
S4 |
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Honchô taoyame soroi |
Set of delicate ladies of our country |
Historical women and girls |
c. 1845 |
39 |
S33 |
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Honchô eiyû kagami |
Mirror of the heroes of our country |
Heroes |
1858 |
70 |
S92 |
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Hyaku iro-banashi |
A hundred pleasant stories |
Illustrations of comic anecdotes |
1849-51 |
202 |
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Hyaku-nin isshu |
The hundred poets |
Poets |
c. 1840-42 |
32 |
S19 |
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Hyakushoku
menso |
One
hundred shades of facial expressions |
Comic harimaze |
1842-43 |
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Ichiryû kyoku dokuraku |
Happiness in one style of entertainment |
Fantasies on the top-spinner Takezawa Toji |
c. 1843 |
208 |
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Imayô aki no nanakusa |
Modem seven autumn plants |
Women |
c. 1850 |
164 |
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Imayô gakumen awase |
A collection of pictures in modern style |
Women with inset of warrior (fan print) |
1853 |
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Imayô go-sei |
Modern five qualities |
Women |
c. 1833 |
89 |
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Imayô goshiki awase |
Comparison of five modern colors |
Women (fan print) |
1849-1853 |
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Imayô hyaku-nin shu |
A hundred modern men |
Heads of actors in character |
1850 |
217 |
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Imayô kiku-zoroi |
Series of modern chrysanthemum varieties |
Women |
1845 |
128 |
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Imayô nana Komachi |
Modem seven Komachi |
Theatrical |
1851 |
161 |
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Imayô rokkasen |
Six summer selections in modern style |
Women’s heads (fan prints) |
1853 |
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Imayô tofu shisen |
The modern measure of women’s desire for money |
Women (views inset) |
c. 1840 |
84 |
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Jikken onna ôgi |
Ten wise women’s fans |
Women of history and legend (chûban) |
c. 1843 |
220 |
S25 |
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Jimbutsu kami kuzu kago |
Characters from the waste-paper basket |
Rough sketches of dramatic groups |
c. 1848 |
199 |
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Jinshin megane no mitôshi |
Glasses for inspecting the human heart |
Women |
c. 1845 |
152 |
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Jisei kwachôfûgetsu |
Fashionable quartet of flower, bird, wind and
moon |
Women (triptychs) |
c. 1848 |
147 |
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Jitsu go-kyô kyôgwa dôgaku |
Genuine instruction for children in mad
pictures |
Comic horizontal chûban |
c. 1840 |
118 |
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Jû-ni dan shoku Kanadehon Chôchingura |
The twelve acts of the lantern Chûshingura |
Heads & inset figures composed of lanterns |
1852 |
218 |
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Jû-ni gwatsu wa ko kami |
Japanese divinities compared with the twelve
months |
Divinities |
c. 1840 |
110 |
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Jûroku Musashi-bô Benkei |
Sixteen [stories of] Musashi-bô Benkei |
The hero Benkei |
c. 1848-50 |
|
S68 |
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Kaidan hyakki yagyô |
Ghost stories: Night procession of the hundred
demons |
Bawdy parody of demons (koban) |
c. 1836 |
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Kaiun shusse kohon Shichi-fukujin |
Fortunate debut of the seven gods of good luck |
“Puzzle pictures” |
c. 1844 |
183 |
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Kaminari |
Thunder |
Comic chûban series |
c. 1840 |
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Kanadehon Chûshingura |
Scenes from the Chûshingura drama |
Theatrical |
1847 |
169 |
|
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Kanadehon Chûshingura |
The drama of the Chûshingura |
Illustrations of the twelve acts |
1854-5 |
69 |
S86 |
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Kataki-uchi chûkô den |
Stories of dutifulness and loyalty in revenge |
Heroes of revenge stories |
c. 1847-8 |
45 |
S53 |
|
Kawanakajima hyaku yûshô sen |
A hundred generals, brave in battle, at
Kawanakajima |
Large heads |
c. 1845 |
186 |
S34 |
|
Keishi kodomo akindo |
Kyôto children as tradesmen |
Children |
c. 1840 |
138 |
|
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Kenjo hakkei |
Virtuous women for the eight views |
Heroines (chûtanzakuban) |
c. 1842-3 |
20 |
S21 |
|
Kenjo reppuden |
Stories of wise women and faithful wives |
Heroines |
c. 1841-2 |
21 |
S20 |
|
Kenyû fujo kagami |
Mirror of women of wisdom and courage |
Large women’s heads |
c. 1843 |
92 |
S29 |
|
Kingyo tsukushi |
Goldfish |
Comic chûban series |
1839-42 |
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Kinjû zue |
Birds and animals illustrated |
Animals in kano style |
1837 |
38 |
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Kintarô zukushi |
Set of Kintarô |
Legendary child |
c. 1840 |
|
S12 |
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Kisokaidô rokujûku tsugi |
The sixty-nine post stations of the Kisokaidô
Road |
Historical and dramatic scenes |
1852-3 |
57 |
S74 |
|
Kodomo asobi |
Children’s games |
Children |
c. 1842 |
146 |
|
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Kodomo asobi go-gyô |
Children’s games for the five elements |
Children |
1840 |
65 |
|
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Kodomo
asobi naga-uta zukushi |
Series of popular songs on children’s games |
Children |
c. 1840 |
109 |
|
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Kodomo asobi no uchi |
Children’s games |
Children |
c. 1836 |
114 |
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Kodomo odori |
Children’s dances |
Children as historical characters |
c. 1841 |
123 |
|
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Kodomo shorei shitsuke-gata |
The children’s instructor in etiquette |
Children |
c. 1840 |
136 |
|
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Kokon honchô meijo hyaku den |
A hundred ancient and modem stories of the
famous women of our country |
Heroines |
c. 1843 |
18 |
S30 |
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Koma
kurabe shogi no tawamure |
Comic comparisons of the koma pieces in
the game of shogi |
Comic (chûban) |
|
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Koma
kurabe shôgi no tawamure |
Comic comparisons of warriors and
spinning-tops |
Comic figures formed of tops |
c. 1840 |
188 |
|
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Kôsô go-ichidai ryaku zu |
Illustrated abridged biography of Kôsô |
Scenes from the life of this Buddhist priest |
c. 1835-36 |
11 |
S6 |
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Kôsô Nichiren Dai-bosatsu |
Kôsô Nichiren the great bodhisattva |
Women |
c. 1836 |
135 |
|
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Kôto nishiki imayô kuni-zukushi |
Modern style set of the provinces in Edo
brocade |
Theatrical and dramatic |
1852 |
171 |
|
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Koto no soka zukushi |
Series of poems set to the koto |
Women |
c. 1840 |
97 |
|
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Kôyetsu yûshô den |
Stories of courageous generals of the
provinces of Kai and Echizen |
Leaders in Kawanakajima campaign |
c. 1848-49 |
49 |
S63 |
|
Kôyô
nijûshi shô no hitori |
Twenty-four generals of Eastern Kai Province,
one by one |
Leaders of the Takeda (Kai) |
1853 |
62 |
S82 |
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Kuniyoshi moyô shôfuda tsuketari genkin otoko |
Men of ready money with true labels attached,
Kuniyoshi fashion |
Dramatic characters |
c. 1845 |
153 |
S40 |
|
Kyôga Suikoden gôketsu ippyaku hachinin |
Caricatures of the 108 Heroes of the popular
Suikoden |
Suikoden heroes in humorous situations |
c. 1830 |
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Kyôgwa e-tehon |
Illustrated examples of mad sketches |
Comic figures and groups |
1859 |
222 |
|
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Kyôkaku giyû den |
Stories of chivalrous persons of loyalty and
courage |
Dramatic characters |
1851 |
184 |
S70 |
|
Kyôkun zenaku kozô zoroe |
Moral guidelines for good and naughty
apprentices |
Comic horizontal chûban |
1857 |
|
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Kyoku zukushi |
Collection of humorous short poems |
Comic prints (chûtanzakuban) |
c. 1842 |
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Kyokutei-ô seicho Hakkenshi zui-ichi |
The one and only eight dog history of old
Kyokutei, best of refined authors |
The heroes of the ‘Hakkenden’ |
c. 1833 |
25 |
S5 |
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Meicha zukushi |
A series of famous teas |
Fan prints of women |
1847-1850 |
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Meikô hyaku yû den |
Stories of a hundred heroes of high renown |
Heroes |
c. 1842 |
29 |
S31 |
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Meishô shi-ten kagami |
Mirror of the quartets of retainers of famous
generals |
Warriors in groups
of five |
1863 |
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S94 |
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Meitô eiyû soroi |
Set of famous leading heroes |
Heroic scenes |
1856 |
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