Alphabetical List of Kuniyoshi’s Print Series

Japanese Name

English Name

Description

Date

Robinson

1961*

Robinson

1982

Ada-uchi chûkô den

Stories of dutifulness and loyalty in revenge

Heroes of revenge stories

c. 1847-8

45

S53

Aisho kagami

Perfect matches

Fan prints of women with inset male head

c. 1848

 

 

Aratamete tanuki no tawamure

More fun with raccoon dogs

Comic and slightly vulgar horizontal chûban

1844-1846

 

 

Atari doshi inu no tawamure

Successful plays with frolicking dogs

Comic horizontal chûban

1850

 

 

Au-mi hakkei

Personal encounters for the eight views

Theatrical

1848

178

 

Bigyoku imayô fûzoku

Gems of modem customs

Women

c. 1850

160

 

Burû go-gyô

Warriors for the five elements

Heroes (ôtanzakuban)

c. 1840

24

 

Burû hyaku den

A hundred stories of military valor

Heroic scenes

c. 1836

23

S9

Buyei meiba kurabe

Comparison of the famous horses of brilliant soldiers

Heroes, horses inset

c. 1847-8

67

S50

Buyei môyû kagami

Mirror of military excellence and fierce courage

Heroes

c. 1836

 

S7

Buyû chigaragusa

Examples of valor

Actors in roles

c. 1847-48

 

 

Buyû go-gyô

Heroes for the five elements

Heroes

c. 1840

 

S16

Buyû mitate jûnishi

Choice of heroes for the twelve signs

Heroes (chûtanzakuban)

c. 1840

22

S17

Buyû nazorae Genji

Heroic comparisons for the chapters of ‘Genji’

Heroes (ôtanzakuban)

c. 1843

27

S28

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

 

 

Chiyû rokkasen

Selection of six men of wisdom and courage

Heroes

c. 1850

52

S67

Choke meiyo kijin den

Stories of remarkable persons of loyalty and high reputation

Heroes

c. 1845

 

S35

Chûkô meiyo kijin den

Stories of people famous for loyalty and filial devotion

Dramatic characters

c. 1845

35

 

Chûkô tenarai-zôshi

Copy-book of loyalty

Loyal heroes

c. 1845

 

S41

Chûkô tôken meijin kagami

Mirror of the loyal persons famed for the sword

Dramatic characters

1847

55

 

Chûshin gishi kômei kurabe

Comparison of the high renown of the loyal retainers and faithful samurai

The forty-seven rônin

1848

78

S57

Chûshin giyû kagami

Mirror of the loyal courage of the faithful retainers

Actors’ heads with landscape backgrounds

1852

206

 

Chûshingura

Chûshingura

Characters in pairs

1849

 

 

Chûshingura gojûsan tsugi

The fifty-three post-stations of the Chûshingura

Characters in pairs with inset landscape

c. 1851

 

S72

Dai Nippon rokujûyo-shû no uchi

The sixty-odd provinces of Japan

Dramatic characters

c. 1845

37

S36

Daigwan jôju ari-ga-taki-jima

Waterfall-striped materials in answer to earnest prayer

Half-length women with waterfall inset

c. 1845

111

 

Date moyô kekki kurabe

Comparisons of physical energy, Date style

Heroes

c. 1845-6

174

S42

Date otoko kishô kurabe

Comparisons of the spirits of able men

Theatrical (three-quarter length figures)

c. 1850

172

 

Denka chaya adauchi

Vengeance at Denka Tea House

Theatrical (horizontal ôban)

1854

 

 

Dogai kesho no tawamure

Brushes with make-up off the beaten path

Comic fan prints

 

 

 

Doge jyunigatsu no uchi

Twelve months of buffoonery

Comic  vertical chûban

c. 1839-42

 

 

Dôke

Clowning around

Comic horizontal ôban

c. 1839-1842

 

 

Dôke Chôchingura

Comic paper lantern Chûshingura

Comic horizontal chûban

1830

 

 

Dôke Daruma asobi

Daruma’s buffoonery

Actors caricatured as Daruma

1847-48

191

 

Dôke jôruri zukushi

Collection of humorous scenes from Jôruri drama

Burlesques of comic musical plays (horizontal chûban)

1855

215

 

Dôke jû-ni-shi

Comic twelve signs

Animals in comic situations (horizontal chûban)

1855

 

 

Dôke jû-ni-shi

Comic twelve signs

Animals in comic situations (vertical chûban)

Mid 1850s

 

 

Dôke miburi jû-ni-shi

Comic parts for the Twelve Signs

Theatrical caricatures

c. 1848

180

 

Dôke sanjûroku gesô

Thirty-six comical faces of actors off stage

Six actor’s busts per ôban sheet

1847-1852

 

 

Dôke tômorokoshi

Comic sweet corn

Actors’ faces on corn (horizontal chûban)

1845

 

 

Echigo jûhasshô

Eighteen generals of Echigo Province

Warriors

1854

 

S83

Edo jiman meibutsu kurabe

Various specialties of Edo districts

Women

1843-1846

 

 

Edo jiman tôsei ji-ire

The pride of Edo: going into modern service

Women and inset dramatic characters

c. 1850

107

 

Edo meisho

Famous views of Edo

Women’s heads (fan prints)

1851-1853

 

 

Edo meisho bijin kagami

Famous views of Edo mirrored by beautiful girls

Women

c. 1833

144

 

Edo meisho kusaki zukushi

A collection of plants and trees at Edo’s famous places

Women (triptychs)

1843-1844

 

 

Edo meisho mitate jûnikagetsu no uchi roku jûni

Famous views of Edo selected for the twelve months

Theatrical

1852

210

 

Edo meisho no uchi

Famous views of Edo

Women (triptychs)

c.1843

157

 

Edo no hana no gonin otoko

Flowers of Edo: five otokodate

Actors (same title also used for polyptychs)

1850

 

 

Eiyû goshiki awase

Heroes matched to the five colors

Heroes

1857

 

S91

Eiyû ippyaku den

A hundred heroic stories

Heroes

c. 1851

 

S69

Eiyû kumiu kagami

Mirror of heroes’ scrimmages

Heroes in combat

 

 

 

Eiyû rokkasen

Six select heroes

Heroes

1853

56

S81

Eiyû san-jû-rokkasen

Thirty-six hero-poets

Heroes

1852-2

59

S77

Eiyû Yamato jûni-shi

Japanese heroes for the twelve signs

Warriors

1854

73

S84

Eiyû Yamato Suikoden

Suikoden of Japanese heroes

Japanese heroes

c. 1843

 

S24

E-kyôdai mitate

Select ‘brother-pictures’

Noh plays (fan prints)

1847-50

221

 

E-kyôdai mitate musha awase

Brother-pictures: a select comparison of warriors

Figures with inset pictures of warriors

c. 1834

91

 

E-kyôdai mitate san- bokkwa-sen

Selected ‘brother-pictures’ of 30 chosen trees and flowers

Theatrical (large heads)

c. 1845

155

 

E-kyôdai raso sugata

Eighty forms of ‘brother-pictures’

Women with historical insets

c. 1845

104

 

E-kyôdai uchibiki ni-jû-shi

‘Brother-pictures’ for the twenty-four paragons of filial piety

Women

c. 1840

122

 

Enkyoku zoroi

A collection of charming music

Fan prints of women

1853

 

 

Enjo takara awase

Matching of treasures with charming women

Fan prints of women

 

 

 

Enshi jû-roku josen

Sixteen female Sennin, charming creatures

Women

c. 1847

58

 

Fujin tewaza kagami

Mirror of women’s tasks

Women

c. 1843

141

 

Fujo ichidai kagami

The mirrors of women’s lives

Fan prints of women

 

 

 

Fujo kagami

Mirror of women

Women

c. 1843

151

 

Fukurokuju atama no tawamure

Fun with Fukurokuju’s head

Comic horizontal chûban

c. 1840

194

 

Fûryû kodomo odori zukushi

Fashionable series of children’s dances

Children

c. 1840

142

 

Fûryû meitôji zukushi

Fashionable series of important characters

Women

c. 1843

127

 

Fûryû mitate kaizukushi

Select series of shells in elegant taste

Women

c. 1834-1835

 

 

Fûryû rokkwa sen

Fashionable choice of six flowers

Women

c. 1843

101

 

Fûzoku onna Suikoden

Suikoden of women’s customs

Women (surimono)

c. 1830

148

 

Gama-tehon hyôkingura

Treasury of humor modeled by toads

The Chûshingura performed by toads (horizontal chûban)

c. 1847-48

85

 

Gempei seisuiki

History of the ups and downs of the Minamoto and Taira

Battle scenes (triptychs)

c. 1834

34

S18

Genji kumo ukiyoe awase

Ukiyo-e comparisons for the cloudy chapters of ‘Genji’

Historical and dramatic

c. 1845

36

S45

Gishi chûshin kagami

Mirror of the faithful samurai and loyal retainers

The forty-seven rônin

1848

82

S59

Gishi no seichû Yoshi ga tawamure

Kuniyoshi’s Parody on the Samurai’s Loyalty

horizontal chûban

1847-1852

 

 

Gishi shinzô

True portraits of the faithful samurai

The forty-seven rônin

1853

75

S80

Giyû Hakkenden

The loyal heroes of Bakin’sHakkenden

Theatrical (large heads)

1850

162

 

Go sekku

The five festivals

Women

c. 1843

86

 

Go sekku no uchi

The five festivals

Groups of actors

1849

125

 

Go sekku no uchi

The five festivals

Women

c. 1840

133

 

Go sekku no uchi

The five festivals

Women (triptychs)

c. 1845

166

 

Gochûmon oatsurae some

Fabrics dyed to order

Actors

1846

 

 

Gôketsu hakkei

Heroes for the eight views

Heroes

1847-8

66

S52

Hachi gyô onna no uchi

Women for the eight dispositions

Women

c. 1843

93

 

Haishi Suikoden

People’s history of the Suikoden

Koban Suikoden series

c. 1830

 

 

Haku mensô kabe no mudagaki

Laughing white faces scribbled on a wall

Theatrical caricatures

c. 1848

182

 

Hana awase tosei bijin awase

A collection of flowers―beautiful women compared

Women

c. 1830s

 

 

Hana-goyomi

Calendar of Flowers

Sexually explicit pictures (shunga)

1835

 

 

Harimaze Jôruri kagami

A Harimaze Mirror of Jôruri Plays

Harimaze

1854

 

 

Hayarikou sagazuki

Fashionable sake cups

Actors painted inside sake cups

c. 1851

 

 

Hayatake Torakichi

Hayatake Torakichi (name of acrobat)

Acrobatic feats of Hayatake Torakichi

1857

214

 

He no yôna dôke he-zukushi

Likenesses of the fart in a series of comic farts

Comic and slightly vulgar

c. 1845

189

 

Hizakurige go--san eki

The fifty-three stations on shank’s mare

Comic illustrations (diptychs & triptychs)

1854

204

 

Hodo Yoshitsune koi no Minamoto ichidaiki

Biography of Yoshitsune

Historic scenes

1848-53

64

S65

Hodomoyoshi toki-ni Ôtsu-e

Hodomoyoshi’s fashionable Ôtsu pictures

Dramatic characters

c. 1845-6

165

S43

Honchô bunyû hyaku-nin isshu

A hundred poets from the literary heroes of our country

Heroes (chûban)

c.1842-3

31

S22

Honchô buyû kagami

Mirror of our country’s military elegance

Heroes

c. 1845

43

S32

Honchô keishoku bijin zue

Our country’s scenery illustrated by beautiful women

Women

c. 1830

88

 

Honchô kendô ryaku den

Abridged stories of our country’s swordsmanship

Dramatic characters

c. 1845-46

33

S37

Honchô kômei kagami

Mirror of famous names of our country

Heroes

1855

 

S87a

Honchô musha kagami

Mirror of warriors of our country

Heroes

1855

74

S87

Honchô nijûshi-kô

Twenty-four paragons of filial piety of our country

Heroes and heroines (chûban)

c. 1842-3

28

S23

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

Honchô taoyame soroi

Set of delicate ladies of our country

Historical women and girls

c. 1845

39

S33

Honchô eiyû kagami

Mirror of the heroes of our country

Heroes

1858

70

S92

Hyaku iro-banashi

A hundred pleasant stories

Illustrations of comic anecdotes

1849-51

202

 

Hyaku-nin isshu

The hundred poets

Poets

c. 1840-42

32

S19

Hyakushoku menso

One hundred shades of facial expressions

Comic harimaze

1842-43

 

 

Ichiryû kyoku dokuraku

Happiness in one style of entertainment

Fantasies on the top-spinner Takezawa Toji

c. 1843

208

 

Imayô aki no nanakusa

Modem seven autumn plants

Women

c. 1850

164

 

Imayô gakumen awase

A collection of pictures in modern style

Women with inset of warrior (fan print)

1853

 

 

Imayô go-sei

Modern five qualities

Women

c. 1833

89

 

Imayô goshiki awase

Comparison of five modern colors

Women (fan print)

1849-1853

 

 

Imayô hyaku-nin shu

A hundred modern men

Heads of actors in character

1850

217

 

Imayô kiku-zoroi

Series of modern chrysanthemum varieties

Women

1845

128

 

Imayô nana Komachi

Modem seven Komachi

Theatrical

1851

161

 

Imayô rokkasen

Six summer selections in modern style

Women’s heads (fan prints)

1853

 

 

Imayô tofu shisen

The modern measure of women’s desire for money

Women (views inset)

c. 1840

84

 

Jikken onna ôgi

Ten wise women’s fans

Women of history and legend (chûban)

c. 1843

220

S25

Jimbutsu kami kuzu kago

Characters from the waste-paper basket

Rough sketches of dramatic groups

c. 1848

199

 

Jinshin megane no mitôshi

Glasses for inspecting the human heart

Women

c. 1845

152

 

Jisei kwachôfûgetsu

Fashionable quartet of flower, bird, wind and moon

Women (triptychs)

c. 1848

147

 

Jitsu go-kyô kyôgwa dôgaku

Genuine instruction for children in mad pictures

Comic horizontal chûban

c. 1840

118

 

Jû-ni dan shoku Kanadehon Chôchingura

The twelve acts of the lantern Chûshingura

Heads & inset figures composed of lanterns

1852

218

 

Jû-ni gwatsu wa ko kami

Japanese divinities compared with the twelve months

Divinities

c. 1840

110

 

Jûroku Musashi-bô Benkei

Sixteen [stories of] Musashi-bô Benkei

The hero Benkei

c. 1848-50

 

S68

Kaidan hyakki yagyô

Ghost stories: Night procession of the hundred demons

Bawdy parody of demons (koban)

c. 1836

 

 

Kaiun shusse kohon Shichi-fukujin

Fortunate debut of the seven gods of good luck

“Puzzle pictures”

c. 1844

183

 

Kaminari

Thunder

Comic chûban series

c. 1840

 

 

Kanadehon Chûshingura

Scenes from the Chûshingura drama

Theatrical

1847

169

 

Kanadehon Chûshingura

The drama of the Chûshingura

Illustrations of the twelve acts

1854-5

69

S86

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

 

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

 

 

Kinjû zue

Birds and animals illustrated

Animals in kano style

1837

38

 

Kintarô zukushi

Set of Kintarô

Legendary child

c. 1840

 

S12

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

 

Kodomo asobi go-gyô

Children’s games for the five elements

Children

1840

65

 

Kodomo asobi gosekku no uchi

Children’s games of the five festivals

Children

1842-1846

 

 

Kodomo asobi naga-uta zukushi

Series of popular songs on children’s games

Children

c. 1840

109

 

Kodomo asobi no uchi

Children’s games

Children

c. 1836

114

 

Kodomo odori

Children’s dances

Children as historical characters

c. 1841

123

 

Kodomo shorei shitsuke-gata

The children’s instructor in etiquette

Children

c. 1840

136

 

Kokon honchô meijo hyaku den

A hundred ancient and modem stories of the famous women of our country

Heroines

c. 1843

18

S30

Koma kurabe shôgi no tawamure

Comic comparisons of the koma pieces in the game of shôgi

Comic figures formed of koma pieces (chûban)

c. 1840

188

 

Kôsô go-ichidai ryaku zu

Illustrated abridged biography of Kôsô

Scenes from the life of this Buddhist priest

c. 1835-36

11

S6

Kôsô Nichiren Dai-bosatsu

Kôsô Nichiren the great bodhisattva

Women

c. 1836

135

 

Kôto nishiki imayô kuni-zukushi

Modern style set of the provinces in Edo brocade

Theatrical and dramatic

1852

171

 

Koto no soka zukushi

Series of poems set to the koto

Women

c. 1840

97

 

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

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

 

 

Kyôgwa e-tehon

Illustrated examples of mad sketches

Comic figures and groups

1859

222

 

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

 

 

Kyoku zukushi

Collection of humorous short poems

Comic prints (chûtanzakuban)

c. 1842

 

 

Kyokuteiseicho 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

Meicha zukushi

A series of famous teas

Fan prints of women

1847-1850

 

 

Meikô hyaku den

Stories of a hundred heroes of high renown

Heroes

c. 1842

29

S31

Meishô shi-ten kagami

Mirror of the quartets of retainers of famous generals

Warriors in groups of five

1863

 

S94

Meitô eiyû soroi

Set of famous leading heroes

Heroic scenes

1856

71

S89

Meiyo Sanjûrokkassen

Thirty-six famous battles

Historical scenes

c. 1850

51

S61

Miburi ju-ni omoi gwatsu

Imitations of the twelve months

Actors caricatured as the months

1847-48

211

 

Mitate Chôshingura

Select Chûshingura

Women

c. 1848

54

 

Mitate gedai zukushi

Select series of book-titles

Theatrical (diptychs and triptychs)

1847-48

159

 

Mitate go gyô

Select five elements

Prince Genji with beauties (triptychs)

1852

139

 

Mitate hakkei

Selection for the eight views

Historical scenes (triptychs)

c. 1846

44

S39

Mitate hyaku-nin-sô

A hundred select physiognomies

Heads of actors, six to a sheet

1847

200

 

Mitate jûnishi

Fair defenses for the twelve signs

Dramatic characters

c. 1845

150

 

Mitate jûnishi

Selection for the twelve signs

Heroes

c. 1845

 

S38

Mitate jûnishi no uchi

Selection for the twelve signs

Large actors’ heads

c. 1852

192

 

Mitate Nashitsubo nana kasen no uchi

Selection for the seven immortal poets of the pear chamber

Women

c. 1849-53

 

 

Mitate ni-jû-shi

Selected twenty-four paragons of filial piety

Theatrical

1854-55

170

 

Mitate saiku yakusha hakkei

Selected fine performances of actors for the eight views

Actors

c. 1834

167

 

Mitate sambasô

Select theatrical dancers

Women’s heads (fan prints)

1855

41

 

Mitate yakusha Hakkenshi

Selected actors as the eight heroes of Bakin’sHakkenden

Theatrical (diptychs)

c.1840

156

 

Monchô jôruri kagami

Mirror and compendium of musical plays

Sketches representing musical plays

1854

207

 

Morokoshi nijûshi-kô

The twenty-four Chinese paragons of filial piety

Chinese stories (chûban)

1847

14

S60

Morokoshi nijûshi-kô

Twenty-four Chinese paragons of filial piety

Chinese stories (ôban)

1853

13

S79

Mushi erami

Selected insects

Women (insects inset)

c. 1843

113

 

Myôdensu jû-roku rikan

Sixteen wonderful considerations of profit

Women

c. 1845

103

 

Myôna isô kyôchû go--san tsura

Curiously named odd faces denoting the fifty-three stations

Comic heads (six to an ôban sheet)

1847-48

216

 

Nagashira eiyû soroi

Set of famous leading heroes

Heroic scenes

1856

71

S89

Nana Komachi

The seven Komachi

Women

1855

126

 

Nanatsu iroha Tôto Fuji zukushi

Set of views of Fuji from Edo in iroha order

Theatrical (large heads)

1852

181

 

Nazorae Genji kyôkun zue

Illustrations of moral conduct compared with the chapters of ‘Genji’

Women

c. 1843

80

 

Nazorae Suikoden

An imitation of the Suikoden

Explicit sexual pictures (shunga koban)

c. 1830

 

 

Neko no ateji

Cat homophones

Names of fish in kana formed of cats

c. 1842

196

 

Neko no hyaku men-

A hundred cats’ physiognomies

Actors caricatured as cats (fan prints)

c. 1840

201

 

Nijûshi-kô dôji kagami

Mirror of the twenty-four paragons of filial piety

Chinese stories

c. 1840

12

S13

Ningen banji a-fu-mi hakkei

Incidents of everyday life for the eight views and the eight trigrams

Women

c. 1849

108

 

Nita ka kingyo

Goldfish that resemble them

Fan prints of turtles and goldfish with actors’ expressions

c. 1843

 

 

Nitakaragura kabe no mudagaki

Scribblings on a store-house wall

Theatrical caricatures

1847

179

 

Ogura nazorae hyaku-nin isshû

Ogura imitation of the hundred poets

Historical and dramatic

c. 1845-47

40

S46

Oguri jû-yûshi no ichi-nin

The ten brave retainers of Oguri (Hangwan)

Heroes (chûban)

c. 1843

30

S26

Omou ni kanai Fukusuke

Fukusuke fitted to one’s thoughts

Comic horizontal chûban

1843-1846

177

 

Onna Imagawa sugata awase

Comparison of women’s forms with the New River

Women

c. 1843

95

 

Osana asobi go sekku no uchi

Children’s games for the five festivals

Children

c. 1840

129

 

Osana asobi hachi gyô no uchi

Children’s games for the eight dispositions (filial piety)

Children

c. 1840

132

 

Osana asobi sekkwagetsu no uchi

Snow, moon and flowers in children’s games

Children

c. 1840

81

 

Oshive hago-ita

Battledores in patchwork relief

Heroic women & children (chûtanzakuban)

c. 1845

 

S35a

Ôtsu-e hakkei

Ôtsu pictures for the eight views

Women’s heads (fan prints)

1849-51

212

 

Reppuden

Stories of chaste women

Fan prints of women

1844

 

S95e

Retsu den

Stories of strength, in order

Heroes (chûban)

1845 & 1855

26

S48

Rokuyôsei Kuniyoshi jiman

Kuniyoshi’s analogies for the six conditions of nature

Legendary characters

1860

 

S93

Ryûkô dôke koma zukushi

Series of fashionable comic spinning-tops

Comic figures formed of tops (chûban)

c. 1843

195

 

Ryûkô dôke koma-zoroi

Series of fashionable comic spinning-tops

Comic figures formed of tops

c. 1843

140

 

Ryûkô kurabe oshie tebako

Fashionable comparisons of raised pictures on toilet-boxes

Theatrical (large heads)

1847

168

 

Ryûkô menzukushi

Popular faces of the present day

Fan prints with masks resembling actors

c. 1842

 

 

Ryûkô neko no tawamure

Fashionable cat frolics

Actors in current plays represented as cats

1847

197

 

Ryûkô o-somemono chô

Fashionable register of dyed-stuffs

Women

c. 1834

90

 

Ryûkô tako kurabe

Popular kites

Actors faces on kites

1846-1847

 

 

Sakurazoroi

Cherries

Large heads of women (fan prints)

1855

 

 

Sambijin mitate shochikubai

Three selected beauties for pine, bamboo and plum

Women

c. 1843

131

 

Sanbantsuzuki

A set of three

Shikishiban surimono

c. 1832

 

 

Sangoku yôko zue

The magic fox of the three countries, illustrated

Fantastic scenes

c. 1849-50

48

S66

Sanjûrokkasen dôjo kyôkun kagami

Moral teaching for young girls mirrored in the thirty-six poets

Women

c. 1843

98

 

Sanka shokushi no zu

Weavers’ children in the silk-worm house

Children

c. 1840

116

 

Sankai medetai zue

Excellences of mountain and sea illustrated

Women’s busts with inset industries

1852

117

 

Sankai meisan zukushi

Famous products of mountain and sea

Figures against landscape backgrounds

c. 1833

193

 

Sansen zue

The three rivers illustrated

Women’s heads (fan-prints)

 

99

 

Satomi Hakkenden

The eight heroes of Bakin’sHakkenden

Theatrical

1852

173

 

Satomi Hakkenden

History of the eight dogs of Satomi

Eight dog warriors

c. 1850-52

47

S66a

Sayetate no uchi kitai no wazamono

Skillfully tempered sharp blades

Dramatic characters and their swords

1847-8

60

S51

Seichû gishi den

Stories of the true loyalty of the faithful samurai

Heroes

1847-1848

72

S54

Seichû gishi hottan

Origin of the true loyalty of the faithful samurai

Heroes

1848

72

S55

Seichû gishi shôzô

Portraits of the faithful samurai of true loyalty

The forty-seven rônin

1853

79

S78

Seichû gishin den

Stories of faithful hearts and true loyalty

Heroes’ women

1848

72

S56

Seichû gishin kagami

Mirror of the true loyalty of the faithful retainers

The forty-seven rônin

c. 1851

 

S71

Seichû gishin meimei kagami

Mirror of the true loyalty of the faithful retainers, individually

The forty-seven rônin

1857

77

S90

Seiro bijin kurabe

Comparison of beauties of the green-houses

Women (courtesans)

c. 1837

120

 

Seisuiki jimpin sen

Characters in the ‘[Gempei] Seisuiki

Heroes of the Taira-Minamoto wars

1840

16

 

Seisuiki jimpin sen

Documented characters from the chronicle of the ups and downs of the Minamoto and Taira clans

Historical scenes (chûban)

c. 1840

 

S15

Sekijô gishi den

Stories of the faithful samurai of the red castle

The forty-seven rônin

1848

83

S58

Setsugekkwa no uchi

Snow, moon and flowers

Women’s heads (fan prints)

1849-51

213

 

Setsugekkwa no uchi

Snow, moon, and flowers

Actors in character

1853

223

 

Setsugekkwa no uchi

Snow, moon, and flowers

Women (triptychs)

c. 1848

121

 

Shichi Fu-ku-jin

Women for the seven gods of good luck

Women with gods inset

c. 1847-48

163

 

Shi-ka- uta awase

Comparison of poems

Women

c. 1841

94 & 149

 

Shiki no kokoro onna asobi

Feminine pleasures of the four seasons

Women (chûban triptychs)

1844-1847

 

 

Shiki no uchi

The four seasons

Women (triptychs)

c. 1850

130

 

Shiki yûkan

Pleasures of the four seasons

Women (triptychs)

1843-1847

 

 

Shingaku osana etoki

Moral philosophy illustrated for children

Comic (chûtanzakuban)

c. 1842

115

 

Shingaku osana etoki

Moral philosophy illustrated for children

Comic (chûban)

 

 

 

Shin- kurabe

Comparisons of true courage

Heroes (nagaban)

1845 &1855

 

S49

Shokoku meisho zusho

Series of famous views in the provinces illustrated

Women

c. 1830

1

 

Shôtoku Taishi go-ichidaiki

Biography of Prince Shôtoku

 

c. 1840

 

S14

Shunga hakkei

Eight views of lovemaking

Sexually explicit pictures (shunga koban)

 

 

 

Shû-eki hakke-e

Universal divination by the eight trigrams, illustrated

Divinities

c. 1837-8

 

S11

Shuzoroi onna Benkei

Series of women as Benkei

Women (half-length)

1844

137

 

Soga monogatari no uchi

The story of the Soga brothers

Theatrical

1854

205

 

Sono omokage teasobi zukushi

Toys with actor’s expressions

Fan prints of toys with actor’s faces

1842

 

 

Sugata hana bijin kagami

Beauties mirrored in the forms of flowers

Women

c. 1840

96

 

Suikoden gôketsu hyaku-hachi-nin

The hundred and eight heroes of the Suikoden

Chinese heroes in groups of nine (ôban)

c. 1830

4

S3

Suikoden gôketsu hyaku-hachi-nin no hitori

The hundred and eight heroes of the Suikoden, one by one

Chinese heroes in groups of nine (chûban)

c. 1830

 

S2a

Suikoden gôketsu hyaku-hachi-nin tenkôsei sanjûroku-in yonmai uchi

Thirty-six heavenly stars of the 108 heroes of the Suikoden in four sheets

Nine Suikoden heroes per sheet

1830

 

 

Sumidagawa shichi Fuku-jin no uchi

The seven gods of good luck on the Sumida River

Actors with insets by Kuniyoshi’s students

1853

203

 

Sumi-ire hyaku-nin isshu

The hundred poets of the inkstand

Poets (koban)

c. 1843

 

S27

Taiheiki eiyûden

Heroic stories of the Taiheiki

Heroes of the sixteenth century wars

c. 1848-9

53

S62

Tametomo homare no jikketsu)

Ten famous excellencies of Tametomo

Scenes from the life of Tametomo

c. 1848-51

46

S64

Tanuki giga-e

Raccoon dogs (incorrectly translated as ‘Badgers’ by Robinson)

Comic and slightly vulgar fantasies (chûban)

c. 1842

209

 

Tatoe-zukushi no uchi

Series of proverbs

Proverbs illustrated by cats

1852

198

 

Tatoe-gusa oshie hayabiki

Instructive reference-index of all sorts of proverbs

Women

c. 1843

100

 

Tawamure mitate chô-moku awase

Amusing select comparisons of birds and trees

Women

c. 1845

158

 

Tazunazome uma no ennichi

Women in tazuna-striped fashions visiting shrines on festival days

Women

c. 1845

 

 

Teiso chiyo no kagami

Mirror of eternal feminine virtue

Women

c. 1843

61

 

Tengu no hana

Tengu and their noses

Comic horizontal chûban

c. 1842

 

 

Tôji ichimatsu hana no yo-suzumi

Modern checkered materials for night-cooling among the flowers

Women

c. 1848

112

 

Tôkaidô go--san tsugi

The fifty-three post-stations of the Tôkaidô Road

Roadside scenes with landscapes by Hirokage

1860

224

 

Tôkaidô go--san tsui

Pairs for the fifty-three stations of the Tôkaidô

Historical, dramatic, etc.

c. 1845

42

S44

Tôkaidô go--san tsui meisho koseki san shuku tsuzuki

Historic sites at fifty-three Tôkaidô stations

Harimaze

1852

 

 

Tôkaidô go--san eki roku shuku meisho

Famous views of the fifty-three stations of the Tôkaidô

Landscapes

c. 1835

10

 

Tôryû onna shorei shitsuke

Modern fashionable method of training women in decorum

Women

c. 1830

2

 

Tôsei akindo hidokei

Sundial of modern tradesmen

Women

1821-1823

 

 

Tôsei bijin awase

Modern comparison of beauties

Women

c. 1845

154

 

Tôsei bijin awase gosekku no uchi

Comparison of modern beauties for the five festivals

Women

 

 

 

Tôsei Edo kanoko

Modern tie-dyed fabrics of Edo

Women

c. 1834

134

 

Tôsei henge zukushi

Contemporary transformations [of ghosts]

Sexually explicit pictures (shunga koban)

c. 1844

 

 

Tôsei iki ningyô

Modern lifelike dolls

3 ôban of lifelike warrior dolls

1856

 

 

Tôsei kacho awase

Modern comparisons of flowers and birds

Women

c. 1835

 

 

Tôsei kodomo asobi

Modern children’s games

Children

c. 1835

119

 

Tôsei mitate ningyô no uchi

Modern select dolls

Groups of lifelike dolls (diptychs and triptychs)

1855-56

185

 

Tôsei sampuku tsui

Modem three lucky pairs

Women

c. 1835

145

 

Tôto

The Eastern Capital

Landscapes

c. 1833

7

 

Tôto Fuji-mi san-jû-rokkei

Thirty-six views of Fuji from the Eastern Capital

Landscapes

c. 1843

9

 

Tôto meisho

Famous views of the Eastern Capital

Landscapes

c. 1834

8

 

Tôto ryûkô san-jû-rokkwaiseki

Thirty-six fashionable restaurants of the Eastern Capital

Large actors’ heads & restaurants behind

1852

187

 

Tôto sandaikyo no uchi

Three Great Bridges of the Eastern Capital

Large heads of women (fan prints)

1853

 

 

Tôto shichifuku Benten

Seven Benten Shrines of Good Fortune in the Eastern Capital

Women (fan prints)

1843-1846

 

Tôto tsuki no meisho

Moonlight views of the Eastern Capital

Women (views inset)

c. 1840

87

 

Tsûzoku Sangokushi no uchi

Popular history of the Three Kingdoms

Chinese history (triptychs)

1852-55

19

S75

Tsûzoku Sangokushi eiyû no ichi-nin

Heroes of the popular history of the Three Kingdoms, one by one

Chinese heroes

c. 1836

15

S10

Tsûzoku Suikoden gôketsu hyakuhachi-nin no hitori

The hundred and eight popular heroes of the Suikoden, one by one

Chinese heroes (ôban)

1827-30

3

S2

Tsûzoku Suikoden gôketsu hyakuhachi-nin no uchi

The hundred and eight heroes of the popular Suikoden

Chinese heroes (chûban)

c. 1845-50

6

S47

Ukiyo hakkwai

Eight assemblies of the floating night

Large heads of women (fan prints)

c. 1847-50

50

 

Ukiyo shi-ju-hachi kuse

Forty-eight habits of the floating world

Women

c. 1846

143

 

Uo no kokoro

Actors as Fish

Fish with actors’ faces

1842

 

 

Uso to ma go kokoro no ura-omote

Falsehood and truth both sides of the heart

Women

c. 1848

106

 

Uyesugi-ke ni-jû-shi shô

Twenty-four generals of the Uesugi Clan

Leaders of the Uesugi (Echizen)

c. 1848-49

49

S63

Wakan nazorae Genji

Japanese and Chinese comparisons for the chapters of ‘Genji’

Japanese and Chinese heroes

1855-6

63

S88

Yakusha kidori hi-iki-biki

Index of favorite actors showing off

Women (actors inset on battledores)

c. 1840

175

 

Yakusha kodama awase

Comparison of actors and their precious children

Actors

1842

176

 

Yakushi -shi den

Stories of ten distressed children

Legendary children

1854

 

S85

Yatsu atari dôke kômori

Eight successful plays performed by bats

Horizontal chûban prints

1844-1846

 

Yedo jiman tôsei ji-ire

The pride of Edo: going into modern service

Women and inset dramatic characters

c. 1850

107

 

Yedo meisho bijin kagami

Famous views of Edo mirrored by beautiful girls

Women

c. 1833

144

 

Yedo meisho mitate jû-ni ka gwatsu no uchi

Famous views of Edo selected for the twelve months

Theatrical

1852

210

 

Yedo meisho no uchi

Famous views of Edo

Women (triptychs)

c.1843

157

 

Yeiyû goshiki awase

Heroes matched to the five colors

Heroes

1857

 

S91

Yeiyû ippyaku den

A hundred heroic stories

Heroes

c. 1851

 

S69

Yeiyû kumiu kagami

Mirror of heroes’ scrimmages

Heroes in combat

 

 

 

Yeiyû rokkasen

Six select heroes

Heroes

1853

56

S81

Yeiyû san-jû-rokkasen

Thirty-six hero-poets

Heroes

1852-2

59

S77

Yeiyû Yamato jûni-shi

Japanese heroes for the twelve signs

Warriors

1854

73

S84

Yeiyû Yamato Suikoden

Suikoden of Japanese heroes

Japanese heroes

c. 1843

 

S24

Ye-kyôdai mitate

Select ‘brother-pictures’

Noh plays (fan prints)

1847-50

221

 

Ye-kyôdai mitate musha awase

Brother-pictures: a select comparison of warriors

Women (warriors inset)

c. 1834

91

 

Ye-kyôdai mitate san- bokkwa-sen

Selected ‘brother-pictures’ of thirty chosen trees and flowers

Theatrical (large heads)

c. 1845

155

 

Ye-kyôdai raso sugata

Eighty forms of ‘brother-pictures’

Women with historical insets

c. 1845

104