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ダンス  

Publication Date:  Late 19th century
Measurements:  27.9 x 18.7 cm
Subjects:  Dance
Musicians
Hand fans
扇子
音楽家
Dancing
ダンス
舞踊
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Four characters of Ōtsu-e Three of them playing Ken, accompanied by shamisen music on a boat  

Publication Date:  circa 1810/1820
Creator:  歌川, 豊広, 1773-1828
Utagawa, Toyohiro, 1773?-1829?
Measurements:  19.2 x 52.0 cm
Subjects:  Boats and boating
Musicians
Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Ōtsu-e
Buddha
Devils
Oni
Koto
Drum
Shamisen
ボート
大津絵
釈迦
悪魔
鬼
箏
太鼓
音楽家
三味線
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Chiwakagani tsukino nurakumo  

Publication Date:  circa 1795/1796
Creator:  喜多川, 歌麿, 1753-1806
Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806
Publisher:  Enshū-ya
Measurements:  39.0 x 26.5 cm
Subjects:  Servants
Letters
Household employees
Letter writing
Domestic workers
手紙
家庭内労働者
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Actor Segawa Kikunojō III as Omiwa in the kabuki play "Imose Yama onna teikin"]  

Publication Date:  circa 1778
Creator:  勝川, 春章, 1726-1792
Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Segawa Kikunojō, 1751-1810
瀬川, 菊之丞 3世, 1751-1810
Imoseyama onna teikin
妹背山
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Scene from the kabuki play "Karigane gonin otoko" or "Hatsumonbi kuruwa Soga"]  

Publication Date:  1780
Creator:  勝川, 春章, 1726-1792
Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Nakamura-za
Nakamura theatre
中村座
Ichikawa, Danjūrō, 1741-1806
市川, 団十郎 5世, 1741-1806
Ichikawa Monnosuke, II
市川門之助 2世
Sakata Hangorō, 1724-1782
坂田半五郎 2世, 1724-1782
Bandō Mitsugorō, 1745-1782
坂東三津五郎 1世, 1745-1782
Nakamura Sukegorō, 1745-1806
Karigane gonin otoko
雁金五人男
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Actor Segawa Kikunojō III]  

Publication Date:  circa 1790
Creator:  勝川, 春章, 1726-1792
Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Segawa Kikunojō, 1751-1810
瀬川, 菊之丞 3世, 1751-1810
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

保元物語  

Publication Date:  Late-17th century
Material:  Stich-bound illustated manuscripts
Measurements:  H23.5 x W17.05cm
Subjects:  Japan -- History -- Hōgen and Heiji Insurrections, 1156-1159 -- Fiction
アジア -- 日本 -- 関西 - 京都府 - 京都
保元の乱
日本 -- 保元の乱
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

平治物語  

Publication Date:  Late-17th century
Material:  Stich-bound illustated manuscripts
Measurements:  H23.5 x W17.05cm
Subjects:  Japan -- History -- Hōgen and Heiji Insurrections, 1156-1159 -- Fiction
平治の乱
日本 -- 平治の乱
アジア -- 日本 -- 関西 - 京都府 - 京都
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

An old man and an old woman playing at neck tug-of-war  

Publication Date:  circa 1850
Creator:  歌川, 国芳, 1797-1861
Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861
Publisher:  Tama-Sō
Measurements:  24.4 x 36.8 cm
Subjects:  Horses
Women
Men
Games
女性
ゲーム
Tug of war (Game)
Foxes
綱引き
男性
ウマ
キツネ
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

平治物語  

Publication Date:  Late-17th century
Material:  Stich-bound illustated manuscripts
Measurements:  H23.5 x W17.05cm
Subjects:  Japan -- History -- Hōgen and Heiji Insurrections, 1156-1159 -- Fiction
平治の乱
日本 -- 平治の乱
アジア -- 日本 -- 関西 - 京都府 - 京都
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II in the role cf a townsman's wife]  

Publication Date:  circa 1782
Creator:  勝川, 春好, 1743-1812
Katsukawa, Shunkō, 1743-1812
Subjects:  Women
Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
女性
Wives
妻
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Actor Segawa Kikunojō III]  

Publication Date:  circa 1780
Creator:  勝川, 春章, 1726-1792
Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Segawa Kikunojō, 1751-1810
瀬川, 菊之丞 3世, 1751-1810
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Tōtei no aki no tsuki  

Publication Date:  circa 1810
Creator:  歌川, 豊国 3世, 1786-1864
Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865
Publisher:  Kojima or Manjū
Measurements:  21.5 x 25.0 cm
Subjects:  Moon
Rivers
Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
月
Autumn
Streams
渓流
川
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Actor Nakamura Sukegorō II as Kaminari Shōkurō, in the kabuki play ''Karigane gonin otoko", performed at Nakamura theatre in 1780]  

Publication Date:  1780
Creator:  勝川, 春章, 1726-1792
Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Nakamura-za
Nakamura theatre
中村座
Nakamura Sukegorō, 1745-1806
Karigane gonin otoko
雁金五人男
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Actor Ichikawn Danjūrō V in the role of a yamabushi]  

Publication Date:  1770's
Creator:  勝川, 春章, 1726-1792
Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Ichikawa, Danjūrō, 1741-1806
市川, 団十郎 5世, 1741-1806
Yamabushi
Hermits
山伏
いんじ
隠者
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
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