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Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V, with a bag under his arm, standing by a bamboo thicket  

Publication Date:  circa 1780
Creator:  勝川, 春好, 1743-1812
Katsukawa, Shunkō, 1743-1812
Measurements:  31.0 x 14.5 cm
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Bambo
Ichikawa, Danjūrō, 1741-1806
Thickets
Bags
竹
市川, 団十郎 5世, 1741-1806
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Satsuma-ware dish : completed dish  

Publication Date:  2001
Creator:  廣田実雪
Hirota, Saneyuki
Measurements:  H8.8 x Diam45.5 cm
Subjects:  薩摩焼
Satsuma pottery
アジア -- 日本 -- 鹿児島 -- 鹿児島市
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Presented to SOAS by the artist, Saneyuki Hirota.

魚づくし 鯵と車海老  

Publication Date:  circa 1830
Creator:  歌川, 広重 1世, 1797-1858
Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858
Measurements:  25.5 x 36.5 cm
Subjects:  Poetry
Fishes
魚類
Shrimps
Trachurus japonicus
Mackerels
Toshinoya Tomiharu
Kyōka
Prawns
Horse mackerel
Jack mackerel
エビ
海老
マアジ
サバ
狂歌
和歌
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V]  

Publication Date:  circa 1794
Creator:  勝川, 春英, 1762-1819
Katsukawa, Shunʼei, 1762-1819
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Ichikawa, Danjūrō, 1741-1806
市川, 団十郎 5世, 1741-1806
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Actors of the Kabuki stage  

Creator:  勝川, 春英, 1762-1819
Katsukawa, Shunʼei, 1762-1819
Format:  1 album, each sheet H31 x W14.5 cm
Measurements:  31.0 x 14.0 (each sheet)
Technique:  Ukiyoe print, Hosoban format
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Actor Segawa Kikunojō III depicts a woman with a karakasa umbrella  

Publication Date:  circa 1780
Creator:  勝川, 春章, 1726-1792
Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793
Measurements:  31.0 x 15.0 cm
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Umbrellas
Karakasa
傘
からかさ
かさ
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

Crane and chicks in a nest on a pine tree  

Publication Date:  circa 1790
Creator:  喜多川, 歌麿, 1753-1806
Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806
Publisher:  Moriya Jihei
Measurements:  34.5 x 23.3 cm
Subjects:  鳥類
Pine
Trees
木
Cranes (Birds)
Chicks
Birds
ツル
マツ
雛
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

新編朝日譚  

Publication Date:  文久3 [1863] = Bunkyū 3 [1863]
Creator:  柳亭種彦, 1783-1842
Ryūtei, Tanehiko, 1783-1842
Utagawa, Yoshiiku, 1833-1904
歌川芳幾, 1833-1904
Publisher:  上州屋重藏 ( 江戸 )
Jōshūya Jūzō ( Edo )
Format:  2 volumes : illustrations ; 18 cm
Subjects:  Japanese fiction -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Kyokun Zenaku Kozō Zoroe  

Publication Date:  1857
Creator:  歌川, 国芳, 1797-1861
Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861
Publisher:  Fujiokaya Keijirō, Yamaguchiya Tōbei
Measurements:  17.0 x 24.0 cm
Subjects:  Boys
少年
Moral education
Shopkeeper
Courtesy
Etiquette
Manners
Shingaku
Clerks
Shop assistants
道徳教育
店主
店員
礼儀
礼儀作法
マナー
心学
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

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

Three geisha carrying momiji branches, with yellow ground  

Publication Date:  circa 1792
Creator:  喜多川, 歌麿, 1753-1806
Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806
Publisher:  Tsutaya Jūzaburō
Measurements:  24.5 x 18.0 cm
Subjects:  Geishas
Japanese maple
Trees
Momiji
芸者
イロハモミジ
紅葉
木
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

曾我兄弟  

Publication Date:  [1910]
Creator:  堤吉兵衛
Tsutsumi, Kichibē
Publisher:  Seiseido Shoten ( Tokyo )
靑盛堂書店 ( 東京都 )
Format:  [16] p. : colour illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects:  日本お伽噺
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

繪本寫寶袋  

Publication Date:  明和 7 [1770] = Meiwa 7 [1770]
Creator:  橘守国, 1679-1748
Tachibana, Morikuni, 1679-1748
Publisher:  秋田屋太右衞門 ... and others ( 大坂 )
Akitaya Taemon ... and others ( Ōsaka )
Format:  9 volumes in 2 volumes : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects:  Painting, Japanese -- Technique
Painting, Japanese -- Themes, motives
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

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