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佐州 善智鳥神事 盆踊 圖  

Publication Date:  [明治時代 = Meiji Era]
Creator:  [S.n.]
Technique:  Watercolour painting
Subjects:  Dance
Dancers
Folk dancing
Ullambana
Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies
Shinto -- Rituals
うとうじんじゃ
Utō shrine
盆踊
神道の儀式
神道 -- 儀式
Obon
Bon
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Tatsuyuki TAKANO (高野辰之, 1876-1947

[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

前田本枕草子解說  

Creator:  清少納言, 平安時代
Sei Shōnagon, approximately 967-
Format:  34 p. ; 22 cm.
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  マナー
Japan -- Court and courtiers
Japan -- Social life and customs
Manners and customs
Court and courtiers
朝廷
廷臣
殿上人
ごちそうさま
日本 -- 朝廷
日本 -- マナー
日本 -- 殿上人
平安時代
Source Institution:  SOAS, Univerity 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

Commemorative portrait of the actor Sawamura Sōjūro III on his death  

Publication Date:  1812
Creator:  歌川, 豊国 3世, 1786-1864
Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865
Publisher:  Nishimuraya Yahachi
Measurements:  37.7 x 25.9 cm
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Sawamura Sōjūro, 1753-1801
沢村, 宗十郎 3世, 1753-1801
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V a Gokuin Sen-emon, 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
Ichikawa, Danjūrō, 1741-1806
市川, 団十郎 5世, 1741-1806
Karigane gonin otoko
雁金五人男
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

乃木大将  

Publication Date:  [1916]
Creator:  堤吉兵衛
Tsutsumi, Kichibē
Publisher:  Seiseido Shoten ( Tokyo )
靑盛堂書店 ( 東京都 )
Format:  [8] p. : colour illustrations ; 21.5 cm
Subjects:  Nogi, Maresuke, 1849-1912
乃木, 希典, 1849-1912
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

Yukari no hana tabiji no omokage  

Publication Date:  circa 1850
Creator:  歌川, 豊国 3世, 1786-1864
Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865
Publisher:  Ebisuya
Measurements:  35.7 x 24.7 cm
Subjects:  Aristocracy (Social class)
貴族制
Fuji, Mount (Japan)
Mount Fuji (Japan)
富士山
Ariwara, Narihira, 825-880
Mitate Narihira Azuma kudari
在原, 業平, 825-880
見立業平東下り
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

椿說弓張月  

Publication Date:  明治16年[1883] = Meiji 16 [1883]
Creator:  曲亭, 馬琴, 1767-1848
Takizawa, Bakin, 1767-1848
滝沢馬琴, 1767-1848
Publisher:  東亰稗史出版社 ( 東京 )
Tōkyō Haishi Shuppansha ( Tōkyō )
Format:  10 volumes
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  源為朝, 1139-1170 -- フィクション
Minamoto, Tametomo, 1139-1170 -- Fiction
Japanese prose literature -- Meiji period
Japanese literature -- Meiji period
日本文学 -- 明治期
日本の文学文献 -- 明治期
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

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.

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

椿說弓張月  

Publication Date:  明治16年[1883] = Meiji 16 [1883]
Creator:  曲亭, 馬琴, 1767-1848
Takizawa, Bakin, 1767-1848
滝沢馬琴, 1767-1848
Publisher:  東亰稗史出版社 ( 東京 )
Tōkyō Haishi Shuppansha ( Tōkyō )
Format:  10 volumes
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  源為朝, 1139-1170 -- フィクション
Minamoto, Tametomo, 1139-1170 -- Fiction
Japanese prose literature -- Meiji period
Japanese literature -- Meiji period
日本文学 -- 明治期
日本の文学文献 -- 明治期
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

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