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[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

Ryūseizu  

Publication Date:  1921
Creator:  Kishida, Ryūsei, 1891-1929
岸田, 劉生, 1891-1929
Leach, Bernard, 1887-1979
Format:  [34] plates : colour illustrations : 35 cm.
Subjects:  Leach, Bernard, 1887-1979
Kishida, Ryūsei, 1891-1929
岸田, 劉生, 1891-1929
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Bernard Howell Leach

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

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

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 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

七種薺物語  

Publication Date:  文政 12 [1829] = Bunsei 12 [1826]
Creator:  Hanasanjin, 1791-1858
鼻山人, 1791-1858
墨川亭雪麿, 1797-1856
Bokusentei, Yukimaro, 1797-1856
池田英泉
Ikeda, Eisen
Publisher:  和泉屋市兵衞 ( 江戶 )
Izumiya Ichibē ( Edo )
Format:  1 volume : illustrations ; 18 x 12 cm
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Hyogo no Kami Yorimasa  

Publication Date:  1858
Creator:  歌川, 芳員, 江戸末期
Utagawa, Yoshikazu, active 1848-1863
Publisher:  Iseya Kanekichi
Subjects:  Inaba province (Japan)
因幡国
Minamoto, Yorimasa, 1104-1180
源, 頼政, 1104-1180
Chairs
椅子
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

造榮櫻叢紙  

Publication Date:  嘉永5 [1852] = Kaei 5 [1852]
Creator:  Utagawa, Yoshitora
Matsuzono, Umehiko
歌川芳虎
松園梅彦
Publisher:  山田屋庄兵衛 ( 江戶 )
Yamadaya Shōbei ( Edo )
Format:  vol.
Subjects:  Japanese fiction -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

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 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

Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke as Sukeroku receiving pipes from courtesans  

Publication Date:  circa 1824/1825
Creator:  歌川, 豊国 3世, 1786-1864
Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865
Publisher:  Kojima or Manjū
Measurements:  21.4 x 25.5 cm
Subjects:  Pipe smoking
Kabuki
Actors
Courtesans
Tobacco pipes
Ichikawa Monnosuke, III
歌舞伎
俳優
懐刀
パイプ (タバコ)
市川門之助 3世
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

忠義の赤垣  

Publication Date:  [1910]
Creator:  堤吉兵衛
Tsutsumi, Kichibē
Publisher:  Seiseido Shoten ( Tokyo )
靑盛堂書店 ( 東京都 )
Format:  [15] : colour illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects:  頑哲迂人編
忠鎭曾四
日本お伽噺
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

繪本寫寶袋  

Publication Date:  享保 5 [1720] = Kyōhō 5 [1720]
Creator:  橘守国, 1679-1748
Tachibana, Morikuni, 1679-1748
Publisher:  澁川清右衛門板 ( 大坂 )
Shibukawa Seiemon han ( Ōsaka )
Format:  9 volumes in 2 volumes : chiefly illustrations (woodcuts) ; 23 cm
Subjects:  Painting, Japanese -- Technique
Painting, Japanese -- Themes, motives
Animals -- Pictorial works
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

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