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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

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

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

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

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

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

Agriculture  

Publication Date:  Late 19th century
Measurements:  27.9 x 18.7 cm
Subjects:  Rice
Agriculture
Rice paddies
Irrigation
農業
水田
米
灌漑
米の生産
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Actors Ichikawa Danjurō, Iwai Hanshirō IV, and Nakamura Rikō I, standing in front of a shrine corridor  

Publication Date:  circa 1795
Creator:  勝川, 春英, 1762-1819
Katsukawa, Shunʼei, 1762-1819
Measurements:  31.0 x 15.3 (right), 31.0 x 15.0 (center), 31.0 x 13.9 (left) cm
Subjects:  Shrines
Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Ichikawa, Danjūrō, 1741-1806
市川, 団十郎 5世, 1741-1806
Nakamura Rikō, 1742-1786
中村里好 1世, 1742-1786
Iwai Hanshirō IV
岩井, 半四郎 4世
神社
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

[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

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 Ichikawa Yaozō as Tachibanaya Hachirōbei and Segawa Kikunojō as Hamoya Otsuma in the play is "Awase Kosode Chishio no Some iro" performed in 1799 at Ichimura theatre  

Publication Date:  1799
Creator:  歌川, 豊国 3世, 1786-1864
Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865
Publisher:  Nishimuraya Yohachi
Measurements:  39.0 x 26.0 cm
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Ichikawa Yaozō, 1735-1777
Segawa Kikunojō, 1751-1810
瀬川, 菊之丞 3世, 1751-1810
Ichimura-za
市村座
Awase Kosode Chishio no Some iro
Ichimura theatre
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Noble lady musician with a hand drum sitting in a boat  

Publication Date:  circa 1850
Measurements:  21.2 x 25.7 cm
Subjects:  Boats and boating
Musicians
Drum
ボート
太鼓
音楽家
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

頑哲迂人編  

Publication Date:  [1910]
Creator:  堤吉兵衛
Tsutsumi, Kichibē
Publisher:  Seiseido Shoten ( Tokyo )
Subjects:  日本お伽噺
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

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