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[Actor Osagawa Tsuneyo III]  

Publication Date:  circa 1784
Creator:  勝川, 春好, 1743-1812
Katsukawa, Shunkō, 1743-1812
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Osagawa Tsuneyo, fl. 1792-1813
小佐川常世 3世, 1792-1813の栄え
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

Tōto Kinryūzan Asakusa-dera no zu  

Publication Date:  1840's
Creator:  昇亭, 北寿, 1763-1824?
Shōtei Hokuju, 1763-1824?
昇亭北壽
Publisher:  Yamamoto-ya Heikichi
Measurements:  24.8 x 36.0 cm
Subjects:  Shrines
Asakusa Shrine (Tokyo, Japan)
神社
浅草神社
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

亜墨利加国賑之図  

Publication Date:  1861
Creator:  歌川, 広重 2世, 1826-1869
Utagawa, Hiroshige, 1826?-1869
Publisher:  Yamajin
Measurements:  36.4 x 25.0 cm
Subjects:  Towns
Cities and towns
United States
都市と町
町
都市
アメリカ合衆国
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

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

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

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

Actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II in the role of a young girl  

Publication Date:  circa 1783
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
Osagawa Tsuneyo, 1753-1808
Girls
小佐川常世 2世, 1753-1808
少女
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Waka Murasaki nenju gyoji no uchi, Minazuki  

Publication Date:  1849/1850
Creator:  歌川, 豊国 3世, 1786-1864
Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865
Publisher:  Ebisuya
Measurements:  35.7 x 24.7 cm
Subjects:  Moon
Boats and boating
Princes
Gardens
月
ボート
Aristocracy (Social class)
貴族制
Princesses
Ponds
プリンス
プリンセス
池
庭園
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Burning of Sanjo Palace  

Publication Date:  Early-17th century
Measurements:  H23.5 x W17.05 cm
Subjects:  Japan -- History -- Hōgen and Heiji Insurrections, 1156-1159
平氏
Taira family
Sanjō Palace (Kyoto, Japan)
Heiji monogatari
Hōgen monogatari
lcsh
アジア -- 日本 -- 京都 -- 京都 -- 三条パレス
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Ex-collection Mrs. J.J. O’Brien-Sexton; SOAS purchase 1941.

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

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

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