Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke as Sukeroku receiving pipes from courtesans

Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke as Sukeroku receiving pipes from courtesans  

Creator:  歌川, 豊国 3世, 1786-1864
Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865
Publication Date: circa 1824/1825
Publisher: Kojima or Manjū
Type: Photograph
Source Institution: SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:  Kabuki
Actors
Courtesans
Pipe smoking
Tobacco pipes
Spatial Coverage:  Asia -- Japan
アジア -- 日本
Genre:  浮世絵
Ukiyo-e
Language: Japanese
Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke as Sukeroku receiving pipes from courtesans
Actor Ichikawa Omezō as a woodsman, carrying a bundle of faggots on his back and holding a pipe in his right hand

Actor Ichikawa Omezō as a woodsman, carrying a bundle of faggots on his back and holding a pipe in his right hand  

Creator:  歌川, 豊国 3世, 1786-1864
Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865
Publication Date: 1804
Publisher: Tsurukin
Type: Photograph
Source Institution: SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:  Kabuki
Actors
Woodsmen
Faggots
Pipe smoking
Spatial Coverage:  Asia -- Japan
アジア -- 日本
Genre:  浮世絵
Ukiyo-e
Language: Japanese
Actor Ichikawa Omezō as a woodsman, carrying a bundle of faggots on his back and holding a pipe in his right hand
Actor Sawamura Shirōgorō I (?) with a large pipe in his hand

Actor Sawamura Shirōgorō I (?) with a large pipe in his hand  

Creator:  勝川, 春章, 1726-1792
Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793
Publication Date: circa 1788
Type: Photograph
Source Institution: SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:  Kabuki
Actors
Sawamura Shirogorō, 1741-1818
Pipe smoking
Tobacco pipes
Spatial Coverage:  Asia -- Japan
アジア -- 日本
Genre:  浮世絵
Ukiyo-e
Language: Japanese
Actor Sawamura Shirōgorō I (?) with a large pipe in his hand
An old man and an old woman playing at neck tug-of-war

An old man and an old woman playing at neck tug-of-war  

Creator:  歌川, 国芳, 1797-1861
Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861
Publication Date: circa 1850
Publisher: Tama-Sō
Type: Photograph
Source Institution: SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:  Tug of war (Game)
Men
Women
Horses
Foxes
Spatial Coverage:  Asia -- Japan
アジア -- 日本
Genre:  浮世絵
Ukiyo-e
Language: Japanese
An old man and an old woman playing at neck tug-of-war
うんすんかるた抄<br />( 2 volumes )
うんすんかるた抄  

Publication Date: 1967
Publisher: 山口文化会館 : 滴翠美術館, 昭和 42 Yamaguchi Bunka Kaikan ; Tekisui Bijutuskan, Shōwa 42
Type: Book
Source Institution: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:  Card games
Playing cards
Utagaruta (Game)
トランプ
うたがるた(ゲーム)
Spatial Coverage: Asia -- Japan
Language:  Japanese
English
うんすんかるた抄
( 2 volumes )
Great Britain. Foreign Office.  Diplomatic and Consular Reports.<br />( 2 volumes )
Great Britain. Foreign Office. Diplomatic and Consular Reports.  

Creator: Great Britain. Foreign Office.
Publication Date: 1907
Publisher: Harrison & Sons
Type: serial
Source Institution: SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:  アジア -- 日本
Paper mills
製紙工場
せいしこうじょう
Spatial Coverage: Asia -- Japan
Genre:  Government Document
serial (sobekcm)
Language: English
Great Britain. Foreign Office. Diplomatic and Consular Reports.
( 2 volumes )
Japanese katana sword fighter

Japanese katana sword fighter  

Creator: [unknown creator]
Publication Date: [n.d.]
Type: Photograph
Format: 1 painting
Source Institution: SOAS University of London
Holding Location: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:  Swordsmen
Swords
日本刀

かたな
Spatial Coverage:  Asia -- Japan
アジア -- 日本
Language: Japanese
Japanese katana sword fighter
Japanese samurai warrior on beach

Japanese samurai warrior on beach  

Creator: [unknown creator]
Publication Date: [n.d.]
Type: Photograph
Format: 1 painting
Source Institution: SOAS University of London
Holding Location: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:  Swordsmen
Swords
日本刀

かたな
Spatial Coverage:  Asia -- Japan
アジア -- 日本
Language: Japanese
Japanese samurai warrior on beach
Letter from [a lady], 11 February 1821

Letter from [a lady], 11 February 1821  

Publication Date: 1821
Type: Mixed Material
Source Institution: SOAS University of London
Holding Location: Special Collections
Subject Keyword:  Missions
Finance
金融
アジア -- 日本 -- 沖縄 --うるま市
Spatial Coverage: Asia -- Japan -- Okinawa -- Uruma Shi
Letter from [a lady], 11 February 1821
Two Boys playing blind-man's bluff, watched by a woman through a screen

Two Boys playing blind-man's bluff, watched by a woman through a screen  

Creator:  喜多川, 歌麿, 1753-1806
Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806
Publication Date: circa 1802
Publisher: Tsuruyn Kiemon
Type: Photograph
Source Institution: SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:  Boys
Games
Play
Blind man's bluff
少年
Spatial Coverage:  Asia -- Japan
アジア -- 日本
Genre:  浮世絵
Ukiyo-e
Language: Japanese
Two Boys playing blind-man's bluff, watched by a woman through a screen
'Voyage au Japon, par le colonel d'état-major Du Pin, chef du service topographique en Chine'

'Voyage au Japon, par le colonel d'état-major Du Pin, chef du service topographique en Chine'  

Creator: Du Pin, Charles-Louis-Désiré 1814-1868 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date: 1862
Type: Book
Format: 2; 387 pages; 33 cm
Source Institution: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:  Travel in literature
文学における地理学
Geography in literature
旅行文学
Littérature de voyage
Spatial Coverage:  Asia -- Japan
Asie -- Japon
アジア -- 日本
Language: French
'Voyage au Japon, par le colonel d'état-major Du Pin, chef du service topographique en Chine'
佐州 善智鳥神事 盆踊 圖

佐州 善智鳥神事 盆踊 圖  

Creator: [S.n.]
Publication Date: [明治時代 = Meiji Era]
Type: Photograph
Source Institution: SOAS University of London
Holding Location: Art and Image Collection
Donor: Tatsuyuki TAKANO (高野辰之, 1876-1947
Subject Keyword:  Folk dancing
Dancers
Dance
Ullambana
Obon
Spatial Coverage:  Asia -- Japan -- Sashū Province
Asia -- Japan -- Niigata Prefecture -- Sado Province -- Utō Shrine
アジア -- 日本 -- 新潟県 -- 佐渡国
アジア -- 日本 -- にいがたけん -- さどし -- うとうじんじゃ
Language:  English
Japanese
佐州 善智鳥神事 盆踊 圖
前田本枕草子解說<br />( 6 volumes )
前田本枕草子解說  

Creator:  清少納言, 平安時代
Sei Shōnagon, approximately 967-
Type: Book
Format: 34 p. ; 22 cm.
Source Institution: SOAS, Univerity of London
Subject Keyword:  Japan -- Court and courtiers
Japan -- Social life and customs
Manners and customs
Court and courtiers
朝廷
Spatial Coverage:  Asia -- Japan -- Kyoto
アジア -- 日本 -- 京都
Genre:  Diaries
日記
Language: Japanese
前田本枕草子解說
( 6 volumes )