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[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

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

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

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

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

Chiwakagani tsukino nurakumo  

Publication Date:  circa 1795/1796
Creator:  喜多川, 歌麿, 1753-1806
Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806
Publisher:  Enshū-ya
Measurements:  39.0 x 26.5 cm
Subjects:  Servants
Letters
Household employees
Letter writing
Domestic workers
手紙
家庭内労働者
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

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

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

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

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

[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

[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

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

[Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V as Kanpere Monbei in the kabuki play "Sukeroku yukari no Edozakura" performed in 1782 at Ichimura theatre]  

Publication Date:  1782
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
Ichimura-za
市村座
Ichimura theatre
助六由縁江戸桜
Sukeroku yukari no Edo-zakura
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
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