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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

Four characters of Ōtsu-e Three of them playing Ken, accompanied by shamisen music on a boat  

Publication Date:  circa 1810/1820
Creator:  歌川, 豊広, 1773-1828
Utagawa, Toyohiro, 1773?-1829?
Measurements:  19.2 x 52.0 cm
Subjects:  Boats and boating
Musicians
Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Ōtsu-e
Buddha
Devils
Oni
Koto
Drum
Shamisen
ボート
大津絵
釈迦
悪魔
鬼
箏
太鼓
音楽家
三味線
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

黃表紙十種  

Publication Date:  Taishō 7 [1918]
Creator:  Tsukamoto, Tetsuzō, 1881-1953
塚本哲三, 1881-1953
Publisher:  Yūhōdō ( Tōkyō )
有朋堂 ( 東京 )
Format:  12, 2, 298 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Subjects:  Japanese fiction -- Edo period, 1600-1868
日本の小説 -- 江戸時代, 1600から1868
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

鳥獸畧画式  

Publication Date:  文化癸酉 [1813]
Creator:  Kitao, Masayoshi, 1764-1824
北尾政美, 1764-1824, 1764-1824
Publisher:  名前のない
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  27 cm.
Technique:  colour illustrations
Subjects:  Wood-engraving
カラープリント、日本の - 江戸時代、1600-1868
版画
Wood-engraving, Japanese
Color Prints, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
版画、日本
Birds in art
鳥類
Animals in art
動物
Painting, Japanese
絵画、日本の
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[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
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