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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

[Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II in the role cf a townsman's wife]  

Publication Date:  circa 1782
Creator:  勝川, 春好, 1743-1812
Katsukawa, Shunkō, 1743-1812
Subjects:  Women
Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
女性
Wives
妻
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

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

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

[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

[Actor Segawa Kikunojō III as Omiwa in the kabuki play "Imose Yama onna teikin"]  

Publication Date:  circa 1778
Creator:  勝川, 春章, 1726-1792
Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Segawa Kikunojō, 1751-1810
瀬川, 菊之丞 3世, 1751-1810
Imoseyama onna teikin
妹背山
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

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

Publication Date:  1804
Creator:  歌川, 豊国 3世, 1786-1864
Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865
Publisher:  Tsurukin
Measurements:  38.5 x 26.0 cm
Subjects:  Pipe smoking
Kabuki
Actors
Tobacco pipes
歌舞伎
俳優
パイプ (タバコ)
Woodsmen
Faggots
Sticks
Ichikawa Omezō
分枝
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke as Sukeroku receiving pipes from courtesans  

Publication Date:  circa 1824/1825
Creator:  歌川, 豊国 3世, 1786-1864
Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865
Publisher:  Kojima or Manjū
Measurements:  21.4 x 25.5 cm
Subjects:  Pipe smoking
Kabuki
Actors
Courtesans
Tobacco pipes
Ichikawa Monnosuke, III
歌舞伎
俳優
懐刀
パイプ (タバコ)
市川門之助 3世
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V]  

Publication Date:  circa 1794
Creator:  勝川, 春英, 1762-1819
Katsukawa, Shunʼei, 1762-1819
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Ichikawa, Danjūrō, 1741-1806
市川, 団十郎 5世, 1741-1806
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

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 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
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