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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

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

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

Yukari no hana tabiji no omokage  

Publication Date:  circa 1850
Creator:  歌川, 豊国 3世, 1786-1864
Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865
Publisher:  Ebisuya
Measurements:  35.7 x 24.7 cm
Subjects:  Aristocracy (Social class)
貴族制
Fuji, Mount (Japan)
Mount Fuji (Japan)
富士山
Ariwara, Narihira, 825-880
Mitate Narihira Azuma kudari
在原, 業平, 825-880
見立業平東下り
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

繪本寫寶袋  

Publication Date:  明和 7 [1770] = Meiwa 7 [1770]
Creator:  橘守国, 1679-1748
Tachibana, Morikuni, 1679-1748
Publisher:  秋田屋太右衞門 ... and others ( 大坂 )
Akitaya Taemon ... and others ( Ōsaka )
Format:  9 volumes in 2 volumes : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects:  Painting, Japanese -- Technique
Painting, Japanese -- Themes, motives
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

People visiting a shrine to offer prayers  

Publication Date:  circa 1850
Creator:  歌川, 国盛 2世
Utagawa, Kunimori, active 1839-1868
Publisher:  Wakamatsu
Measurements:  36.8 x 24.4 cm
Subjects:  Shrines
神社
Prayers
祈り
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

早く 決めたい  

Publication Date:  1852
Creator:  歌川, 国芳, 1797-1861
Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861
Publisher:  Sanoki
Measurements:  34.4 x 24.8 cm
Subjects:  Women
Fishing
女性
Octopuses
Fortune-telling
売卜
Cats
漁
タコ
占い
ネコ
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

繪本寫寶袋  

Publication Date:  享保 5 [1720] = Kyōhō 5 [1720]
Creator:  橘守国, 1679-1748
Tachibana, Morikuni, 1679-1748
Publisher:  澁川清右衛門板 ( 大坂 )
Shibukawa Seiemon han ( Ōsaka )
Format:  9 volumes in 2 volumes : chiefly illustrations (woodcuts) ; 23 cm
Subjects:  Painting, Japanese -- Technique
Painting, Japanese -- Themes, motives
Animals -- Pictorial works
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

前田本枕草子解說  

Creator:  清少納言, 平安時代
Sei Shōnagon, approximately 967-
Format:  34 p. ; 22 cm.
Material:  Paper
Subjects:  マナー
Japan -- Court and courtiers
Japan -- Social life and customs
Manners and customs
Court and courtiers
朝廷
廷臣
殿上人
ごちそうさま
日本 -- 朝廷
日本 -- マナー
日本 -- 殿上人
平安時代
Source Institution:  SOAS, Univerity 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

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

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

東都両国之風景  

Publication Date:  1840
Creator:  昇亭, 北寿, 1763-1824?
Shōtei Hokuju, 1763-1824?
昇亭北壽
Publisher:  Yamamoto-ya Heikichi
Measurements:  24.7 x 35.8 cm
Subjects:  Ryōgoku (Tokyo, Japan)
両国
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

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