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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

Actors of the Kabuki stage  

Creator:  勝川, 春英, 1762-1819
Katsukawa, Shunʼei, 1762-1819
Format:  1 album, each sheet H31 x W14.5 cm
Measurements:  31.0 x 14.0 (each sheet)
Technique:  Ukiyoe print, Hosoban format
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

頑哲迂人編  

Publication Date:  [1910]
Creator:  堤吉兵衛
Tsutsumi, Kichibē
Publisher:  Seiseido Shoten ( Tokyo )
Subjects:  日本お伽噺
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

佐州 善智鳥神事 盆踊 圖  

Publication Date:  [明治時代 = Meiji Era]
Creator:  [S.n.]
Technique:  Watercolour painting
Subjects:  Dance
Dancers
Folk dancing
Ullambana
Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies
Shinto -- Rituals
うとうじんじゃ
Utō shrine
盆踊
神道の儀式
神道 -- 儀式
Obon
Bon
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London
Donor:  Tatsuyuki TAKANO (高野辰之, 1876-1947

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

Crane and chicks in a nest on a pine tree  

Publication Date:  circa 1790
Creator:  喜多川, 歌麿, 1753-1806
Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806
Publisher:  Moriya Jihei
Measurements:  34.5 x 23.3 cm
Subjects:  鳥類
Pine
Trees
木
Cranes (Birds)
Chicks
Birds
ツル
マツ
雛
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

造榮櫻叢紙  

Publication Date:  嘉永5 [1852] = Kaei 5 [1852]
Creator:  Utagawa, Yoshitora
Matsuzono, Umehiko
歌川芳虎
松園梅彦
Publisher:  山田屋庄兵衛 ( 江戶 )
Yamadaya Shōbei ( Edo )
Format:  vol.
Subjects:  Japanese fiction -- Edo period, 1600-1868
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

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

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

Three geisha carrying momiji branches, with yellow ground  

Publication Date:  circa 1792
Creator:  喜多川, 歌麿, 1753-1806
Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806
Publisher:  Tsutaya Jūzaburō
Measurements:  24.5 x 18.0 cm
Subjects:  Geishas
Japanese maple
Trees
Momiji
芸者
イロハモミジ
紅葉
木
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

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

曾我兄弟  

Publication Date:  [1910]
Creator:  堤吉兵衛
Tsutsumi, Kichibē
Publisher:  Seiseido Shoten ( Tokyo )
靑盛堂書店 ( 東京都 )
Format:  [16] p. : colour illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects:  日本お伽噺
Source Institution:  SOAS University of London

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