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  • Actors in a confrontation by a river from a contemporary drama. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.
  • A courtly young man grapples with an assailant: his woman companion reacts with shock as she hides her face (Chapter 46, beneath the oak, from the 'Tale of genji'). Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.
  • Prince Genji and a girl by a garden pond at night, standing next to a flare burning on a stand. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.
  • Courtesan Mori Murasaki of the brothel Kimpei Daikoku in the New Yoshiwara (licensed quarters), slides open a screen and looks at her child attendant. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1870.
  • Japanese masks: six masks, including two representing a dog and a demon, with an old man shown to their left. Colour woodcut with pop-up flaps on strings, 1860/1920?.
  • A child attendant for a courtesan in a brothel holds a western watch and looks towards the client. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1870.
  • Scene from the fable of Momotaro (Peach child): the woodcutter's wife finds the peach in the river. Colour woodcut attributed to Kunisada II, 1850/1870 (?).
  • A samurai on horseback with his retainers ready to launch themselves into a fight; with a snowy urban scene behind. Colour woodcut by Kunimasa III, 1847/1850.
  • Three actors in a scene from a contemporary drama. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.
  • Actors in role: mayhem as a woman travelling in a sedan chair is attacked by women warriors. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1860.
  • An elegant, Gunji-like figure, punting a boat through water-lilies: a woman and child in the boat look at the blossoms. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1860.
  • Two attendants are warming sake on a fire of autumn leaves; a woman stands like an apparition between them, holding the sake bottle. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.
  • A cat (?) on a leash carries a letter from a princess who has pulled aside a screen to gaze on the young man to whom she sends the letter; he holds a ball used in the courtly form of football. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.
  • Genji holds a painted fan: the young woman at the elegant table is about to paint a fan: the older woman holds up a painted screen panel, perhaps providing the girl with a model; everything is elegant and fashionable. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.
  • Actors in scenes from the play 'A treasury of loyal retainers' by Chushingura. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1856.
  • Above, Nihonbashi bridge, Tokyo, crowded with traffic and pedestrians; below, Kaiunbashi Kabutorchō (?) House and the First National Bank building. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, ca. 1870.
  • Actors in role: a samurai confronts a Buddhist deity on the back of a giant wild boar. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1860.
  • Actors in role: an old man and a young man beneath a flowering cherry tree, with a large dog behind. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1860.
  • Japanese masks: six masks, including two representing a dog and a demon, with an old man shown to their left. Colour woodcut with pop-up flaps on strings, 1860/1920?.
  • Genji and a boy attendant outside a house on a moonlit night. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.
  • In an elegantly furnished room, a courtly young man pulls on a boy page's sleeve; a woman looks on from the next room. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.