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Children in traditional dress, playing ball on a verandah overlooking a garden. Colour woodcut by Chikanobu, 1883.
Hashimoto, Chikanobu, 1838-1912.Date: 1883Reference: 37184i
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A Genji parody scene; a modern dress Genji with two women and two children view exotic fish in an ornate basin. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, early 1870s.
Toyohara, Kunichika, 1835-1900.Date: [early 1870s]Reference: 36759i
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Attendants bringing bedding and a basin to a pavilion erected in a large, private garden. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1861.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: Month 2, 1861Reference: 36724i
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Preparations for the New Year; a girl holds a child on a verandah as they watch menservants pounding rice into paste (mochi); a woman servant with her sleeves tied up, pours rice. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1854.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: 1854Reference: 36915i
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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.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1823-1880.Date: 1857Reference: 36770i
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Prince Genji, elegantly attired in modern dress is seated with a young woman who holds his sword; in the room beind are silkworm feeding trays. Colour woodcut by Fusatane, 1865.
Fusatane (Utagawa Seima), active 1849-1870.Date: Month 8, 1865Reference: 36789i
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A woman setting a wall clock. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1847/1848.
Utagawa, Yoshitora, active 1850-1870.Date: 1847/1848Reference: 36893i
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A woman carries a fan box and other boxes, delivering goods from the shop in the background, at Atami station. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830/1835.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: [1830/1835]Reference: 37063i
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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.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1823-1880.Date: 1857Reference: 36773i
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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.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1823-1880.Date: 1857Reference: 36780i
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A woman in parody of a dashing young hero, carries a sword and flute at the station of Hara. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830/1835.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: [1830/1835]Reference: 37053i
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An elegantly dressed girl in a long-sleeved kimono with a miniature fan, looks upon maple and pine branches on a table. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, ca. 1850.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: [1850?]Reference: 36765i
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A woman from the Ohara village resting on a bundle of firewood, at the Kakegawa station. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830/1835.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: [1830/1835]Reference: 37055i
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A kneeling woman in a broad straw hat, holding a pipe; a shamisen rests against the reed fence to the right; the view behind is a view of Fuji from Mukōjima. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1854.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: 1854Reference: 36722i
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A girl pretending to be frightened by a boy in a fox mask. Colour woodcut by Yamamoto Shōun, 1906.
Yamamoto, Shōkoku, 1870-1965.Date: 1906Reference: 36860i
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A courtesan promenading under cherry trees of the Yoshiwara, accompanied by her child attendant. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1859.
Utagawa, Yoshitora, active 1850-1870.Date: 1859Reference: 36646i
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A woman as a pilgrim at the Yoshiwara station. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830/1835.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: [1830/1835]Reference: 37054i
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A girl in a long-sleeved kimono and playful hair ornaments with a boy who holds a puppet of a feudal lord's standard bearer; behind is Nihon-bashi in Edo. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1854.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: Month 7, 1854Reference: 36880i
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A courtesan promenading under cherry trees of the Yoshiwara, accompanied by her child attendant. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1859.
Utagawa, Yoshitora, active 1850-1870.Date: 1859Reference: 36647i
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A Japanese woman. Colour woodcut, 19--.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 730504i
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On the right the woman with clappers is seated on the Kabuki stage; a female role actor plays the young princess to the left. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1860.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: 1860Reference: 36688i
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A standing girl is fixing a plectrum to her fingers in order to play the koto, which is lying beside her. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1858.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: 1858Reference: 36666i
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Genji and a boy attendant outside a house on a moonlit night. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1823-1880.Date: 1857Reference: 36769i
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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.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1823-1880.Date: 1857Reference: 36774i
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The great third avenue bridge in Kyoto (Kyō Sanjō ōhashi); women from Ohara, a village outside Kyoto, bringing firewood to the capital. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830/1835.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: [1830/1835]Reference: 37065i

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Children in traditional dress, playing ball on a verandah overlooking a garden. Colour woodcut by Chikanobu, 1883.

A Genji parody scene; a modern dress Genji with two women and two children view exotic fish in an ornate basin. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, early 1870s.

Attendants bringing bedding and a basin to a pavilion erected in a large, private garden. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1861.

Preparations for the New Year; a girl holds a child on a verandah as they watch menservants pounding rice into paste (mochi); a woman servant with her sleeves tied up, pours rice. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1854.

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.

Prince Genji, elegantly attired in modern dress is seated with a young woman who holds his sword; in the room beind are silkworm feeding trays. Colour woodcut by Fusatane, 1865.

A woman setting a wall clock. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1847/1848.

A woman carries a fan box and other boxes, delivering goods from the shop in the background, at Atami station. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830/1835.

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.

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.

A woman in parody of a dashing young hero, carries a sword and flute at the station of Hara. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830/1835.

An elegantly dressed girl in a long-sleeved kimono with a miniature fan, looks upon maple and pine branches on a table. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, ca. 1850.

A woman from the Ohara village resting on a bundle of firewood, at the Kakegawa station. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830/1835.

A kneeling woman in a broad straw hat, holding a pipe; a shamisen rests against the reed fence to the right; the view behind is a view of Fuji from Mukōjima. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1854.

A girl pretending to be frightened by a boy in a fox mask. Colour woodcut by Yamamoto Shōun, 1906.

A courtesan promenading under cherry trees of the Yoshiwara, accompanied by her child attendant. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1859.

A woman as a pilgrim at the Yoshiwara station. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830/1835.

A girl in a long-sleeved kimono and playful hair ornaments with a boy who holds a puppet of a feudal lord's standard bearer; behind is Nihon-bashi in Edo. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1854.

A courtesan promenading under cherry trees of the Yoshiwara, accompanied by her child attendant. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1859.

A Japanese woman. Colour woodcut, 19--.

On the right the woman with clappers is seated on the Kabuki stage; a female role actor plays the young princess to the left. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1860.

A standing girl is fixing a plectrum to her fingers in order to play the koto, which is lying beside her. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1858.

Genji and a boy attendant outside a house on a moonlit night. 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.

The great third avenue bridge in Kyoto (Kyō Sanjō ōhashi); women from Ohara, a village outside Kyoto, bringing firewood to the capital. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830/1835.