Utagawa Kunisada (1786 - 1864)

鵯越逆落平家落城梶原働図　二枚続
Hiyodorigoe sakaotoshi Heike rakujô Kajiwara ugoki zu, nimai tsuzuki
The Downhill Attack at Hiyodorigoe, the Fall of the Heike Fortress, and the Actions of Kajiwara, a Diptych

(Taira no) Norimori Kajiwara Kagesue Kajiwara Kagetoki signed : Gototei Kunisada ga Gototei Kunisada ga Publisher : Yamamoto-ya Heikichi Yamamoto-ya Heikichi Yamamoto-ya Heikichi Censor : kiwame kiwame kiwame Gyoji seal : Hamamatsu-ya Kosuke Hamamatsu-ya Kosuke Hamamatsu-ya Kosuke Date : 1811, 8th month

missing print Shinshunagon Tomomori

Kumagao Jiro Naozane fighting with Atsumori at the battle of Ichi-no-tani (18 March 1184)

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Kumagao Jiro Naozane Signed : Ichi Yosai Kunisada ga Publisher : Ise-ya Rihei Censor : kiwame Date : c 1815

The historic bout between Kawazu Sukeyasu and Matano Kagehisa

Oba (Saburo) Kagechika Takiguchi Tsunetoshi Signed : Ichi Yusai Kunisada ga Publisher : Ise Mago Date : c 1812

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Battle of Dan no Ura

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Notonokami Tairano Noritsune? signed : Gototei Kunisada ga Publisher : Omi-ya Heihachi Censor : kiwame Date : c 1820

Triptychs depicting the dressing rooms of two theaters

Fukiyamachi Ichimuraza oiri atari furumai gakura no zu
Bustle in the dressing rooms of the sold-out Ichimuraza theatre at Fukiyamachi
Signed : Ichi Yosai Kunisada ga	Kunisada ga	Kunisada ga
Publisher : Nishimura-ya Yohachi	Nishimura-ya Yohachi	Nishimura-ya Yohachi
Censor : kiwame
Gyoji seal : Tsuruya Tanesuke
Date : 1812

View of the dressing rooms of the Nakamura theatre
Signed : Ichi Yosai Kunisada ga	Kunisada ga	Kunisada ga
Publisher : Nishimura-ya Yohachi		Nishimura-ya Yohachi
Censor : kiwame
Gyoji seal : Tsuruya Tanesuke
Date : 1812

Hana no en Murasaki no omokage
Signed : Toyokuni ga	Toyokuni ga	Toyokuni ga
Publisher : Mori-ya Jihei	Mori-ya Jihei	Mori-ya Jihei
Censor : aratame	aratame	aratame
Date : Monkey 1 ? (January 1860)	Monkey 1 ? (January 1860)	Monkey 1 ? (January 1860)

(Left part of a Kabuki diptych) Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Yaegaki Hime in the play Hana no yuki Takeda no Kachi doko perfomed at the Nakamura in March 1850 Signed : Ichi Yosai Toyokuni ga Publisher : Ebisu-ya Shoshichi Censors : Muramatsu/Fuku Shita-uri seal Date : 1850-53

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Left print of a kabuki triptych Signed : Toyokuni ga Publisher : Izimi-ya Ichibei censor : Murata/Kinugasa Date : ox 4 (April 1853)

Missing prints Bando Shuka I as Shiranui daijin in Shiranui monogatari performed at the Kawarazki theatre

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Oto yamakaze wakaba ei The sound of fresh leaves in mountain wind Signed : Toyokuni ga Publisher : Tsuta-ya Kichizo censor : Hama/Magomi

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The play Mei yo jinsei roku performed at the Ichimura in July 1852
Seki Sanjuro III as Yaoya Hanbei Nakamura Kantaro as Arai Michijun Nakayama Ichizo I as Inenoya Jinsuke	Arashi Kichisaburo as Kumokiri Nizaemon Nakamura Kamenojoi as Yome Okei	Sawamura Chojiro V as Inenoya Hanbei Otani Tomoemon IV as do Goke Okan Ichikawa Hirogoro I as Banto Itaroku
Signed : Toyokuni ga	Toyokuni ga	Toyokuni ga
Publisher : Yamamoto-ya Heikichi	Yamamoto-ya Heikichi	Yamamoto-ya Heikichi
censor : Watanabe/Mera	Watanabe/Mera	Watanabe/Mera
Date : rat (1852)	rat (1852)	rat (1852)
Shita-uri seal	Shita-uri seal	Shita-uri seal

(left and middle prints of a bijin triptych)
Signed : Kochoro Toyokuni ga	Signed : Ichi Yosai Toyokuni ga
Publisher : Fujioka-ya Keijiro	Publisher : Fujioka-ya Keijiro
Censor : aratame	aratame
Date : snake 8 (August 1857)	snake 8 (August 1857)

Signed : Kochoro Toyokuni ga Ichi Yosai Toyokuni ga Censor : Murata/Kinugasa Murata/Kinugasa

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Three prints in a series of five depicting the five most important festivals of the year as actors

Actor Bando Hikusaburo V as Shintama no Harugoro Signed : shichi juhassai Toyokuni hitsu Publisher : Ebisu-ya Shoshichi Censor : aratame Date : boar 9 (September 1863)

Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Yayoi Hinataro Signed : shichi juhassai Toyokuni hitsu Publisher : Ebisu-ya Shoshichi Censor : aratame Carver : Shimizu Ruyzo Date : boar 9 (September 1863)

Actor Sawamura Tanosuke as Futatsu Mitsuyoshi Signed : shichi juhassai Toyokuni hitsu Publisher : Ebisu-ya Shoshichi Censor : aratame Carver : Shimizu Ruyzo Date : boar 9 (September 1863)

Tosei Kamban soroi A group of modern-day posters
Nakamura Fukusuke II, Bando Mitsugoro VI	Iwai Shijaku III, Kawarasaki Gonjuro I	Sawamura Tossho II, Ichikawa Kobunji
as Asama Tomoenosuke, Yukun Aishu	as Shirai Gonpachi, ?? Gonbei	as Achikaga Sanshichiro Harutaka, Shoya Matsubee
Signed : shichi juku-sai Toyokuni hitsu	shichi juku-sai Toyokuni hitsu	shichi juku-sai Toyokuni hitsu
Publisher : Hirano-ya Shinzo	Hirano-ya Shinzo	Hirano-ya Shinzo
censor : aratame	aratame	aratame
Date : rat 3 (March 1864)	rat 3 (March 1864)	rat 3 (March 1864)

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(Right part of a Genji triptych) Signed : shichi juku-sai Toyokuni hitsu Publisher : Mori-ya Jihei Censor : aratame Date : ox 12 (December 1865)

Sekitori senryo Nobori The Rise of the 1000 ryo Wrestler performed at the Nakamura in 07/1859
Nakamura Fukusuke I	Kataoka Nizaemon VIII Onoe Kikugoro IV
as Tetsugatake Takuma Dazaemon	as Inagawa Jirokichi as nyobo Otowa
Signed : Toyokuni hitsu	Toyokuni hitsu
Publisher : Aito	Aito
Carver : ?	?
Censor : aratame	aratame
Date : Goat 7 (July 1859)	Goat 7

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Act IV of Sugawara denju tenarai kagami performed at the Ichimura in 09/1828 Bando Mitsugoro III Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Takebe Genzo as Matsuemaru Signed : Gototei Kunisada Gototei Kunisada Publisher : Yamaguchiya Tobei Yamaguchiya Tobei censor : kiwame kiwame Date : (1828)

風流五雁金 Fūryū go karigane 岩井杜若 Iwai Tojaku (= Iwai Hanshiro V) Signed : Gototei Kunisada Publisher : Izumiya Ichibei censor : kiwame Date : (1825)

Other prints in the series (from Waseda, fifth in series missing) Iwai Shijaku Nakamura Karoku Iwai Baiga

東都二丁町 Nichô-machi in the Eastern Capital 顏見也見物の圖 Tôto Nichô-machi Signed : Gototei Kunisada Publisher : Nishimura Yohachi censor : kiwame Date : (1823-25?)

Play: 物草太郎 Mono Gusataro Actor: 坂東三津五郎 Bando Mitsugoro role: 物草太郎 Mono Gusataro Signed: Gototei Kunisada Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi censor: kiwame Date : (3/1825)

無宦太夫敦盛 Taira no Atsumori 熊谷次郎直実 Kumagai Jirō Naozane Signed: Toyokuni Publisher: 丸甚板 Maruya Jinpachi censor seals : Watanabe - Mera (1851-1853) Date : Ox 11 (11/1853)