Format: Horizontal ōban

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Characters from Ōtsu-e Folk Paintings Dancing the Bon-odori
(Ōtsu-e no Bon-odori)
大津画の盆踊
Date: 1847-52 (Kōka 4-Kaei 5)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudō)
Illustrated in Strange (opposite p.154)
MFA, BM
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Decorative Paper with Seals and Small Pictures
印と小絵 (千代紙)
Aizuri-e print
MFA
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The Salt Gatherers Matsukaze and Murasame
汐組松風村雨
Date: 1832-34 (Tenpō 3-5)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudō)
MFA
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The Salt Gatherers Matsukaze and Murasame
汐組松風村雨
Aizuri-e print
Date: 1832-34 (Tenpō 3-5)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudō)
MFA

Format: Horizontal aiban

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Characters from Ôtsu-e Folk Paintings Taking Shelter from Rain
大津画の雨宿り
MFA
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The Nō Play Sumidagawa
謡曲隅田川
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudō)
Possibly a trimmed fan print (20.1 x 34.8 cm)
MFA

Format: Vertical ōban

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Shell Craftwork Displayed in Asakusa Temple Grounds
(Asakusa okuyama kai saiku)
浅草奥山貝細工
Date: 1820 (Bunsei 3)
Publisher: Yama-Ka
MFA
Ukiyo-e shūka 14
p.253 #18.3
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The Seven Gods of Good Fortune in a New Year Parody of the Soga Brothers
(Mitate shichifukujin hatsuharu Soga)
見立七福神初春曽我
Publisher: Fujiokaya Hikotarō (Shōgendō)
MFA
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Determining [Good and Bad Luck According to] the Great Monad [the North Star], in the Manner of Abe Seimei
(Seimei ryū Taichi [=Taiitsu] jōbun no koto)
清明流太乙定分の事
Date: 1847-52 (Kōka 4-Kaei 5)
Publisher: Jōshūya Kinzō
MFA
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A Shishi Cub Being Taught to Scale a Vertical Cliff
Date: ~1839-40
Publisher: Sanoki
Japanese Prints London
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Tsurezuregusa Kyoe-sho
Date: ~1843-45
Publisher: Tako
BM
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Shōjō Dancing
(Shōjō mai no zu)
猩々舞之図
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendō)
MFA
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Untitled
Date: late1810s
CHZ
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Dogs and Emergency: Ill Man; Shojo and Turtle Stealing Sake from an Errand Boy
Date: ~1840-42
CHZ

Format: Vertical aiban

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Fox Dancing before a Fox Trap in the Kyōgen Play Tsurigitsune
釣狐
Date: 1835-40 (mid Tenpō era)
Publisher: Aritaya Seiemon
MFA
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Fox Dancing before a Fox Trap in the Kyōgen Play Tsurigitsune
釣狐
Aizuri-e print
Date: 1835-40 (mid Tenpō era)
Publisher: Aritaya Seiemon
MFA
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Fox Dancing before a Fox Trap in the Kyōgen Play Tsurigitsune
釣狐
Sumizuri with usuzumi print
Date: 1835-40 (mid Tenpō era)
Publisher: Aritaya Seiemon
MFA

Format: Vertical chūban

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Dancers under Pine Tree
(Matsu no shita ni odori)
松の下に踊り
MFA
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Pekinese Dog with Ball
(Chin to temari)
狆と手鞠
MFA
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Ono no Tôfû (?) and Frogs under Willow Tree
柳の下に小野道風(?)と蛙
MFA
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Bridge Pilings and Boats in Snow
Sumizuri with usuzumi print
MFA
Ukiyo-e shūka 14
p.237 #29.5
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Shirabyōshi Dancer in a Boat
(Asazumabune)
Sumizuri with usuzumi print
MFA
Ukiyo-e shūka 14
p.237 #30.5
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Ferry Boats Crossing a Mountain Gorge
山峡の船渡り
Publisher: Aritaya Seiemon
MFA
Ukiyo-e shūka 14
p.238 #15.7
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Landscape with Mountains and Sailboats
山水
MFA
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Landscape with Mountains and Sailboats
山水
Sumizuri with usuzumi print
Publisher: Aritaya Seiemon
MFA
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Dancers under Pine Tree
松の下に踊り
MFA
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Woman with Firewood Bundle Resting by Pine Shoots
大原女
Publisher: Aritaya Seiemon
MFA
Ukiyo-e shūka 14
p.238 #15.5?
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Woman with Firewood Bundle Resting by Pine Shoots
大原女
Aizuri-e print
Publisher: Aritaya Seiemon
MFA
Ukiyo-e shūka 14
p.238 #15.5?

Format: Ō-tanzaku

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Dragon in Clouds
雲竜
Date: 1830-39 (Tenpō 1-10)
MFA, AIC
Ukiyo-e shūka 14
p.241 #4.5?
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Dragon in Clouds
雲竜
Date: 1847-52 (Kōka 4-Kaei 5)
MFA, BM
Ukiyo-e shūka 14
p.241 #9.4

Format: Ko-tanzaku

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Woman of Ōhara Carrying Firewood in Snow
雪中大原女
MFA

Envelope Prints

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Shinto Drum Under Maples
(Envelope)
Date: ~1840
BM
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Parakeet on Branch
(Envelope)
Date: ~1840
BM
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Hand Shadow of Boatman
(Envelope)
AIC
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Landscape
(Envelope)
AIC
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Woman Behind Sliding Screens
(Envelope)
AIC
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Hibiscus
(Envelope)
AIC
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Three Envelopes Mounted to Form a Triptych of Landscapes
MFA

Board Games (Sugoroku)

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Board Game of the Roads to the Ise Shrine and to Kyoto in a Single View
(Sangû jôkyô dôchû ichiran sugoroku)
参宮上京道中一覧双六
Date: 1857 (Ansei 4)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizō (Kōeidō)
Format: 72 x 72 cm
MFA
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Votive Hand Towels for Gods and Buddhas
Format: 44.3 x 32.6 cm
CHZ
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A Travel Game with Famous Places in Japan and Haiku
Date: ~1850
Format: 47.9 x 33.5 cm
CHZ

Book Wrappers

Format: around 18 x 13 cm

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Wrapper for the book Edo miyage nihen (Souvenirs of Edo, Part Two)
江戸土産 二編
Date: 1850 (Kaei 3)
Publisher: Kikuya Kōsaburō (Kinkōdō)
MFA
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Wrapper for the book Edo miyage sanben (Souvenirs of Edo, Part Three)
江戸土産 三編
Date: 1850 (Kaei 3)
Publisher: Kikuya Kōsaburō (Kinkōdō)
MFA
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Wrapper for the book Edo miyage gohen (Souvenirs of Edo, Part Five)
江戸土産 五編
Date: 1850 (Kaei 3)
Publisher: Kikuya Kōsaburō (Kinkōdō)
MFA
MFA (with orange border)
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Wrapper for the book (Shaka hassō) Yamato bunko, Ch. 35
やまとぶんこ 三十五へん
For: Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
Date: 1856 (Ansei 3)
Publisher: Jōshūya Jūzō / Jūbei (Kinjūdō)
MFA
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Wrapper for the book Shiranui monogatari, Ch. 4
しらぬひものかたり 第四編
For: Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
Date: 1851 (Kaei 4)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirō (Shōrindō)
MFA

Miscellaneous Fan Prints

Format: Uchiwa-e on horizontal aiban

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Bunya Yasuhide, one of the Rokkasen (the six most important poets in Japan) struggling in the Autumn wind with falling Maple leaves.
Date: ~1815
Publisher: Ibaya Sensaburo
JAODB
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White Mice with Daikoku's Magic Mallet
大黒の槌に白い鼠
Format: Uchiwa-e on horizontal aiban
MFA
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Lady hears the cuckoo's first cry
BM
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Scene from Noh play with two figures
Date: 1859
Publisher: Dansendo
BM
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Rabbits in moonlight
月に兎
Date: 1847-52 (Kōka 4-Kaei 5)
AIC, MFA, FAMSF
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Catching fireflies
AIC
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Ancient Story of the Old Man Who Made the Trees Blossom
Date: 1853
AIC
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Shirabyoshi dancer in asazuma boat
AIC
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Man Poling a Raft on a Moonlit Night
月下筏乗り
Date: ~1836 (Tenpō 6)
Publisher: Tsujiya Yasubei
MFA
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Man on Horseback Fording a Stream in Rain
雨中の川渡り
Date: 1836 (Tenpō 6)
Publisher: Tsujiya Yasubei
MFA
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Barrel-maker; Copied from a Picture by Old Master Katsushika
(Katsushika ō no zu ni naraite)
桶職人 「葛飾翁の図に倣ゐて」
After: Katsushika Hokusai
Date: 1836 (Tenpō 6)
Publisher: Tsujiya Yasubei
MFA
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Courtesan and Attendants on Balcony
階上遊女達
Date: 1858 (Ansei 4)
Publisher: Tsujiya Yasubei
MFA
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Summer Festival Dancing
盆踊り
Date: 1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1)
Publisher: Izumiya
MFA
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The Nō Play Okina

Date: 1853 (Kaei 6)
Publisher: Maruya Seijirō (Marusei, Jukakudō)
MFA
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The Play Oketori in a Mibu Kyōgen Performance
(Mibu kyōgen Oketori)
壬生狂言桶取
Date: 1853 (Kaei 6)
Publisher: Maruya Seijirō (Marusei, Jukakudō)
MFA
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The Kyōgen Play "Sumō Wrestling with a Mosquito"
(Ka-zumō)
狂言 蚊相撲
Date: 1853 (Kaei 6)
Publisher: Maruya Seijirō (Marusei, Jukakudō)
MFA
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The Courtesan of Eguchi as the Bodhisattva Fugen
江口の君 (女普賢)
Date: 1853 (Kaei 6)
Publisher: Maruya Seijirō (Marusei, Jukakudō)
MFA
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Wading Fisherman with a Scoop Net
四つ手編み
Date: 1847-52 (Kōka 4-Kaei 5)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudō)
MFA
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Kabuki Characters Nikki Danjō and Arajishi Otokonosuke Imitating a Monkey Performance
仁木弾正と荒獅子男之介の猿廻し見立
Date: 1847-52 (Kōka 4-Kaei 5)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudō)
MFA
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Lantern Plants as Mitate of Children at Play
Date: ~1842
Publisher: Ibaya Kyūbei
MIA
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Bijin Walking by the Light of a Lantern
CHZ

Miscellaneous Formats

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Fukusuke and Fukujo Visit Futami-ga-ura
二見が浦の福助と福女
Date: 1858 (Ansei 5)
Publisher: Maruya Kyūshirō
48.2 x 18.5 cm
MFA
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Wisteria Arbor
藤棚
17.1 x 31.2 cm
MFA
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Kawasaki, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)
東海道五拾三次之内 川崎
14.9 x 29.8 cm
Probably a pirate edition based on Hiroshige's work.
MFA
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Tomigaoka Hachiman Shrine at Fukagawa (Fukagawa Tomigaoka Hachiman), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Kôto meisho)
江都名所 深川富岡八幡
15 x 29 cm
Probably a pirate edition based on Hiroshige's well-known print of the same title.
MFA
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Women by a Gate on a Rainy Night
夜の雨の門に美人
11.2 x 16.6 cm
Page from an album
MFA