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  • A woman placing glowing charcoal in a sand-filled box to provide warmth. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1852.
  • A young female role actor performing a butterfly dance. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1860.
  • Four actors as ruffians against a check background. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1858.
  • Three actors in a confrontation before a gravestone by the sea. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1858.
  • An actor as ruffian Tsuribune no Sabu, full face, revealing his tattoos. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1859.
  • Prince Genji in elegant modern dress in an elegant apartment with the blinds rolled up so he can enjoy the autumnal garden and listen to the cricket's song; a girl attendant pours him sake. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1860.
  • Twenty-three loyal retainers assigned to attack the main gate on their mission for revenge. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1847/1850.
  • Four actors as ruffians against a check background. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1858.
  • The four heroic retainers of Raikō (Yorimitsu) with flaming torches, about to kill the great earth spider in its web. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1810s.
  • Portrait within a round mirror depicting actor Ichikawa Ichizō III as Sankichi, a popular hero with bared arm and shoulder displaying a dragon tattoo. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1859.
  • A female-role actor against a lavishly decorated stage curtain. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1862.
  • Actor Kataoka Nizaemon as the popular hero Umeno Ichirōbei, revealing his tattooed shoulder. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1859.
  • Actors in a confrontational scene, in which the villain (Ichikawa Danjūrō VII) threatens a boy with a heated poker. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1852.
  • Prince Genji in modern dress, seated beside an ornate lantern. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1858.
  • Prince Genji in modern dress with lady attendants visiting Ashikaya (north Kantō Plain) in the fifth lunar month; peasants in the broad, panoramic landscape setting are busy with the spring planting. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1860.
  • An actor as Danshichi Kurōbei at a well. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1860.
  • An older woman is undressing; her broad sash (obi) lies on the ground behind her. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1858.
  • Actors in conflict in the snow: Ichikawa Kodanji as the hero Asakura Tōgo, has thrown a ruffian assailant. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1861.
  • Actors in formal dress in a courtly setting: the figure of Nakamura IV wears a long, red lion wig; the boy to the left plays a drum; the man to the right holds an offering tray with a petition on it. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1847/1850.
  • A blind minstrel is approached by two boys (possibly Kabuki actors) Coloured woodcut by Kunisada I, 1853 (?).
  • An ornately dressed girl is carried to a shrine on a man's shoulders, a woman follows her holding her long skirts; there is a sweet seller's stall to the right and a shrine gate to the left. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1860.
  • Actor Ichikawa Kodanji seated on bedding revealing a tattoo of a skull amid grasses on his left arm. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1861.
  • Actors as a kneeling old man, Chūsuke, offering a packet to a standing ruffian, Kirare Yosa. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1856.
  • Actor as the popular hero Shirai Gompachi under an umbrella. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, ca. 1860.
  • Attendants bringing bedding and a basin to a pavilion erected in a large, private garden. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1861.
  • A scene of jealousy; a bespectacled older man spies on a couple from beneath a verandah. Coloured woodcut by Kunisada I, ca. 1830 (?).
  • A female role actor with strong male features, holding prayer beads. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1852.
  • Actors on a bridge at night: two heavily armed warriors (Yoroku and Usumaru) confront a youth (Saraka-maru). Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1857.
  • 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.
  • Two actors, playing as Matsushita Kahiji and Konoshita Tokichi, striking a pose on stage. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1856.