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Snake (Mi): Nitan Shiro, from the series "Heroes for the Twelve Animals of the Zodiac (Buyu mitate junishi)" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi — Japanese Color woodblock print; oban, c. 1840

Snake (Mi): Nitan Shiro, from the series "Heroes for the Twelve Animals of the Zodiac (Buyu mitate junishi)"

by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Ukiyo-e
Date:
c. 1840
Medium:
Color woodblock print; oban

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The actor Iwai Hanshiro VI in a female role by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

The actor Iwai Hanshiro VI in a female role

c. 1830s

Color woodblock print; left sheet of shikishiban diptych, surimono

Edo Firemen Demonstrating Ladder-climbing During Festival by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Edo Firemen Demonstrating Ladder-climbing During Festival

19th century

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Kohada Koheiji Konoshiro Tomobei kataki uchi maboroshi sōshi (Ghost Story of Konoshiro Tomobei), draft and printed edition by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Kohada Koheiji Konoshiro Tomobei kataki uchi maboroshi sōshi (Ghost Story of Konoshiro Tomobei), draft and printed edition

Edo period, 1812 and 1845

Pair of books: draft and printed edition; ink and light color on paper

Roben Waterfall at Mount Oyama (Oyama Roben no taki) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Roben Waterfall at Mount Oyama (Oyama Roben no taki)

c. 1818/20

Color woodblock prints; oban triptych