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41 series · 14 letter groups

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A

01 SERIES

Titles beginning with A

Kotegara Hanji
1867–1868

Azuma no nishiki ukiyo kōdan

Tales of the Floating World on Eastern Brocade

東錦浮世稿談

B

03 SERIES

Titles beginning with B

Evening bell at Kotokuji. Men with spears.
1867–1868

Bidan musha hakkei

Eight Views from Fine Tales of Warriors

美談武者八景

Preface with bat and butterfly
1866–1867

Biyū suikoden

Handsome and Brave Heroes of the Suikoden

美勇水滸伝

Cat struck in rice sack / The cat army advances
1859

Byōso kassen

Battle of Cats and Mice

猫鼠合戦

D

02 SERIES

Titles beginning with D

Amaterasu Omikami
1879–1880

Dai nihon shiryaku zue

Short Illustrated History of Great Japan

大日本史略圖會

Yamato Takeru no Mikoto with bow before banner.
1876–1882

Dai nippon meishō kagami

Mirror of Famous Generals of Japan

大日本名將鑑

E

02 SERIES

Titles beginning with E

Tomoe Gozen, fighting with Uchida Saburō
1865–1866

Eimei kumiuchi zoroi

Famous Fights Between Brave Men

英名組討揃

The prostitute Ohyaku and a seated ghost
1866–1869

Eimei nijūhasshūku

Twenty-Eight Famous Murders with Verse

英名二十八衆句

F

01 SERIES

Titles beginning with F

Loose: Habits of a geisha of Kyōto of the Kansei era
1888

Fūzoku sanjūnisō

Thirty-Two Aspects of Customs and Manners

風俗三十二相

G

01 SERIES

Titles beginning with G

Hyoshito Rinchu (Lin Chung) seated by a rock
1868

Gōketsu suikoden

Strong Heroes of the Water Margin

豪傑水滸伝

I

02 SERIES

Titles beginning with I

Print #01
1860

Imayō hiiki azuma-e

Modern Celebrities of the East

今様贔屓東絵

Sawamura Tanosuke III as a Tattooed Fireman
1865

Isami no kotobuki

A Celebration of Gallantry

勇 の 寿

K

10 SERIES

Titles beginning with K

Tsuchiya Sōzō
1868–1869

Kaidai hyaku sensō

Selection of 100 Warriors

魁題 百 撰相

A fireman holding the standard (matoi) for district one over his shoulder.
1876

Kaku daiku matoi kagami

Firemen’s Standards of All Great Districts

各大區纏鑑

Kanadehon chūshingura
1860

Kanadehon chūshingura

Tale of the Forty-Seven Rōnin

仮名手本忠臣蔵

Oyauchi Ryūgo(rō)
1874

Keisei suikoden

Biographies of Valiant Drunken Tigers

竸勢醉虎傳

Lady Tenshoin
1886–1888

Kinsei jimbutsu shi

Personalities of Recent Times

近世人物誌

Kasagawa Higezō subduing an ox
1865–1866

Kinsei kyōgiden

Biographies of Modern Men

近世侠義伝

Lord Wake no Kiyomaro
1881–1887

Kōkoku nijūshikō

Twenty-four Accomplishments in Imperial Japan

皇国二十四功

Murasaki Shikibu
1875–1876

Kokon hime kagami

Mirror of Beauties Past and Present

古今姫鑑

The Namiwa-ya restaurant in the Ōsaka District
1878

Kōto kaiseki beppin kurabe

Specialties of Restaurants in the Imperial City

皇都会席別品竸

A dignified nobleman in western dress
1880

Kyōkun zenaku zukai

Moral Lessons through Pictures of Good and Evil

教訓善悪図解

M

01 SERIES

Titles beginning with M

I really want to go to sleep
1877–1878

Mitate tai zukushi

Collection of Desires

見立多以盡

S

07 SERIES

Titles beginning with S

Preface dated spring 1869
1869

Seichū gishi meimei ga-den

Historical Biographies of the Loyal Retainers

誠忠 義士 銘々 畫 傳

#3 - Yoshida Chuzaemon (Kanesuke)
1868

Seichū gishinden

Portraits of True Loyalty and Chivalrous Spirit

誠忠義心伝

Moon-rise: Bandō Hikosaburō V as Sasahara Hayata
1876–1877

Seiū kandankei

Barometer of Emotions

情得感檀形

Snow: Onoe Baikō (Kikugorō V) as Iwakura Sōgen — first state
1890

Setsugekka no uchi

Actors with Snow, Moon and Flowers

雪月花之内

1 a.m. - Geisha and attendant by street stall.
1880–1881

Shinryū nijūshi toki

Twenty-Four Hours at Shinbashi and Yanagibashi

新柳二十四時

Fuwa Kazuemon Masatane and Hanai Saisaburō
1869

Shin-zō gekijō iroha ittsui

Theater Portrait Pairs for the Iroha Syllabary

真像劇場 以呂波一対

Shinagawa
1865

Suehiro gojūsan tsugi

Fan Tokaido

末廣五十三次

T

06 SERIES

Titles beginning with T

Kanasugi Bridge at Shibaura
1863

Tōkaidō meisho no uchi

Famous Places of the Tokaido

東海道名所之内

Hama of Yanagibashi returning on boat- from Myogi Shrine on first Hare Day.
1880

Tōkyō jiman jūni kagetsu

Pride of Tokyo’s Twelve Months

東京自慢十二ヶ月

A giant octopus takes on all comers at the fish market at Nihombashi.
1881

Tōkyō kaika kyōga meishō

Crazy Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo

東京開化狂画名所

The Owari-ya restaurant at the Kanasugi Bank
1871

Tōkyō ryōri sukoburu beppin

Beautiful Women and Fancy Dishes in Tokyo

東亰料理頗別品

Chang E flees to the Moon
1885–1892

Tsuki hyakushi

One Hundred Aspects of the Moon

月百姿

Title and Contents Page
1864–1865

Tsūzoku saiyūki

Modern Journey to the West

通俗西遊記

W

01 SERIES

Titles beginning with W

One hundred ghost stories of China and Japan
1865

Wakan hyaku monogatari

One Hundred Ghost Stories of China and Japan

和漢百物語

Y

03 SERIES

Titles beginning with Y

Uesugi Kenshin Nyūdō Terutora riding into battle
1883–1886

Yoshitoshi musha burui

Yoshitoshi’s Courageous Warriors

芳年武者無類

Daruma of enlightenment
1882

Yoshitoshi ryakuga

Sketches by Yoshitoshi

芳年略画

No. 425a. Sudden police raid on unlicensed protitutes
1875–1877

Yūbin hōchi shinbun

Postal News

郵便報知新聞

Z

01 SERIES

Titles beginning with Z

Spring: View of the plums on the first day of spring at Hara Village in the Ebara District
1883–1884

Zensei shiki

Four Seasons at their Height

全盛四季

Catalogue Information

Series are ordered alphabetically by their rōmaji titles. Rōmaji writes Japanese words in the Roman alphabet; macrons mark long vowels and do not change the alphabetical order.

The catalogue is a continuing research project. Some titles, dates and identifications remain provisional, and individual series may include variant states or supplementary material.

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