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Toyohara, Kunichika, 1835-1900

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  • Actors Sawamura Tossho as a young warrior and Nakamura Shikou V as an older man, confronting a common foe. Colour woodcut by Kunichika.
  • Above left, a woman with a baby on her back, preparing to smoke a pipe (?); above right, men and women walking in line; below, an ox leading peasants to the Kawaguchi temple. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, with top left design by Kunichika and design below by a pupil of Kyōsai, ca. 1870.
  • Yama...ya Mimasu as the villain Nikki Danjo, holding a scroll; with a stage curtain behind. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1866.
  • Actors Sawamura Tanosuke as a courtesan and Sawamura Tossho as her lover. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1868.
  • A prince visits his paramour, who is in bed, on a snowy winter's day, while a servant brings in a tray of food: a Genji-inspired triptych. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1865.
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    Actors Sawamura Tossho as a young warrior and Nakamura Shikou V as an older man, confronting a common foe. Colour woodcut by Kunichika.

    Toyohara, Kunichika, 1835-1900. | Reference: 35211i
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    Actor Sawamura Tossho as a page restraining a horse. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, late 1860's.

    Toyohara, Kunichika, 1835-1900. | Date: [late 1860's] | Reference: 35320i
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    Above left, a woman with a baby on her back, preparing to smoke a pipe (?); above right, men and women walking in line; below, an ox leading peasants to the Kawaguchi temple. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, with top left design by Kunichika and design below by a pupil of Kyōsai, ca. 1870.

    Kawanabe, Kyōsai, 1831-1889. | Date: [1870?] | Reference: 567359i
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    Comparisons of various actors in the role of the sorcerer Nikki Danjō. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1868.

    Toyohara, Kunichika, 1835-1900. | Date: Month 7, 1868 | Reference: 35223i
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    Fragments of two leaves of a triptych. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1865.

    Toyohara, Kunichika, 1835-1900. | Date: 1865 | Reference: 35322i
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