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Utagawa Yoshiiku

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  • Actor Nakamura Uzaemon killing himself on a roof as an assailant strikes at him. Colour woodcut by Yoshiiku, 1868.

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    Actor Bandō Hikosaburō as a distressed young woman with festive ornaments in her hair: holding a scythe in one hand and a letter in the other. Colour woodcut by Yoshiiku, 1865.

    Ochiai, Yoshiiku, 1833-1904. | Date: 1865 | Reference: 35391i
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    Actor Nakamura Uzaemon killing himself on a roof as an assailant strikes at him. Colour woodcut by Yoshiiku, 1868.

    Ochiai, Yoshiiku, 1833-1904. | Date: 1868 | Reference: 35387i
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    Two actors, one tuning a shamiseu (three stringed instrument), holds the plectrum in his mouth: the other holds a 'wood fish' wood block. Colour woodcut by Yoshiiku, mid 1860s.

    Ochiai, Yoshiiku, 1833-1904. | Date: [mid 1860s] | Reference: 35398i
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    Two wrestlers in the formalities before a match. Colour woodcut by Yoshiiku, 1859.

    Ochiai, Yoshiiku, 1833-1904. | Date: 1859 | Reference: 37112i
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    A survey of fifty great sumo wrestlers through history. Colour woodcut by Yoshiiku, 1860.

    Ochiai, Yoshiiku, 1833-1904. | Date: Month 6, 1860 | Reference: 37134i

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