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ContributorsMizuno Toshikata (Artist) / 水野 年方 (Artist)
Created1884 to 1908
DescriptionKuchi-e depicting a woman preparing for a western-style dinner party.
ContributorsTakeuchi Keishu (Artist) / 武内 桂舟 (Artist)
Created1900 to 1910
DescriptionWoodblock-printed kuchi-e (frontispiece)
ContributorsUtagawa Kunisada (Artist) / 歌川 国貞 (Artist) / The Pride Publishing Company (Publisher)
Created1851
Description
This diptych shows the ghost of Asakura Tōgo 朝倉當吾 returning to haunt the man responsible for his death, the corrupt governor Orikoshi Tairyō 織越大領. A kappa (a traditional folk monster) tumbles comically at Orikoshi’s feet.
ContributorsToyohara Kunichika (Artist) / 豊原 国周 (Artist) / Horikō Sakai (Contributor) / 彫工 栄 (Contributor) / The Pride Publishing Company (Publisher)
Created1867
Description
This triptych shows a scene from the kabuki play Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees).
ContributorsTakeuchi Keishu (Artist) / 武内 桂舟 (Artist)
Created1902
DescriptionWoodblock-printed kuchi-e 口絵 (frontispiece)