Kunisada Collection

Puppet in kimono being manipulated by two bunraku puppeteers in black robes. Woodblock ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada II, Tokyo, 1850s

Landscape Mist Edo period 1615-1868 mid-19th century
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The Sumida River in Colors of Spring (image 8 of 48), 1862. Creators: Utagawa Kunisada II, Ryutei Tanehiko II
The Sumida River in Colors of Spring (image 8 of 48), 1862. Volume, number, page: Part III, Vol. I and Vol. III

Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Konoshita Tokichi, Nakamura Daikichi as His Wife, and Iwai Hanshiro V as Masago in the Play Yakko Yakko Edo no Hanayari, ca. 1819

Mount Nachi in Kii Province, No. 1 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei ichiban... 1858)
Mount Nachi in Kii Province, No. 1 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei ichiban Kishu Nachisan), from the series " The Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)", 1858

Mount Hokke in Harima Province, No. 26 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei nij... 1859)
Mount Hokke in Harima Province, No. 26 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei nijurokuban Harima Hokkezan), from the series " The Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)", 1859

Ishiyama Temple in Omi Province, No. 13 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei ju... 1858)
Ishiyama Temple in Omi Province, No. 13 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei jusanban Koshu Ishiyamadera), from the series " The Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)", 1858

Mii Temple in Omi Province, No. 14 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei juyonba... 1859)
Mii Temple in Omi Province, No. 14 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei juyonban Omi Miidera), from the series " The Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)", 1859

Kachio Temple in Settsu Province, No. 23 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei n... 1859)
Kachio Temple in Settsu Province, No. 23 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei nijusanban Settsu Kachiodera), from the series " The Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)", 1859

Soji Temple in Settsu Province, No. 22 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei nij... 1859)
Soji Temple in Settsu Province, No. 22 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei nijuniban Settsu no kuni Sojiji), from the series " The Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)", 1859

Chikubu Island in Omi Province, No. 30 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei... 1859)
Chikubu Island in Omi Province, No. 30 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei sanjuban Omi Chikubujima), from the series " The Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)", 1859

Imakumano in Kyoto, Yamashiro Province, No. 15 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku ju... 1859)
Imakumano in Kyoto, Yamashiro Province, No. 15 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei jugoban Yamashiro Kyo Imakumano), from the series " The Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)"

Bando Mitsugoro III as Minamoto no Yorimasa (right), Segawa Kikunojo V as Ayame no... c. 1822
Bando Mitsugoro III as Minamoto no Yorimasa (right), Segawa Kikunojo V as Ayame no Mae (center), and Ichikawa Danjuro VII as I no Hayata (left), c. 1822

Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as the Boatman Matsuemon, actually Higuchi Jiro Kanemitsu... 1849. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as the Boatman Matsuemon, actually Higuchi Jiro Kanemitsu (Sendo Matsuemon, jissha Higuchi Jiro Kanemitsu), 1849

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII (Ebizo V) as Shirafuji Genta in the play "Sono Uwasa Sakura... 1825
The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII (Ebizo V) as Shirafuji Genta in the play "Sono Uwasa Sakura no Irodoki, " from the series "Yakusha oiri sakazuki", 1825

The actor Iwai Kumesaburo II as the courtesan Katsuragi in the play "Oichiza Soga no Shima... 1827
The actor Iwai Kumesaburo II as the courtesan Katsuragi in the play " Oichiza Soga no Shimadai, " performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the first month, 1827, 1827

The actor Onoe Kikugoro III as Nagoya Sanza in the play "Sato no Haru Meibutsu Amigasa, " p... 1827
The actor Onoe Kikugoro III as Nagoya Sanza in the play "Sato no Haru Meibutsu Amigasa, " performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the first month, 1827, 1827

The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Watanabe no Tsuna and Segawa Kikunojo V as the female... 1833
The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Watanabe no Tsuna and Segawa Kikunojo V as the female demon in the play "Modori Bridge (Modoribashi)", 1833

The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kan Shojo (Sugawara Michizane) and Segawa Kikunojo V as... 1832
The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kan Shojo (Sugawara Michizane) and Segawa Kikunojo V as Umeomaru in the play "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Onoe Kikugoro IV, from the diptych "Visions of Mementos in... 1860
Memorial Portrait of the Actor Onoe Kikugoro IV, from the diptych "Visions of Mementos in Double Mirrors (Awase kagami katami no omokage)", 1860

The actors Ichikawa Enzo as Chobei's Son Nagamatsu (R), Ichikawa Ebizo V as Banzui... c. 1847/52
The actors Ichikawa Enzo as Chobei's Son Nagamatsu (R), Ichikawa Ebizo V as Banzui Chobei (C), and Ichikawa Komazo VI as Hanaregoma Shirobei (L), c. 1847/52

Begonias of Mount Ashigara (Ashigarayama no shukaido): Bando Hikosaburo V as... 1862. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
Begonias of Mount Ashigara (Ashigarayama no shukaido): Bando Hikosaburo V as Yamauba, from the series " Contemporary Versions of Thirty-six Selected Flowers (Tosei mitate sanjurokkasen)"

The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Sukeroku (R) and Onoe Kikugoro III as the white sake... c. 1823
The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Sukeroku (R) and Onoe Kikugoro III as the white sake peddler Shinbei (L) in the play "Yukari no Edo-zakura", c. 1823

The actors Onoe Kikugoro III (R) as Nagoya Sanza and Iwai Kumesaburo II (L) as the courtes... 1827
The actors Onoe Kikugoro III (R) as Nagoya Sanza and Iwai Kumesaburo II (L) as the courtesan Katsuragi in the play "Oichiza Soga no Shimadai

Second Illustration of Calligraphy and Painting Party on the Upper Floor of the Manpachiro... 1827
Second Illustration of Calligraphy and Painting Party on the Upper Floor of the Manpachiro Restaurant (Manpachiro jo shoga kaiseki no zu, onajiku sono ni), 1827

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Sagami Goro, from the series "Popular Actors as the... c. 1828
The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Sagami Goro, from the series "Popular Actors as the 108 Heroes of the Water Margin (Ryuko yakusha Suikoden goketsu hyakuichinin no hitori)", c. 1828

The actors Ichikawa Ebizo V as Goshogun Kanki and Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Watonai Sankan... 1850
The actors Ichikawa Ebizo V as Goshogun Kanki and Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Watonai Sankan in the play "Kokusanya Kassen, " performed at the Nakamura Theater in the fifth month, 1850, 1850

The actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as the fisherman Fukashichi, actually Kanawa Goro... c. 1847/52
The actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as the fisherman Fukashichi, actually Kanawa Goro Imakuni (Ryoshi Fukashichi jitsu wa Kanawa Goro Imakuni), c. 1847/52

The actors Nakamura Tomijuro II as the wet nurse Shigenoi and Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Jin... 1854
The actors Nakamura Tomijuro II as the wet nurse Shigenoi and Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Jinenjo no Sankichi in the play " Koi Nyobo Somewake Tazuna

The actors Nakamura Fukusuke I as Matsugae Matonosuke and Ichikawa Komazo VII as Nikki Dan... 1855
The actors Nakamura Fukusuke I as Matsugae Matonosuke and Ichikawa Komazo VII as Nikki Danjo in the play " Konoshita Kage Masago no Datezome

Potted Violets: Jiraiya (Tsubo sumire, Jiraiya), from the series "Contemporary Parodies of... 1862
Potted Violets: Jiraiya (Tsubo sumire, Jiraiya), from the series " Contemporary Parodies of the Thirty-six Selected Flowers (Tosei mitate sanjurokkasen)", 1862

Ichikawa Ebizo V as Togashi Saemon and Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Musashibo Benkei in... About 1852
Ichikawa Ebizo V as Togashi Saemon and Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Musashibo Benkei in Kanjincho (The Subscription List), plate 18 from the series Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays (Juhachiban no uchi)

Memorial portrait: Ichikawa Ebizo V (Danjuro VII) looking up at a painting of the late Danjuro VIII, 1854. Attributed to Utagawa Kunisada I

Iwai Kumesaburo II as the Courtesan Takao in Banzei Okuni Kabuki, c. 1827

The Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Konjin Chogoro, from the series " Atari senkin otoko kagami", 1859

Jewels in the Cool Light of Evening Dew (Ryoko yotsuyu no rama), Japan, 1859

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII and woman watching boy write first calligraphy of the New Year, 1831
The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII and a woman watching boy write first calligraphy of the New Year, 1831

Shirabyoshi Dancer in Asazuma Boat (Asazuma-bune), from an untitled series of landscapes, c. 1830/34

Viewing Maple Trees, 1835. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
Viewing Maple Trees, 1835

Oiwas Ghost (Oiwa no borei), n. d. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
Oiwas Ghost (Oiwa no borei), n.d

Ko no Morono (Taka no Mronao) in the Play Chushingura, n. d. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
Ko no Morono (Taka no Mronao) in the Play Chushingura, n.d

Mountain Landscape in the Mist (Muchu no sansui), c. 1830 / 44. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
Mountain Landscape in the Mist (Muchu no sansui), c. 1830/44

The actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Churo Onoe, 1847. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
The actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Churo Onoe, 1847

The actor Seki Sanjuro II as Stuttering Matahei (Domo no Matahei), 1826

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII, 1849. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII, 1849

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Mashiba Hisatsugu, 1851. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Mashiba Hisatsugu, 1851

The Country Samurai Sachuta and Odan, 1854. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
The Country Samurai Sachuta and Odan, 1854

The actor Ichikawa Ebizo V as Asahina Tobei, c. 1841. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
The actor Ichikawa Ebizo V as Asahina Tobei, c. 1841

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"Exploring the World of Kunisada: A Journey through Edo Period Landscapes and Theatrical Delights" Step into the mesmerizing world of Utagawa Kunisada, a renowned artist of the Edo period. In this captivating artwork, we witness a puppet in an elegant kimono being skillfully manipulated by two bunraku puppeteers, and is a testament to Kunisada's mastery in capturing both beauty and movement. Transporting us back to mid-19th century Japan, Kunisada presents Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Konoshita Tokichi, Nakamura Daikichi as his wife, and Iwai Han portraying characters from traditional theater. Their vibrant costumes and expressive faces bring these theatrical figures to life. It also takes us on a visual pilgrimage through various landscapes that hold great significance during the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route. Mount Nachi in Kii Province stands majestically as the first stop on this spiritual journey. Its mist-covered peaks evoke a sense of tranquility and reverence. Continuing our pilgrimage, we encounter Mount Hokke in Harima Province—a picturesque sight nestled amidst nature's embrace. Ishiyama Temple in Omi Province follows suit with its serene ambiance, inviting visitors to find solace within its sacred walls. Mii Temple in Omi Province offers respite for weary travelers seeking enlightenment along their path. Meanwhile, Kachio Temple in Settsu Province beckons pilgrims with its architectural splendor and rich history. Soji Temple, another gem along the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route, captivates with its intricate details and peaceful surroundings—truly a sanctuary for contemplation. Chikubu Island emerges like an ethereal paradise amidst Lake Biwa—an enchanting destination that holds deep spiritual significance for those embarking on this holy journey. Imakumano temple awaits travelers in Kyoto, Yamashiro Province.