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  • 18 Kabuki Plays/Sukeroku with umbrella

    Date
    1952
    Period
    Showa era
  • Snow: Onoe Baikō as Iwakura no Sōgen from the series Snow, moon and flower (Setsu Gekka no uchi) 「雪 岩倉の宗玄 尾上梅幸」 『雪月花之内』

    Date
    1890
    Period
    Meiji era
  • The Four Retainers of Raikō Enter Mount Ōe (Shitennō Ōeyama iri no zu) 「四天王大江山入之図」

    Date
    1847
    Period
    Edo period
  • Jitsukawa Enjyaku in the series Stories of Chivalrous People of Loyalty and Courage (Kyōkaku giyūden) 「実川延若」 『侠客義勇伝』

    Date
    1848 - 1868
    Period
    Edo period
  • Arashi Kanjūrō II as Inba Kiemon (R) and Arashi Rikaku as Iwabashimura Tōgorō (L), in Hana no Kumo Sakura no Akebono 「印旗喜右衛門 嵐冠十郎」 「岩橋村藤五郎 嵐りかく」 「花雲佐倉曙」

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    1856, 9th month
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    Edo period
  • Fashionable Seven Lucky Gods (Mitate shichifukujin) 「見立七福神」

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    ca. 1870s-1880s
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    Meiji era
  • Calligraphy

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    early 19th century
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    Edo period
  • Carp (Koi) 「鯉」

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    1994
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    Heisei era
  • Lemon Squash II

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    1992
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    Heisei era
  • Ceremony

    Date
    1993
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    Heisei era

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