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Kabuki Actor Arashi Rikan II as Iemon Confronted by an Image of His Murdered Wife, Oiwa, on a Broken Lantern, Referring to Katsushika Hokusai’s Hyaku monogatari (One Hundred Ghost Stories), Shunbaisai Hokuei 春梅斎北英 Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan — Kabuki Actor Arashi Rikan II as Iemon Confronted by an Image of His Murdered Wife, Oiwa, on a Broken Lantern, Referring to Katsushika Hokusai’s Hyaku monogatari (One Hundred Ghost Stories)
Shunbaisai Hokuei 春梅斎北英
1832

Three Heroes of the Water Margin Capture the Bandit Queen Ichijōsei, from the series One Hundred Eight Heroes of the Theater Suikoden, Shunbaisai Hokuei 春梅斎北英 Japanese, Tetraptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban, Japan — Three Heroes of the Water Margin Capture the Bandit Queen Ichijōsei, from the series One Hundred Eight Heroes of the Theater Suikoden
Shunbaisai Hokuei 春梅斎北英
ca. 1835

Kabuki Actor Arashi Rikan II as Akogi Heiji, from the print series Tōsei keshōkagami (Makeup Mirrors of Our Time), Shunbaisai Hokuei 春梅斎北英 Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan — Kabuki Actor Arashi Rikan II as Akogi Heiji, from the print series Tōsei keshōkagami (Makeup Mirrors of Our Time)
Shunbaisai Hokuei 春梅斎北英
1835

The Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as the Wrestler Iwakawa Jirokichi, Shunbaisai Hokuei 春梅斎北英 Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; vertical ōban, Japan — The Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as the Wrestler Iwakawa Jirokichi
Shunbaisai Hokuei 春梅斎北英
1837

Album of Twenty Half-Length Portraits of Actors in Roles, Shunbaisai Hokuei 春梅斎北英 Japanese, Folding album; ink and color on paper, Japan — Album of Twenty Half-Length Portraits of Actors in Roles
Attributed to Shunbaisai Hokuei 春梅斎北英
1830s

The Courtesan Emu of the Matsuya Brothel as a Cormorant Fisherwoman (Ukai Matsuya Emu), from the series “A Costume Parade in the Shimanouchi District” (Shimanouchi nerimono), Shunbaisai Hokuei 春梅斎北英 Japanese, Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban, Japan — The Courtesan Emu of the Matsuya Brothel as a Cormorant Fisherwoman (Ukai Matsuya Emu), from the series “A Costume Parade in the Shimanouchi District” (Shimanouchi nerimono)
Shunbaisai Hokuei 春梅斎北英
1836

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