Fukagawa Hirakiyo-14 viewsFrom the series,(Competition of Beautiful Waitresses in Restaurants in Edo) Fukagawa, Hirakiyo
1878
Tokaido-6 views "Tokaido" Maisaka
1863
Kyoto Rishi-ki-7 views
Competition of Magicians-7 views "Goketsu Kijutsu Kurabe" (Competition of Magicians). Akatsuki Seigoro is riding on a bat (right), Tora-o-maru is with his tiger and Ryu-o-maru stands next to the dragon.
1885
Flower Shower-11 views "Seiu Kandan Kei" (Barometer of Emotions). "Hanagumo" Kabuki actor, Sawamura Tossho II is in the role of Kobai-Maru who is holding an umbrella to shield from the shower of falling cherry blossoms.
1876
9 views "Shinkei Sanju-roku Kai Sen" (Thirty-six New Ghost Stories) Nitta Shiro Tadatsune is investigating a dark cave with a torch. He encounters an apparition.
1890
Clever Kid-9 views "Gazenji no Chi" (Wisdom of Gazenji). He was a great scholar in France. He was very fond of astronomy since his childhood. One evening, he and his playmates started arguing if the moon was moving or the clouds were moving in the sky. Gazenji pointed out the moon in between two tree branches and told his friends to wait and watch. After a while, they could clearly see the moon was moving between the two reference points. Thus, Gazenji proved that not only the clouds but also the moon was moving.
Benkei-7 views"Eimei Kumiuchi Zoroi" (Famous Fights between Brave Men) Musashibo Benkei (right) vs. Nenoi Oyata.
1865
Japanese History - Dainihon Shi Ryakuzu E-4 views "Dainihon Shi Ryakuzu E" (Picture of Abbreviated Japanese History) 94th Emperor Godaigo is escaping from the burning castle assisted by the Fujifusa Brothers.
1880
Japanese History - Dainihon Shi Ryakuzu E-7 views "Dainihon Shi Ryakuzu E" (Picture of Abbreviated Japanese History) 94th Emperor Godaigo is escaping from the burning castle assisted by the Fujifusa Brothers.
1880
Japanese History - Dainihon Shi Ryakuzu E-5 views "Dainihon Shi Ryakuzu E" (Picture of Abbreviated Japanese History) 94th Emperor Godaigo is escaping from the burning castle assisted by the Fujifusa Brothers.
1880
Coup d' État at Sakurada Gate-7 views"Mito Sanka no Yuki". The gory distorted figures convey the gruesome scene of the assassination of Ii Naosuke by Mito Samurai group. Ii Naosuke (the lord of Hikone and the Great Councillor of the Tokugawa Shogunate) was the man responsible for opening Japan to the West for which he was assassinated at the Sakurada-mon Gate on a snowy morning in March, 1860.
