Palindromic Poems (Kaibunka): Osaka

The Actor Nakayama Kumetaro II

1794

「当世好男子伝」松　「行者武松に比す腕の喜三郎」　初代河原崎権十郎|The Actor Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I as Ude no Kisaburō, likened to Wu Song the Ascetic (Gyōja Bushō ni hisu), from the “Pine” triptych of the series A Modern Water Margin (Tōsei suikoden)

1854, 7th month)

三代目市川海老蔵の篠塚伊賀守定綱|The Actor Ichikawa Ebizō III as Shinozuka Iga no kami Sadatsuna in a Shibaraku Scene

1775 (An'ei 4), 11th month

三代目沢村宗十郎のくまの順礼十作、実は平重盛|The Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō III as the Kumano Pilgrim Jissaku, actually Taira no Shigemori

1785 (Tenmei 5), 11th month

「美南見十二候」　五月 |The Fifth Month, from the series Twelve Months in the Southern Pleasure District (Minami jūni kō)

1784

The Artist Kitao Masanobu Relaxing at a Party

1790s

鳥文斎栄之画　「風流やつし源氏　須磨」|Genji in Exile at Suma, from the series Genji in Fashionable Modern Guise (Fūryū yatsushi Genji: Suma)

ca. 1791–92

Review of Troops at the Aoyama Training Grounds

Feb. 1889 (Meiji 22)

Oyama Tsunayoshi's Cross Examination

August 27, 1877 (Meiji 10)

The Actor Segawa Tomisaburo II as the Otomos' Maid Wakakusa, Actually Prince Korehito

1794–75

あやめ燈籠図|Three Women Enjoying Literary Pursuits

ca. late 1780s

Go Horen no zu|View of the Imperial Carriage

1889 (Meiji 22)