Parody posters & prints

A Parody on Macbeth's Soliloquy at Covent Garden Theatre Anonymous

Yatsushi hangonko, A parody of the apparition seen by Emperor Wudi when he burned incense Yanagawa Shigenobu

Yatsushi kuramayama, A parody of the play Mount Kurama Anonymous

Yatsushi chikurin no shichikenjin sono yon?, Parody of the seven sages of the bamboo grove Kubo Shunman

A parody on Macbeth's soliloquy at Covent Garden Theatre Anonymous

Tekkai Sennin, Parody of the Chinese Sage Tieqiao Anonymous

Parody of an Imperial Carriage Scene, c. 1798 Kitagawa Utamaro

Mitate gosho-guruma, Parody of an imperial carriage scene Utamaro Kitagawa

Mitate gosho-guruma, Parody of an imperial carriage scene Utamaro Kitagawa

This image was used as a broadside by the 'reformers' against the Roman Catholic Church Schoen Eduard

Episode from a parody of the Chushingura, Japanese Anonymous

Parody of Murasaki, from 'Lavender', chapter 5 of the Tale of Genji, 18th century Kawamata Tsuneyuki

Courtesan and her Lover Reading a Letter, a Parody on an Incident in the Chushingura Suzuki Harunobu

Ghyakurakan Segaki, Festival at 500 Arhats Temple Anonymous

Charlie Chaplin portraying Adenoid Hynkel in the film 'The Great Dictator' Anonymous

Street corner, four in the morning (Parodie humaine) Félicien Rops

Woman Looking at a Small Vase or Incense Burner on a Table Next to a Letter on the Floor. Anonymous

Seven Women Portraying the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove Anonymous

The Exhibition of 1863, photographed by Cham Cham (1818-79)

God or Warrior Appearing on a Cloud Before Several Women Gathered in a Wooded Grove on Mount Kurama with View... Anonymous

Studying a Painting, 16th century Zhang Lu

Scene II: The Rake's Levee, 1735 William Hogarth

Scene VII: The Rake in Prison, 1735 William (after) Hogarth

A Midsummer Pantomime Joseph Swain

The Sleeping Congregation, 1728 William Hogarth

A Pig Belongs in the Sty, c.1673-5 Jan Havicksz. Steen

Such an Unexpected Pleasure! Edward Tennyson Reed

A Harlot's Progress William (after) Hogarth

The Sleeping Congregation, 1736 William Hogarth

Homo homini lupus, 1901 Max Pirner

Harlot's Progres William Hogarth

A Midnight Modern Conversation, 1733 William Hogarth

The Sick Girl, c.1660 Jan Havicksz. Steen

A Harlot's Progress William (after) Hogarth

Illustration from Swift's 'A Tale of Tub', 1704 John Sturt

Scene IV: The Rake Arrested, Going to Court, 1735 William Hogarth