Types of pictures that Kuniyoshi were good at include 'Yose-e' (literally, an assembled picture) and 'Jigazo' (a self-portrait) and they contain lots of his playful spirits; one of his self-portraits shows that he is drawing himself but his face is unidentifiable because an animal or a human is cutting across in front of him.
「寄せ絵」や、自宅で絵を描く自身の顔の前を、絵の中の動物や人物が横切り、自身の顔を隠している｢自画像｣のような遊び心のある作品も国芳の得意としたものである。