Eight Assemblies of the Floating Night
(Ukiyo hakkwai,
浮夜ハ會)
Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô
1847-1850
The
title of this series of fan prints (uchiwa)
has also be translated as “Eight Nocturnal Trysts”. It is listed as number 50 in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson
(Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).
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Title: The
Niwaka Festival in the Yoshiwara Description:
Geisha in male dress performing a
dance called the niwaka |
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Title: Palanquin
from Ômori Description:
Beauty putting her hand on a palanquin in the light of a lantern Image courtesy of John Lord |
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Title:
Maid setting out a yukata for after
the bath Description:
Maid setting out a yukata (casual
summer kimono) for after the bath |
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Title: Geisha Eating Endamane Description:
Beauty in the evening on a boat enjoying green soybeans |
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Title: Nakanochô Description:
Beauty standing by a lantern and holding an umbrella under cherry petals
falling against the night sky NOTE: The
Nakanochô was in the Yoshiwara brothel district. Kuniyoshi’s kiri seal is on the umbrella.
The lantern is inscribed Hodoyoshi-ya (程好屋), a fictitious establishment that incorporates
Kuniyoshi’s pseudonym, Hodoyoshi, which is usually used on the artist’s
erotic works. |
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Title: Year-end
Market in the Snow Description:
Beauty in the snow |
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