A Collection of Charming Music

(Enkyoku zoroi, 艶曲揃)

Publisher: Mikawa-ya Heiroku

1853

This series of fan prints (uchiwa) is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).

Description: Beauty by a koto reading a libretto

Description: Beauty on a terrace dancing with a fan

NOTE: The paper on the left reads “One thousand cherry trees” (senbonzakura, 千本櫻).

Description: Beauty on a terrace, with a potted peony, reading a libretto

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

Description: Beauty reading a libretto with a cat on her back

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.

Description: Young woman with shamisen and music preparing a gift packet

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate state without purple in the sky.

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