A Collection of Children’s Dances

(Kodomo odori zukushi, 子供踊尽)

Publisher: Kojima-ya Jûbei

c. 1841-1842

In this series of fan prints (uchiwa), children are shown in the guise of actors. It is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). I am grateful to Nicolas Barascud and Robert Pryor for their contributions to this series.

Description: Children as Tayori and palanquin carriers Azuma no Yoshirô and Naniwa no Jirôsaku in Go hiiki yakko no konoshita (御贔屓梶虎木下)

Description: Children as kitsune (fox) Tadanobu and Shizuka Gozen in Yoshitsune senbon zakura (Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees, 義経千本桜)

Description: Children as actors in a scene from Matsukaze (Wind in the Pines, 松風)

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