A Collection of Pictures in Modern Style
(Imayô gakumen awase, 今様額面合)
Publisher: Izuzen
c. 1850
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This series of uchiwa (non-folding fan) prints shows women with framed pictures. The term “modern style” refers to the pictures being framed ̶ a practice recently imported from the West. The series is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). |
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Description: Woman holding
a fan and burning a taper beside a portrait of Soga no Jurô
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Description: Woman with a partially
unrolled letter before a portrait of Sôjô-bô, king
of the tengu |
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Description: Woman with picture of Soga no Gorô after having his kusazuri
(plates hanging from the belt of traditional Japanese armor) ripped off by
Asahina Saburô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for information
about this print. |
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Description: Woman writing with a picture of
Minamoto no Yoshitsune under the cherry tree at
Suma |
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