Animals and Plants,

Part II

	Series: Untitled series illustrating dragons Robinson: Not listed Title: None Size: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Dragon flying above turbulent waves Date: c. 1831 Publisher: Morita-ya Hanzô
	Series: Untitled series illustrating dragons Robinson: Not listed Title: None Size: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Two dragons by a waterfall Date: c. 1831 Publisher: Morita-ya Hanzô NOTE: Although this untitled series is not listed in Appendix 1 of Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961), this print is illustrated as Plate 26.
	Series: Untitled series illustrating dragons Robinson: Not listed Title: None Size: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Dagon and waves Date: c. 1831 Publisher: Morita-ya Hanzô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
	Keyblock print for above image
	Series: Birds and animals illustrated (Kinjû zue, 禽獣圖會) Robinson: 38 Title: Phoenix and Lobster (Taiho, ebi 大鵬海老) Size: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Phoenix and lobster Date: 1837 Publisher: Jôshû-ya Kinzô
	Another state of the above print
	Yet another state
	Series: Birds and animals illustrated (Kinjû zue, 禽獣圖會) Robinson: 38 Title: Horse (Uma) Size: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: A rearing horse among cherry blossoms Date: 1837 Publisher: Jôshû-ya Kinzô NOTE: This print is illustrated as Plate 27 in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).
	Keyblock print for the above design
	Series: Birds and animals illustrated (Kinjû zue, 禽獣圖會) Robinson: 38 Title: Dragon and Tiger (Ryûko, 龍虎) Size: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: A tiger looks up at a dragon next to a waterfall Date: 1837 Publisher: Jôshû-ya Kinzô
	Another state of the above design
	Series: Birds and animals illustrated (Kinjû zue, 禽獣圖會) Robinson: 38 Title: Chinese Lion (Shishi, 獅子) Size: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: A Shishi (Chinese lion) and her cub near a cliff with peonies Date: 1837 Publisher: Jôshû-ya Kinzô
	Another state of the above print.
	Series: Birds and animals illustrated (Kinjû zue, 禽獣圖會) Robinson: 38 Title: Hôô and Kirin (鳳凰 麒麟) Size: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: A phoenix and an animal resembling a giraffe Date: 1837 Publisher: Jôshû-ya Kinzô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
	I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this keyblock print.
	Series: None Robinson: Not listed Title: A Cat Making Mice Fearful (鼠よけの猫) Size: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: A fat cat with a collar Date: c. 1841 Publisher: No publisher’s seal. The red seal under Kuniyoshi’s signature is the Toshidama seal of the Utagawa school of ukiyo-e artists. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
	Series: None Robinson: Not listed Title: Giant conch exhibited at the Sengaku-ji Size: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Exhibition of a giant conch Date: 1846-1848 (censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura) Publisher: Mori-ya Jihei
Series: None Robinson: Not listed Title: Picture of a Giant Conch (大宝螺貝之図) Size: ? Description: Exhibition of a giant conch at the Sengaku-ji Date: 1846-1848 (censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura) Publisher: Ebi-ya Rinnosuke I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
			Robinson: Not listed Title: Lion Colored Peonies (Fukamigusa shishi no irodori, 深見草獅子彩色) Size: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Two flowers composed of tiny shishi (Chinese lions) Date: 1847-1848 (censors Hama and Kinugasa) Publisher: No seal
			I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate state of the above design.
			Series: Robinson: Not listed Title: None Size: 22.5 x 16.6 cm. Description: Sparrows flitting around snow-covered branches of bamboo Date: Publisher: No seal
Series: None Robinson: Not listed Title: Drawings of Fifty-three Lovingly Raised Animals (Myô kaikô gojûsanbiki, 其のまま地口 猫飼好五十三疋) Size: Ôban triptych (each sheet is about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Cats representing each of the fifty-three stations of the Tôkaidô road Date: 1847-1850 (censors Mera and Murata) Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô
This is a reproduction of the above triptych made by Watanabe. The woodblocks were expertly reproduced, but a careful examination will reveal slight differences in the black outlines and text.
I am grateful to Robert Pryor for these reproductions that lack Kuniyoshi’s signature. They each bear the title Fifty-three Cats on the Tokaido (東海道五十三疋ねこづくし).
Robinson: 198 Title: Series of Proverbs (Tatoe-zukushi no uchi, たとえ尽の内) Size: Ôban diptych (each sheet is about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Cats illustrating various proverbs Date: 4^th month of 1852 Publisher: Kaga-ya Yasubei NOTE: Robinson lists Tatoye-dzukushi no uchi as series 198. Since only one of the three designs, of which I am aware, bears a title, it seems more accurate to consider this to be a triptych.
This is a reproduction.
Title: Fashionable Cats Juggling Balls (流行猫の曲鞠 on left sheet and 流行猫の曲手まり on right sheet) Date: c. 1841 Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Uhei
Series: Famous Products of the Provinces Robinson: Not listed Title: Butchering a Dead Whale Size: Ôban triptych (each sheet is about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Date: 1837-1839 Publisher: Tsujioka-ya Bunsuke
Series: None Title: Big Catch and Prosperity of Seven Bays (Nana ura tairyô hanjô no zu, 七浦大漁繁昌之図) Size: Ôban triptych (each sheet is about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: A group of women and a child watching a whale hunt Date: 1853 Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei
Series: None Title: Crowds viewing a captured whale in a bay with a view of Mount Fuji Size: Ôban triptych (each sheet is about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Crowds viewing a captured whale in a bay with a view of Mt. Fuji Date: c. 1848-1853 Publisher: Maru-ya Seigirô
Series: None Title: Size: Ôban triptych (each sheet is about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Drawing for a triptych of whales being pulled ashore Date: Publisher: No seal
		I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this drawing of a puppy by Kuniyoshi.

“Robinson” refers to listing of the series in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).

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