Children’s Games for the
Eight Dispositions
(Osana asobi hachi gyô no uchi, 子供遊八行の内)
Publisher: Iga-ya Kanemon
c. 1840
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This series is listed as 132 in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum,
London, 1961). The prints are each
about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.
I am grateful to Robert Pryor for his contributions to this series. |
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Title: Jin (仁, benevolence or humanity) Description: Children
freeing caged birds while restraining the cat |
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Another state of the above design |
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Title: Zhì (智, knowledge) Description: Children
playing hide-a-shoe |
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Another state of the above design |
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Possibly another state or faded colors |
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Hanshita-e (final
drawing) for the above design |
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Title: Rei (礼, etiquette) Description: Small child
bowing to older child |
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Another state without a publisher’s seal |
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Title: Kô (孝, filial piety) Description: Children
reenacting one of the 24 paragons of filial piety, with Meng Zong (Môsô,
孟宗) miraculously
finding bamboo shoots in mid-winter for his mother NOTE: The title cartouche reads Osana
asobi hachi gyô no uchi (稚遊八行のうち) |
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Title: Gi (義, righteousness) Description: NOTE: The title in the cartouche reads Osana hachi gyô no uchi (稚八行のうち) |
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“Robinson” refers to listing of the series in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).
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