Comic Parts for the Twelve Signs

(Dôke miburi jû-ni-shi, 道外 見富利十二志)

Publisher: Ebisu-ya Shôshichi

c. 1848

In this series of three prints, well-known actors are portrayed as the twelve animals of the Buddhist zodiac. The series is listed as number 180 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.

	Upper right: Rat (子); actor Onoe Kikujirô II Lower right: Ox (丑); actor Onoe Tamizô II Upper left: Tiger (寅); actor Ichikawa Kuzô II Lower left: Hare (卯); actor Iwai Kumesaburô III
	Another state of the above design
	Top: Dragon (辰) Center right: Snake (巳) Bottom: Horse (午); actor Sakata Sajûrô II Center left: Goat (未)
	Another state of the above design
	Upper right: Monkey (申) Upper left: Cock (酉); actor Bandô Shûka I Lower right: Dog (戌); actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII Lower left: Boar (亥)
	Another state of the above design

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