Comic Sweet Corn

(Dôke tômorokoshi, 道外 とうもろこし)

Publisher: Kazusa-ya Iwazô

1842-1846

This series is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).  The images are each about 7 by 10 inches (18 by 25 centimeters), a size known as chûban.  Two images were printed on a sheet of paper about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.  

	Title: Jigoku (Hell, 地ごく) Description: A devil with hôzuki (鬼灯, demonic flames) Title: Toitagaeshi (戸いたがえし) Description: A scene from the kabuki play Tôkaidô yotsuya kaidan employing a toitagaeshi (a stage prop consisting of a revolving panel with a life-size manikin on each side) I am grateful to Robert Pryor for the image.
	Title: The Shakkyô Dance (Shakkyô no shyosagoto, 石橋の所作事) Description: A dancing corncob accompanied by a pumpkin and a sweet potato playing the flute
	Title: Kasane at the Kinu River (Kinugawa no kasane, きぬ川のかさね) Description: A ghost under a willow tree along the riverbank is bending over a samurai who is hiding a sickle

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