Comic and Miscellaneous Triptychs and Diptychs,
Part II
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Title: Eight Brides
for the Only Son (Hitori musuko ni yome hachinin, 独息子 に嫁八人) Description: Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII
with his female fans Date: 1849 (censors Kinugasa and Yoshimura) Publisher: Enshû-ya Hikobei |
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Title: Picture of
the Stone Shrine Pilgrimage to Ôyama Temple in
Sagami Province (Sagami no kuni Ôyama-dera sekison miya asayama zu, 相模国大山寺石尊宮朝山図) Description: Hataya Shichiemon I, Ichimura Uzaemon
XIII, Morita Kan'ya XI, Arashi Kangorô
I, Ichikawa Danjurô VIII, Bandô
Hikosaburô IV, Ichikawa Kogorô
I, Ichikawa Koraizo VII, Bandô
Mitsuemonka I, Arashi Kichisaburô
III, Kataoka Gadanji II, Ichikawa Kodanji IV, Arashi Otohachi
III, Nakayama Ichizô I, Bandô
Takesaburô I, Bandô Sajûrô I, Nakamura Tsuruzô I,
Nakamura Fukusuke I, Ôtani Tomoemonka
IV and others on pilgrimage Date: 7th
month of 1854 Publisher: Enshû-ya Hikobei I am grateful to Robert Pryor for information about this
triptych. |
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Title: The Inner
Chamber–first performance of the new year (Ôoku no hikizome, 御奥の弾初) Description: An elderly
blind musician playing the koto for an
audience of beautiful women Date: 1849-1851
(censors Fuku and Muramatsu) Publisher: Enshû-ya Matabei I am grateful to Elaine Boatin for
supplying information about this triptych. |
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Title: New Year
Felicitations (Haru no kotobuki, 春の寿) Description: Women
watching New Year’s dancers Date: 1849-1852
(censors Hama and Magome) Publisher: Ebi-ya Rinnosuke |
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Title: Theater
Performance for Shogun’s Harem (Oooku shibai) of the kabuki
play Sugawara denju
tenarai kagami (菅原伝授手習鑑) with Nakamura Kanemon IV as Matsu-o-maru (center) and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Sakura-maru (right) Date: 1850-1851
(censors Fuku and Muramatsu with shita-uri seal) Publisher: Tama-ya Sôsuke |
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Title: The First
Crossing of the Ryogoku Bridge on the 23rd Day of the 11th
Month, 1855 (安政乙卯十一月廿三日両国橋渡初之図) Description: The opening
of the new Date: 11th
month of 1855 Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô |
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Title: None Description: Procession of
women, passing a series of depictions of Kagamiyama
scenes, approaching the torii of a Shinto shrine Date: c. 1833-1836 Publishers’ seals:
Yamaguchi-ya Tobei and
Nishimura-ya Yohachi
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Title: Description: A group of
women cavorting while a beauty (bijin)
reads a book (ehon) Date: 1847-1850
(censors Mera and Murata) Publisher: Hayashi-ya Shôgorô |
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Title: Seven
Troubles of Women (Shichi kennon musubu ennichi, 七けんのんむすぶ縁日) Description: Date: 1847-1850
(censors Mera and Murata) Publisher: Enshû-ya Hikobei |
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Title: Description Date: c. 1847-1852 Publisher: |
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Title: German Ship (ギヤマン船) Description: A glasswork
ship displayed at the misemono (見世物, exhibition)
at Asakusa Okuyama in 1847 Date: 1847 Publisher: Minato-ya Kohei |
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Title: Description: Date: 1830-1844 Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei |
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Title: Shiri-tori-ne Nashi Kusagusa Description: Numerous
figures engaged in various activities portraying legends, heroes, and stories Date: 1847-1852 Publisher: Wakasa-ya Yoichi |
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Title: Six Old Men in
the Countryside Drinking Tea and Telling Stories (Inaka no rokunin no rojin
ga ocha nomi hanashi o shite iru zu, 田家茶話六老之図) Description: Complete
diptych and drawing for right panel Date: 1849-1851
(censors Fuku and Muramatsu) Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this Meiji
reprint from new woodblocks. Among
other differences, it lacks Kuniyoshi’s signature. |
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Title: Description: A group of
actors on their way to Oji Shrine (Inari jinja) on New Year’s day Date: Publisher: |
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Title: Long Life (長寿命づくし) Description: Comic
characters involved in activities of daily living around a giant kanji for longevity (命) Date: 1847-1850
(censors Mera and Murata) Publisher: Shimidzu-ya Naojirô |
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Title: Ukiyo yoshi zukushi (浮世与しづ久志), which may be
translated as either The World of Yoshi to Exhaustion or as All the Good in
this World. Description: People
engaged in various activities around the word Yoshi (よし), which means
good or alright. The description of
each person includes the hiragana よし. Date: 1846-1848
(censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura) Publisher: Yamashiro-ya I am grateful to Robert Pryor for information about this diptych. |
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Title: Untitled Description: Asahina Saburô on the seashore with a group of strange
inhabitants of foreign lands Date: c. 1836 Publisher: Maru-ya Seijirô NOTE: This triptych
is listed as T31 in Kuniyoshi: The
Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press,
Ithaca, NY, 1982). I am grateful to
Ward Pieters for information about this print. |
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Title: Untitled
(View of Hell) Description: In the center
sits Enma (or Emma), King of Hell, dressed as a Chinese official, flanked by
his minions. He sits in judgment,
deciding whether the deceased had been good or bad. Those found wanting are
shown being boiled, crushed, burnt or having their tongues pulled out. Date: c. mid 1830’s Publisher: Tsuta-ya Kichizô (南傳馬町一丁目, 地本問屋蔦屋吉藏版, yellow
rectangle in left-lower corner) I am grateful to Robert Pryor for information about this
triptych. |
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Another state of the above design |
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Title: Snow, Moon, and
Flowers (Setsugekka no uchi, 月雪花の内) Subtitle: Furyu no tsuki (Moon
of Refinements) Description: Young
men engaged in elegant pastimes, such as calligraphy, writing poetry, and
flower arranging. A number of poems are inscribed above their
heads. Date: 1842-1846 (censor
Watanabe Shôemon) Publisher: Wakasa-ya Yoichi |
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Title: Snow, Moon, and
Flowers (Setsugekka no uchi, 月雪花の内) Subtitle: Activities of
elegant people (風雅人雪のむしろ) Description: The poets of
Edo on a snowy day Date: 1842-1846 (censor
Watanabe Shôemon) Publisher: Wakasa-ya Yoichi |
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