Comic and miscellaneous individual prints

Part III

	Title: Comical Anticipation of a Quick Profit (Munazanyou douke hayawari, 胸算用道外早和利) Date: 1849 (censors Kinugasa and Yoshimura) Publisher: Minato-ya Kohei I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
	I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate state without a green ground.
Title: Textile Pattern of People to Stop Your Yawning (欠留人物更紗, Akubidome jinbutsu sarasa) Date: c. 1842 Publisher: Yamamoto Heikichi
Another state of the above print, courtesy of Horst Graebner
Title: The Transfer Ceremony at Ise Shrine (Ise Daijin miya-utsushi, 伊勢太神宮遷御之圖) Date: 1849 (censors Yoshimura and Kinugasa) Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Uhei NOTE: This print is a horizontal ôban, about 10 by 14 inches (25 by 36 centimeters). I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image.
Title: Description: Okina Inari and Datsueba are neck wrestling (kubihiki) while foxes and horses cheer Date: 1847-1850 (censors Mera and Murata) Publisher: Tama-ya Sôsuke NOTE: This print is a horizontal ôban, about 10 by 14 inches (25 by 36 centimeters)
Title: Flowers of Edo: Five Dog-men (江戸花五人男犬) Description: Dogs as the “Karigane Five”, a gang led by Karigane Bunshichi Date: c. 1833-1835 Size: Chûban (about 7 by 10 inches or 18 by 25 centimeters) Publisher: No seal
Title: Seven Dog-people (七犬人) Description: Dogs as the seven Chinese hermits known as the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove Date: c. 1833-1835 Size: Chûban (about 7 by 10 inches or 18 by 25 centimeters) Publisher: No seal
Title: The Twelve Animals of the Zodiac Hear Good Things (Yoki koto o kiku junishi) Description: The twelve animals of the zodiac rendered in chrysanthemums Date: 1846-1848 (censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura) Publisher: Sano-ya Kihei
Title: The Beast Called “Greed” (Yoku to ifu kemono, 欲といふ獣) Description: A fantastic beast chained to three wooden stakes, labeled 神, 佛, and 儒 (Shin, Butsu, and Ju–Shinto, Buddhism, and Confucianism). The beast is composed of various animal and human parts, koban coins, abacuses, and has a purse for a nose. The beast’s body is marked “I desire money” (kanegahoshî, 金がほしい). Date: 1847-1848 (censors Hama and Kinugasa) Publisher: Tsuru-ya han Size: Dai ôban (12 7/8 x 18 1/8 in. or 32.8 x 46.0 cm.) NOTE: The print is based on a story and image by Santô Kyôden, published in the Kyôwa Era (1801-1804). I am grateful to Robert Pryor for information about this print.
Title: Cat’s Rokugei (猫の六毛撰, six external causes of illness in traditional Chinese medicine) Description: Six cats taking various remedies Date: c. 1843 Publisher: Iba-ya Senzaburô
Title: View of Main Shinyô Tôzan Hall (Honke Shinyô Tôzan-dô Ryaku-zu) Description: Bird’s eye view of a medical herb shop (probably) Date: c. 1860 Publisher: I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
Title: Kachikachiyama (かちかち山) Description: The folk tale Kachikachiyama in 12 scenes, which is about a tanuki and a rabbit Date: c. 1833-1843 (kiwame seal) Size: Ôban (about 10 by 14 inches or 25 by 36 centimeters) Publisher: Yamamoto-ya Heikichi NOTE: This print and the following print may be from an untitled series of folk tales. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
Title: Story of the Tongue Cut Sparrow in Nine Scenes Description: Date: c. 1833-1843 (kiwame seal) Publisher: I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
Title: Asahina Saburô Yoshihide in a Wrestling Match with Strange People from Various Countries (Asahina Saburô Yoshihide bankoku sumô no zu, 朝比奈三郎義秀萬國すまふの圖) Description: Asahina wrestling with various creatures Date: 1842-1846 (censor Watanabe Shôemon) Publisher: Zen (phonetic reading of 善) NOTE: This print is a horizontal ôban, about 10 by 14 inches (25 by 36 centimeters). It is signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi giga (drawn in fun by Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi, 一勇斎国芳戯画). I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
An alternate state of the above design without a censor’s seal
Title: Asahina Traveling through Strange Countries (朝日奈嶋巡) Description: Asahina Saburô Yoshihide with foreigners he might have met in his travels Date: c. 1836-1838 Publisher: Tsuru-ya Kiemon I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
Title: Asahina’s Island Tour (Asahina shima jun, 朝比奈嶋巡) Description: Small images of Asahina’s various adventures Date: c. 1833-1835 Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
Title: The Recasting of the Great Bell of Tsujuki Temple on August 9, 1836 (Tôto Tsukiji gobô ogane saichû no zu, 天保七丙申歳八月九日東都築地御坊洪鐘再鋳之図) Description: Bird’s eye view of the foundry Date: c. 1836 Size: 36 x 48 cm Publisher: I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
Title: On the 8^th Day of the 5^th Month of the Year of the Horse (1858) People of Earth and Water Horse Signs Enter the Lucky Period Description: This uke-e (有卦絵) is a print with various symbols of good luck Date: 4^th month of 1858 Size: Ôban (about 10 by 14 inches or 25 by 36 centimeters) Publisher: Hayashi-ya Shôgorô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
Title: Comical Sumô Wrestling Match between the Wind God and a Guardian King (Dôke Niô Fûjin no sumô, 道化仁王風神の角力) Description: The Agyô guardian king and the wind god Fûjin wrestling, with the Ungyô Niô and Raijin in attendance Date: c. 1841 Size: Ôban (about 10 by 14 inches or 25 by 36 centimeters) Publisher: Izumi-ya Gonshirô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for locating this image.
Title: Description: Three monkeys dressed as humans Date: c. 1849-1852 Size: Kokonotsugiri (12 x 17.5 cm) Publisher: No seal I am grateful to Robert Pryor for locating this image.
Title: The Current Temporary Pleasure Quarters (Tôsei karitaku yû, 當世仮宅遊) Description: A crowd of people who profited from the 1855 earthquake and catfish gawking at courtesans in the temporary pleasure quarter Date: 1855 Size: Unknown Publisher: No seal NOTE: This print depicts the relocated Yoshiwara, after the 1855 eartquake. The profiteers are labeled as cart driver (車力), carpenter (大工), roofer (やねや), scaffolder (とび), stonemason (石屋), plasterer (さかん). Since prints depicting recent events were banned at the time, this print has no publisher’s seal, censor’s seal or artist’s signature.   In Japanese folklore, Namazu is a giant catfish living beneath Japan and causeing earthquakes by its movement. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image and information.

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