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.

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