Comparison of Poems

(Shi-ka-kyô uta awase, 定家卿歌合)

Publisher: Arita-ya Seiemon

c. 1841

In this series, beautiful women are compared to poems. The series is listed as numbers 94 and 149 (depending upon script) 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.

	Description: Woman with green plants Robinson: 149
	Another state of the above design
	Description: Woman by a waterfall Robinson: 149
	Description: Female poet writing Robinson: 94
	Description: Woman bending over a flowering bush Robinson: 149
	Description: Woman dancing by a stream Robinson: 94

“Robinson” indicates listing in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson, 1961, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

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