Eight Successful Plays Performed by Bats
(Yatsu atari dôke kômori,
八つ当田りどふけかふもり)
Publisher: Jôshû-ya Kinzô
1844-1846
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This
series is not listed 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. |
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Top: Denbei, Oshun, and the monkey trainer Yojiro
in Sarumawashi Kadode
no Hitofushi Bottom: Watanabe and
Endo with Kesa Gozen’s
head in Misao no Hana Toba no Koizuka |
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Top: Sukeroku and Ikkyu in Sukeroku Bottom: Probably an otokodate |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
alternate state with a green ground. |
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Top: Iwafuji and Ohatsu in Kagamiyama Bottom: Danshichi and Giheiji in Natsu
Matsuri |
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“Robinson”’ refers to listing in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson, 1961, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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