Miscellaneous Fan Prints of Women
Part
Title: 32 Modern
Appearances (Tosei san-ju-ni
sô no uchi, 當盛三十二相の内) Description: Five beauties
reflected in mirrors Date: 1840 Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei |
Title: Cherry Trees of
the Yoshiwara at Evening (Yoshiwara no yozakura, 吉原之夜ざくら) Description: Courtesans
viewing spring cherry blossoms Date: c. 1845 Publisher: Izuzen |
Series: Untitled
series of women’s tasks Robinson: Not listed Description: Beauty serving
boiled rice with tea (ochazuke) Date: c. 1840-1844 Publisher: No seal NOTE: The signature reads Chô-ô-rô Kuniyoshi ga (朝櫻楼 国芳 画) and is in an
elongated gourd-shaped Toshidama seal cartouche (). The Toshidama seal
was used by members of the |
Series: Untitled
series of women’s tasks Robinson: Not listed Description: Beauty
washing clothes Date: c. 1840-1844 Publisher: No seal |
Series: Untitled
series of women’s tasks Robinson: Not listed Description: Beauty
preparing an eel Date: c. 1840-1844 Publisher: No seal |
Series: A Set of
Snow, Moon, and Flowers (Setsugekka no uchi, 雪月花之内) Title: Snow (Setsu or Yuki), 雪) Robinson: Not listed Description: Woman holding
a snow rabbit (yuki usagi,
雪うさぎ) on a tray Date: Publisher: No seal I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
Series: Flowers,
Birds, Wind and Moon (Kacho fugetsu, 花鳥風月) Robinson: Not listed Title: Moon (月) Description: Beauty on a
boat under a full moon Date: 1846-1852 Publisher: Masugindô |
Series: Flowers,
Birds, Wind and Moon (Kacho fugetsu, 花鳥風月) Robinson: Not listed Title: Wind (Kaze, 風) Description: Beauty on a
boat enjoying the evening cool on the river Date: Publisher: Enshû-ya Matabei |
Series: A Set of
Snow, Moon, and Flowers (Setsugekka no uchi, 雪月花之内) Robinson: Not listed Title: Moon (Tsuki, 月) Description: Woman with
moon and stone lantern Date: Publisher: I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
Series: Robinson: Not listed Title: Description: Geisha and view
of Mt. Fuji Date: 1843-1845 Publisher: |
Series: It’s an
Auspicious Day to… (最上吉日つくし) Robinson: Not listed Title: Description: Woman selling
decorative bowls Date: 1842-1846
(censor Watanabe Shôemon) Publisher: Enshûya Matabei |
Series: It’s an
Auspicious Day to… (最上吉日つくし) Robinson: Not listed Title: Description: Woman
gathering yarn on her arms Date: 1842-1846
(censor Watanabe Shôemon) Publisher: Enshûya Matabei |
Series: It’s an
Auspicious Day to… (最上吉日つくし) Robinson: Not listed Title: Tailored good
(Shitate mono yoshi,
仕立ものよし) Description: Woman winding
thread Date: 1842-1846
(censor Watanabe Shôemon) Publisher: Enshûya Matabei I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
Title: Jewel of the
Seashore (渚乃珠, Nagisa no tama) Description: Woman mending
a fish net Date: c. 1836 Publisher: no seal |
I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this aizuri-e version of the above design lacking a title. |
Series: Matching of
Treasures with Charming Women (Enjo takara awase) Robinson: Not listed Title: Description: Young woman
of Mino making a theatrical wig Date: 1843-1845 Publisher: no seal |
Series: Matching of
Treasures with Charming Women (Enjo takara awase) Robinson: Not listed Title: Description: Beauty sewing
a pouch Date: 1843-1845 Publisher: no seal |
Series: Robinson: Not listed Title: Vesper haze Description: Date: Publisher: Ise-ya Ichiemon |
Series: Analogies of
the Seven Lucky Gods (Mitate Shichifukujin, 見立七婦子仁) Robinson: Not listed Title: Hotei (ほてい) Description: Date: c. 1842 Publisher: Suruga-ya Sakujirô I am grategul to Robert Pryor for this
image. |
Series: Analogies of
the Seven Lucky Gods (Mitate Shichifukujin, 見立七婦子仁) Robinson: Not listed Title: Ebisu (ゑびす) Description: Date: c. 1842 Publisher: No seal I am grategul to Robert Pryor for this
image. |
Series: A Modern
Seven Gods of Good Fortune (Imayô shichifukujin, 今様七福神) Robinson: Not listed Title: Hotei (ほてい) Description: Date: 1846-1852 Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei |
Series: Comparison of
Five Modern Colors (Imayô goshiki awase, 今様五しき合) Robinson: Not listed Title: Red (seki, 赤) Description: Woman eating
with chopsticks Date: 1849-1851
(censors Fuku and Muramatsu) Publisher: no seal |
I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate
state of the above design. |
Series: Contemporary
Ships of Various Kinds Robinson: Not listed Title: Insect cage Description: Date: 1st
month of 1853 Publisher: Ômiya Yohei |
Series: Contemporary
Ships of Various Kinds Robinson: Not listed Title: Description: Date: 1st
month of 1853 Publisher: Ômiya Yohei |
Series: Six Flowers
in Full Bloom (Roku hanazakari, 六花盛) Robinson: Not listed Title: None Description: Woman with
irises holding a toy cat Date: 1846-1852 Publisher: Iba-ya Senzaburô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this later
reprint of the above design. |
“Robinson” refers to listing of the series in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). |