Miscellaneous Fan Prints of Women
Part IV
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Series: Six Views (Mutsu geshiki) Robinson: Not listed Title: Snow at Description: Beauty on a
terrace looking out at a snowy landscape Date: 1854 Publisher: Ise-ya Soemon |
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Series: Three
Intimate Tunes Played by Selected Beauties (Bijin zoroi mutsumaji
sankyoku, 美人揃睦三曲) Robinson: Not listed Title: Komurasaki, with poem by Umenoya Description: Beautiful
woman playing a shamisen Date: c. 1845 Publisher: To-Kaku
(phonetic reading of ト角) |
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Series: Three Great
Bridges of the Eastern Capital (Tôto sandaikyo no uchi) Robinson: Not listed Bridge: Nihonbashi Description: Beauty in a
boat under bridge Date: 3rd
month of 1853 Publisher: Tsuji-ya Yasubei |
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Series: Three Great
Bridges of the Eastern Capital (Tôto sandaikyo no uchi) Robinson: Not listed Bridge: Description: Date: 3rd
month of 1853 Publisher: Tsuji-ya Yasubei |
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Series: Three Great
Bridges of the Eastern Capital (Tôto sandaikyo no uchi) Robinson: Not listed Bridge: Description: Woman wearing
a cowl with a child on a bridge Date: 3rd
month of 1853 Publisher: Tsuji-ya Yasubei |
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Series: Fifty-three
Stations of the Tôkaidô Robinson: Not listed Title: Description: Date: 1830s Publisher: |
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Series: Fifty-three
Stations of the Tôkaidô Robinson: Not listed Title: Shinagawa
Station Description: Date: 1830s Publisher: |
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Title: Rainbow in
Spring (Haru no kôgei, 春の虹蜺) Description: Beauty eating
eel on skewers on a terrace with a rainbow in the background Date: 1836 Publisher: Ise-ya Ichiemon |
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Title: None Description: Woman on a
bridge under an umbrella dropping Bodhisattva Jizô
prayer slips into the Sumida River to calm the spirits of the drowned Date: c. 1840 Publisher: No seal NOTE: The signature
on this print (in gourd-shaped cartouche) reads Chô-ô-rô Kuniyoshi ga (朝櫻楼 国芳 画). |
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I am grateful to
Robert Pryor for this alternate state. |
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Series: Robinson: Not listed Title: None Description: Beauty with
fan and tree trunk Date: 1843-1846
(censor Yoshimura Gentarô) Publisher: No seal |
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Series: Foreheads
shaped like Mt. Fuji (Fujibitai)
Robinson: Not listed Title: Description: Date: 1846-1852 Publisher: Enshûya Matabei |
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Series: Comparative
Physiognomies of Women (Fusô kurabe, 婦相競) Robinson: Not listed Title: A feast (Chisô, ちそう) Description: Woman holding
a sake bottle Date: 1842-1846
(censor Murata Sahei) Publisher: Iba-ya Senzaburô NOTE: This is a key
block print. It is an impression
pulled from the first woodblock made by a carver from the artist’s original
drawing. The artist would write
instructions for each color on a separate key block print, and the woodblock
for each color was cut using one of these as a guide. Registration marks (kento) are found in the left
lower corner and on the bottom. Kento are cut in each woodblock, so
that the paper can be properly aligned on each woodblock during
printing. In addition to
being a guide for carving the color woodblocks, the key block was also used
to apply black ink (usually) in the printing process. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
image. |
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This is a contemporary reproduction made by
Katsuhara Shinya (aka Tachihari Inuki, 1951-2015). It is titled It looks like it’s getting wet
(Nuresô, ぬれそう). |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image of
a print by Kunisada (Toyokuni III) from the above series. It is titled It looks scary (kowasô,
こわそう). |
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Title: A Modern
Comparison of Flowers (Tosei hana awase, 當盛花合) Description: Mother and
small child Date: c. 1832-1833 Publisher: No seal |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate
state. |
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Series: Collection of
Flowers and Birds (Kacho awase, 花鳥合) Robinson: Not listed Title: Sparrow and
Gourds (Suzume fukube,
美人団扇絵) Description: A beauty
holding a fan Date: 1849-1850
(censors Kinugasa and Watanabe) Publisher: Arita-ya Seiemon |
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Title: Tama-zoroi Description: Date: 2nd
month of 1855 Publisher: Hanmoto ta (板元 太) |
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Series: Mitsubiyoushi (Mitsubiyoushi no uchi, 三ツびはふしの内) Robinson: Not listed Title: Fox (Kitsune, きつね) Description: A beauty
wiping her hands with a towel at a washing trough at an Inari (fox) shrine Date: 3rd
month of 1852 Publisher: NOTE: Mitsubiyoshi was a
three-beat song and dance for playing kitsune ken. |
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Series: Mitsubiyoushi (Mitsubiyoushi no uchi, 三ツびはふしの内) Robinson: Not listed Title: Hunter (Kariudo, 狩人) Description: A beauty in a
thick overcoat holding a piece of wood Date: 1852 Publisher: |
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No image available Series: Mitsubiyoushi (Mitsubiyoushi no uchi, 三ツびはふしの内) Robinson: Not listed Title: Headman (Shouya) Description: Date: 1852 Publisher: |
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Title: None Description: Seated
courtesan making strings of paper flowers with a kamuro beside her Date: 1848-1851 Publisher: No seal NOTE: This 15.9 x
49.5 cm print is described on the British Museum website as a fan-shaped surimono. |
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Series: Seven More
Modern Women (Imayô Shichifukujin, いまよう七婦?人) Title: Fukuroku (ふくろく) Description: Woman pulling
up her head-dress in the snow Date: 1949-1851
(censors Fuku and Muramatsu) Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei NOTE: This print is a mitate of the lucky god Fukurokuju. The kimono
and cartouche have bats, one of Fukurokuju’s
companion animals, the cartouche has the longevity fungus, reishi, also associate with Fukuroku, and the cowl
imitates Fukurokuju’s elongated head. |
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Series: Eight Lovers’
Meetings (Au-mi hakkai, 逢身八懐) Title: Lingering
Snow at Yushima (Yushima
no bosetsu, 湯しま暮雪) Description: Woman holding
a blue and white bowl of fruit topped with shaved ice Date: c. 1840 Publisher: Enshû-ya Matabei |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this cut down
keyblock print for the above uchiwa-e. |
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Series: Eight Lovers’
Meetings (Au-mi hakkai, 逢身八懐) Title: Night Rain
Outside the Window (Mado saki no yau, 窓先夜雨) Description: Woman looking
out a window on a rainy day Date: c. 1840 Publisher: No seal I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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Text: Fine and
hard-wearing kimono, cash-only sales, no credit (Gofuku
futomono rui, genkin kake atai
nashi, 呉服太物類 現金掛け値なし) Description: An
advertising print (hikifuda, 引札) Date: Publisher: Enshû-ya Matabei I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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Series: Three Views
of Edo (Edo sankei, 江戸三景) Title: Ôji (王子) Although “ôji”
means “prince”, it is used for Kumano shrines and here may be the Kumano Jûnisha Shrine in Shinjuku Description: Date: 5th
month of 1857 Publisher: Probably Enshû-ya Matabei I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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Series: Three Views
of Edo (Edo sankei, 江戸三景) Title: Sumida River (Sumidagawa,
隅田川) Description: Woman with
letter tucked in her obi Date: 1st
month of 1857 Publisher: I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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No image available Series: Three Views
of Edo (Edo sankei, 江戸三景) Title: Sensoji Temple (浅草寺) Description: Date: Publisher: |
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“Robinson” refers to listing of the series in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).
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