Fan Prints of Humorous and Miscellaneous Subjects,
Part I
Title: Roku kesen (猫の六毛撰). This is a pun that can mean either Six
Immortal Poets or Six Cats with Fur of Different Colors Description: Cats imitating
the Six Immortal Poets Date: 1843-1846
(censor Muramatsu Genroku) Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô |
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Title: Cats Enjoying
the Evening Cool (猫のすずみ) Description: Cats dressed
as women in a small boat and on a quay Date: 1839-1842 Publisher: No seal |
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Another state of the above design, with the kimono of the cat on the right having been simplified |
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This is a 21st century reproduction made
from newly cut woodblocks by Yuuya Shimoi (Shimoi’s Ukiyoe Reproduction) |
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Title: Cats
practicing their music (猫乃けいこ) Date: 1841 Publisher: No seal |
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Title: Description: Cats
imitating chapter ten of the novel, The
Tales of Genji Date: c. 1842 Publisher: No seal |
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Description: Cats engaged in
various activities (猫身八毛意) Date: c. 1840 Publisher: Kyu (phonetic
pronunciation of 久) |
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Preparatory drawing for the above print titled 見立て猫見八貝 |
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Title: A collection
of cats (Nekotsuruken) Description: Cats are displayed
in various attitudes with the following labels: 1. Fight during cat courtship (neko no kenka wa irogurui) 2. A grey cat, a tabby cat and a spotted bobtail cat slinking off
(haige shirobuchi mike
choko choko) 3. Purring and begging (nodo gorogoro narashite nedarimasho) 4. Meow, meow, meow—the soft touch of flirtation (sore nyan nyago nyan nyago
jaretsukuna) 5. Black cat wearing a necklace (karasu ga kubittama shibarareta) 6. Tabby cat wandering around (dora wa hôbô kakezuruten) 7. Mouse, meow, and come here!
(nezumi de nyaa kinasee) Date: 1847 Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô |
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Description: Dancing cats Date: c. 1841 Publisher: No seal |
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Description: Dance of the
spectral animals, a parody on the seven gods of good fortune (the cat is Benten, and the bullfrog is Hotei) Date: c. 1840 Publisher: No seal |
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Title: Three Cats at
an Indoor Party Description: Cats playing
the game of ken Date: 1841 Publisher: No seal |
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Title: None Description: The cat
family at home Date: c. 1840 Publisher: No seal |
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Title: Pale Moon,
Cats in Season (Oborozuki neko no sakari, おぼろ月猫の盛) Description: View of the Yoshiwara with cats as courtesans behind in “the cage” Date: 1846 Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô |
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Series: A Hundred Cats’
Physiognomies (Neko no hyaku men-sô, 猫の百面相) Robinson: 201 Description: Faces of cats
dressed as actors from the
seventh act of Chûshingura with the
following roles and actors:
Date: 1842 Publisher: No seal |
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Series: A Hundred
Cats’ Physiognomies (Neko no hyaku men-sô, 猫の百面相) Robinson: 201 Description: Faces of cats
dressed as actors reflected in mirrors with following
actors:
Date: 1842 Publisher: No seal |
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Series: A Hundred
Cats’ Physiognomies (Neko no hyaku men-sô, 猫の百面相) Robinson: 201 Description: Faces of cats
dressed as actors reflected in mirrors with following
actors:
Date: 1842 Publisher: No seal |
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Series: A Hundred
Cats’ Physiognomies (Neko no hyaku men-sô, 猫の百面相) Robinson: 201 Description: Date: 1842 Publisher: No seal |
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Description: Cats
performing act three of the Chûshingura Date: Publisher: |
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Description: Cats performing
a scene from a play Date: Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô |
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Description: Cats’ kabuki with degatari chanters Date: c.1842 Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô |
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Title: Futatsu chôchô kuruwa nikki Description: Two cats as sumô wrestlers in
a famous scene from the kabuki
theater Date: Publisher: |
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Title: Kagamiyama (賀美山) Description: Cats as
actors in a scene from the kabuki
play Kagamiyama kokyô no nishikie Date: Publisher: |
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Title: None Description:
Anthropomorphic cats relaxing in summer Date: c. 1842 Publisher: No seal |
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Title: Description: Funny looking
characters dancing Date: 1843-1846
(censor Yoshimura Gentarô) Publisher: Enshû-ya Matabei.j I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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Title: None Description: Noblemen
shooting arrows at a target Date: 1843-1846
(censor Hama Yohei) Publisher: Izuzen I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
“Robinson” refers to series
number in Kuniyoshi by Basil
William Robinson, 1961, |