Fan Prints of Humorous and Miscellaneous Subjects,
Part IV
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Description: Cats
performing a scene from a play Date: Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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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 (鏡見山) Description: Cats as
actors in a scene from the kabuki
play Kagamiyama kokyô no nishikie Date: c. 1839-1842 Publisher: |
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Title: None Description:
Anthropomorphic cats relaxing in summer Date: c. 1842 Publisher: No seal |
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Title: Comical Dances
of People of the World (Bankokujin doke
odori, 萬国人道外おどり) Description: Strange
people of foreign lands encountered by Asahina on his travels Date: 1843-1846
(censor Yoshimura Gentarô) Publisher: Enshû-ya Matabei I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image and information. |
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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. |
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Title: None Description: Two women
with a sandal vendor Date: 1847-1850
(censors Mera and Murata) Publisher: Izuzen |
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Title: None Description: Child with an
insect cage Date: c. 1829 Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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Title: Popular
Competitions (Ryûkô kurabe,
流行競) Subtitle: Comical Three Beat Dance (Dôke
mitsubyoushi, 道外三ツびやうし) Description: Men dancing Date: 1842-1846
(censor Watanabe Shôemon) Publisher: Kojima-ya Jûbei I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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Text: The puppeteer
Yoshida Hyokichi performing the seven changes dance
(Yoshida Hyôkichi shichihenge
shosagoto no uchi konotokoro hayagawari ôatari, 吉田兵吉七変化所作事之内 此所早替り大当り／＼) Date: 1835 Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei, I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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Title: Collection of
Things with Names that End with “Men” Description: Date: c. 1837-1839 Publisher: Ise-ya Soemon NOTE: This print is signed Ichiyûsai
hitsu (一勇斎 筆) |
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Title: Mitate… (見立…) Description: A wind chime
(furin, 風鈴) and other
objects Date: c. 1837-1839 Publisher: Iba-ya Senzaburô NOTE: This print is signed Ichiyûsai
ga (一勇斎 画).
I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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Title: None Description: Confucian
good and evil in various kabuki scenes Date: c. 1837-1839 Publisher: No seal NOTE: This print is signed Ichiyûsai giga (一勇斎 戯画). I
am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
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Title: None Description: A standing
deer Date: Publisher: Kojima-ya Jûbei NOTE: This print is signed Chô-ô-rô Kuniyoshi hitsu (朝櫻楼 國芳 筆) and bears a square kiwame (極) seal. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
image. |
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Title: None Description: A sageju food box and a himousen
(red felt carpet) in the foreground with the tops of kabuki theaters
behind the clouds Date: c. 1846-1847 Publisher: Ise-ya Sôemon I am grateful to Robert
Pryor for this image. |
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Title: None Description: A large
family crest Date: 1843-1846
(censor Yoshimura Gentarô) Publisher: No seal NOTE: Although unsigned, Kuniyoshi’s kiri seal identifies him as the artist. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
image. |
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“Robinson” refers to series
number in Kuniyoshi by Basil
William Robinson, 1961,
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