Flowers
of Edo Tip-top Spinning Tricks
(Edo
no hana ichiryu kyokugoma, 江戸の花 一流曲独楽)
Publisher:
Sano-ya Kihei
c.
1844
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This
series shows Takezawa Toji
(竹澤 藤次) with his students performing stunts with spinning
tops. This series is not listed in Kuniyoshi
by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The prints are each about 14 by 10 inches
(36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as τban. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for assisting
with this series. |
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Description: A
spinning-top performance by Takezawa Toji (竹澤 藤次) and his
student Takezawa Manji (竹澤万次) |
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An alternate state of the above design |
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Description: A
spinning-top performance by Takezawa Toji (竹澤藤次) and deshi (student) Takezawa
Kaneji (弟子 竹澤兼次) |
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I am grateful to Hayley Webster for this key block print of the
above design. |
