A Set of Goldfish

(Kingyo tsukushi, 金魚づくし)

Publisher: Murata-ya Jirôbei

1839-1842

The title of this series is written as 金魚づくし on some prints and as きん魚づくし on others. This series is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The images are each about 10 by 7 inches (25 by 18 centimeters), a size known as chûban. Two images were printed on a sheet of paper about 10 by 14 inches (25 by 36 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

	Title: One Hundred Horrible Stories
	Title: Black Kite's (a small hawk) Sudden Attack
	Title: Blowing Soap Bubbles (Tamaya tamaya, 玉やし)
	Title: A Drinking Bout
	Title: Matoi (firemen's symbolic pole)
	Title: Riding a Raft (Ikadanori, いかだのり)
	Title: Sosanô-no Mikoto (Shinto god of the sea and storms)
	Title: Sudden Rain of Water-striders
	Title: Bonbon (ぼんぼん) Description: Singing the “bonbon” song for the obon festival

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