Instructive Reference-Index of All Sorts of Proverbs
Part II
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Proverb: Description: Mother
offering breast to child Hiragana: Chi (ち), No. 8 Kanji: 乳 (breasts) |
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Another state with a plain foreground |
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Proverb: Description: Woman holding
morning glories (asagao, 朝顔) standing next
to a desk with calligraphy on it Hiragana: Ri (り), No. 9 Kanji: 利 (advantage, benefit or profit) |
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Another state without Kuniyoshi’s kiri seal below his signature |
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Another state with a plain foreground |
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Proverb: Description: Woman serving
tea Hiragana: Nu (ぬ), No. 10 and
Ru (る), No. 11 Kanji: 温 (hot) |
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Another state with a green foreground |
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Another state with a plain foreground |
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Proverb: Hemp in celebration
of grey hair, which is used in wedding vows Description: Woman with
strands of hemp (asa, 麻) Kanji: 麻 (hemp) NOTE: “Hemp in
celebration of grey hair” is used in wedding vows. It alludes to the ability of hemp to take
any dye–a metaphor for a woman’s capacity to conform to her husband’s
wishes. I am grateful to Ferenz Jacobs of the Hash, Marihuana & Hemp Museum in
Barcelona for information about this print. |
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Another state with a green foreground |
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Another state with a plain foreground |
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Proverb: Description: Kneeling
beauty spinning silk while her cat sleeps Hiragana: Wa (ゎ), No. 13 Kanji: 輪 (wheel) |
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Another state with a plain foreground |
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Proverb: Description: Woman holding
incense burner in shape of pig (kayari buta, 蚊遣豚) to repel
mosquitos Hiragana: Ka (か), No. 14 Kanji: 蚊 (mosquitos) |
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I am grateful to Taylor McNeil for this
alternate state with red in the text cartouche. |
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Another state with a green foreground
and yellow in the text cartouche |
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Another state with a plain foreground
and a purple band on top |
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This state is missing both the
cartouche in the right upper corner and the seal of the publisher Arita-ya Seiemon. The seal
in the left lower corner is probably a collector’s seal. |
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