Kakemono-e of beautiful women

Kakemono-e are vertical diptychs that measure approximately 28 by 10 inches (72 by 25 centimeters).

	Description: Beauty with a cricket cage Date: 1843-1846 (censor Muramatsu Genroku) Publisher: Masuda-ya Ginjirô
	Another state of the above design
	Description: Beauty holding a battledore and shuttlecock Date: c. 1840-1842 Publisher: Masuda-ya Ginjirô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
	I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate state of the above design without the green ground.
	Description: Beauty reading a letter Date: 1847-1848 (censors Hama and Kinugasa) Publisher: Masuda-ya Ginjirô
	Another state of the above design
	I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate state with Kuniyoshi’s signature, the publisher’s seal, and the censor’s seals removed, and the signature of Utamaro added (Utamaro hitsu, 哥麿筆).
	Description: Beauty holding a covered pot Date: 1843-1846 (censor Muramatsu Genroku) Publisher: Masuda-ya Ginjirô
	I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate state.
	Description: Beauty with an umbrella making a snow Daruma Date: c. 1840-1842 Publisher: Masuda-ya Ginjirô
	I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate state of the above design.
	Description: Beauty standing onboard a pleasure craft at night, holding a letter in her mouth Date: Publisher: Possibly Kawaguchi-ya Shôzô
	Description: A beauty of the Heian court pulling aside two curtains to play with her pet cat Date: Publisher: Maru-ya Jimpachi
	Description: A silk worker and a faggot carrier Date: c. 1837-1842 Publisher: Arita-ya Seiemon
	Description: Beauty with a closed umbrella in falling snow Date: c. 1831-1832 (kiwame) Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Uhei
	I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate state, also having the kiwame seal. The design was republished about 1843 with the seal of the censor Tanaka Heishirô.
	Description: Wisteria Daughter (Fuji musume) dressed as a sambaso dancer under cherry blossoms and a temple bell Date: c. 1837-1842 Publisher: Masuda-ya Ginjirô
	I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate state of the above design without any purple.
	Description: Beauty washing cloths under a full moon Date: c. 1839-1842 Publisher: Maru-ya Jimpachi
	Description: Tokiwa-gozen and her children in the snow; a village in the background Date: c. 1835-1840 Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei NOTE: This kakemono-e is listed as S95c.1 in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982)
	Another state of the above design
	Another state courtesy of Robert Pryor
	Description: Tokiwa Gozen with her three children. Tokiwa Gozen and Imawaka are holding Otowaka and Ushiwaka in their arms. Date: c. 1835-1840 Publisher: Arita-ya Seiemon NOTE: This kakemono-e is listed as S95c.1a in the privately published supplement to Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982). I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
	Description: Shizuka-gozen in her shirabyôshi costume beneath a rolled bamboo blind Date: c. 1835-1840 Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei NOTE: This kakemono-e is listed as S95c.2 in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982)
	Description: Kaga no kuni Chiyo-jo (加賀の国千代女) with her bucket by the well looking down at morning glories. Rather than disturb them, she will go to a neighbor for water. Date: c. 1835-1840 Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei NOTE: This kakemono-e is listed as S95c.3 in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982)
	Description: Anju-hime carrying buckets of salt water on the shore Date: c. 1840 Publisher: Maru-ya Jimpachi NOTE: This kakemono-e is listed as S95c.3a in the privately published supplement to Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982)
	Another state of the above design with orange on top
	Series: The Four Seasons (Shiki, 四季) Season: Summer (Natsu, 夏) Robinson: Not listed Description: Beauty with a fan Date: 1843-1846 (censor Hama Yahei) Publisher: Masuda-ya Ginjirô NOTE: This print is not a kakemono-e. It is a single sheet approximately 14 by 5 inches (36 by 13 centimeters), a size known as chûtanzakuban.

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