Kuniyoshi’s paintings of beautiful women
Part I
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Description: Courtesan
with full moon and bat Schaap: 1.1 Location: I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
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Description: Bust portraits
of beauty smoking a pipe and beauty holding a bolt of cloth Schaap: 1.2 |
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Description: Bust portrait
of beauty in a striped kimono Schaap: 1.3 Size: 21 x 19 cm Date: Location: |
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Description: Bust portrait
of beauty holding an umbrella Schaap: 1.4 Size: 21 x 19 cm Date: Location: Museum of
Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts |
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Description: Bust portrait
of beauty after the bath Schaap: 1.5 Size: 21 x 19 cm Date: Location: Museum of
Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts |
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Description: Hunting for
fish at low tide Schaap: 1.6 Size: 115 x 26 cm Date: Location: MOA Art
Museum, Atami, Japan NOTE: This hanging scroll ink and color on silk
painting is unsigned, but is listed in Schaap as
being by Kuniyoshi. |
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Description: Standing
prostitute reading a letter, hearing the call of the cuckoo Schaap: 1.7 |
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Description: Beauty standing
in a breeze, holding a letter Schaap: 1.8 |
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Description: Seated
Courtesan leaning on her pipe Schaap: 1.9 Size: 19 x 19 cm Date: Location: I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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Description: Two Kamuro waiting
for a courtesan Schaap: 1.10 |
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Description: Beauty in
summer kimono seated at a round window Schaap: 1.11 |
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Description: Schaap: 1.12 |
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Description: A lady’s maid
with wide hairstyle, kimono with long, hanging sleeves and belt tied high at
back, carrying flowering pink morning glory in large porcelain planter out in
front of her Schaap: 1.13 Date: c. 1848-1854 Location: The |
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Description: Beauty in
winter attire Schaap: 1.14 Size: 74 x 28 cm Date: Location: |
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Description: Beauty
leaning against a tsuitate screen beneath
cherry blossoms Schaap: 1.15 Size: 98 x 35 cm Date: Location: Japan Ukiyo-e
Museum, Matsumoto, Japan |
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Description: Beauty
wearing a summer kimono with wisteria pattern Schaap: 1.16 Size: 84 x 32 cm Date: Location: |
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Description:
Lady-in-waiting at Edo Castle watching a theatrical performance Size: 35 7/8 x 11 1/2 in (91.2 x 29.2 cm) Schaap: 1.17 Date: c. 1854-1860 Location: Metropolitan
Museum of Art I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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Description: Woman in
dishabille hurrying forward Schaap: 1.18 Date: c. 1845-1847 |
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Description: Standing
courtesan wearing an uchikate decorated with
Ôtsu-e figures Schaap: 1.19 Size: 88 x 30 cm Date: Location: Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts, Tokyo |
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Description: A young
beauty reading a letter Size: 97 x 39 cm Schaap: 1.20 Date: I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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Description: Beauty at a
landing stage Schaap: 1.21 Size: 31 x 30.5 cm Date: Location: |
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Description: Woman and
child beside an open verandah in summer Size: 71 x 46 cm Schaap: 1.22 Date: c. 1836 |
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Description: Beauty in a
covered boat admiring the snow Schaap: 1.23 Size: 105 x 40 cm Date: Location: Seikadô Bunko Art Museum, Tokyo |
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Description: Standing
beauty in summer attire beside a bench
Size: 111 x 48 cm Schaap: 1.24 Date: c. 1846 Location: Nasu Royal Museum I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
image. |
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“Schaap” refers to
listing in Heroes and Ghosts: Japanese
Prints by Kuniyoshi by Robert Schaap (Hotei
Publishing, Leiden, 1998)
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