Fan Prints

A folding fan is called a sensu (扇子).  An uchiwa (団扇) is a non-folding fan consisting of paper attached to a bamboo frame.  These prints, which were intended to be glued onto an uchiwa, are called uchiwa-e (団扇絵).  Marugame uchiwa (丸亀うちわ) are a type of uchiwa made in the area around the city of Marugame in Kagawa prefecture.

Series	Date	Robinson 1961‡	Robinson 1982*
Comical Chûshingura (Dôke Chûshingura)	1830
Brother Pictures for Comparison (E-kyôdai awase kagami)	c. 1840
Flower Colored Papers (women) (Hana shikishi)	c. 1840
Summer Flower Festival (women) (Natsu kechiki hanano ennichi)	1842-1846
Five Festivals (women) (Go sekku no uchi)	1842-1846
Untitled series of beauties reflected in mirrors (women)	1844-1845
Seven Benten Shrines of Good Fortune (women) (Tôto shichifuku Benten)	1843-1846
Famous Brands of Sake (women) (Meishu zoroi)	1843-1846
Eight Selected Flowers from the Garden (women) (Enchû hassen ka)	1845	219
Enjoying the Evening Cool (actors off stage) (Yûsuzumi)	c. 1845
Moon and Sun Shells for Tomobiki (women) (Tsukihigai ataru tomobiki)	c. 1845
Joruri Plays Briefly Described (Hitokuchi jôruri)	c. 1845
The Five Natural Elements (women) (Gogyô no uchi)	1842-1846
The Three Hunts of this Country (actors) (Tô kuni san tsu no kari)	1847-1848
Untitled series of the Seven Komachi (women)	1847-1848
Analogy of… (women) (Mitate...)	1847-1848
Eight Assemblies of the Floating Night (women) (Ukiyo hakkwai)	1847-1850	50
Perfect Matches (women with actor insets) (Aisho kagami)	1847-1850
Ôtsu Pictures for the Eight Views (women) (Ôtsu-e hakkei)	1849-1851	212
Lucky matches made in heaven (women with actor insets) (Gorishô yukari ennichi)	1849-1851
Parody of... (women) (Mitate...)	1849-1855	41
A Set of Pine Trees (women) (Matsu zukushi)	1850
A Collection of Pictures in Modern Style (women) (Imayô gakumen awase)	c. 1850
Famous Places in Edo (women) (Edo no meisho)	1851-1852
A Selection of 6 Modern Summer Scenes (women) (Imayô rokkasen)	1853
Dyed to Order in Your Favorite Colors (women) (Atsurae-zome konomi no irodori)	1853
A Collection of Charming Music (women) (Enkyoku zoroi)	1853
Summer Evenings (women) (Natsu no yûgure)	1853
An Assortment of Bustling Crowds (women) (Nigiwai zoroi)	1855
The Three Rivers Illustrated (women) (Sansen zue)	1856	99
Flowers in Full Bloom (women) (Hana no sakari)	1856
Miscellaneous fan prints of women		213
Miscellaneous fan prints of actors
Fan prints of warriors and historical figures			S95e
Fan prints of humorous and miscellaneous subjects		201

‡ “Robinson 1961” indicates listing in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson, 1961, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

* “Robinson 1982” indicates listing in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its privately published supplement.

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