Fan Prints

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). A folding fan is called a sensu (扇子).

Uchiwa (団扇)	Sensu (扇子)

Series	Date	Robinson 1961‡	Robinson 1982*
Brother Pictures for Comparison (E-kyôdai awase kagami)	c. 1840
Summer Flower Festival	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
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
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
Parody of... (women) (Mitate...)	1849-1855	41
Famous Places in Edo (women) (Edo no meisho)
A Collection of Pictures in Modern Style (women) (Imayô gakumen awase)	c. 1850
A Selection of 6 Modern Summer Scenes (women) (Imayô rokkasen)	1853
A Collection of Charming Music (women) (Enkyoku zoroi)	1853
Summer Evenings (women) (Natsu no yûgure)	1853
Miscellaneous fan prints of women Image added 3/10/23 (end of Part II)		99 and 213
Fan prints of actors Image added 2/22/23 (at end)
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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