Women

 

Prints of beautiful women are known as bijin-ga (美人画), genre prints are known as fûzoku-ga (風俗画) and prints of warriors–male or female–are known as musha-e (武者絵).

 

Series

Date

Robinson

1961‡

Robinson

1982*

Schaap

1998†

Series of Famous Views of the Provinces Illustrated (Shokoku meisho zusho)

c. 1820

1

 

 

Sundial of Modern Tradesmen (Tôsei akindo hidokei)

1821-1823

 

 

 

Untitled series of beauties with framed insets

c. 1824

 

 

 

Modern Fashionable Methods of Training Women in Decorum (Tôryû onna shorei shitsuke kata)

c. 1830

2

 

 

Our Countryʼs Scenery Illustrated by Beautiful Women (Honchô keishoku bijin zue)

c. 1830

88

 

 

The Shin Yoshiwara in Kyomachi (Shin Yoshiwara Kyomachi)

c. 1831

 

 

 

The Twelve Months (Jûni tsuki no uchi)

c. 1831

 

 

 

A Collection of Flowers―Beautiful Women Compared (Hana awase tôsei bijin awase)

c. 1830s

 

 

 

Comparison of Modern Beauties to the 5 Festivals (Tôsei bijin awase gosekku no uchi)

c. 1832-1833

 

 

 

Untitled series of busts of beautiful women

c. 1833-1835

 

 

 

Modern Five Qualities (Imayô go-sei)

c. 1833

89

 

 

Famous Views of Edo Mirrored by Beautiful Girls (Edo meisho bijin kagami)

c. 1833

144

 

 

Famous Products of Mountain and Sea (Sankai meisan zukushi)

c. 1833

193

 

 

Famous Views of Edo (Edo meisho)

c. 1833

 

 

 

Modern Tie-dyed Fabrics of Edo (Tôsei Edo kanoko)

1834

134

 

 

Fashionable Register of Dyed-stuffs (Yukon o-somemono chô)

c. 1834

90

 

 

Brother Pictures- A Select Comparison of Warriors (Ekyôdai mitate musha awase)

c. 1834

91

 

 

Select Series of Shells in Elegant Taste (Fûryû mitate kaizukushi)

1834-1835

 

 

 

Untitled series of women in the 12 months

1835

76

 

 

Modern Comparisons of Flowers and Birds (Tosei kacho awase)

c. 1835

 

 

 

Beauties Mirrored in the Forms of Flowers (Sugata hana bijin kagami)

c. 1836

96

 

 

Series of Beautiful Women of the Green Houses (Seirô bijin zoroe)

c. 1833-1838

 

 

 

Comparisons of the Beauties of the Green-houses (Seiro bijin kurabe)

c. 1837

120

 

 

Five Modern Women (Tôsei gonin musume)

late 1830s

 

 

 

Moonlight Views of the Eastern Capital (Tôto tsuki no meisho)

c. 1840

87

 

 

Series of Poems Set to the Koto (Koto no kumiuta zukushi)

c. 1840

97

 

 

“Brother Pictures” for the 24 Paragons of Filial Piety (E-kyôdai uchibiki nijûshi-kô)

1840

122

 

 

Instruction for Children in the Accomplishments (Yodô shogei kyôsô)

c. 1840

124

 

 

The Five Festivals (Go sekku no uchi)

c. 1840

133

 

 

Index of Favorite Actors Showing Off (Yakusha kidori hi-iki-biiki)

c. 1840

175

 

 

Untitled series of beauties compared to the Five Elements (gogyô)

c. 1840

 

 

 

Comparison of Poems (Shi-ka-kyô uta awase)

c. 1841

94 and 149

 

 

Stories of Wise Women and Faithful Wives (Kenjo reppuden)

1841-1842

21

S20

 

Moral Teaching for Young Girls Mirrored in the 36 Poets (Sanjûrokkasen dôjo kyôkun kagami)

1842

98

 

 

Virtuous Women for the Eight Views (Kenjo hakkei)

1842-1843

20

S21

5

100 Stories of Famous Women of Our Country (Kokon honchô meijo hyaku den)

c. 1842

18

S30

 

Mirror of Eternal Feminine Virtue (Teiso chiyo no kagami)

c. 1843

61

 

6

Illustrations of Moral Conduct Compared with the Chapters of Genji (Nazorae Genji kyôkun zue)

c. 1843

80

 

 

The Five Festivals (Go sekku)

c. 1843

86

 

 

Mirror of Women of Wisdom and Courage (Kenyû fujo kagami)

c. 1843

92

S29

 

Women for the Eight Dispositions (Hachi gyô onna no uchi)

c. 1843

93

 

 

Comparison of Women’s Forms with the New River (Onna imagawa sugata awase)

c. 1843

95

 

 

Instructive Reference-Index of All Sorts of Proverbs (Tatoe-gusa oshie hayabiki)

c. 1843

100

 

 

Fashionable Choice of Six Flowers (Furyû rokkwa sen)

c. 1843

101

 

 

Selected Insects (Mushi erami)

c. 1843

113

 

 

Fashionable Series of Important Characters (Furyû nagashira jizukushi)

c. 1843

127

 

 

Three Selected Beauties for Pine, Bamboo, and Plum (Sambijin mitate shôchikubai)

c. 1843

131

 

 

Mirror of Women’s Tasks (Fujin tewaza kagami)

c. 1843

141

 

 

Mirror of Women (Fujo kagami)

c. 1843

151

 

 

Ten Wise Women’s Fans (Jikken onna ôgi)

c. 1843

220

S25

 

The Four Seasons (Shiki no uchi)

c. 1843

 

 

 

Feminine Pleasures of the Four Seasons (chûban triptychs) (Shiki no kokoro onna asobi)

1842-1846

 

 

 

Summer Flower Festival (fan prints) (Natsu kechiki hanano ennichi)

1842-1846

 

 

 

The Five Natural Elements (fan prints) (Gogyô no uchi)

1842-1846

 

 

 

Seven Benten Shrines of Good Fortune (fan prints) (Tôto shichifuku Benten)

1843-1846

 

 

 

Various Specialties of Edo Districts (Edo jiman meibutsu kurabe)

1843-1846

 

 

8

Famous Brands of Sake (fan prints) (Meishu zoroi)

1843-1846

 

 

 

Series of Women as Benkei (Shuzoroi onna Benkei)

1844

137

 

9

Untitled series of beauties reflected in mirrors (fan prints)

1844-1845

 

 

 

The Seven Komachi (chûban)

1844-1845

 

 

 

Set of Delicate Ladies of Our Country (Honchô taoyame soroi no uchi)

c. 1845

39

S33

 

Eight Views of Night Visiting (Yomairi hakkei)

c. 1845

102

 

10

Sixteen Wonderful Considerations of Profit (Myôdensu jûroku rikan)

c. 1845

103

 

11

Eighty Forms of “Brother-pictures” (E-kyôdai yaso sugata)

c. 1845

104

 

 

Waterfall-striped Materials in Answer to Earnest Prayer (Daigwan jôju ari-ga-taki-jima)

c. 1845

111

 

7

Series of Modern Chrysanthemum Varieties (Imayô kiku-zoroi)

1845

128

 

 

Glasses for Inspecting the Human Heart (Jinshin megane no mitôshi)

c. 1845

152

 

 

Modern Comparison of Beauties (Tôsei bijin awase)

c. 1845

154

 

 

Amusing select comparisons of birds and trees (Tawamure mitate chô-moku awase)

c. 1845

158

 

 

Eight Selected Flowers from the Garden (fan prints) (Enchû hassen ka)

c. 1845

219

 

 

Battledores in Patchwork Relief (Oshive hago-ita)

1845

 

 

 

Women in Tazuna-striped Fashions Visiting Shrines on Festival Days (Tazunazome uma no ennichi)

1845

 

 

12

Moon and Sun Shells for Tomobiki (fan prints) (Tsukihigai ataru tomobiki)

c. 1845

 

 

 

Forty-eight Habits of the Floating World (Ukiyo shi-ju-hachi kuse)

1846

143

 

 

Sixteen Female Sennin, Charming Creatures (Enshi jû-roku josen)

c. 1847

58

 

 

The Modern Measure of Women's Desire for Money (Imayô tofu shisen)

1847-1848

84

 

 

The Pride of Edo: Going into Modern Service (Edo jiman tôsei ji-ire)

1847-1848

107

 

 

Women Compared with the Seven Gods of Good Fortune (Shichifukujin)

1847-1848

163

 

13

Untitled set of the six Crystal Rivers (triptychs) 

1847-1848

 

 

 

Eight Assemblies of the Floating Night (fan prints) (Ukiyo hakkwai)

1847-1850

50

 

 

Perfect Matches (fan prints with actor insets) (Aisho kagami)

1847-1850

 

 

 

Falsehood and Truth Both Sides of the Heart (Uso to ma go kokoro no ura-omote)

1848

106

 

 

Select Chûshingura (Mitate Chûshingura)

c. 1848

54

 

 

Modern Checkered Fashions for an Evening Stroll among the Flowers (Tôji ichimatsu hana no yo-suzumi)

c. 1848

112

 

 

Incidents of Everyday Life for the Eight Views and the Eight Trigrams (Ningen banji a-fu-mi hakkei)

1849

108

 

 

Ôtsu Pictures for the Eight Views (fan prints) (Ôtsu-e hakkei)

1849-1851

212

 

 

Selection for the Seven Immortal Poets of the Pear Chamber (Mitate Nashitsubo nana kasen no uchi)

c. 1849-1853

 

 

 

Parody of... (fan prints) (Mitate...)

1849-1855

41

 

 

Gems of Modern Customs (Bigyoku imayô fûzoku)

c. 1850

160

 

 

A Set of Pine Trees (fan prints) (Matsu zukushi)

1850

 

 

 

A Collection of Pictures in Modern Style (fan prints) (Imayô gakumen awase)

c. 1850

 

 

 

Untitled series of snow, moon, and flowers

1851-1852

 

 

 

Famous Places in Edo (fan prints) (Edo no meisho)

1851-1852

 

 

 

Celebrated Products of Mountains and Seas (Sankai medetai zue)

1852

117

 

 

Select Five Elements (triptychs) (Mitate go gyô)

1852

139

 

 

A Selection of 6 Modern Summer Scenes (fan prints) (Imayô rokkasen)

1853

 

 

 

Dyed to Order in Your Favorite Colors (fan prints) (Atsurae-zome konomi no irodori)

1853

 

 

 

A Collection of Charming Music (fan prints) (Enkyoku zoroi)

1853

 

 

 

Summer Evenings (fan prints) (Natsu no yûgure)

1853

 

 

 

The Seven Komachi (ôban) (Nana Komachi)

1855

126

 

 

An Assortment of Bustling Crowds (fan prints) (Nigiwai zoroi)

1855

 

 

 

The Three Rivers Illustrated (fan print) (Sansen zue)

1856

99

 

 

Flowers in Full Bloom (fan prints) (Hana no sakari)

1856

 

 

 

 

Kakemono-e (vertical diptychs) of beautiful women

 

 

 

 

Miscellaneous fan prints of women

 

213

 

 

Miscellaneous Genji triptychs

 

147

 

 

Miscellaneous series of beautiful women

 

135 and 164

 

 

Paintings of beautiful women

 

 

 

1

Polyptychs of women of four or more sheets

 

 

 

 

Surimono of women

 

148

 

2.a.1, 2.a.2, 2.a.3, 2.a.4, 2.a.6, 2.c.4, 2.c.6 and 2.d.1

Triptychs and diptychs of beautiful women

 

130, 157 and 166

 

 

 

‡ Listing in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson, 1961, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

 

* Series number in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its privately published supplement

 

† Listing in Heroes and Ghosts: Japanese Prints by Kuniyoshi by Robert Schaap (Hotei Publishing, Leiden, 1998)

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