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Kuniyoshi Fashion

(Kuniyoshi moyô shôfuda tsuketari genkin otoko, 国芳もよう正札附現金男)

Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei

1845

The rather cumbersome title of this series of heroic bust portraits is derived from a contemporary kabuki play Shôfuda tsuki kongen kusazuri. The backgrounds are a solid color with a short-signed poem. The prints in this series are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

	Bust portrait: Banzui Chôbei (幡随長兵衛) Poet: Harunoya Kôichi Robinson: S40.1
	Another state of the above design
	Bust portrait: Danshichi Kurobei (團七九郎兵衛) pouring a bucket of water over himself Poet: Hôshitei Robinson: S40.2 Image courtesy of Richard Illing
	Bust portrait: Goshaku Somegorô (五尺染五郎) playing a shakuhachi (bamboo flute) Poet: Umeya Robinson: S40.3
	Another state of the above design
	Bust portrait: Nozarashi Gosuke (野晒悟助) in a robe of skulls made up of cats and carrying a long sword with a skull-like wooden sandal attached Poet: Ryûkatei Tanekazu Robinson: S40.4
	Another state of the above design
	Bust portrait: The sumô wrestler Nuregami Chôgorô (濡髪蝶五郎) holding a pipe Poet: Rôshô Robinson: S40.5
	Bust portrait: Shirai Gompachi (白井権八) holding a spotted scarf over his shoulders with a shakuhachi (bamboo flute) tucked in the back of his girdle Poet: Ryûkatei Tanekazu Robinson: S40.6
	Bust portrait: Teranishi Kanshin (寺西感心) holding an open fan Poet: Gosônoya of Ise Robinson: S40.7
	Another state of the above design
	Bust portrait: Tôken Gombei (唐犬権兵衛) looking in a mirror and wearing a kimono decorated with scenes of hell Poet: Takaraya Masuo Robinson: S40.8
	Bust portrait: Ude Kisaburô (腕 喜三郎) with a grim face and folded arms Poet: Kunoya Umeki Robinson: S40.9
	Bust portrait: Ume no Yoshibei (梅 の 由兵衛) glaring with his hands on the hilt of his sword Poet: Umeya Robinson: S40.10

“Robinson” refers to 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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