Miscellaneous Prints of Children,
Part I
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Prints of children account for a small fraction of ukiyo-e prints. Some of these show karako (boys in ancient Chinese dress). This genre includes the series listed as 65, 81, 109, 114, 116, 119, 123, 129, 132, 136, 138, 142, and 146 in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). I am grateful to Ward Pieters for assisting with this section. |
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Series: Children
Playing with Firemen’s Standards (Kodomo asobi matoi zukushi,
子供遊纏づくし) Subtitle: Second Brigade (Nibangumi,
二番組) Robinson: Not listed Size: Chûban
(about 10 by 7 inches or 25 by 18 centimeters Date: 1842-1846
(censor Watanabe Shôemon) Publisher: Unidentified NOTE: A matoi (纏) was a flag or
standard used by firemen in the Edo period. |
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Series: Children
Playing with Firemen’s Standards (Kodomo asobi matoi zukushi,
子供遊纏づくし) Subtitle: Second Brigade (Nibangumi,
二番組) Robinson: Not listed Size: Chûban
(about 10 by 7 inches or 25 by 18 centimeters Date: 1842-1846
(censor Watanabe Shôemon) Publisher: Unidentified |
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Series: Robinson: Not listed Size: Ôban
(about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Children playing with a firemen’s standard Date: c. 1841-1842 Publisher: Unidentified
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Series: Kyôto
Children as Tradesmen (Keishi kodomo akindo, 京師子供商人) Robinson: 138 Title: None Size: Ôban
(about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: A wood
gatherer Date: c. 1840 Publisher: No seal I am grateful to Marc DeVriese for this
image |
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Series: Children’s
Games (Kodomo asobi, 子供遊) Robinson: 146 Title: Size: Ôban
(about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Child in
elegant dress with fan Date: c. 1842 Publisher: No seal |
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Series: Children’s
Games (Kodomo asobi, 子供遊) Robinson: 146 Title: Size: Ôban
(about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Child in
elegant dress with umbrella Date: c. 1842 Publisher: Maru-ya Seijirô |
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Series: Childrenʼs Games (子供) Title: 踊供子 Size: Ôban
(about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Children performing
a scene from the kabuki play Tsumoru koi yukino seki no to (積恋雪関扉) Date: c. 1840 Publisher: Maruko (丸幸) |
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This print appears to be from the same series as the previous print,
but the absence of text is puzzling.
It presumably shows children performing a scene from the kabuki play. |
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Series: Kodomo asobi... (子供遊...) Robinson: Not listed Title: Size: Ôban
(about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Young boy as
a yamabushi
(mountain priest) Date: c. 1840-1842 Publisher: NOTE: The left
lower corner of this print has the number 1 within a circle (㊀). |
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Series: Kodomo asobi... (子供遊...) Robinson: Not listed Title: Size: Ôban
(about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Date: c. 1840-1842 Publisher: |
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Series: Kodomo asobi... (子供遊...) Robinson: Not listed Title: Size: Ôban
(about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Two young
boys performing a dance Date: c. 1840-1842 Publisher: |
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Series: The Four
Social Classes in Children’s Games (Kodomo asobi shi-nô-kô-shô, 子供遊士農工商) Robinson: Not listed Title: Shi (士) Samurai Size: Ôban
(about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Date: 1861 Publisher: Katô-ya Iwazô |
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Series: Pine, Bamboo
and Robinson: Not listed Title: Pine (松) Size: Ôban
(about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Date: c. 1844-1846 Publisher: Nuno-Kichi |
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Series: Pine, Bamboo
and Robinson: Not listed Title: Bamboo (梅) Size: Ôban
(about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Date: c. 1844-1846 Publisher: Nuno-Kichi |
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Series: Children’s
Games for the Five Festivals (Osana asobi go sekku no uchi, 稚遊五節句之内 Robinson: Not listed Title: Ninth month (菊月) Size: Ôban
(about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Boys
wrestling Date: 1846-1852 Publisher: Wakasa-ya Yoichi |
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Series: Robinson: Not listed Title: Size: Ôban
(about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Children with
puppet on go board Date: c. 1844-1846 Publisher: Nuno-Kichi |
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Series: Robinson: Title: Size: Ôban
(about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Fulling
(removing creases from cloth) Date: c. 1840 Publisher: Fujioka-ya Hikotarô |
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Robinson: Not listed Title: 24 Paragons
of Filial Piety Illustrated by Different Social Classes (Shi-no-ko-sho nijushiko
no uchi, 士農工商 当世廿四孝の内) Size: Ôban
(about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Four children
performing various household chores, under a full moon Date: c. 1833-1849 Publisher: |
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Description: 7-year-old
Naniwa Kamekichi (七歳上乗浪花亀吉), 9-year-old
Naniwa Matsunosuke (九歳曲持浪花松之助), and
12-year-old Naniwa Mayoshi (十二歳足芸浪花馬吉) performing
acrobatics Date: c. 1833 Publisher: Mori-ya Jihei |
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Text: Performance
at the West Ryogoku Hirokoji
(西両国広小路において興行仕候) On top
7-year-old Naniwa Kamekichi, ashigei
(foot juggler) 9-year-old Naniwa Matsunosuke, and kyokumochi (foot acrobat) 12-year-old Naniwa Mayoshi (七歳上乗浪花亀吉, 九歳曲持浪花松之助, 十二歳足芸浪花馬吉) Date: c. 1833 Publisher: I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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Series: Untitled Robinson: Not listed Title: None Size: Chûtanzakuban
(about 14 by 5 inches or 36 by 13 centimeters) Description: Children
imitating acrobatics performed by firemen at festivals Date: c. 1830 Publisher: Yamamoto-ya Heikichi |
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Series: Untitled Robinson: Not listed Title: None Size: Chûtanzakuban
(about 14 by 5 inches or 36 by 13 centimeters) Description: Children imitating
acrobatics performed by firemen at festivals Date: c. 1830 Publisher: Yamamoto-ya Heikichi |
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Series: Untitled Robinson: Not listed Title: None Size: Chûtanzakuban
(about 14 by 5 inches or 36 by 13 centimeters) Description: Children
imitating acrobatics performed by firemen at festivals Date: c. 1830 Publisher: Yamamoto-ya Heikichi |
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Series: Untitled Robinson: Not listed Title: None Size: Description: Children
imitating acrobatics performed by firemen at festivals Date: c. 1836-1839 Publisher: Yamamoto-ya Heikichi |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this hanshita-e
(final drawing) for an unpublished print. |
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Robinson: Not listed Title: Children
Playing as Diggers of the Well of Golden Water (子供遊金生水之掘抜, Kodomo asobi kinjôsui no horinuki) Size: Kakemono-e, a vertical diptychs with
each panel about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Children using
bamboo scaffolding to dig a well Date: 1842 Publisher: Jôshû-ya Kinzô |
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Series: None Robinson: Not listed Title: None Size: Chûtanzakuban
(about 14 by 5 inches or 36 by 13 centimeters) Description: Children
dancing and flying kites Date: 1841-1842 Publisher: Yamamoto-ya Heikichi |
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Series: Robinson: Not listed Title: 子供… Size: Description: Two children
with doll and chrysanthemum plant Date: c. 1844 Publisher: Nuno-Kichi |
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Series: Precious
Children (子宝遊) Robinson: Not listed Title: Imitating
Ebisu and Jurôjin (見立七福神 寿老ゑびす) Size: Description: Children as
the Lucky Gods Ebisu and Jurôjin Date: c. 1842 Publisher: Katô-ya Iwazô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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Series: A Collection
of Children’s Dances (Kodomo odori tsukushi, 子どもおどりつくし) Robinson: Not listed Title: Hahasodachi yukima no
uguisu, 母育雪間鶯) Description: Kaidômaru (怪童丸) dancing Date: 1847-1848
(censors Hama and Kinugasa) Publisher: Ebisu-ya Shôshichi I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
![Kuniyoshi - [Children's Games] two young boys performing a dance](Miscellaneous%20Prints%20of%20Children,%20Part%20I_files/image036.jpg)
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“Robinson” refers to listing of the series in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson
(Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).
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