Miscellaneous Prints of Children
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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 NOTE: This design is also used in the series Fashionable
Series of Children’s Dances. I am
grateful to Marc DeVriese for this image |
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Title: A Collection of Children’s Dances (Kodomo odori zukushi,
子供踊尽), Shirafuji (白ふじ) Description: Child as the sumô wrestler Shirafuji Genta in a scene from the kabuki play Hanakawado migawari
no dan (花川戸身替の段) Date: c. 1840 Publisher: Nuno-Kichi |
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Title: A Collection of Children’s Dances (Kodomo odori zukushi,
子供踊尽), Shizuka (志ずか) Description: Child as Shizuka Gozen
holding a drum Date: 1840-1842 Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei |
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Title: A Collection of Children’s Dances (Kodomo odori zukushi,
子供踊尽), Tadanobu (忠信) Description: Boy as Tadanobu holding a straw hat Date: 1840-1842 Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei NOTE: This print and the preceding print of a child as
Shizuka Gozen may have been intended as a
diptych. I am grateful to Robert Pryor
for this image. |
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Title: A Collection of Children’s Dances (Kodomo odori zukushi,
子供踊尽) Description: Child as actor in female role holding a fan and
standing by a river Date: 1840-1842 Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei |
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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: 1840-1842 Publisher: Katô-ya Iwazô |
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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: 1840-1842 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: 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: 1840-1842 Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Uhei |
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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: 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: Precious
Children (Kodakara asobi,
子宝遊) Robinson: Not listed Title: Imitating
Ebisu and Jurôjin (見立七福神 寿老ゑびす) Size: Unknown 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 zukushi, 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. |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate state of the
above design. |
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Title: None Size: Chûban about 7 by 10 inches (18 by 25
centimeters) Description: Hotei leading
a parade of children holding lanterns Date: 1840 Publisher: Enshû-ya Matabei |
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Description: Children
playing in the snow Size: Nagaban
(approximately 8 by 20 inches or 20 by 50 centimeters) Date: 1826 |
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Series: Title: Goban ningyô (碁盤人形) Robinson: Not listed Size: Ôban
(about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Children with
puppet on go board Date: 1840-1842 Publisher: Nuno-Kichi NOTE: A goban ningyô is a type of doll designed to perform on a go
board. |
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Series: Title: Dolls for Hinamatsuri (Hina
ningyô, 雛人形) Robinson: Not listed Size: Ôban
(about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Girls preparing Emperor and Ebisu dolls for display on the wooden
stands Date: 1840-1842 Publisher: Nuno-Kichi NOTE: Hinamatsuri is
better known as the girls’ festival or the doll festival. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
image. |
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Title: None Size: Unknown Description: Children
playing as firemen Date: c. 1830 Publisher: This print
has the seals of both Yamamoto-ya Heikichi and Kaga-ya Kichibei I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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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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