Miscellaneous Prints of Children

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.

ghg	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.
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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.
	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
	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
	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
	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: 1840-1842 Publisher: Nuno-Kichi
	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
	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
	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
	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.
	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
	Series: Children at Play (Kodomo asobi no uchi, 子供あそびの内) Robinson: Not listed Title: 3^rd month (三月) Size: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Two children with doll and chrysanthemum plant Date: c. 1844 Publisher: Nuno-Kichi
	Series: Children at Play (Kodomo asobi no uchi, 子供あそびの内) Robinson: Not listed Title: 6th month (六月) Size: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description: Boys holding a miniature Tennô Festival float Date: c. 1844 Publisher: Nuno-Kichi
	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: 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.
	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.
	I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate state of the above design.
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
Description: Children playing in the snow Size: Nagaban (approximately 8 by 20 inches or 20 by 50 centimeters) Date: 1826

“Robinson” refers to listing of the series in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).

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