Miscellaneous comic series
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Series: Clowning
around in Heaven (Dôke tenchû gyôji, 道外天中行事) Number: 1 (㊀) Title: None Robinson: Not listed Description: Amaterasu receiving a variety of other kami Format: ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by
25 centimeters) Date: c. 1841 Publisher: No seal I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
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Series: Clowning
around in Heaven (Dôke tenchû gyôji, 道外天中行事) Number: 2 (㊁) Title: Wind on the Fifth Day (Itsuka-me no kaze,
五日めの風) Robinson: Not listed Description: Fûjin, the kami of wind, is releasing wind from
his bag, which is being directed down to earth with fans marked 風 (kaze, wind).
Format: ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by
25 centimeters) Date: c. 1841 Publisher: No seal NOTE: The idea
behind this print is the expression “Wind every fifth day and rain every
tenth day”, meaning a harmonious balance in the weather. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
information. |
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Series:
Crazy Pictures (Kyôga, 狂画) Robinson:
Not listed Title: Monster
Drinking Party (Bakemono sakamori, ばけものさかもり) Description: A nekomata (cat
ghost), a kitsune (fox ghost or trickster), and a rokurokubi
(long-necked ghost) playing kitsune-tsuri (trap
the fox) Format: ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by
25 centimeters) Date: c. 1841-1842 Publisher: Sano-ya Kihei I am grateful to
Robert Pryor for this image. |
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Series:
Crazy Pictures (Kyôga, 狂画) Robinson:
Not listed Title: Kappa’s
Pottery Repair (Kappa no yakisugi, かつぱのやきすぎ) Description:
Kappa coming out of the water to give a dish to a man with a carrying
stick Format: ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by
25 centimeters) Date: c. 1841-1842 Publisher: Sano-ya Kihei NOTE:
This print satirizes the belief that kappa had a saucer-shaped
depression on the tops of their heads which had to hold water for the kappa
to retain their powers. I am grateful
to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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Series: Likenesses of
the Fart in a Series of Comic Farts (He
no yôna dôke he-zukushi, 屁のやうなどうけ尽し) Robinson: 189 Title: Description: Format: Chûban (about 7 by 10 inches or 18 by
25 centimeters) printed two per sheet Date: c. 1845 Publisher: Nomura-ya
Tokubei I am grateful to Michael R. O’Clair for
this image. |
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Series: Likenesses of
the Fart in a Series of Comic Farts (He
no yôna dôke he-zukushi, 屁のやうなどうけ尽し) Robinson: 189 Title: Unread Description: Parody of the
famous swordsmen Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵) and Tsukahara
Bokuden (塚原 卜伝) Format: Chûban (about 7 by 10 inches or 18 by
25 centimeters) printed two per sheet Date: c. 1845 Publisher: Nomura-ya
Tokubei NOTE: The two characters in the
print, Heyamoto Kusashi (屁や夲くさし) and Kusahara
no Ijin (くさはらの異人), have
comically similar sounding names to the swordsmen. Kusa in their names means smelly, so
Kushashi can be read as smelly samurai or Mr. Smelly, and Kusahara no Ijin as
strange man with a smelly belly. I am
grateful to Robert Pryor for the image and the information. |
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Series: Successful
Plays with Frolicking Dogs (Atari doshi
inu no tawamure, 当田どし犬の戯) Robinson: Not listed Top
title:
Dog ken (Inuken) Bottom
title:
Mysterious lights on the sea (Shiranui) Format: Chûban (about 7 by 10 inches or 18 by
25 centimeters) printed two per sheet Date: 3rd
month of 1850 Publisher: Ôta-ya
Takichi NOTE: The Japanese
word “atari” means a hit or a
success. |
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Series: Frolicking
Dogs (Inu no tawamure, 犬のたわむれ) Robinson: Not listed Top
title:
The rag picker (Kuzuhiroi) Bottom
title:
The dog’s revenge (Inu no katakiuchi) Format: Chûban (about 7 by 10 inches or 18 by
25 centimeters) printed two per sheet Date: 1849 Publisher: Ôta-ya
Takichi |
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Series: A Hundred
Turtles… (Hyakki yakyû,
百亀家久) Robinson: Not listed Top
title:
Acrobatics (Karuwaza, かるわざ) Top
description: A ropewalking turtle Bottom
title:
Caricature of the Shitenno (Shitenno mitate, 四天王の見立) Bottom
description: A turtle riding a
crab. This is a parody on Raiko’s four
champions subduing the Earth Spider. Format: Chûban (about 7 by 10 inches or 18 by
25 centimeters) printed two per sheet Date: c. 1840s Publisher: Fûyo |
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Series: A Hundred
Turtles… (Hyakki yakyû,
百亀家久) Robinson: Not listed Top
title: Sake
Enthusiasts (Sakezuki, さけずき) Top
description: Two turtles drinking sake, with a crab tending a fire Bottom
title: The
Journey (Ryokô, りよこう) Bottom
description: Turtle being lead with a rope and being
ridden Format: Chûban (about 7 by 10 inches or 18 by 25 centimeters) printed
two per sheet Date: c. 1840s Publisher: Fûyo I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
image. |
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Series: A Hundred
Turtles… (Hyakki yakyû,
百亀家久) Robinson: Not listed Title: The Night Stall (Yomise, 夜見世) Description: Turtles at a shop at night Format: Chûban (about 7 by 10 inches or 18 by
25 centimeters) printed two per sheet Date: 1842-1843
(censor Takano Shin’emon) NOTE: This is a key
block print, courtesy of Richard Illing |
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Series:
Silly Chronicles of the Golden Treasury (Bakatehon
hyô kingura, ばかてほんひやうきんぐら) Robinson:
Not listed Titles:
Ryugoku Bridge scenes of the Chûshingura and
Parodies of the Night Attack Description:
Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Format: aper about 14
by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as Ôban. Date:
c. 1839 Publisher: I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
image. |
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Series: Japanese
Divinities Compared to the Twelve Months (Jû-ni
gwatsu wa ko kami, 十二月和合神) Robinson: 110 Title: Description: Kanchono, a
warrior archer Format: ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by
25 centimeters) Date: c. 1840 Publisher: Sano-ya Kihei
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Series: Actors as
Fish (Uo no kokoro, 魚の心) Robinson: Not listed Title: None Description (from the
top): flathead (kochi), sting ray (akaei) with face of Onoe Eizaburô,
rockfish (mebaru) with face of
Sawamura Sôjûrô V, mirror dory (kagamidai)
with face of Ichikawa Kuzô II, cuttlefish (ika) with face of Onoe Kikujirô II, gurnard (hôbô) with face of Seki Sanjûrô Format: ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by
25 centimeters) Date: 1842 Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya
Uhei |
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Series: Actors as
Fish (Uo no kokoro, 魚の心), three states
are shown Robinson: Not listed Title: None Description: (from
the top): two horse mackerels (aji)
the lower one with the face of Nakamura Utaemon IV, sea bream (tai) with the face of Arashi
Kichisaburô Format: ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by
25 centimeters) Date: 1842 Publisher: |
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Series: Popular Kites
(Ryûkô tako kurabe, 流行たこくらべ) Robinson: Not listed Title: Description:
Format: ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by
25 centimeters) Date: 1846-1848 Publisher: Ebiju-ya Yo |
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Series: Popular Kites
(Ryûkô tako kurabe, 流行たこくらべ) Robinson: Not listed Title: Description:
Format: ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by
25 centimeters) Date: 1846-1848 Publisher: Ebiju-ya Yo |
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Title: The Seven
Gods of Good Fortune Join Together to Bring Luck (Kaiun shusse gattai Shichifukujin, 開運出世合体七福神) Robinson: 183 Description: Daikoku (大黒), whose image
is made up of a composite of all 7 gods, displaying his giant golden phallus
and holding a golden mallet (uchide no
kozuchi). Format: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by
25 centimeters) Date: 1842-1846
(censor Murata Sahei) Publisher: Fujioka-ya
Hikotarô NOTE: The title may also be
translated as The Seven Gods of Good Fortune Join Bodies and Give Birth to
Luck. I am grateful to Robert Pryor
for information about this print. |
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Series: Asahina (朝夷) Robinson: Not listed Title: Asahina
Saburô Yoshihide Playing on the Island of Dwarfs (Asahina Saburo Yoshihide kobito-jima asobi, 朝比奈三郎義秀小人じま遊) Description: Asahina
Saburô (朝夷三郎) on the island of the dwarfs Format: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by
25 centimeters) Date: c. 1842 Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya
Uhei
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Series: Asahina (朝夷) Robinson: Not listed Title: Asahina Yoshihide in the Land of the Dwarfs (朝比奈義秀小人遊) Description: Asahina
Saburô on the island of the dwarfs Format: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by
25 centimeters) Date: c. 1842 Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya
Uhei |
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Series: Fashionable
Daruma Games (Ryûkô Daruma asobi, 流行達磨遊び) Robinson: Not listed Title: None Description: Format: Ôban (about 10 by 14 inches or 25 by
36 centimeters) Date: c. 1839-1841 Publisher: No seal I am grateful
to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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Series: Fashionable
Daruma Games (Ryûkô Daruma asobi, 流行達磨遊び) Robinson: Not listed Title: None Description: Format: Ôban (about 10 by 14 inches or 25 by
36 centimeters) Date: c. 1839-1841 Publisher: No seal I am grateful
to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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Series:
36 Famous Views of Edo (Edo meisho sanjuroku kei no uchi, 江戸名所三十六景の内);
A Comical Shank’s Mare (Dôke hizakurige, 道外膝栗毛) Robinson:
Not listed Title:
The An’yo-ji Temple in Tamagawa (Kushushi Furukawa, 古川薬師) Description:
A monk ordering Yaji (弥次)
and Kitahachi (喜多八)
to leave the temple Format: ôban (about
14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Date:
6th month of 1855 Publisher: Ôta-ya Takichi I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
image. |
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Series:
36 Famous Views of Edo (Edo meisho sanjuroku kei no uchi, 江戸名所三十六景の内);
A Comical Shank’s Mare (Dôke hizakurige, 道外膝栗毛) Robinson:
Not listed Title:
Return to Kinoshitagawa (Kinoshitagawa
no kaeri, 木下川の返り) Description:
Yaji (弥次) and Kitahachi (喜多八)
slipping and sliding Format: ôban (about
14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Date:
6th month of 1855 Publisher: Ôta-ya Takichi I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
image. |
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