Miscellaneous prints of acrobats, top spinners, and
magicians,
Part II
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Title: Description:
Acrobat Yôrô Takigorô walk on swords Date:
1842-1846 (censor Murata Sahei) Publisher:
Kaga-ya Yasubei |
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Title: Description:
Acrobatics by Naniwa Kamekichi and Unosuke Date: 1842 Publisher: |
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Title: Description:
Acrobatics by Naniwa Kamekichi, Unosuke,
and Kotsuru Date: 1842 Publisher: |
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Title: The
Ken Game of the Three Spinning Tops of Takezawa Baishô and Takezawa Tôji (Takezawa Baishô Tôji sankyoku
ken, 竹沢 梅升 藤治 三曲拳) Description:
Date: 1849 (censors Kinugasa
and Yoshimura) Publisher:
Hayashi-ya Shôgorô Linhart: Not listed NOTE: Takezawa Baishô and Takezawa Tôji were entertainers who performed with spinning tops. |
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Title: Description:
Takezawa Toji (竹澤 藤次)
with spinning tops Date: c.
1843 Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei |
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Title:
Hakata Kochô (博多小蝶) Description:
Hakata Kochô spinning tops on a maple branch Date:
1846-1852 Publisher:
Wakasa-ya Yoichi |
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Series:
Three Highlights of Great Spinning Top Performances (Sankyoku ukare no ôgoma,
三曲うかれの大独楽) Robinson:
Not listed Title: Description:
Takezawa Toji (竹澤 藤次)
and demon with spinning tops Date: c.
1848-1851 Publisher:
Fujioka-ya Hikotarô |
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Series: 藤次流行思ひの竹沢 Robinson:
Not listed Description:
Spinning Daikokuten’ hammer Date:
1842-1846 (censor Fukatsu Ihei)
Publisher:
Sakurai Yasubei (桜井) |
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Series: 藤次流行思ひの竹沢 Robinson:
Not listed Title: 大黒のつちまハし Description:
Spinning a plate on a stick Date:
1842-1846 (censor Fukatsu Ihei)
Publisher:
Sakurai Yasubei (桜井) |
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Series: 藤次流行思ひの竹沢 Robinson:
Not listed Description:
Spinning a millstone Date: 1842-1846
(censor Fukatsu Ihei) Publisher:
Sakurai Yasubei (桜井) |
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Title: ?流曲独楽 竹沢藤次 Description:
Date:
1842-1846 (censor Murata Sahei) Publisher: |
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Title: Description:
Children performing acrobatics Date:
1820-1846 Publisher:
Mori-ya Jihei |
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Series:
Untitled Robinson:
Not listed Title:
None Description:
Children imitating acrobatics performed by firemen at festivals Date: c.
1830 Publisher:
Yamamoto-ya Heikichi NOTE: This
print about 14 by 5 inches (36 by 13 centimeters), a size known as Chûtanzakuban. |
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Series:
Untitled Robinson:
Not listed Title:
None Description:
Children imitating acrobatics performed by firemen at festivals Date: c.
1830 Publisher:
Yamamoto-ya Heikichi NOTE: This
print about 14 by 5 inches (36 by 13 centimeters), a size known as Chûtanzakuban. |
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Series:
Untitled Robinson:
Not listed Title:
None Description:
Children imitating acrobatics performed by firemen at festivals Date: c.
1830 Publisher:
Yamamoto-ya Heikichi NOTE: This
print about 14 by 5 inches (36 by 13 centimeters), a size known as Chûtanzakuban. |
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Untitled Robinson:
Not listed Title:
None Description:
Takezawa Toji at the Inari Shrine creating visions of the head of Kasane, ghost of Oiwa, and Okiku with tops Date: c.
1843 (censor Muramatsu Genroku) Publisher:
Gusoko-ya Kahei |
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Series:
Untitled Robinson:
Not listed Title:
None Description:
A spinning-top performance by Takezawa Baisho Date: c.
1843 Publisher:
Gusoko-ya Kahei |
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Series:
Untitled Robinson:
Not listed Title:
None Description:
A magical spinning-top performance with nine-tailed fox crossing three
countries Date: c.
1843 (censor Muramatsu Genroku) Publisher:
Gusoko-ya Kahei |
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Series:
Children Playing (Kodomo asobi no uchi, 子供あそびの内) Robinson:
114 Title:
Logrolling (Kakunori) Size:
About 10 by 14 inches (25 by 36 centimeters), a size known as ôban Description:
Children performing various balancing stunts Date: c.
1839 Publisher:
Ise-ya Rihei |
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Title: Spinning
Top Performances at Famous Places in Various Provinces for the 12 Months (諸国名所十二ヶ月独楽) Other text:
Takezawa Tôji succeeding
to the name of Takezawa Baishô Date:
1846-1852 Publisher: |
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Title: Description:
Acrobats balancing fans Date: c.
1847-1848 Publisher:
This seal is identified as Naka-Ni (Kinshôdô) of Terifuri-chô in Kuniyoshi
by B. W. Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961), but as Ebisu-ya Shôshichi in Publishers of Japanese Woodblock Prints
by Andreas Marks |
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Title: The
Street Performers Assembled to Wish a Happy New Year Description:
Date: c.
1839 Publisher:
Sano-ya Kihei |
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Title: Description:
Theater of the Juggler Yanagawa Icchôsai
at Okuyama in Asakusa Date:
1846-1852 Publisher:
Ebi-ya Rinnosuke |
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Title:
Crowds at the Horse Riding Stunts at Ryogôku (Ryôgoku daikyokuba no nigiwai, 両ごく大 馬の) Description:
Date: c.
1850-1852 Publisher:
Sumiyoshi-ya Masagorô |
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Description:
A spinning-top performance by Takezawa Toji (竹澤 藤次) Date: c.
1944 Publisher:
Ise-ya Soemon |
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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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