Miscellaneous prints of the game of ken,

Part II

	Title: Three Countries’ ken (Sangoku ken, 三国拳) Description: Animals playing ken Date: 1^st month of 1849 (censors Hama and Magome) Publisher: Ôta-ya Takichi (called Hori Takichi of Yushima in Kuniyoshi by B. W. Robinson) Linhart: 33/10027
	Title: Three Countries’ ken (Sangoku ken, 三国拳) Description: Animals playing ken Date: 1^st month of 1849 Publisher: Ôta-ya Takichi (called Hori Takichi of Yushima in Kuniyoshi by B. W. Robinson) Linhart: 34/10028
	Title: Ryûkôken Description: The three dieties Okina Inari (left), Datsueba (in back) and O-Take-san (right foreground) playing ken Date: 1849 Publisher: Ôta-ya Takichi Linhart: 46/10031
	Title: Ryûkôken Description: The three dieties Okina Inari (left), Datsueba (in back) and O-Take-san (right foreground) playing ken Date: 1849 Publisher: Ôta-ya Takichi Linhart: 47/10032
	Title: Popular grandfather, grandmother and older sister-ken (Jiisan basan anesan ryûkô ken) Description: The three gods Okina Inari (right), Datsueba (left) and O-Take-san (back) playing ken Date: 4^th month of 1849 Publisher: Kobayashi Taijirô Linhart: 48/10022
	Title: Popular grandfather, grandmother and older sister-ken (Jiisan basan anesan ryûkô ken) Description: The three gods Okina Inari (right), Datsueba (left) and O-Take-san (back) playing ken Date: 4^th month of 1849 Publisher: Kobayashi Taijirô Linhart: 49/10023
	Title: Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Ukiyoeshitachi no shinbutsu Description: Datsueba is dancing to Okina Inari’s drum and Otake Dainichi’s shamisen Date: 1849 Publisher: Enshû-ya Matabei Linhart: 50/10029
	Title: Grandfather, Grandmother, and a Foreigner (Jiisan basan ketôjin, じいさん ばアさん じいさん ばアさん 毛唐人) Description: Okina Inari, Datsueba, and a bearded barbarian from China playing sangoku-ken together Date: 4^th month of 1849 (censors Mera and Murata) Publisher: Enshû-ya Hikobei Linhart: 51/10143 I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
	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.
Title: A collection of cats (Nekotsuruken) Description: Cats are displayed in various attitudes with the following labels: 1. Fight during cat courtship (neko no kenka wa irogurui) 2. A grey cat, a tabby cat and a spotted bobtail cat slinking off (haige shirobuchi mike choko choko) 3. Purring and begging (nodo gorogoro narashite nedarimasho) 4. Meow, meow, meow—the soft touch of flirtation (sore nyan nyago nyan nyago jaretsukuna) 5. Black cat wearing a necklace (karasu ga kubittama shibarareta) 6. Tabby cat wandering around (dora wa hôbô kakezuruten) 7. Mouse, meow, and come here! (nezumi de nyaa kinasee) Date: 5^th month of 1847 Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô Linhart: 15/00005
Title: Cat Ken (Neko no ken, 猫のけん) Description: Cats playing the game of ken Date: 1841 Publisher: No seal Linhart: Not listed

“Linhart” refers to listing in the article ‘Kuniyoshi’s Ken Caricatures between 1847 and 1853’, by Sepp Linhart in Andon, Vol. 83, 2008, pp. 5-29

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