Modern Checkered Fashions for an Evening Stroll

among the Flowers

(Tôji ichimatsu hana no yo-suzumi, 當時一松花の夜涼)

c. 1848

These prints show women in checkered robes, each standing before an oversized flower. Some are printed primarily in blue, a style known as aizuri-e. The prints are listed as series number 112 in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). However, the continuous nature of the background suggests that these sheets may have been intended to be placed side-by-side to form a polyptych. The individual sheets are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

	Flower: Carnations Publisher: Ki-ya Sôjirô
	Another state of the above design published by Iba-ya Kyûbei
	Flower: Publisher: Ki-ya Sôjirô
	Another state of the above design published by Iba-ya Kyûbei
	Flower: Publisher: Ki-ya Sôjirô
	Another state of the above design with a black, white and grey kimono published by Iba-ya Kyûbei
	Flower: Hydrangeas Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei
	Flower: Hydrangeas Publisher: Ki-ya Sôjirô I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan for this image.

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

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