Modern Five Qualities

(Imayô go-sei, 今様五性)

Publisher: Ômi-ya Heihachi

c. 1833

This series of prints of beautiful women is listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961) as number 89. The prints are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

	Insert: Pig Description: The boy has discovered a potted plant that resembles the part of the weaving harness which his mother can use to lift or lower the warps with her big toe. This toe is called “piglet” in Japanese, which explains the inset pig head
	Insert: Snake Description:
	Insert: Monkey Description:
	I am grateful to Robert Davis for this alternate state of the above design.
	Insert: Dragon Description: Woman carrying a wooden bucket

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