Moon and Sun Shells for Tomobiki
(Tsukihigai ataru tomobiki, 月日貝河たる友引)
Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei
c. 1845
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Tomobiki (友引) is
a fortuitous day for conducting business.
This series of uchiwa
(non-folding fan) prints is not listed in Kuniyoshi
by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961), and the
prints are not individually titled. |
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Description: Beauty
peering through a shoji screen I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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Description: Beauty with a
boy |
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Description: Woman ladling
water |
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Description: Beauty in
front of a curtain |
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Description: Beauty with
rope curtain I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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A reproduction of the above print published in the 1930s by
Robert O. Muller |
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