Paintings of miscellaneous subjects

Part II

	Description: Manzani dancers Size: 69.5 x 33 cm Schaap: 5.56 Date:  Location: I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
	Description: The arhat Handaka Sonja wearing monastic robe with shaven head and large earrings; poking with finger little dragon emanating from begging bowl in middle of rain cloud Size: 125 x 51 cm Schaap: 5.57 Date: c. 1848-1854 Location: The British Museum
	Description: Lucky treasure ship (Takarabune) Size: 51 x 45 cm Schaap: 5.58 Date:  Location: Kumamoto Prefecture Museum of Art, Kumamoto, Japan I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
	Description: Hotei (one of the seven gods of good fortune) dressed in Chinese monk’s robe, carrying Chinese fan and linen bag, looking at his reflection on water Size: 90.5 x 27 cm Schaap: 5.59 Date: c. 1848-1854 Location: The British Museum
	Description: Demons escaping from a box Schaap: 5.60 Date: Location: Ôta Memorial Ukiyo-e Museum
	Description: The lucky god Daikokuten, with bag of goodies on his back, hammering out wishing jewels Size: 43 x 55 cm Schaap: 5.61 Date: Dated 1852 I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
Description: The seven gods of good fortune with a crane and a minogame Size: 54.5 x 85 cm Schaap: 5.62 Date:  Location: Nakau Ei collection NOTE: The minogame (蓑亀) is a turtle that is so old that it has a train of seaweed growing on its back. It is a symbol of longevity. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
	Description: A seated warrior with his horse, possibly Sasaki Shiro Takatsuna or Akechi Mitsuharu Schaap: Not listed Image courtesy of Michael Gorman
Description: Hand scroll of 18 scenes with accompanying text relating the life and death of the traveling actress Okume Schaap: Not listed Date: c. 1849-1852 Location: The British Museum NOTE: This scroll was painted by Tachibana Seiei (橘精栄) after a now lost original by Kuniyoshi
	Description: The Chinese hero Kyumonryô Shishin sitting under a tree at night Schaap: Not listed Date: I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image and to Lucienne Parkan and Horst Graebner for providing this transcription of the poem on top: 長廊白日去 雲氣 大厦六月x 寒風 文(?)宇行xx洲x
	Description: Unidentified female warrior Schaap: Not listed Date: I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
	Description: Mt. Fuji Schaap: Not listed Date: Location: Private collection
	Description: The lucky god Daikokuten with his uchide no kozuchi (magic hammer) and his bag of goodies Schaap: Not listed Date: c. 1848 I am grateful to Robert Pryor for information about this image.
	Description: Figure with an umbrella Schaap: Not listed
	Description: Ôishi Kuranosuke Schaap: Not listed Date: I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
	Description: Portrait of Jippensha Ikku (十返舎一九像人), the author of Shank’s Mare Schaap: Not listed Date: I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
	Description: Shoki riding a shishi Size: 34 x 47 cm Schaap: Not listed Date: I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
	Title: Okitsu, Yui (興津由井) Description: Oribe Yahei (織部弥平) training Katsuta Shinzaemon (勝田新左衛門) Schaap: Not listed Date: NOTE: The landscape shows the Okitsu River (between the 17^th and 16^th stations of the Tokaido), which the Forty-seven Ronin crossed on their journey to Edo for revenge. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image and information.
	Title: Yokkaichi, Kuwana (四日市 桑名) Description: Schaap: Not listed Date: NOTE: The landscape shows the bridge over the Sanju River (between the 43^rd and 42^nd stations of the Tokaido), which the Forty-seven Ronin crossed on their journey to Edo for revenge. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image and information.
	Description: Victorious frog Size: 29 x 31 cm Schaap: Not listed Date: NOTE: This painting may have been trimmed. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for the image.
	I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this drawing for the above painting.
	Description: Watanabe no Tsuna and Ibaraki at the Rashomon Gate Schaap: Not listed Date: I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
	Description: Asahina Saburô with the thigh-guard torn from Soga Gorô’s armor Schaap: Not listed Date: I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
Description: Onna Daruma Schaap: Not listed Date: NOTE: Although difficult to read, this hand painted fan is signed “Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga” with a kiri seal
Description: Schaap: Not listed Date:
Description: Kappa appearing from the Sumidagawa and terrifying a man who runs for his life Schaap: Not listed Date: Size: 16.5 x 44.5 cm
Description: Schaap: Not listed Date: Size: I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
Description: Humorous Scenes of Combat and Contest Schaap: Not listed Date: c. 1830 Location: Honolulu Museum of Art accession 5472.1 Medium: Ink and color on silk handscroll, 11 3/4 × 92 in. (29.8 × 233.7 cm)
Description: Entering the ring ceremony Schaap: Not listed Date: Size: 82.4 x 142.9 centimeters Location: Tokyo Museum I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
Paintings under flaps: Description: Procession of floats at the Sannô Festival in Surugachô Size: 54.5 x 361.5 cm Schaap: Not listed Location: Tokyo Museum I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
Description: The Earth Spider appears as a monster in Minamoto’s residence Size: 14 by 29.25 inches Schaap: Not listed Date: c. 1843 Location: Private collection NOTE: Kuniyoshi’s triptych (T128) faced government censorship, and the publisher pulled all prints from production and sale. However, Kuniyoshi and his students secretly circulated paintings of the design, of which this is an unsigned examples.

“Schaap” refers to listing in Heroes and Ghosts: Japanese Prints by Kuniyoshi by Robert Schaap (Hotei Publishing, Leiden, 1998)

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