Select Series of
Shells in Elegant Taste
(Fûryû mitate kaizukushi,
風流見立て貝ずくし)
Publisher:
c. 1834-1835
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this series of prints likens beautiful women to various seashells, which are
inset in a toshidama
frame. It is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson
(Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).
The prints are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a
size known as ôban. |
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An elegantly dressed woman carrying a baby against her chest |
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A beauty with a blue coat and a yellow umbrella |
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Beauty with washbasin and cat |
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“Robinson” refers to listing of the series in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). CLICK
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