Series of Beautiful
Women of the Green Houses
(Seirô
bijin zoroe, 青楼美人揃)
Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô
c. 1833-1838
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“Green houses” is an elegant term for brothels. The prints in this series are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban. The series is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson, 1961, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for assisting with this section. |
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Title: Chôdayû of the Okamotoya (Okamotoya uchi Chôdayû, 青楼美人揃 岡本屋内 長太夫) |
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Title: Shin
Yoshiwara Edo-chô Ni-chôme
Kukirô uchi Kumoi Kinji, Kumoi (雲井), and kamuro
Kinji (きんじ) of Kukiroya |
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Title: Katsuto or Masato of the Okamotoya
(Okamotoya uchi Katsuto or Masato, 岡本屋内 勝人) NOTE: This print was clearly printed from the same woodblocks as the
preceding print, and has the same title (青楼美人揃). |
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Title: Toyooka of
the Okamotoya and kamuro
Tamino and Miyono (Okamotoya
uchi Toyooka Tamino Miyono,
岡本屋内 豊岡 たみの みよの) |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
alternate state of the above design. |
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Another state of the above design
published by Izumi-ya Ichibei |
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Title: Katsuyama of the Okamotoya (Okamotoya uchi Katsuyama, 岡本屋内 勝山) NOTE: This print has the same title (青楼美人揃), and the same general layout as the above series, but has no
publisher’s seal. |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this
simplified version of the above design. |
