Ten Wise Women’s Fans
(Jikken onna ôgi, 十賢女扇)
Publisher: Fujioka-ya Hikotarô
1843
The prints in this series are each about 10 by 7 inches (25 by 18 centimeters), a size known as chûban. |
|
Scene: Kaji of Gion (祇園梶) seated on a
bench holding a fan and watching rise from a fumigator Robinson: S25.1 |
|
Scene: Tora of Ôiso (大礒乕) nursing her
baby, the son of Soga Jurô Sukenari, with toys scattered on the ground Robinson: S25.2 |
|
Scene: Shizuka Gozen (静御前) in the robes and cap of a shirabyôshi dancer carrying a tsuzumi (small hourglass-shaped wooden drum) Robinson: S25.3 |
|
Scene: Giô (祇王) with a lamp behind her Robinson: S25.4 |
|
Scene: Eguchi no Tamae (江口玉江) looking out
into the rain from a veranda Robinson: S25.5 Image courtesy of Tom and Yasumi Taylor |
|
Scene: Sei Shônagon
(清少納言, c. 966-1017)
at her writing desk Robinson: Unlisted I am grateful to Kate Zotova for the image and to Christina
Ghanbarpour for the description |
|
Scene: 筒井筒女 (untranslated) Robinson: Unlisted I am grateful to Ward Pieters for locating this image. |
|
Scene: Poetess Ono
no Komachi (小野小町) in a doorway Robinson: Unlisted I am grateful to Ward Pieters for locating this image. |
“Robinson” refers to listing in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its privately published supplement. CLICK HERE TO RETURN TO MAIN PAGE |