Triptychs and diptychs of beautiful women,
Part II
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Series: Plants and
Trees at all the Famous Places in Edo (Edo
meisho kusaki zukushi, 江戸名所草木尽くし) Robinson: Not listed Title: Autumn Maples
at Eight-view Hill in Shinagawa (Shinagawa
Yakei-zaka no momiji, 品川八景坂のもみじ) Description: Three women
in a hilltop teahouse at Shinagawa overlooking Date: 1843-1844 Publisher: Ebi-ya Rinnosuke |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate
state without paper lanterns and with a different seal of the publisher
Ebi-ya Rinnosuke. |
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Series: Plants and
Trees at all the Famous Places in Edo (Edo
meisho somoku zukushi, 江戸名所草木尽くし) Robinson: Not listed Title: The Pine-Tree
of “Successful Conclusion” (Shubi no
Matsu, 首尾の松) Description: Three
beauties in pleasure boats on the Date: 1843-1846
(censor Hama Yahei) Publisher: Ebi-ya
Rinnosuke |
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Series: Famous Views
of Edo (Edo misho no uchi) Robinson: 157 Title: Kinryûzan in
Asakusa Description: Date: 1843-1846
(censor Hama Yahei) Publisher: Tsu (phonetic
pronunciation of ツ) |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate
state of the above design. It was published
by Arita-ya Seiemon, and the kimono worn by the figure on the left has
an entirely different pattern. |
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Title: The Sixth
Month (Mitsuki, み月) Description: Women
watching fireflies in the summertime Date: c. 1849 Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei
(和泉屋市兵衛) |
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Another state of the above design |
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Title: Series of
Beauties (Bijin sorôi, 美人そろうい) Date: c. 1834 Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya
Chôzô NOTE: This is
another aizuri-e. Since the title appears on each sheet,
these prints could be considered a series of single sheet prints. |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for these two
panels with less text than the preceding “triptych”. These prints were released in two different
states, and one or both states must have consisted of more than three sheets. |
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Title: Favorite
Customs of the Present Day (Tôsei fûzoku kô, 当盛風俗好) Description: Three
beauties on the banks of the Date: c. 1832 Publisher: Izutsu-ya
Shôkichi I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image, which is also an aizuri-e triptych. |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this state
without bokashi on horizon. |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this sheet
from another state of the above design without any red. |
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A later chûban sized (about 10 by 7 inches; 25 by 18
centimeters) copy of the left panel of the previous triptych without a
publisher’s seal |
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Title: A Parade of
the Kenjin Description: Aizuri-e of courtesans with rooftops
in background (left sheet shows courtesan Nanahito
(七人) and the
center sheet shows Nanaoka (七岡), both of the Sugata-ebi house) Date: c. 1835 Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tobei I am grateful to Herman Schoenmakers
for supplying an image of the center sheet. |
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Title: None Description: Three
beauties on the banks of the Sumida River with the Arima family mansion in
Akabane in the background. The banners
of the Suitengu Shrine and Edo’s tallest fire tower
on the hill are also shown. Date: 1849-1852
(censors Hama and Magome) Publisher: Maru-ya Seijirô |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate state of the
above design. |
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Series: Annual Festivals
According to Months and Hours Robinson: Not listed Title: Description: Beautiful
women on a porch with hanging lanterns, one holding a towel, one pointing,
and one looking at straw baskets Date: 1847-52 Publisher: Ebi-ya
Rinnosuke |
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Series: Annual
Festivals According to Months and Hours Robinson: Not listed Title: Bustling
crowds at the Torinomachi festival in the month of the rime at the hour of
the monkey Description: Date: 1847-1848
(censors Hama and Kinugasa) Publisher: Ebi-ya Rinnosuke |
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Title: Early Morning
Mist on the Sumida River (隅田川之朝霧, Sumidagawa no asagiri) Description: Three
beautiful women beneath flowering cherry blossoms with a shoreline and water
in the background Date: 1847-1848
(censors Hama and Kinugasa) Publisher: Enshû-ya
Matabei |
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Series: Parody of the
36 Poets (Mitate Sanju Rokkusen) Robinson: Not listed Title: Shiohi Gaeri
(?) Description: Beauties
returning home from gathering shells Date: 1845 Publisher: Arita-ya
Seimon |
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Title: Sudden Shower
in the Summer Heat (暑中の夕立, Shochû no yûdachi,) Description: Three
beauties with umbrellas in the rain Date: 1849-1851
(censors Fuku and Muramatsu) Publisher: Hayashi-ya
Shôgorô |
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Title: Fine Scenery of
the Eastern Capital, Rainbow at Takanawa (東都風景高輪虹蜺, Tôto fûkei Takanawa niji) Description: Date: 1845 Publisher: Koga-ya
Katsugorô |
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Title: Morning Mist
at Komagata (Komagata no asagiri, 駒形の朝霧) Description: Three beauties
with misty background Date: 1846 (censor
Murata) Publisher: Sano-ya Kihei
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Reprint of the above design c. 1970s |
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Title: An Evening
View of Hatcho (or Haccho)
Dike (Hatchotsuzumi yoru no kei, 八丁づつみ夜の景) Description: Three woman
with red flowers and background in silhouette
Date: c. 1847-1852 Publisher: No seal |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate
state of the above design without a green foreground. |
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Title: An Outing at
the Husband-and-Wife Rocks (Futamigaura
no kôkei, 二見ヶ浦之光景) Description: Beauties and
children on the beach at Futamigaura Date: 12th
month of 1854 Publisher: Yamada-ya
Shôjirô |
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I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this alternate
state of the above design with a blue title cartouche. |
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Title: Games of
Spring Description: Three
beauties playing battledore (hago-ita) Date: 1847-1852
(censors Mera and Murata) Publisher: Yorozu-ya Kichibei I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image |
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Title: Cherry Blossoms
in Full Bloom on the Banks of the Sumida River (隅田堤櫻見物之図) Description: Beauties
enjoying the cherry blossoms Date: 1856 Publisher:
Nôshû-yaYasubei |
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“Robinson”
indicates listing in Kuniyoshi by Basil
William Robinson, 1961, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
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