Triptychs of beautiful women

 

Please see Untitled set of triptychs of the six crystal rivers for another example of this genre.  Unless otherwise noted, the individual sheets of these triptychs are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.  I am grateful to Ward Pieters for assisting with this section.

Series: Feminine Pleasures of the Four Seasons (Shiki no kokoro onna asobi, 四季心女遊)

Robinson: Not listed

Title: Spring

Description: Picking bulrush

Date: 1844-1847

Publisher: Arita-ya Seiemon

 

NOTE: The individual sheets in this triptych and the three following triptychs are each about 10 by 7 inches or 25 by 18 centimeters, a size known as chûban.

Series: Feminine Pleasures of the Four Seasons (Shiki no kokoro onna asobi, 四季心女遊)

Robinson: Not listed

Title: Natsu () Summer

Description: Summer at the Summida River

Date: 1844-1847

Publisher: Arita-ya Seiemon

Series: Feminine Pleasures of the Four Seasons (Shiki no kokoro onna asobi, 四季心女遊)

Robinson: Not listed

Title: Autumn

Description:

Date: 1844-1847

Publisher: Arita-ya Seiemon

Series: Feminine Pleasures of the Four Seasons (Shiki no kokoro onna asobi, 四季心女遊)

Robinson: Not listed

Title: Fuyu () Winter

Description:

Date: 1844-1847

Publisher: Arita-ya Seiemon

Series: Pleasures of the Four Seasons (Shiki yûkan, 四季遊観)

Robinson: Not listed

Title: Natsu () Summer

Description: Three bijin in boat under Ryogoku Bridge on the Sumida River

Date: 1843-1847

Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô)

Another state of the above print

Series: Pleasures of the Four Seasons (Shiki yûkan, 四季遊観)

Robinson: Not listed

Title: Autumn

Description: Catching Fireflies in the Cool of the Evening (Suzumi no hotaru)

Date: 1843-1847

Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô)

Another state of the above print

Series: The Four Seasons (Shiki no uchi)

Robinson: 130

Title: Spring

Description:

Date: c. 1850

Publisher:

Title: Gathering Plants in the Palace Garden (Oku niwa no tsumigusa)

Description:

Date: 1847-52

Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô)

Title: Picture of a Wedding Ceremony (Konrei no zu)

Description: The bride is being helped out of a lacquered palanquin for the marriage ceremony

Date: 1847-50

Publisher: Hayashi-ya Shôgorô

Title:

Description: A young girl breaking a spray of cherry blossoms from a tree

Date: c. 1848

Publisher:

Title: Plum Blossoms at Night (Yoru no ume)

Description:

Date: 1843-47

Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô (Dansendô)

Title: Plum Blossoms under Snow at Night (Tsumoru yoru no ume)

Description:

Date: 1847-52

Publisher: Fujioka-ya Keijirô (Shôrindô)

Title: The First Plum Blossoms of Spring (Ume no sakigake)

Description:

Date: c. 1848-9

Publisher: Fujioka-ya Keijirô (Shôrindô)

‘Robinson’ indicates listing in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson, 1961, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

 

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