Untitled comic chûban series
c. 1840
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This
untitled comic series is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William
Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The images are each about 10 by 7 inches
(25 by 18 centimeters), a size known as chûban. Two images were printed on a sheet of paper
about 10 by 14 inches (25 by 36 centimeters), a size known as ôban. |
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Text: … shirokumise (…四六見世, a type of
cheap restaurant or brothel) Description: People drinking sake at a tavern I am grateful to Michel Ouellet for this
image. |
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Description: Three animated foreigners clowning around on the shore I am grateful to Michel Ouellet for
this image. |
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Text: The Shogun’s horse
breeding and training facility (maki) at Koganehara,
Chiba (小金原チヨロチヨロとむる馬ツころ) Description: Two travelers
and a bearer coming across foals in a grass field I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
