Women in Tazuna-striped Fashions Visiting Shrines on Festival Days

(Tazunazome uma no ennichi, たづなぞめ牛のえん日)

Publisher: Fushimi-ya Zenroku

c. 1845

“Tazunazome” refers to a pattern of red and white diagonal stripes. The women portrayed in these prints are identical to those in the series Eight Views of Night Visiting. This series of prints is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The prints are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

	Shrine: Sodesuri Inari Beauty: Woman washing her hands at the shrine entrance while holding the edges of her kimono sleeves in her mouth Schaap: 12.1 I am grateful to Ward Pieters for locating this image.
	Shrine: Okina Inari Beauty: Woman stroking the stone carving of Inari, the guardian-fox of the shrine Schaap: 12.2 I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
	Shrine: Tamazome Inari Beauty: Woman holding paper tissues during a visit to the shrine Schaap: 12.3 I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
	Shrine: Kurosuke Inari Beauty: Woman holding a small fukusuke (福助, doll associated with good luck) and a box during a visit to the Kurosuke Inari Shrine Schaap: 12.4 I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
	Shrine: Beauty: Woman turning her head three-quarters to the left while wiping her hands with a cloth Schaap: 12.5 I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image.
	Shrine: Yoshitoku Inari Beauty: Woman praying at the Yoshitoku Inari Shrine during the Horse Festival Schaap: 12.6 NOTE: This design is only known from a drawing

“Schaap” refers to listing in Heroes and Ghosts: Japanese Prints by Kuniyoshi by Robert Schaap (Hotei Publishing, Leiden, 1998).

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