100 Pleasant Stories

(Hyaku iro-banashi)

1849-1851

The series is listed as number 202 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.

	Title: The story is told by a flea, named Nomi-no-Sukune, who believes he is a human being Description: An actor listening to the story of a flea Inscription: The flea comes out of a mattress and finds himself in the room of a beautiful woman. He goes out into the cool summer night and wanders through a bamboo forest. On his way back, he thinks of her maid servant and proceeds to her quarters where he finds her tending a little boy who is sleeping under a mosquito net. Image courtesy of Tom Taylor
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