Alphabetical List of Kuniyoshi’s Print Series

Japanese Name

English Name

Description

Date

Robinson

1961*

Robinson

1982

Ada-uchi chûkô den

Stories of dutifulness and loyalty in revenge

Heroes of revenge stories

c. 1847-8

45

S53

Aisho kagami

Perfect matches

Fan prints of women with inset male head

c. 1848

 

 

Aratamete tanuki no tawamure

More fun with raccoon dogs

Comic and slightly vulgar horizontal chûban

1844-1846

 

 

Atari doshi inu no tawamure

Successful plays with frolicking dogs

Comic horizontal chûban

1850

 

 

Au-mi hakkei

Personal encounters for the eight views

Theatrical

1848

178

 

Bigyoku imayô fûzoku

Gems of modem customs

Women

c. 1850

160

 

Burû go-gyô

Warriors for the five elements

Heroes (ôtanzakuban)

c. 1840

24

 

Burû hyaku den

A hundred stories of military valor

Heroic scenes

c. 1836

23

S9

Buyei meiba kurabe

Comparison of the famous horses of brilliant soldiers

Heroes, horses inset

c. 1847-8

67

S50

Buyei môyû kagami

Mirror of military excellence and fierce courage

Heroes

c. 1836

 

S7

Buyû chigaragusa

Examples of valor

Actors in roles

c. 1847-48

 

 

Buyû go-gyô

Heroes for the five elements

Heroes

c. 1840

 

S16

Buyû mitate jûnishi

Choice of heroes for the twelve signs

Heroes (chûtanzakuban)

c. 1840

22

S17

Buyû nazorae Genji

Heroic comparisons for the chapters of ‘Genji’

Heroes (ôtanzakuban)

c. 1843

27

S28

Chitatsusei nanajû-in hachimai uchi

72 earthly stars of the 108 heroes of the Suikoden in eight sheets

Nine Suikoden heroes on each sheet

1830

 

 

Chiyû rokkasen

Selection of six men of wisdom and courage

Heroes

c. 1850

52

S67

Choke meiyo kijin den

Stories of remarkable persons of loyalty and high reputation

Heroes

c. 1845

 

S35

Chûkô meiyo kijin den

Stories of people famous for loyalty and filial devotion

Dramatic characters

c. 1845

35

 

Chûkô tenarai-zôshi

Copy-book of loyalty

Loyal heroes

c. 1845

 

S41

Chûkô tôken meijin kagami

Mirror of the loyal persons famed for the sword

Dramatic characters

1847

55

 

Chûshin gishi kômei kurabe

Comparison of the high renown of the loyal retainers and faithful samurai

The forty-seven rônin

1848

78

S57

Chûshin giyû kagami

Mirror of the loyal courage of the faithful retainers

Actors’ heads with landscape backgrounds

1852

206

 

Chûshingura

Chûshingura

Characters in pairs

1849

 

 

Chûshingura gojûsan tsugi

The fifty-three post-stations of the Chûshingura

Characters in pairs with inset landscape

c. 1851

 

S72

Dai Nippon rokujûyo-shû no uchi

The sixty-odd provinces of Japan

Dramatic characters

c. 1845

37

S36

Daigwan jôju ari-ga-taki-jima

Waterfall-striped materials in answer to earnest prayer

Half-length women with waterfall inset

c. 1845

111

 

Date moyô kekki kurabe

Comparisons of physical energy, Date style

Heroes

c. 1845-6

174

S42

Date otoko kishô kurabe

Comparisons of the spirits of able men

Theatrical (three-quarter length figures)

c. 1850

172

 

Denka chaya adauchi

Vengeance at Denka Tea House

Theatrical (horizontal ôban)

1854

 

 

Dogai kesho no tawamure

Brushes with make-up off the beaten path

Comic fan prints

 

 

 

Doge jyunigatsu no uchi

Twelve months of buffoonery

Comic  scenes (vertical chûban)

c. 1839-42

 

 

Dôke Chôchingura

Comic paper lantern Chûshingura

Comic horizontal chûban

1830

 

 

Dôke Daruma asobi

Daruma’s buffoonery

Actors caricatured as Daruma

1847-48

191

 

Dôke jôruri zukushi

Collection of humorous scenes from Jôruri drama

Burlesques of comic musical plays (horizontal chûban)

1855

215

 

Dôke jû-ni-shi

Comic twelve signs

Animals in comic situations (horizontal chûban)

1855

 

 

Dôke jû-ni-shi

Comic twelve signs

Animals in comic situations (vertical chûban)

Mid 1850s

 

 

Dôke miburi jû-ni-shi

Comic parts for the Twelve Signs

Theatrical caricatures

c. 1848

180

 

Dôke sanjûroku gesô

Thirty-six comical faces of actors off stage

Six actor’s busts per ôban sheet

1847-1852

 

 

Dôke tômorokoshi

Comic sweet corn

Actors’ faces on corn (horizontal chûban)

1845

 

 

Echigo jûhasshô

Eighteen generals of Echigo Province

Warriors

1854

 

S83

Edo jiman meibutsu kurabe

Various specialties of Edo districts

Women

1843-1846

 

 

Edo jiman tôsei ji-ire

The pride of Edo: going into modern service

Women and inset dramatic characters

c. 1850

107

 

Edo meisho

Famous views of Edo

Women’s heads (fan prints)

1851-1853

 

 

Edo meisho bijin kagami

Famous views of Edo mirrored by beautiful girls

Women

c. 1833

144

 

Edo meisho kusaki zukushi

A collection of plants and trees at Edo’s famous places

Women (triptychs)

1843-1844

 

 

Edo meisho mitate jûnikagetsu no uchi roku jûni

Famous views of Edo selected for the twelve months

Theatrical

1852

210

 

Edo meisho no uchi

Famous views of Edo

Women (triptychs)

c.1843

157

 

Edo no hana no gonin otoko

Flowers of Edo: five otokodate

Actors (same title also used for polyptychs)

1850

 

 

Eiyû goshiki awase

Heroes matched to the five colors

Heroes

1857

 

S91

Eiyû ippyaku den

A hundred heroic stories

Heroes

c. 1851

 

S69

Eiyû kumiu kagami

Mirror of heroes’ scrimmages

Heroes in combat

 

 

 

Eiyû rokkasen

Six select heroes

Heroes

1853

56

S81

Eiyû san-jû-rokkasen

Thirty-six hero-poets

Heroes

1852-2

59

S77

Eiyû Yamato jûni-shi

Japanese heroes for the twelve signs

Warriors

1854

73

S84

Eiyû Yamato Suikoden

Suikoden of Japanese heroes

Japanese heroes

c. 1843

 

S24

E-kyôdai mitate

Select ‘brother-pictures’

Noh plays (fan prints)

1847-50

221

 

E-kyôdai mitate musha awase

Brother-pictures: a select comparison of warriors

Figures with inset pictures of warriors

c. 1834

91

 

E-kyôdai mitate san-jû bokkwa-sen

Selected ‘brother-pictures’ of 30 chosen trees and flowers

Theatrical (large heads)

c. 1845

155

 

E-kyôdai raso sugata

Eighty forms of ‘brother-pictures’

Women with historical insets

c. 1845

104

 

E-kyôdai uchibiki ni-jû-shi kô

‘Brother-pictures’ for the twenty-four paragons of filial piety

Women

c. 1840

122

 

Enkyoku zoroi

A collection of charming music

Fan prints of women

1853

 

 

Enjo takara awase

Matching of treasures with charming women

Fan prints of women

 

 

 

Enshi jû-roku josen

Sixteen female Sennin, charming creatures

Women

c. 1847

58

 

Fujin tewaza kagami

Mirror of women’s tasks

Women

c. 1843

141

 

Fujo ichidai kagami

The mirrors of women’s lives

Fan prints of women

 

 

 

Fujo kagami

Mirror of women

Women

c. 1843

151

 

Fukurokuju atama no tawamure

Fun with Fukurokuju’s head

Comic horizontal chûban

c. 1840

194

 

Fûryû kodomo odori zukushi

Fashionable series of children’s dances

Children

c. 1840

142

 

Fûryû meitôji zukushi

Fashionable series of important characters

Women

c. 1843

127

 

Fûryû mitate kaizukushi

Select series of shells in elegant taste

Women

c. 1834-1835

 

 

Fûryû rokkwa sen

Fashionable choice of six flowers

Women

c. 1843

101

 

Fûzoku onna Suikoden

Suikoden of women’s customs

Women (surimono)

c. 1830

148

 

Gama-tehon hyôkingura

Treasury of humor modeled by toads

The Chûshingura performed by toads (horizontal chûban)

c. 1847-48

85

 

Gempei seisuiki

History of the ups and downs of the Minamoto and Taira

Battle scenes (triptychs)

c. 1834

34

S18

Genji kumo ukiyoe awase

Ukiyo-e comparisons for the cloudy chapters of ‘Genji’

Historical and dramatic

c. 1845

36

S45

Gishi chûshin kagami

Mirror of the faithful samurai and loyal retainers

The forty-seven rônin

1848

82

S59

Gishi no seichû Yoshi ga tawamure

Kuniyoshi’s Parody on the Samurai’s Loyalty

horizontal chûban

1847-1852

 

 

Gishi shinzô

True portraits of the faithful samurai

The forty-seven rônin

1853

75

S80

Giyû Hakkenden

The loyal heroes of Bakin’s “Hakkenden

Theatrical (large heads)

1850

162

 

Go sekku

The five festivals

Women

c. 1843

86

 

Go sekku no uchi

The five festivals

Groups of actors

1849

125

 

Go sekku no uchi

The five festivals

Women

c. 1840

133

 

Go sekku no uchi

The five festivals

Women (triptychs)

c. 1845

166

 

Gochûmon oatsurae some

Fabrics dyed to order

Actors

1846

 

 

Gôketsu hakkei

Heroes for the eight views

Heroes

1847-8

66

S52

Hachi gyô onna no uchi

Women for the eight dispositions

Women

c. 1843

93

 

Haishi Suikoden

People’s history of the Suikoden

Koban Suikoden series

c. 1830

 

 

Haku mensô kabe no mudagaki

Laughing white faces scribbled on a wall

Theatrical caricatures

c. 1848

182

 

Hana awase tosei bijin awase

A collection of flowers―beautiful women compared

Women

c. 1830s

 

 

Hana-goyomi

Calendar of Flowers

Sexually explicit pictures (shunga)

1835

 

 

Harimaze Jôruri kagami

A Harimaze Mirror of Jôruri Plays

Harimaze

1854

 

 

Hayarikou sagazuki

Fashionable sake cups

Actors painted inside sake cups

c. 1851

 

 

Hayatake Torakichi

Hayatake Torakichi (name of acrobat)

Acrobatic feats of Hayatake Torakichi

1857

214

 

He no yôna dôke he-zukushi

Likenesses of the fart in a series of comic farts

Comic and slightly vulgar

c. 1845

189

 

Hizakurige go-jû-san eki

The fifty-three stations on shank’s mare

Comic illustrations (diptychs & triptychs)

1854

204

 

Hodo Yoshitsune koi no Minamoto ichidaiki

Biography of Yoshitsune

Historic scenes

1848-53

64

S65

Hodomoyoshi toki-ni Ôtsu-e

Hodomoyoshi’s fashionable Ôtsu pictures

Dramatic characters

c. 1845-6

165

S43

Honchô bunyû hyaku-nin isshu

A hundred poets from the literary heroes of our country

Heroes (chûban)

c.1842-3

31

S22

Honchô buyû kagami

Mirror of our country’s military elegance

Heroes

c. 1845

43

S32

Honchô keishoku bijin zue

Our country’s scenery illustrated by beautiful women

Women

c. 1830

88

 

Honchô kendô ryaku den

Abridged stories of our country’s swordsmanship

Dramatic characters

c. 1845-46

33

S37

Honchô kômei kagami

Mirror of famous names of our country

Heroes

1855

 

S87a

Honchô musha kagami

Mirror of warriors of our country

Heroes

1855

74

S87

Honchô nijûshi-kô

Twenty-four paragons of filial piety of our country

Heroes and heroines (chûban)

c. 1842-3

28

S23

Honchô Suikoden goyû happyaku-nin no hitori

Eight hundred heroes of our country’s Suikoden, one by one

Japanese heroes (ôban)

1830-45

5

S4

Honchô taoyame soroi

Set of delicate ladies of our country

Historical women and girls

c. 1845

39

S33

Honchô eiyû kagami

Mirror of the heroes of our country

Heroes

1858

70

S92

Hyaku iro-banashi

A hundred pleasant stories

Illustrations of comic anecdotes

1849-51

202

 

Hyaku-nin isshu

The hundred poets

Poets

c. 1840-42

32

S19

Hyakushoku menso

One hundred shades of facial expressions

Comic harimaze

1842-43

 

 

Ichiryû kyoku dokuraku

Happiness in one style of entertainment

Fantasies on the top-spinner Takezawa Toji

c. 1843

208

 

Imayô aki no nanakusa

Modem seven autumn plants

Women

c. 1850

164

 

Imayô gakumen awase

A collection of pictures in modern style

Women with inset of warrior (fan print)

1853

 

 

Imayô go-sei

Modern five qualities

Women

c. 1833

89

 

Imayô goshiki awase

Comparison of five modern colors

Women (fan print)

1849-1853

 

 

Imayô hyaku-nin shu

A hundred modern men

Heads of actors in character

1850

217

 

Imayô kiku-zoroi

Series of modern chrysanthemum varieties

Women

1845

128

 

Imayô nana Komachi

Modem seven Komachi

Theatrical

1851

161

 

Imayô rokkasen

Six summer selections in modern style

Women’s heads (fan prints)

1853

 

 

Imayô tofu shisen

The modern measure of women’s desire for money

Women (views inset)

c. 1840

84

 

Jikken onna ôgi

Ten wise women’s fans

Women of history and legend (chûban)

c. 1843

220

S25

Jimbutsu kami kuzu kago

Characters from the waste-paper basket

Rough sketches of dramatic groups

c. 1848

199

 

Jinshin megane no mitôshi

Glasses for inspecting the human heart

Women

c. 1845

152

 

Jisei kwachôfûgetsu

Fashionable quartet of flower, bird, wind and moon

Women (triptychs)

c. 1848

147

 

Jitsu go-kyô kyôgwa dôgaku

Genuine instruction for children in mad pictures

Comic horizontal chûban

c. 1840

118

 

Jû-ni dan shoku Kanadehon Chôchingura

The twelve acts of the lantern Chûshingura

Heads & inset figures composed of lanterns

1852

218

 

Jû-ni gwatsu wa ko kami

Japanese divinities compared with the twelve months

Divinities

c. 1840

110

 

Jûroku Musashi-bô Benkei

Sixteen [stories of] Musashi-bô Benkei

The hero Benkei

c. 1848-50

 

S68

Kaidan hyakki yagyô

Ghost stories: Night procession of the hundred demons

Bawdy parody of demons (koban)

c. 1836

 

 

Kaiun shusse kohon Shichi-fukujin

Fortunate debut of the seven gods of good luck

“Puzzle pictures”

c. 1844

183

 

Kaminari

Thunder

Comic chûban series

c. 1840

 

 

Kanadehon Chûshingura

Scenes from the Chûshingura drama

Theatrical

1847

169

 

Kanadehon Chûshingura

The drama of the Chûshingura

Illustrations of the twelve acts

1854-5

69

S86

Kataki-uchi chûkô den

Stories of dutifulness and loyalty in revenge

Heroes of revenge stories

c. 1847-8

45

S53

Kawanakajima hyaku yûshô sen

A hundred generals, brave in battle, at Kawanakajima

Large heads

c. 1845

186

S34

Keishi kodomo akindo

Kyôto children as tradesmen

Children

c. 1840

138

 

Kenjo hakkei

Virtuous women for the eight views

Heroines (chûtanzakuban)

c. 1842-3

20

S21

Kenjo reppuden

Stories of wise women and faithful wives

Heroines

c. 1841-2

21

S20

Kenyû fujo kagami

Mirror of women of wisdom and courage

Large women’s heads

c. 1843

92

S29

Kingyo tsukushi

Goldfish

Comic chûban series

1839-42

 

 

Kinjû zue

Birds and animals illustrated

Animals in kano style

1837

38

 

Kintarô zukushi

Set of Kintarô

Legendary child

c. 1840

 

S12

Kisokaidô rokujûku tsugi

The sixty-nine post stations of the Kisokaidô Road

Historical and dramatic scenes

1852-3

57

S74

Kodomo asobi

Children’s games

Children

c. 1842

146

 

Kodomo asobi go-gyô

Children’s games for the five elements

Children

1840

65

 

Kodomo asobi naga-uta zukushi

Series of popular songs on children’s games

Children

c. 1840

109

 

Kodomo asobi no uchi

Children’s games

Children

c. 1836

114

 

Kodomo odori

Children’s dances

Children as historical characters

c. 1841

123

 

Kodomo shorei shitsuke-gata

The children’s instructor in etiquette

Children

c. 1840

136

 

Kokon honchô meijo hyaku den

A hundred ancient and modem stories of the famous women of our country

Heroines

c. 1843

18

S30

Koma kurabe shogi no tawamure

Comic comparisons of the koma pieces in the game of shogi

Comic (chûban)

 

 

 

Koma kurabe shôgi no tawamure

Comic comparisons of warriors and spinning-tops

Comic figures formed of tops

c. 1840

188

 

Kôsô go-ichidai ryaku zu

Illustrated abridged biography of Kôsô

Scenes from the life of this Buddhist priest

c. 1835-36

11

S6

Kôsô Nichiren Dai-bosatsu

Kôsô Nichiren the great bodhisattva

Women

c. 1836

135

 

Kôto nishiki imayô kuni-zukushi

Modern style set of the provinces in Edo brocade

Theatrical and dramatic

1852

171

 

Koto no soka zukushi

Series of poems set to the koto

Women

c. 1840

97

 

Kôyetsu yûshô den

Stories of courageous generals of the provinces of Kai and Echizen

Leaders in Kawanakajima campaign

c. 1848-49

49

S63

Kôyô nijûshi shô no hitori

Twenty-four generals of Eastern Kai Province, one by one

Leaders of the Takeda (Kai)

1853

62

S82

Kuniyoshi moyô shôfuda tsuketari genkin otoko

Men of ready money with true labels attached, Kuniyoshi fashion

Dramatic characters

c. 1845

153

S40

Kyôga Suikoden gôketsu ippyaku hachinin

Caricatures of the 108 Heroes of the popular Suikoden

Suikoden heroes in humorous situations

c. 1830

 

 

Kyôgwa e-tehon

Illustrated examples of mad sketches

Comic figures and groups

1859

222

 

Kyôkaku giyû den

Stories of chivalrous persons of loyalty and courage

Dramatic characters

1851

184

S70

Kyôkun zenaku kozô zoroe

Moral guidelines for good and naughty apprentices

Comic horizontal chûban

1857

 

 

Kyoku zukushi

Collection of humorous short poems

Comic prints (chûtanzakuban)

c. 1842

 

 

Kyokutei-ô seicho Hakkenshi zui-ichi

The one and only eight dog history of old Kyokutei, best of refined authors

The heroes of the ‘Hakkenden

c. 1833

25

S5

Meicha zukushi

A series of famous teas

Fan prints of women

1847-1850

 

 

Meikô hyaku yû den

Stories of a hundred heroes of high renown

Heroes

c. 1842

29

S31

Meishô shi-ten kagami

Mirror of the quartets of retainers of famous generals

Warriors in groups of five

1863

 

S94

Meitô eiyû soroi

Set of famous leading heroes

Heroic scenes

1856