Animals and Plants,
Part II
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Series: Untitled
series illustrating dragons Robinson:
Not listed Title:
None Size: Ôban
(about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description:
Dragon flying above turbulent waves Date: c.
1831 Publisher:
Morita-ya Hanzô |
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Series: Untitled
series illustrating dragons Robinson:
Not listed Title:
None Size: Ôban
(about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description:
Two dragons by a waterfall Date: c.
1831 Publisher:
Morita-ya Hanzô NOTE:
Although this untitled series is not listed in Appendix 1 of Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson
(Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961), this print is illustrated as
Plate 26. |
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Series:
Untitled series illustrating dragons Robinson:
Not listed Title:
None Size: Ôban
(about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description:
Dagon and waves Date: c.
1831 Publisher:
Morita-ya Hanzô |
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Series:
Birds and animals illustrated (Kinjû zue, 會獣圖絵) Robinson:
38 Title:
Phoenix and Lobster (Taiho, ebi 大鵬海老) Size: Ôban
(about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description:
Phoenix and lobster Date: 1837 Publisher:
Jôshû-ya Kinzô |
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Another state of the above
print |
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Yet another state |
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Series:
Birds and animals illustrated (Kinjû zue, 會獣圖絵) Robinson:
38 Title:
Horse (Uma) Size: Ôban
(about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description:
A rearing horse among cherry blossoms Date: 1837 Publisher:
Jôshû-ya Kinzô NOTE: This
print is illustrated as Plate 27 in Kuniyoshi
by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). |
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Series:
Birds and animals illustrated (Kinjû zue, 會獣圖絵) Robinson:
38 Title:
Tiger (tora,
寅)and dragon (tatsu, 龍) Size: Ôban
(about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description:
A tiger looks up at a dragon next to a waterfall Date: 1837 Publisher:
Jôshû-ya Kinzô |
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Another state of the above
design |
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Series:
Birds and animals illustrated (Kinjû zue, 會獣圖絵) Robinson:
38 Title:
Chinese Lion (Shishi)
Size: Ôban
(about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description:
A Shishi
(Chinese lion) and her cub near a cliff with peonies Date: 1837 Publisher:
Jôshû-ya Kinzô |
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Another state of the above
print. |
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Series:
Birds and animals illustrated (Kinjû zue, 會獣圖絵) Robinson:
38 Title: Size: Ôban
(about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description:
A phoenix and an animal resembling a giraffe Date: 1837 Publisher:
Jôshû-ya Kinzô |
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Series:
None Robinson:
Not listed Title: A
Cat Making Mice Fearful Size: Ôban
(about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description:
A fat cat with a collar Date: c.
1841 Publisher:
No publisher’s seal. The red seal under Kuniyoshi’s signature is the Toshidama seal of the Utagawa school of ukiyo-e artists. |
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Series:
None Robinson:
Not listed Title:
Exhibition of a large fossilized ammonite Size: Ôban
(about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description:
Exhibition of a large fossilized ammonite Date: Publisher:
Mori-ya Jihei |
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Series: Robinson:
Not listed Title: Size: Ôban
(about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description:
Two flowers composed of tiny shishi (Chinese
lions) Date: Publisher:
No seal |
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Series: Robinson:
Not listed Title:
None Size: 22.5 x 16.6 cm. Description: Sparrows flitting around snow-covered branches of
bamboo Date: Publisher:
No seal |
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Series:
None Robinson:
Not listed Title:
Drawings of Fifty-three Lovingly Raised Animals (Myô kaikô gojûsanbiki) Size: Ôban triptych (each sheet is about 14
by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description:
Cats representing each of the fifty-three stations of the Tôkaidô road Date: c.
1848 Publisher:
Iba-ya Sensaburô |
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This is a reproduction of
the above triptych made by Watanabe.
The woodblocks were expertly reproduced, but a careful examination
will reveal slight differences in the black outlines and text. |
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Robinson:
198 Title:
Series of Proverbs (Tatoe-zukushi no uchi) Size: Ôban diptych (each sheet is about 14 by
10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description:
Cats illustrating various proverbs Date: 4th
month of 1852 Publisher:
Kaga-ya Yasubei NOTE:
Robinson lists Tatoye-dzukushi no uchi as
series 198. Since only one of the
three designs of which I am aware bears a title, it seems more accurate to
consider this to be a triptych. |
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Title:
Fashionable Cats Juggling Balls Date: c. 1841 Publisher: |
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Series:
Famous Products of the Provinces Robinson:
Not listed Title: Butchering
a Dead Whale Size: Ôban triptych (each sheet is about 14
by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description:
Date:
1837-1839 Publisher:
Tsujioka-ya Bunsuke |
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Series: Robinson: Title: Big
Catch and Prosperity of Seven Bays (Nanaura tairyo hanjo no zu) Size: Ôban triptych (each sheet is about 14
by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description:
Date: 1853 Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei |
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Series:
None Robinson:
Not listed Title:
Crowds viewing a captured whale in a
bay with a view of Size: Ôban triptych (each sheet is about 14
by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description:
Crowds viewing a captured whale in a
bay with a view of Date: c.
1848-1853 Publisher:
Maru-ya Seigirô |
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Series:
None Robinson: not
listed Title: Size: Ôban triptych (each sheet is about 14
by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters) Description:
Drawing for a triptych of whales being pulled ashore Date: Publisher:
No seal |
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“Robinson” refers to listing of the series in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).
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