Celebrated Products of
Mountains and Seas,
Part I
(Sankai medetai zue, 山海目出度図絵)
1852
In
this series of prints, beautiful women (bijin) of different classes and occupations express desires
or feelings. An inset in the left upper
corner, by one of Kuniyoshi’s pupils, shows the production of one of
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Number: 1 Title: Wakasaya Yoichi 若狭 Product: Location: Wakasa in the northwestern part of Fukui Desire or feeling: Publisher:
Mita-ya Kihachi |
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Number: 2 Product:
Whales at Hirado (Hirado no kujira) Location: Hirado Desire or feeling: Can’t wait to see you (Hayaku mitai) Publisher:
Idzumi-ya Ichibei |
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Number: 3 Product:
Night fishing in Tamba Location: Tamba Desire or feeling: Publisher:
Jôshûya Kinzô |
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Number: 4 Product:
Net-hunted duck (kasumiami kamo) Location: Desire or feeling: wishing to dream a happy dream (Yoi yume demo mitai) Publisher:
Sano-ya Kihei |
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Number: 5 Title:
Shrimp from Ise (Ise ebi, 伊勢海老) Product:
Shrimp Location: Desire or feeling: Publisher:
Tsuta-ya Kichizô |
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This is an alternate
version of the above print. It is made
from the same woodblocks, but the background of the main image and the
foreground of the inset are black, or almost black. |
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Number: 6 Product:
Octopus (nagahama tako, 長浜章魚) Location: Desire or feeling: Publisher:
Jôshûya Kinzô |
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Number: 7 Product:
Giant octopus from Location: Desire or feeling: It hurts (Oo itai, おお,いたい) Publisher:
Tsuta-ya Kichizô |
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Number: 8 Product: Geese Location: Takanawa in Desire or feeling: Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei |
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Number: 9 Product: Linen cloth
(nuno, 布) Location: Desire or feeling: Wishing to enjoy a free life Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei |
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Number: 10 Product: Location: Desire or feeling: Publisher:
Mita-ya Kihachi |
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Number: 11 Product:
Salamanders (Zushû sanshô-uo) Location: Desire or feeling: Sleepy (Nemuttai,
眠ったい) Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei |
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Number: 12 Title:
Stone from Toyoshima (Sanuki Teshima seki, 讃岐豊島右) Product:
Quarried stone Location:
Toyoshima Desire or feeling: Publisher:
Tsuta-ya Kichizô |
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This is another state of
the above print with different coloration including a solid red title
cartouche. |
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Number: 13 Title:
Jellyfish from Bizen
(Bizen suibo, 備前水母) Product:
Jellyfish Location: Desire or feeling: Publisher:
Jôshûya Kinzô |
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Number: 14 Product:
Sea cucumbers (nama namako) Location: Desire or feeling: Wanting to suckle (chichi ga nomitai) Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei |
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Number: 15 Product:
Sea urchins Location: Desire or feeling: Publisher:
Jôshûya Kinzô |
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Number: 16 Product: Octopus (iidako, 飯蛸) Location: Desire or feeling: Publisher:
Sano-ya Kihei |
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Number: 17 Title:
Limestone from Ômi (Ômi ishibai, 近江右灰) Product:
Limestone (sekkai) Location: Desire or feeling: Wish to ask a favor (Otanomi moshitai) Publisher:
Tsuta-ya Kichizô |
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Number: 18 Title: Kishu kumano seki masa (紀州熊野右苴) Product: Location: Desire or feeling: Desire to try on new kimono
(hayaku kite mitai) Publisher:
Jôshûya Kinzô |
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This is a simplified and
less labor intensive printing of the above design. The delicate shading (bokashi) in the background and
on the mountain in the insert has been eliminated. Bokashi was achieved by hand-applying a gradation of ink
to the wooden printing block rather than inking the block uniformly. This hand-application had to be repeated
for each sheet of paper that was printed.
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Number: 19 Title:
Octopus from Takasago in Banshu (Banshu Takasuna tako, 播州高砂蛸) Product:
Octopus Location:
Takasago in Desire or feeling: Desire to decide as soon as possible Publisher:
Sano-ya Kihei |
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Number: 20 Title:
Eels from Suwa (Shinshu...yatsumei unagi, 信州...八目鰻) Product:
Lamprey eels (yatsume unagi) Location: Suwa Desire or feeling: Publisher:
Mita-ya Kihachi |
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Number: 22 Product:
Whitebait fish Location: Nishimiya in Desire or feeling: Desire to see the next volume (tsuzuki ga mitai) Publisher:
Tsuta-ya Kichizô |
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Number: 23 Title: Hidan Jinzugawa masu (飛弾 神通 川鱒) Product: Location: Desire or feeling: Publisher:
Sano-ya Kihei |
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Number: 24 Title:
Butterbur Greens from Product:
Butterbur greens (yamabuki)
Location: Desire or feeling: Desire to eat something delicious (oishimono ga tabetai) Publisher:
Sano-ya Kihei |
