Celebrated Products of Mountains and Seas

(Sankai medetai zue)

Part I

1852

In this series of prints, a beautiful woman (bijin) expresses a desire or feeling. An insert in the left upper corner shows the production of one of Japan’s products associated with a particular location. This series is listed as number 117 in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The prints in this series are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban. I am grateful to Ward Pieters for assisting with this series.

	Number: 1 Product: Product of Wakasa in the northwestern part of Fukui Desire or feeling: Publisher: Mita-ya Kihachi
	Number: 2 Product: Whales at Hirado Province Desire or feeling: wishing to see soon Publisher: Idzumi-ya Ichibei
	Number: 3 Product: Night fishing in Tamba Desire or feeling: Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô
	Number: 4 Product: Net-hunted duck of Jôshû Province (Jôshû kasumiami kamo) Desire or feeling: wishing to dream a happy dream (Yoi yume demo mitai) Publisher: Sano-ya Kihei
	Number: 5 Product: shrimp from Ise Province Desire or feeling: Publisher: Tsuta-ya Kichizô (Kôyeidô) of Nandemma-chô
	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.
	Number: 6 Product: Desire or feeling: Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô
	Number: 7 Product: Octopus from Namerikawa in Etchu Province (Etchû Namerikawa ôtako) Desire or feeling: It hurts (oo itai) Publisher: Tsuta-ya Kichizô (Kôyeidô) of Nandemma-chô
	Number: 8 Product: Geese from Takanawa in Settsu Province Desire or feeling: Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei
	Number: 9 Product: Desire or feeling: Wishing to enjoy a free life Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei
	Number: 10 Product: Desire or feeling: Publisher: Mita-ya Kihachi
	Number: 11 Product: product of Sansho Desire or feeling: Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei
	Number: 12 Product: Quarried stone from Toyoshima Desire or feeling: Publisher: Tsuta-ya Kichizô (Kôyeidô) of Nandemma-chô
	This is another state of the above print with different coloration including a solid red title cartouche.
	Number: 13 Product: Jellyfish from Bizen Province Desire or feeling: Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô
	Number: 14 Product: Sea cucumbers from Mikawa Province (Mikawa nama namako) Desire or feeling: Wanting to suckle (chichi ga nomitai) Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei
	Number: 15 Product: Desire or feeling: Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô
	Number: 16 Product: Desire or feeling: Publisher: Sano-ya Kihei
	Number: 17 Product: Limestone (sekkai) from Ômi Province Desire or feeling: Publisher: Tsuta-ya Kichizô (Kôyeidô) of Nandemma-chô
	Number: 18 Product: Product of Kishu Desire or feeling: desire to try on new kimono (Hayaku kite mitai) Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô
	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.
	Number: 19 Product: Octopus of Takasago in Banshu Province Desire or feeling: Desire to decide as soon as possible Publisher: Sano-ya Kihei
	Number: 20 Product: Lamprey eels from Suwa (Suwa yatsume unagi) Desire or feeling: Publisher: Mita-ya Kihachi
No image available	Number: 21 Product: Desire or feeling: Publisher:
	Number: 22 Product: Whitebait fish from Nishimiya in Shinano Province Desire or feeling: Desire to see the next volume (tsuzuki ga mitai) Publisher: Tsuta-ya Kichizô (Kôyeidô) of Nandemma-chô
	Number: 23 Product: Desire or feeling: Publisher: Sano-ya Kihei
	Number: 24 Product: Butterbur greens (yamabuki) from Akita Desire or feeling: Desire to eat something delicious (oishimono ga tabetai) Publisher: Sano-ya Kihei

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