Celebrated Products of Mountains and Seas

Part III

Number: 49

Product: White radishes from Higo (Higo daikon)

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Publisher: Tsuta-ya Kichizô (Kôyeidô) of Nandemma-chô

This is a simplified and less labor intensive printing of the above design. The delicate shading (bokashi) in the title cartouche 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: 50

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Number: 51

Product: Dried abalone (noshi) strips from Hôki Province

Desire or feeling: Feeling good for nothing

Publisher: Mita-ya Kihachi

Number: 52

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Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô

Number: 53

Product: Dyer-beetles (ebi-iru-mushi) from Yamashiro Province

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Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei

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Number: 54

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Number: 55

Product: Woven silk from Bungo Province

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Publisher: Tsuta-ya Kichizô (Kôyeidô) of Nandemma-chô

Number: 56

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Publisher: Mita-ya Kihachi

Number: 57

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Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei

Number: 58

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Desire or feeling: Wishing to see her lover (Chotto aitai)

Publisher: Sano-ya Kihei

Number: 59

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Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô

Number: 60

Product: Product of Shimotsuke Province

Desire or feeling: Wishing to be a doll

Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei

Number: 61

Product: Hawks from Tango Province

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Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô

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Number: 62

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Number: 63

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Publisher: Mita-ya Kihachi

Number: 64

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Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei

Number: 65

Product: Limestone from Kawachi Province

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Publisher: Tsuta-ya Kichizô (Kôyeidô) of Nandemma-chô

Number: 66

Product: Seals from Matsumae Province

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Publisher: Sano-ya Kihei

Number: 67

Product: Plovers (birds) from Tamba Province

Desire or feeling: Feeling smoky

Publisher: Tsuta-ya Kichizô (Kôyeidô) of Nandemma-chô

Number: 68

Product: Whales from Iki

Desire or feeling: Wishing to have her lover's mind changed

Publisher: Mita-ya Kihachi

Number: 69

Product: Seaweed from Tsushima

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Publisher: Tsuta-ya Kichizô (Kôyeidô) of Nandemma-chô

Number: 70

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Publisher: Sano-ya Kihei

A variant of the above print.

This is one of several series of prints Kuniyoshi designed consisting of bust portraits with irregularly shaped cartouches in the right upper corner. In each of these series, the cartouche is bordered by small pictures. The table below shows a typical cartouche from each of these series as well as the script within the cartouche that identifies the series. The color of the cartouches is not a reliable guide to identifying the series, as it may vary with successive printings.

		English title: Mirror of the Loyal Courage of the Faithful Retainers Japanese title: Chûshin giyû kagami Description: Bust of an actor as one of the Forty-seven Rônin with a landscape background
		English title: Famous Views of Edo Selected for the Twelve Months Japanese title: Edo meisho mitate jû-ni ka gwatsu no uchi Description: Bust of actor with landscape in upper half of print above a stylized cloud
		English title: Selection for the Twelve Signs Japanese title: Mitate jûnishi no uchi Description: Bust of an actor with a full-length figure of another actor in a landscape as a background
		English title: Set of Views of Fuji from Edo in Iroha Order Japanese title: Nanatsu iroha Tôto Fuji zukushi Description: Actor’s bust with landscape showing Mount Fuji inserter in the left upper corner
		English title: Celebrated Products of Mountains and Seas Japanese title: Sankai medetai zue Description: Bust of beautiful woman with insert of landscape showing provincial industry in left upper corner NOTE: Various scripts were used in this series, but the two kanji shown at left are most consistent
		English title: Thirty-six Fashionable Restaurants of the Eastern Capital Japanese title: Tôto ryûkô san-jû-rokkwaiseki Description: Bust of actor with restaurant in background
		English title: Military Brilliance for the Eight Views Japanese title: Yôbu hakkei Description: Bust of a military hero in a landscape

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