Comic Parts for the Twelve Signs
(Dôke miburi
jű-ni-shi)
Publisher: Ebisu-ya Shoshichi
c. 1848
In this series of three prints well-known actors are portrayed as the twelve animals of the zodiac. The series is listed as number 180 in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The prints are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.
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Upper right:
Rat (子); actor Onoe Kikujirô II Lower right:
Ox (丑); actor Onoe Tamizô II Upper left:
Tiger (寅); actor Ichikawa Kuzô II Lower left:
Hare (卯); actor Iwai Kumesaburô III |
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Top:
Dragon (辰) Center right:
Snake (巳) Bottom:
Horse (午); actor Sakata Sajűrô II Center left:
Goat (未) |
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Upper right:
Monkey (申) Upper left:
Cock (酉); actor Bandô Shűka I Lower right:
Dog (戌); actor Ichikawa Danjűrô VIII Lower left:
Boar (亥) |
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