Fan Prints of Humorous and Miscellaneous Subjects

Part II

 

Kuniyoshi - (fan) Scenes Along the Sumida River, Yamato (set of 3)

Series: Scenes Along the Sumida River (隅田川三景)

Title: Yamato

Date: 4th month of 1852

Publisher: Enshû-ya Matabei

Series: None

Title: None

Description: Farmers planting rice

Date: c. 1839

Publisher: Iba-ya Senzaburô

 

NOTE: This image is signed Ichiyûsai hitsu (一勇斎 ).  I am grateful to Lucienne Parkan and Hehe Galerie for this image.

Series: None

Title: None

Description: Landscape with Tenjin Shrine (天ぢやしろ), stream and pond

Date: 1843-1846 (censor Yoshimura Gentarô)

Publisher: Iba-ya Senzaburô

 

NOTE: This image is signed Ichiyûsai hitsu (一勇斎 ). 

Kuniyoshi - (fan) Famous Sights in the Willow Capital, View of Nihonbashi, 1854, pub

Series: Famous Sights in the Willow Capital

Title: View of Nihonbashi

Date: 1st month of 1854

Publisher: Enshû-ya Matabei

Kuniyoshi - (fan) Fisherman by Moonlight

Description: Fisherman by Moonligh

Date:

Publisher:

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Description:

Date: 1830-1844

Publisher: Echigo-ya  Chohachi

Snow, moon and flowers, 1839

Description: Moon over the masts of a ship and flowers in the snow representing the trilogy of ‘snow, moon and flowers’

Date: c. 1839

Publisher: Enshû-ya Matabei

Kuniyoshi - (fan) Sake cups floating in a bowl with a design of Asakusa temple and Mt

Description: Three sake cups floating in a bowl with a design of Asakusa temple and Mt. Fuji

Date: c. 1844-1846

Publisher: Echigo-ya  Chohachi

Kuniyoshi - (fan) A Lamp Lighter

Description: A lamplighter with an oil can

Date:

Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei

Description: A brown crayfish underwater

Date: c. 1844-1847

Publisher: No seal

Kuniyoshi - (fan) Turtles Playing Kickball (Kame no kemari), c

Description: Turtles Playing Kickball (Kame no kemari)

Date: c. 1841

Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei

Kuniyoshi - (fan) Look-alike goldfish with actors' expressions, c

Series: Goldfish that Resemble Them (Nita ka kingyo)

Description: Turtle and goldfish with expressions of popular actors.  Note that some of the goldfish have markings resembling actors’ crests.  The following actors and one publisher are represented:

Kuniyoshi - (fan) Goldfish that Resemble Them (Nita ka kingyo ), Turtle and goldfish with actors' expressions, c

 

1.  Ichikawa Kuzô II
2.  Ôtani Hiroemon V
3.  Ibaya Senzaburô (publisher)
4.  Nakamura Utaemon IV
5.  Iwai Shijaku (Hanshirô VII)

Date: c. 1843

Publisher: Iba-ya Senzaburô

Kuniyoshi - (fan) Goldfish that Resemble Them (Nita ka kingyo ), Turtle and goldfish with actors' expressions, c

Series: Goldfish that Resemble Them (Nita ka kingyo)

Description: Turtle and goldfish with actors’ expressions

Date: c. 1843

Publisher: Iba-ya Senzaburô

Description: Octopus and black bear wrestling with a dragonfly officiating 

Date: c. 1839

Publisher: Ise-ya Sôemon

Kuniyoshi - (fan) Butterfly & Camellia, (1)1853

Description: Butterfly and camellia

Date: 1st month of 1853 

Publisher: Maru-ya Seijirô

Kuniyoshi - (fan) Keyblock with hand-applied colour, Sparrows

Description: Sparrows, this is a keyblock print with hand coloring

Date: 1854-1857

Publisher: Maru-ya Seijirô

Kuniyoshi - (fan) Keyblock, Fishing Boats

Description: Fishing boats, this is a keyblock print with hand coloring

Date:

Publisher:

Description: Cherry petals rehearsing music

Date: c. 1840

Publisher: Ise-ya Sôemon

Title: Bubbles Likened to the Heroes of the Suikoden

Description: An entertainer blowing bubbles for children that become characters from the Suikoden

Date: c. 1841

Publisher:

Kuniyoshi - (fan) Animated Gourds Comics, Mongaku, lk

Title: Animated Gourds Comics

Description: Mongaku under the waterfall

Date:

Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô

Kuniyoshi - (fan) Animated Gourds Comics, Mongaku, aklk

Another state of the above print

Kuniyoshi - (fan) Gourds, Catfish & a horse dressed as people wrestling, c

Description: Gourds, catfish and a horse dressed as people wrestling

Date: c. 1846-1847

Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô

Kuniyoshi - (fan) klk

Description: Trades people

Date: 1842-1846 (censor Watanabe Shôemon)

Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei

Kuniyoshi - (fan) Popular Faces of the Present Day (Ryûkô menzukushi), seven kabuki masks, , c

Series: Popular Faces of the Present Day (Ryûkô menzukushi)

Description: Seven noh and kagura masks resembling the following actors:

Kuniyoshi - (fan) Popular Faces of the Present Day (Ryûkô menzukushi), seven kabuki masks, , c

 

1. Ôtani Hiroemon V as daitengu (big demon)
2.  Ichkawa Ebizô (Danjûrô VII) as Momotarô
3.  Seki Sanjûrô III as kotengu (small demon)
4.  Nakamura Utaemon IV as Ebisu
5.  Sawamura Sôjûrô V as shôjô (drinker)
6.  Ichimura Uzaemon XII as yasa otoko (elegant man)
7.  Matsumoto Kôshirô VI
as kitsune (fox)

Date: c. 1842

Publisher: Ise-ya Sôemon

Kuniyoshi - (fan) Popular Faces of the Present Day (Ryûkô menzukushi), seven kabuki masks, , c

Series: Popular Faces of the Present Day (Ryûkô menzukushi)

Description: Seven noh and kagura masks resembling the following actors: 

Kuniyoshi - (fan) Popular Faces of the Present Day (Ryûkô menzukushi), seven kabuki masks, , c

 

1.  Unknown actor as kijo (female demon)
2.  Ichikawa Kuzô II as Kintarô
3.  Nakamura Bungorô II as gedô (jerk)
4.  Osagawa Tsuneyo IV as okina (old man)
5.  Iwai Shijaku (Hanshirô IIV) as onna (woman)
6.  Ichikawa Ebizô V (Danjûrô VII) as Ryûjin (dragon god)
7.  Onoe Tamizô II as Otafuku

Date: c. 1842

Publisher: Ise-ya Sôemon

Kuniyoshi - (fan) A spinning-top performance by Takezawa Toji, c. 1844

Description: A spinning-top performance by Takezawa Toji (竹澤 藤次)

Date: c. 1944

Publisher: Ise-ya Soemon

 

“Robinson” refers to series number in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson, 1961, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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