Fan Prints of Humorous and
Miscellaneous Subjects, Part
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Description:
Frogs Reenacting the Date: c.
1839 Publisher:
Iba-ya Kyûbei |
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Title:
Funny Frogs of Various Kinds Date: Publisher:
Ise-ya Soemon |
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Title:
Dyeing Fabrics in Different Colors (Sometsuku iro tsukushi) Date: c.
1835 Publisher: |
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Title:
Artistic Performances of Daruma-monks (Tôsei Daruma no gei zukushi) Description:
Five variations of Daruma: two squabbling women,
two jugglers, and the actor Ichikawa Danjûrô Date: c.
1842 Publisher:
Iba-ya Sensaburô |
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Series:
Toys with Actor’s Expressions (Sono omokage teasobi zukushi) Description:
A lion’s mask, a Daruma doll, a female doll with
bare shoulders, an owl and a male doll playing with a piece of paper (fukigami) Date: 1842
Publisher:
Iba-ya Kyûbei |
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Series:
Toys with Actor’s Expressions (Sono omokage teasobi zukushi) Description:
Two toys performing a lion dance, a servant carrying a straw basket, a rabbit
pounding mochi,
a toy rabbit on wheels and a man roasting an eel Date: 1842
Publisher:
Iba-ya Kyûbei |
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Series:
Toys with Actor’s Expressions (Sono omokage teasobi zukushi) Description:
In the upper row: Otafuku, a fox playing the samisen and a Tenjiku
Tokube toy; in the lower row: a dog, a fox statue
and a doll making fried tofu (dengaku) Date: 1842
Publisher:
Iba-ya Kyûbei |
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Description:
Urashima Tarô leading Otohime, who is riding on an octopus Date: Publisher:
Echigo-ya Chohachi NOTE: Otohime is the daughter of Ryujin,
dragon-god of the sea |
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Description:
Women and children enjoying shadow pictures Date: c.
1832-1844 Publisher:
Iba-ya Kyûbei |
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Description:
A cats’ tea party Date: c.
1845 Publisher: |
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Title: Takezawa’s Popular Comic Spinning Tops (Takezawa ryûkô dôke koma zoroi) Description:
A straw hat seller (kasaya),
a mochi
maker (tsukiya),
a Shintô priest (kannushi), a wife (kamisan), a
lady’s maid (gejo)
and a water seller (mizuya)
with heads depicted as tops (koma) Date: 1844 Publisher:
Maru-ya Seijirô |
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Title: The
Competition of Longevity (Arittakezawa jumyô kurabe) Description:
From left to right: Kikujidô (the Chrysanthemum
Boy), Tôbôsaku, Urashima Tarô and Miura Ôsuke are
watching the famous top spinner (kyoku goma) Takezawa Tôji Date: 1844 Publisher:
Iba-ya Kyube |
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Title:
Collection of Things with Names that End with “Men” Description:
Date: c.
1830-44 Publisher:
Ise-ya Soemon |
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Title:
Brushes with Make-up off the Beaten Path: Fireworks (Dogai kesho no tawamure:
Hanabi) Description:
Animated cosmetic utensils watching fireworks on a river bank Date: Publisher:
Koga-ya Katsugorô |
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Title: Brushes
with Make-up off the Beaten Path: Omori (Dogai kesho no tawamure:
Omori) Description:
Animated cosmetic utensils strolling on the seashore at Omori Date: Publisher:
Koga-ya Katsugorô |
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Title: Description:
Figures on a blue ground forming spinning tops Date: Publisher:
Iba-ya Senzaburô |
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Title: 小日向水道町茶処播磨屋 Description:
Date: 1860 Publisher:
Koga-ya Katsugorô NOTE: The publishers seal ( |
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Title: Caricatures
of Iwafuji and O-Hatsu,
and a Game of Toad-Tiger-Fox Date: 1847 Publisher:
Ise-ya Sôemon |
) appears in several places on the
print.
“Robinson” refers to series number
in Kuniyoshi by Basil William
Robinson, 1961,
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