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 (Dansendô) of Horeichô |
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Title:
Competition in Performance (流行競) Description:
Date: c.
1840 Publisher:
Hon-ya Genpachi |
‘Robinson’ refers to series number
in Kuniyoshi by Basil William
Robinson, 1961,
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