Fan Prints of Humorous and
Miscellaneous Subjects
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Description: The Frog
Battle of Yashima Bay (Yashima
ura kaeru gassen, 八嶋浦蛙合戦) 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, そめいろづくし) Date: c. 1835 Publisher: |
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Title: Artistic
Performance 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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Title: 猫の左仮 Description: Cats having a
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: 1842-1846
(censor Fukatsu Ihei) Publisher: Maru-ya Seijirô I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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Title: The
Competition of Longevity (Arittakezawa jumyô kurabe, ありつ竹沢寿命くらべ) 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. 1839 Publisher: Ise-ya Soemon NOTE: This print is signed Ichiyûsai
hitsu (一勇斎 筆) |
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Title: Brushes with
Make-up off the Beaten Path (Dogai kesho no tawamure, 道外化粧のたわむれ) Subtitle: Fireworks (Hanabi, 花火) Description: Animated
cosmetic utensils watching fireworks on a river bank Date: 1843-1846
(censor Muramatsu Genroku) Publisher: Kojima-ya Jûbei |
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Title: Brushes with
Make-up off the Beaten Path (Dogai kesho no tawamure, 道外化粧のたわむれ) Subtitle: Omori (大森) Description: Animated
cosmetic utensils strolling on the seashore at Omori Date: 1843-1846
(censor Muramatsu Genroku) Publisher: Kojima-ya Jûbei |
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Title: None Description: Figures on a
blue ground forming spinning tops Date: Publisher: Iba-ya Senzaburô |
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Title: Kohinata Suidocho Teahouse in Harimaya (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: 1846-1848
(censors Muramatsu and Yoshimura) Publisher: Ise-ya Sôemon |
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Description: Sparrows
dressed as people Date: c. 1843-1846 Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei |
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Title: Various Birds
as Discount Merchants (Shochô yasuuri zukushi, 諸鳥やすうりづくし) Description: Street
vendors depicted as various birds Date: c. 1842 Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô |
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Title: All Cheap
Provisions (Shokurio ambai zukushi) Description: Animals
working in a restaurant Date: Publisher: |
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Series: One Hundred
Follies of Sparrows (Suzume no hyakkyô, 雀の百狂) Title: Bird Catcher
(Tori sachi,
鳥さし) Description: Sparrows
dressed as people catching a huge crow while the other sparrows are
celebrating Date: 1844-1846 Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei |
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Title: None Description: A street at
night in the Yoshiwara brothel district Date: c. 1844 Publisher: Ise-ya Sôemon |
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Title: Raccoon Dog
and Foxes at Play (Tanuki to kitsune no
asobi, 狸ト狐の遊び) Description: Raccoon dog
and foxes having a picnic on the former’s giant scrotum Date: c. 1842 Publisher: Suruga-ya Sakujirô |
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Title: Description: Cats playing
the traditional Japanese game of kemari
(football) Date: c. 1840-1842 Publisher: |
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Title: None Description:
Chrysanthemums under the moon Date: c. 1830 Publisher: Ise-ya Sôemon |
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Title: None Description: Three octopuses
dancing and playing music Date: 1839 Publisher: Maru-To |
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Title: Description: Two men
evading a wild boar Date: 1830 Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei NOTE: The “dog-tooth pattern” framing the cartouches
indicates that the print represents a scene from the kabuki play Kanadehon Chûshingura. The
oval seal is a combined date and censor’s seal for 1830. |
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Title: None Description: Two theatre
barkers Date: c. 1833 Publisher: Izuzen NOTE: The kiwame censor’s seal is square,
instead of the usual round shape. I am
grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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“Robinson” refers to series number in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson, 1961, Victoria and Albert Museum, London CLICK HERE TO
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