Hana goyomi
(Calendar
of Flowers, 華古与見)
1835
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“Calendar of Flowers” was published as a three-volume set of books with most of the color prints extending across two pages. All the color images are reproduced below. Each page is approximately 8¾ by 61/3 inches or 22 by 16 cm, a size known as hanshi-bon. |
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This is an abuna-e (あぶな絵), a picture that
is suggestive, but not explicitly erotic.
The first print in a shunga
series is often an abuna-e. |
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Assignation in the bedding cupboard of a Fukugawa
restaurant (a four-page foldout) |
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This is also an abuna-e (あぶな絵). It is the first print of the second
volume of Calendar of Flowers. |
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This image also appears in Gyokueki chiwa hana ikada |
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The covers of this three volume set bear the kanji 天 (ten),
地 (chi), and 人 (jin). These three kanji, which are sometimes
used in place of numbers, can be translated as “heaven, earth, and man”. |
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