Fan Prints

An uchiwa is a non-folding fan consisting of paper attached to a bamboo frame. These prints, which were intended to be glued onto an uchiwa, are called uchiwa-e.

Series	Date	Robinson 1961*	Robinson 1982‡
Untitled series of beauties reflected in mirrors	1843-1845
Seven Benten Shrines of Good Fortune (Tôto shichifuku Benten)	1843-1846
Eight Selected Flowers from the Garden (Enchû hassen ka)	1845	219
Eight Assemblies of the Floating Night (Ukiyo hakkwai)	1847-1850	50
Ôtsu Pictures for the Eight Views (Ôtsu-e hakkei)	1849-1851	212
A Selection of 6 Modern Summer Scenes (Imayô rokkasen)	1853
Miscellaneous fan prints of women		41, 99 and 213
Fan prints of actors
Fan prints of warriors and historical figures			S95e
Fan prints of humorous and miscellaneous subjects		201

* “Robinson 1961” indicates listing in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson, 1961, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

‡ “Robinson 1982” indicates listing in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its privately published supplement.

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