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*

Brother Pictures for Comparison (E-kyôdai  awase kagami)

c. 1840

 

 

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

 Image added 4/23/13 (end of Part I)

 

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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