Harimaze

 

Harimaze (張交絵 or 貼交絵) are prints having several images intended to be cut apart.  Sometimes the images on a single sheet are totally unrelated and may even be designed by different artists. 

 

Series

Date

Robinson

One Hundred Shades of Facial Expressions (Hyakushiki menso)

c. 1836

The Monsters’ Chûshingura (Bakemono Chûshingura)

1839-1842

 

Thirty-six Selected Faces (Mitate sanjûroku gosen)

1847

 

Playful Drawings (Te asobi kirinuki-e)

c. 1847

 

Untitled series of actor harimaze

c. 1846-1850

 

Curiously Named Odd Faces Denoting the Fifty-three Stations (Myôna isô kyôchû go--san tsura) Images added 4/6/25

1847-1850

216

Forty-eight Habits (shijuuhachi kuse) Images added 4/12/25

1848

 

Ah! Such Interesting Faces (Naru hodo omoshiro gao) Series added 4/10/25

c. 1850

 

Modern Style Set of the Provinces in Edo Brocade (Edo nishiki imayô kuni-zukushi)

1852

171

Mirror of Drama in Cutouts (Mazehari jôruri kagami) Images added 4/7/2025

1854

 

 

Miscellaneous harimaze Images added 4/12/25 (Part II)

 

200, 216

 

 “Robinson” refers to listing in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson, 1961, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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