Miscellaneous Prints of Children, Part II

 

 

 

Series: The Children’s Instructor in Etiquette (Kodomo shorei shitsuke-gata)

Robinson: 136

Title:

Size: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters)

Description:

Date: c. 1840

Publisher:

 

Series: Children’s Games for the Eight Dispositions (Osana asobi hachi gyô no uchi)

Robinson: 132

Title:

Size: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters)

Description: Playing with pets

Date: c. 1840

Publisher: Iga-ya Kanemon

 

Series: Children’s Games for the Eight Dispositions (Osana asobi hachi gyô no uchi)

Robinson: 132

Title:

Size: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters)

Description: Playing hide and seek

Date: c. 1840

Publisher: Iga-ya Kanemon

 

 

Series: Children’s Games for the Eight Dispositions (Osana asobi hachi gyô no uchi)

Robinson: 132

Title: Rei (good manners)

Size: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters)

Description:

Date: c. 1840

Publisher: Iga-ya Kanemon

 

 

Series:

Robinson: Not listed

Title:

Size: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters)

Description: Two young boys performing a dance

Date:

Publisher:

 

 

Series: Children’s Games for the Five Elements (Kodomo asobi go-gyô)

Robinson: 65

Title: Midzu () water

Size: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters)

Description: Children playing with a tub of water

Date: c. 1840

Publisher: Ezaki-ya Tatsuzô

 

Series: Children’s Games for the Five Elements (Kodomo asobi go-gyô)

Robinson: 65

Title: Kane () metal

Size: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters)

Description: Children playing with tops

Date: c. 1840

Publisher: Ezaki-ya Tatsuzô\

 

NOTE: This print is clearly labeled metal, although the children appear to be playing with wooden tops.

 

Series: Children’s play (Osana asobi)

Robinson: Not listed

Title: No () farming

Size: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters)

Description:

Date:

Publisher: Katô-ya Iwazô

 

Series: Children’s play (Osana asobi)

Robinson: Not listed

Title:

Size: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters)

Description:

Date:

Publisher: Katô-ya Iwazô

 

Series: The Four Social Classes in Children’s Games (Kodomo asobi shi-nô-kô-shô)

Robinson: Not listed

Title: Shi () Samurai

Size: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters)

Description:

Date: 1861

Publisher: Katô-ya Iwazô

 

 

Series: Snow, Moon and Flowers in Children’s Games (Osana asobi sekkwagetsu no uchi)

Robinson: 81

Title: Flowers ()

Size: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters)

Description:

Date: c. 1840

Publisher: Nuno-Kichi

 

Series:

Robinson:

Title:

Size: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters)

Description: Fulling (removing creases from) cloth

Date:

Publisher:

 

Robinson: Not listed

Title: 24 Paragons of Filial Piety Illustrated by Different Social Classes (Shi-no-ko-sho nijushiko no uchi, 士農工商 当世廿四孝の内)

Size: Ôban (about 14 by 10 inches or 36 by 25 centimeters)

Description: Four children performing various household chores, under a full moon

Date: c. 1833-1849

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Uhei

 

Series:

Robinson: Not listed

Title:

Size:

Description: Children performing acrobatics

Date: 1820-1846

Publisher: Mori-ya Jihei

 

Series: Untitled

Robinson: Not listed

Title: None

Size: Chûtanzakuban (about 14 by 5 inches or 36 by 13 centimeters)

Description: Children imitating acrobatics performed by firemen at festivals

Date: c. late 1830s

Publisher: Yamamoto-ya Heikichi

 

 

Series:

Robinson: Not listed

Title:

Size: Chûtanzakuban (about 14 by 5 inches or 36 by 13 centimeters)

Description:

Date: 1820-1846

Publisher: Yamamoto-ya Heikichi

Series: Famous Views of Edo (Edo shôkei)

Robinson: Not listed

Title: A View of Mitsumata and Eitai Bridge Seen from Susaki (Susaki yori Mitsumata Eitaibashi o miru no zu)

Size: Triptych with each panel about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size know as ôban

Description: Children flying kites

Date: 1843

Publisher: Sano-ya Kihei

This is another state of the above triptych.  It is a less labor-intensive printing than the above, which almost invariably means a later edition.  In this print, the dark blue in the water was omitted. 

Title:

Size: Triptych with each panel about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size know as ôban

Description:

Date: 11th month of 1855

Publisher: Jôshû-ya Kinzô

Title: Chiba Kyo Azuma kudari

Size: Triptych with each panel about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size know as ôban

Description: Children in a mock daimyo procession

Date: 1842

Publisher: Wakasa-ya Yoichi

Description: Boys in a mock daimyo procession on the shore at sunset

Date: c. 1840

Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei

Title: Children’s Calligraphy Contest (Jido sekisho kai)

Size: Triptych with each panel about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size know as ôban

Date: c. 1843

Publisher: Yamashiro-ya

Title: Children Playing with the Word ‘takara

Size: Triptych with each panel about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size know as ôban

Description:

Date: c. 1840s-1852

Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô

Title: The First Painting and Calligraphy of the New Year

Size: Triptych with each panel about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size know as ôban

Description:

Date: c. 1843

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Uhei

Title: Children Playing with the Seven Gods of Good Fortune

Size: Triptych with each panel about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size know as ôban

Description:

Date: 1838

Publisher: Izumi-ya Ichibei

Title: The Ceremony of Children Raising the Framework of a Storehouse

Size: Triptych with each panel about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size know as ôban

Description:

Date: c. 1843

Publisher: Jôshû-ya Kinzô

Title: Procession of Children on the Occasion of the Opening of the Tametomo Shrine at Ryôgoku

Size: Triptych with each panel about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size know as ôban

Description:

Date: 1851

Publisher: Koga-ya Katsugorô

Title:

Size: Triptych with each panel about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size know as ôban

Description: Boys playing at different forms of combat

Date: 1858

Publisher: Yahata-ya Sakujirô

Description: Children playing in the snow

Size: Nagaban (approximately 8 by 20 inches or 20 by 50 centimeters)

Date: 1826

“Robinson” refers to listing of the series in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). 

 

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