Miscellaneous series of beautiful women, Part I
Prints of beautiful women (bijin) are known as bijin-ga. These prints are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban. I am grateful to Ward Pieters for assisting with this section.
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Series:
Series of Famous Views of the Provinces Illustrated (Shokoku meisho zusho, 諸国名所図書) Robinson:
1 Province: Description:
Beauty cooling off with a fan Date: c.
1830 Publisher:
NOTE: A
prints, such as this, that is printed entirely or primarily in blue is known
as an aizuri-e. |
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Series:
Series of Famous Views of the Provinces Illustrated (Shokoku meisho zusho, 諸国名所図書) Robinson:
1 Province: Description:
Beauty with pipe reading Date: c.
1830 Publisher:
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Series:
Series of Famous Views of the Provinces Illustrated (Shokoku meisho zusho, 諸国名所図書) Robinson:
1 Province:
Sumidagawa (隅田川) Description:
Standing geisha with inset of Date: c.
1830 Publisher:
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Series:
Moonlight Views of the Eastern Capital (Tôto
tsuki no meisho) Robinson:
87 Title:
Moon at Description:
Beauty with cat Date: c.
1840 Publisher:
Kawachi-ya Chôzô |
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Another state of the above
print |
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Series:
Moonlight Views of the Eastern Capital (Tôto
tsuki no meisho) Robinson:
87 Title: Description:
Courtesan on parade in her Spring finery with a view of the Sumidagawa behind
her Date: c.
1840 Publisher:
Kawachi-ya Chôzô |
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Series:
Modern Five Qualities (Imayô go-sei) Robinson:
89 Title: Description:
The boy has discovered a potted plant that resembles the part of the weaving harness
which his mother can use to lift or lower the warps with her big toe. This
toe is called “piglet” in Japanese, which explains the inset pig head Date: c.
1833 Publisher:
Ômi-ya Heihachi |
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Series:
Fashionable Register of Dyed-stuffs (Ryûkô
o-somemono chô, 流行御染物悵) Robinson:
90 Title: Fukagawa nezumi (深川鼡) Description:
Beauty trying on a kimono Date: c.
1834 Publisher:
No seal |
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Series:
Fashionable Register of Dyed-stuffs (Ryûkô
o-somemono chô, 流行御染物悵) Robinson:
90 Title:
Special tea (Ririn cha, 利林 茶) Description:
Beauty carrying a tray of teacups toward a table with birds on the floor
around her feet Date: c.
1834 Publisher:
No seal NOTE: The
inscription “Yamakichi, No. 1 Hongin-chô” has been added to the main
cartouche. This is an advertisement for the dyed-stuffs business run by
Kuniyoshi’s father, Yanagi-ya Kichiemon, at No. 1, Hongin-chô. |
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Series:
Brother Pictures: A Select Comparison of Warriors (Ekyôdai mitate musha awase, 繪兄弟見立武者合) Title:
Fish market (Uoichi, 魚市), Humility (Taninobu,
渓信) Robinson:
91 Description:
A child crawling through its mother's legs at a fish market compared to the
virtue of humility in inset Date: c.
1834 Publisher:
No seal |
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Series:
Brother Pictures: A Select Comparison of Warriors (Ekyôdai mitate musha awase, 繪兄弟見立武者合) Title: Robinson:
91 Description:
Beauty on a staircase Date: c.
1834 Publisher:
No seal |
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Series:
Comparison of Poems (Shi-ka-kyô uta
awase) Robinson:
94 Description:
Date: c.
1841 Publisher:
Arita-ya Seiemon |
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Series:
Comparison of Poems (Shi-ka-kyô uta
awase) Robinson:
149 (a variant of No. 94 above) Description:
Date: c.
1841 Publisher:
Arita-ya Seiemon |
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Series: Comparison
of Poems (Shi-ka-kyô uta awase) Robinson:
149 (a variant of No. 94 above) Description:
Date: c.
1841 Publisher:
Arita-ya Seiemon |
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Series:
Beauties Mirrored in the Forms of Flowers (Sugata hana bijin kagami) Robinson:
96 Title: Description:
Study of the courtesan Toyo-oka from the house of Okamoto-ya Date: ca.
1836 Publisher:
Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô |
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Series:
Fashionable Choice of Six Flowers (Furyû
rok’ kwa sen) Robinson:
101 Title: Description:
Date: ca.
1843 Publisher:
I am grateful to Marc
Devriese for this image. |
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Series:
Eighty Forms of “Brother Pictures” (E-kyôdai
yaso sugata) Robinson:
104 Description:
Benkei’s ritual dance before the meal Date: c.
1845 Publisher: |
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Series: Eighty
Forms of “Brother Pictures” (E-kyôdai
yaso sugata) Robinson:
104 Description:
Date: c.
1845 Publisher: |
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Series:
Famous Views of Edo Mirrored by Beautiful Girls (Edo meisho bijin kagami, 江戸名所美人鏡) Robinson:
144 Title:
Mukôjima (向島) Description:
Date: c.
1833 Publisher:
Izumi-ya Ichibei |
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Series:
Famous Views of Edo Mirrored by Beautiful Girls (Edo meisho bijin kagami, 江戸名所美人鏡) Robinson:
144 Title: Description:
Date: c.
1833 Publisher:
Izumi-ya Ichibei |
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Series: Modern
Comparison of Beauties (Tôsei bijin
awase) Robinson:
Not listed, but another series having the same title is listed as number 154 Title: Description:
Date: Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tobei |
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Series: Amusing
Select Comparisons of Birds and Trees (Tawamure
mitate chô-mokuawase) Robinson:
158 Title: Description:
Beauty with cat; human hand with wings in inset Date: c.
1845 Publisher:
Tsu (phonetic pronunciation of ツ) |
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Series:
Gems of Modern Customs (Bigyoku imayô
fûzoku, 美玉時世風俗) Robinson:
160 Title: Description:
Woman wringing out a cloth whilst holding the sleeve of her robe in her teeth Date: c.
1850 Publisher:
Wakasa-ya Yoichi |
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Series:
Gems of Modern Customs (Bigyoku imayô
fûzoku, 美玉時世風俗) Robinson:
160 Title: Description:
Woman in a blue kimono decorated with shells looking over her shoulder Date: c.
1850 Publisher:
Wakasa-ya Yoichi |
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Series:
Gems of Modern Customs (Bigyoku imayô
fûzoku, 美玉時世風俗) Robinson:
160 Title: Description:
Date: c.
1850 Publisher:
Wakasa-ya Yoichi |
“Robinson” indicates listing in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson,
1961,
