Modern Fashionable Methods of Training Women in Decorum

(Tôryû onna shorei shitsuke kata, 當流女諸禮躾方)

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Uhei

c. 1830

 

This series is listed as number 2 in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).  The 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 series.

 

 

How to Look at Something (Mono o mi , 物の見よう)

 

How to Accept a Cup of Saké  (Sakazuki itadaku tei, さけずきいただくてい)

 

How to Put on a Kosode (small sleeve robe) (小袖きがへ様, Kosode kigae )

 

How to Board a Boat (Funanori )

 

Another state of the above print

 

How to Hold Fish with Chopsticks (Sakana hasamu tei, 肴はさむてい)

 

 

 

How to Greet an Acquaintance on the Street (Tôri aisatsu no shi , とおりあいさつの仕やう)

 

Another state of the above design courtesy of Marc DeVriese

 

How to Greet a Guest (Kyakujin e aisatsu no shi , きゃくじんへあいさつの仕やう)

 

How to Meet Guests

 

How to Go In and Out of shôji Doors (Shôji no ideiri no shi )

 

How to Fold a Jacket (はおりた みやう, Haori tatami )

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