One Hundred Shades of Facial Expressions

(Hyakushiki menso or hyakuiro menso)

Publisher: Ise-ya Sanjirô

c. 1836

This series of caricatures is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The prints are each about 10 by 14 inches (25 by 36 centimeters), a size known as ôban. I am grateful to Robert Pryor for assisting with this section.

Gritty eyes (me no gomi, 目のごみ)	Headache (atamabuchi, あたまぶち)	Deaf (tsunbo, つんぼ)	Exfoliation with a rice bran scrub (nuka kosuri, ぬかこすり)
Nearsighted (chikame, ちかめ)	Cowardly (okubyô, おくびやう)	Telescope (tômegane, とお目がね)	Peeping into a well (ido nozoki, 井戸のぞき)

Another state of the above design with several color differences

Yawning (akubi, あくび)	Sharp eyes for spotting fleas (nomitori-manako, のみとりまなこ)	Moxibustion pain (kawakiri, かはきり)	Achoo (kussame, くっさめ)
Stepped in something (funzuke, ふんづけ)	Very drunk (yoiyoi, よいよい)	Tasting hot mustard (karashi-name, からしなめ)	Hot bath (atsuya, あつゆ)

Another state (possibly)

Angler (tsuribito, つり人)	Angry drunk (haratatsu jogo, はら立上戸)	Worn-out (kutabire, くたびれ)	Staying behind (inokori, いのこり)
Ending in failior (kiredako, きれだこ)	Fit of rage (kanshaku, かんしやく)	Neck wrestling (kubihiki, くび引き)	Laughing drunk (wara ne jogo, わらゐ上戸)

Soothing a child by making a funny face (Kodomo ayashi, 子どもあやし)	Great surprise (Kimotsubushi, きもつぶし)	Tooth-powder (hamigaki, はみがき)	Smoke (kemuri, けむり)
Arm-wrestling (udeoshi, うでおし)	Tooth-blacking (ohaguro, おはぐろ)	Ear pick (mimikaki, みゝかき)	Jôruri performer (zoruri, ぜうるり)

Another state lacking the designs on the women’s collars

Pickled plum (umeboshi, 梅ぼし)	Crying drunk (naki jogo, なき上戸)	Numbness (shibire, しびれ)	Chonmage style shaven head (sakayaki, さかやき)
Chest… (mune ni tsushi, むねにつし)	Staring contest (niramekura, にらめくら)	Staying awake (mezamashi, 目ざまし)	Choking on smoke (kemuri ni museru, けむりにむせる)

“Robinson” indicates listing in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).

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