Parody of...
(Mitate..., 見立...)
Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô
1849 and 1855
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These fan prints (uchiwa) compare beautiful women to various things. The prints published in 1849 are not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). In the first month of 1855, Iba-ya Sensaburô published three additional prints with the title “Parodies of the Sanbasô Dance” (Mitate sanbasô). Kuniyoshi, Kunisada, and Hiroshige each designed one of these prints, and they are listed as number 41 by Robinson. |
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Title: Description: Date: 1849 |
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Title: Parody of Konkai (Mitate Konkai, 見立吼かい) Description: Beauty biting
the end of her blue headscarf with a crow and egret design, gripping a wooden
post before a backdrop of a cart and clematis vines Date: 1849 NOTE: “Konkai” is an alternate title for the Kyogen farce, Tsuri gitsune |
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Title: Description: Date: 1849 |
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Title: Description: Date: 1849 |
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Series: Parodies of
the Sanbasô Dance (Mitate sanbasô) Title: Allusion to
the Character Sanbasô Date: First month
of 1855 Note: The spray of
loquats in the beauty’s right hand resembles the golden bells used in the sanbasô
dance. |
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Keyblock print for another state of the above design |
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“Allusion to the Character Okina” by Kunisada Date: First month of 1855 |
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“Allusion to the Character Senzai” by Hiroshige Date: First month
of 1855 |
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“Robinson”
refers to listing of the series in Kuniyoshi
by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). . CLICK HERE TO GO TO MAIN PAGE
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