Perfect Matches
(Aisho kagami, 逢性鏡)
Publisher: Iba-ya Kyûbei
1847-1850
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This series of fan prints (uchiwa) pairs beautiful women with kabuki actors. The series title, Aisho kagami, may also be translated as “Mirror of Compatibility” or as “Meeting in a Looking Glass”. This series is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). |
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Description: The courtesan
Onoe applying makeup with an inset of her lover, the samurai Genda Itahachi (They committed suicide in 1746) |
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Description: Beauty
against a stylized wave-and-fish-patterned background reading a letter, in
mirror Gonpachi (権八) I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this image. |
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Description: Yaoya Oshichi and her lover Kichisaburô (吉三郎) |
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