Series of Modern Chrysanthemum Varieties
(Imayô kiku-zoroi, 時世粧菊揃)
1845
The cultivation and exhibition of chrysanthemums was a popular activity, and this series compares beautiful woman and their thoughts to varieties of the flower. It is listed as number 128 in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The prints in this series are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.
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Chrysanthemum variety: Thought:
Bad mood (おかんをきく) Description:
Woman with Imari planter Publisher:
Kojima-ya Jûbei |
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Chrysanthemum variety: The tsujiurao
chrysanthemum Thought:
Consults a fortuneteller Description:
A beauty leans thoughtfully on a hibachi with two books and a sleeping cat on
the floor nearby Publisher:
Iba-ya Kyûbei |
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Chrysanthemum variety: Thought: Description:
Publisher:
Enshû-ya Matabei |
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Chrysanthemum variety: Thought:
Asking for the way (Michi o kiku, みちをきく) Description:
Standing woman, a branch with hanging objects over her shoulder, pointing ahead
of her while looking over one shoulder Publisher:
Kojima-ya Jûbei |
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Chrysanthemum variety: Thought:
Asking whether she has a child (Kodomo ga aruka to kiku) Description:
Publisher:
Kojima-ya Jûbei |
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Chrysanthemum variety: Thought:
Hearing geese flying from the north (Hatsukari o kiku) Description:
Beauty rubbing ink stick on ink stone Publisher:
Iba-ya Sensaburô |
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Chrysanthemum variety: Thought: Kiten ga kiku Description:
Publisher: Ise-ya
Ichibei |
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Chrysanthemum variety: Thought: Kitto kiku Description:
Publisher:
Iba-ya Sensaburô |
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Chrysanthemum variety: Thought: Mashinai ga kiku (ましないがきく) Description:
Woman holding up a paper doll with her supplies in front of her Publisher:
Iba-ya Sensaburô |
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Chrysanthemum variety: Thought:
Listening to an announcement (Shirase o kiku, しらせをきく) Description:
Standing woman slightly bent at the waist with her right hand on her knees, a
folded cloth with a pattern of turtles behind her Publisher:
Enshû-ya Matabei |
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Chrysanthemum variety: The tsuji-urao
chrysanthemum Thought:
Does it suit me? (Niau ka to kiku) Description:
Beauty with bolts of fabric Publisher:
Enshû-ya Matabei |
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Chrysanthemum variety: The tsuji-urao chrysanthemum Thought: Hisashiburi de kiku Description:
Beauty showing an open book Publisher:
Iba-ya Sensaburô |
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Chrysanthemum variety: Thought: Hidari ga kiku Description:
Umeki of Hisanoya
Teahouse Publisher:
Iba-ya Kyûbei |
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Chrysanthemum variety: Thought: Description:
Publisher:
Iba-ya Kyûbei |
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Chrysanthemum variety: Thought: Description:
Publisher:
Ise-ya Ichibei |
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Chrysanthemum variety: Thought: Description:
Standing woman drying her hands on a cloth with a bowl of water behind her Publisher:
Ise-ya Ichibei |
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Chrysanthemum variety: Thought: Description:
kneeling woman holding a plate in her left hand, with a sake cup before her Publisher:
Iba-ya Sensaburô |
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This series is unusual in
that the prints bear the seals of five different publishers:
Some prints also bear the seals
of the woodblock carvers:
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“Robinson” refers to listing of the series in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).
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