Stories of Wise Women and Faithful Wives, Part I
(Kenjo reppuden)
Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô
c. 1841-1842
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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Description:
Anju-hime carrying water buckets with chidori
(wave-birds) flying above her Robinson:
S20.1 |
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Description:
Chiyo of Kaga at a well carrying a bucket Robinson:
S20.2 Image courtesy of Richard
Illing |
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This state of the above print
is a less labor intensive printing, which almost invariably means a later
edition. The wooden block for the
orange clouds was not used, and the green shading (bokashi) representing grass was omitted. Bokashi
was achieved by hand-applying a gradation of ink to the wooden printing block
rather than inking the block uniformly.
This hand-application had to be repeated for each sheet of paper that
was printed. |
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Description:
Shirabyôshi dancers Giô and Ginyo collecting
flowers after their retirement as nuns Robinson:
S20.3 |
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Another state of the above
print |
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Description:
Go-ô-hime holding a folded paper and a spray of blossoms Robinson:
S20.4 |
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Description:
Hangaku-jo wearing a hair band and kimono
over armor Robinson:
S20.5 |
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Description:
Hatsu-jo drinking from a dipper at a garden
tank in a shower of rain Robinson:
S20.6 |
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This is a less
labor-intensive printing of the above design, which almost invariably means a
later edition. The woodblock used to
print dark blue on the garden tank and in the text cartouche was omitted. |
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Description:
Hatsu-hana in prayer under the Gongen Waterfall which resulted in the cure of
her crippled husband Robinson:
S20.7 |
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Description:
Hotoke-gozen reading a poem on a soji
screen with the aid of a lantern Robinson:
S20.8 |
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Description:
Hyakuman of Robinson:
S20.9 |
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Description:
Izumi-shikibu on a visit to Kamo Shrine Robinson:
S20.10 |
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Description:
Idzutsu-hime seated by a brazier Robinson:
S20.11 |
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Description:
Jôruri-hime standing under a lamp bedecked with streamers Robinson:
S20.12 |
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Description:
Kaji of Gion seated on a bench with her fan and writing brushes Robinson:
S20.13 |
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Description: Strong woman Kane-jo holding a horse Robinson:
S20.14 |
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Description:
Lady Kesa-gozen cutting her hair so that she may impersonate her husband and
be killed in his place Robinson:
S20.15 |
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Description:
Masaoka shielding Tsugichiyo Maru under her clothes from the apparition of an
old warrior-monk Robinson:
S20.16 |
‘Robinson’ refers to listing in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its unpublished supplement.
