Stories of Wise Women and Faithful Wives, Part I
(Kenjo reppuden, 賢女烈婦傳)
Publisher: Iba-ya Sensaburô (伊場屋仙三郎)
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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Title: Description:
Anju-hime (安壽姫) also known as Princess Anju
carrying water buckets with chidori (wave-birds) flying above her Robinson:
S20.1 |
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Title: Kaga no Chiyo (加賀のチ代) 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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Title: Giô and Gijo (祗王 祇女) 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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Title:
Princess Go-ô (Go-ô-hime,
午王姫) Description:
Princess Go-ô holding a folded paper and a spray of blossoms Robinson:
S20.4 |
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Title: Hangaku-jo (板額女) Description:
Hangaku-jo wearing a hair band and kimono over armor Robinson:
S20.5 |
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Title: 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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Title: Description:
Hatsu-hana (初花) in prayer under the Gongen
Waterfall which resulted in the cure of her crippled husband Robinson:
S20.7 |
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Title: Hotoke-gozen (佛御前) Description:
Hotoke-gozen reading a poem on a soji screen
with the aid of a lantern Robinson:
S20.8 |
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Title: Hyakuman (百萬) Description:
Hyakuman of Robinson:
S20.9 |
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Title:
Izumi-shikibu (和泉式部) Description:
Izumi-shikibu on a visit to Kamo
Shrine Robinson:
S20.10 |
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Title: Izutsu-hime (井筒姫) Description:
Izutsu-hime seated by a brazier Robinson:
S20.11 |
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Title: Jôruri-hime (じょうるり姫) Description:
Jôruri-hime standing under a lamp bedecked with
streamers Robinson:
S20.12 |
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Title: Kaji of Gion (Gion Kaji, 祇園梶) Description:
Kaji of Gion seated on a
bench with her fan and writing brushes Robinson:
S20.13 |
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Title:
Kane-jo (金女) Description: Strong woman Kane-jo
holding a horse Robinson:
S20.14 |
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Title: 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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Another state of the above
design |
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Title: Masaoka (政岡) 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 privately published supplement.
