Surimono of Women,
Part I
The first three series of prints have titles beginning with ‘Fûzoku onna Suikoden’. Each print in these three series likens a beautiful woman to one of the heroes of the semi-historical Chinese novel, Suikoden (Shuihu zhuan in Chinese). The first series of five prints may be placed side-by-side to form a pentaptych, and the second series is listed as number 148 in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).
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Series:
Suikoden of Women’s Customs from 108 Heroes: Salt gathering (Fûzoku onna Suikoden ippyakuhachinin no
uchi: Shiogumi gobantsuzuki) Number on print: 1 Suikoden hero:
Genshôshichi Description:
A beauty gathering salt on the beach Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Printer:
Surikô Shinzô Date: c.
1830 Schaap:
2.a.1.1 |
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Series:
Suikoden of Women’s Customs from 108 Heroes: Salt gathering (Fûzoku onna Suikoden ippyakuhachinin no
uchi: Shiogumi gobantsuzuki) Number on print: 2 Suikoden hero:
Kishun Description:
A beauty with two buckets of water on a yoke over her shoulders Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Printer:
Surikô Shinzô Date: c.
1830 Schaap:
2.a.1.2 |
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Series:
Suikoden of Women’s Customs from 108 Heroes: Salt gathering (Fûzoku onna Suikoden ippyakuhachinin no
uchi: Shiogumi gobantsuzuki) Number on print: 3 Suikoden hero:
Genshôni Description:
A seated beauty smoking a pipe with a basket at her side Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Printer:
Surikô Shinzô Date: c.
1830 Schaap:
2.a.1.3 |
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Series:
Suikoden of Women’s Customs from 108 Heroes: Salt gathering (Fûzoku onna Suikoden ippyakuhachinin no
uchi: Shiogumi gobantsuzuki) Number on print: 4 Suikoden hero:
Chô Description:
A beauty drawing salt water in one of two buckets suspended from a yoke over
her shoulders Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Printer:
Surikô Shinzô Date: c.
1830 Schaap: 2.a.1.4 |
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Series:
Suikoden of Women’s Customs from 108 Heroes: Salt gathering (Fûzoku onna Suikoden ippyakuhachinin no
uchi: Shiogumi gobantsuzuki) Number on print: 5 Suikoden hero:
Genshôgo Description:
A beauty with two buckets on a yoke over her shoulders Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Printer:
Surikô Shinzô Date: c.
1830 Schaap:
2.a.1.5 |
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Series:
Suikoden of Women’s Customs from 108 Heroes (Fûzoku onna Suikoden ippyakuhachinin no uchi) Suikoden hero:
Oteiroku Description:
A beauty seated in a boat by the coast at Mitsumata Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Printer:
Surikô Shinzô Date: c.
1830 Schaap:
2.a.2.1 |
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Suikoden of Women’s Customs from 108 Heroes (Fûzoku onna Suikoden ippyakuhachinin no uchi) Suikoden hero:
Roshungi Description:
A beauty smoking a pipe seated on an ox, which is lead by a boy Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Printer:
Surikô Shinzô Date: c.
1830 Schaap:
2.a.2.2 |
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Series:
Suikoden of Women’s Customs from 108 Heroes (Fûzoku onna Suikoden ippyakuhachinin no uchi) Suikoden hero:
Kaei Description:
A beauty leaned against a wall with a pipe in
her hand Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Printer:
Surikô Shinzô Date: c.
1830 Schaap:
2.a.2.3 |
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Series:
Suikoden of Women’s Customs from 108 Heroes (Fûzoku onna Suikoden ippyakuhachinin no uchi) Suikoden hero:
Ensei Description:
A shirabyôshi dancer in a white kimono wearing a high court cap and
holding an open fan Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Printer:
Surikô Shinzô Date: c.
1830 Schaap:
2.a.2.4 |
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Series:
Suikoden of Women’s Customs from 108 Heroes (Fûzoku onna Suikoden ippyakuhachinin no uchi) Suikoden hero:
Saishin Description:
A beauty walking in the hall of votive paintings (emadou) in a Buddhist temple viewing a landscape painting Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Printer:
Surikô Shinzô Date: c.
1830 Schaap:
2.a.2.5 |
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Suikoden of Women’s Customs from 108 Heroes (Fûzoku onna Suikoden ippyakuhachinin no uchi) Suikoden hero:
Shubu Description:
A beauty leaned upon a fulling-block looking behind her at a flowering cherry Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Printer:
Surikô Shinzô Date: c.
1830 Schaap:
2.a.2.6 NOTE: A
fulling-block was used to remove unwanted creases and place desirable creases
in clothes as an iron is used today. |
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Series:
Suikoden of Women’s Customs from 108 Heroes (Fûzoku onna Suikoden ippyakuhachinin no uchi) Suikoden hero:
Taikan Description:
A beauty seated in a palanquin holding a pipe taking a rest by a
road sign Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Printer:
Surikô Shinzô Date: c.
1830 Schaap:
2.a.2.7 |
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Suikoden of Women’s Customs from 108 Sheets (Fûzoku onna Suikoden hyakuhachiban no uchi) Suikoden hero:
Rinchû Description:
A beauty clad in an overkimono and a black scarf around her head holding a
closed umbrella Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Printer:
Surikô Shinzô Date: c.
1832 Schaap:
2.a.3.1 |
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Suikoden of Women’s Customs from 108 Sheets (Fûzoku onna Suikoden hyakuhachiban no uchi) Suikoden hero:
Kôsonshô Description:
A beauty standing by a basin (o-tearai)
surprised at the sight of a dragon reflected on the surface of the water Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Printer:
Surikô Shinzô Date: c.
1832 Schaap:
2.a.3.2 Inage courtesy of Richard
Illing |
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Suikoden of Women’s Customs from 108 Sheets (Fûzoku onna Suikoden hyakuhachiban no uchi) Suikoden hero:
Chôsei Description:
Beauty throwing unglazed earthenware dishes from Dôkan Hill in Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Printer:
Surikô Shinzô Date: c.
1832 Schaap:
2.a.3.3 |
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Suikoden of Women’s Customs from 108 Sheets (Fûzoku onna Suikoden hyakuhachiban no uchi) Suikoden hero:
Bushô Description:
Reclining beauty reading a book and holding a pipe with her legs in the kotatsu with a cat on top Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Printer:
Surikô Shinzô Date: c.
1832 Schaap:
2.a.3.4 NOTE: A kotatsu is a low, open wooden frame
covered by a blanket with a heat source underneath. |
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This is another state of
the above surimono, with the poem,
poetry club’s emblem, subtitle and printer’s seal removed |
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Series:
Suikoden of Women’s Customs from 108 Sheets (Fûzoku onna Suikoden hyakuhachiban no uchi) Suikoden hero:
Goyô Description:
Beauty seated on a large pillow with a long pipe and a standing clock behind
her Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Printer:
Surikô Shinzô Date: c.
1832 Schaap:
2.a.3.5 |
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Suikoden of Women’s Customs from 108 Sheets (Fûzoku onna Suikoden hyakuhachiban no uchi) Suikoden hero:
Chôjun Description:
A geisha in a covered boat wringing
out a piece of cloth Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Printer:
Surikô Shinzô Date: c.
1832 Schaap:
2.a.3.6 |
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Suikoden of Women’s Customs from 108 Sheets (Fûzoku onna Suikoden hyakuhachiban no uchi) Suikoden hero:
Sôkô Description:
A beauty playing a one-stringed chin
(ichigenkin) while looking at a
painting of the goddess Benten Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Printer:
Surikô Shinzô Date: c.
1832 Schaap:
2.a.3.7 |
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Series:
Suikoden of Women’s Customs from 108 Sheets (Fûzoku onna Suikoden hyakuhachiban no uchi) Suikoden hero:
Shishin Description:
A seated courtesan resting her hands on a long pipe Size: Shikishiban (about 8 by 7 inches or 21
by 18 centimeters) Printer:
Surikô Shinzô Date: c.
1832 Schaap:
2.a.3.8 |
‘Schaap’ refers to listing in ‘Heroes and Ghosts: Japanese
Prints by Kuniyoshi’ by Robert Schaap (Hotei Publishing, Leiden, 1998).
