Ten Wise Women’s Fans

(Jikken onna ôgi)

Publisher: Fujioka-ya Hikotarô

1843

 

The prints in this series are each about 10 by 7 inches (25 by 18 centimeters), a size known as chûban.

 

Scene: Kaji of Gion seated on a bench holding a fan and watching rise from a fumigator

Robinson: S25.1

 

Scene: Tora of Ôiso nursing her baby, the son of Soga Jurô Sukenari, with toys scattered on the ground

Robinson: S25.2

 

Scene: Shidzuka-gozen in the robes and cap of a shirabyôshi dancer carrying a small drum (tsudzumi)

Robinson: S25.3

 

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Scene: Giô holding a lamp behind her

Robinson: S25.4

 

Scene: Yeguchi no Tamaye looking out into the rain from a veranda

Robinson: S25.5

 

Image courtesy of Tom and Yasumi Taylor

 

Scene: ?

Robinson: Unlisted

 

Image courtesy of Kate Zotova

‘Robinson’ refers to listing in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its unpublished supplement.

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