Ten Wise Women’s Fans
(Jikken onna ôgi, 十賢女扇)
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.
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Scene: Kaji of Gion seated on a bench
holding a fan and watching rise from a fumigator Robinson:
S25.1 |
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Scene: Tora of Ôiso nursing her baby,
the son of Soga Jurô Sukenari,
with toys scattered on the ground Robinson:
S25.2 |
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Scene: Shizuka-gozen (静御前) 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 |
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Scene: Eguchi no Tamae looking out into the rain from a veranda Robinson:
S25.5 Image courtesy of Tom and Yasumi Taylor |
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Scene: Sei Shônagon (清少納言, c. 966-1017) at her writing desk Robinson:
Unlisted I am grateful to Kate Zotova for the image and to Christina Ghanbarpour
for the description |
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Scene: 筒井筒女 (untranslated) Robinson:
Unlisted I am grateful to Ward Pieters for locating this image. |
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Scene: Poetess
Ono no Komachi (小野小町) in a doorway Robinson:
Unlisted I am grateful to Ward Pieters for locating this image. |
“Robinson” refers to listing in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its privately published supplement.
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