The Modern Measure of Womenʼs Desire for Money

(Imayô tofu shisen, 今様斗婦志銭)

Publisher: Tama-ya Sôsuke

c. 1847-1848

This series of prints of beautiful women is listed as number 84 in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The prints are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

	Title: 嫁楽通宝 Description: Beauty seated on bench
	Title: 遠方通宝 Description: Beauty with palanquin and cat
	Title: 悋気内宝 Description: Beauty with pipe and handscroll
	Another simplified state of the above design
	The round object is a round Chinese coin with a square hole, known as a “cashˮ. These coins were produced from the 2^nd century BCE to the 20^th century.

“Robinson” indicates listing in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson, 1961, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

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