Triptychs of beautiful women,
Part I
Please see Untitled set of triptychs of the six crystal rivers for another example of this genre. Unless otherwise noted, the individual sheets of these triptychs are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban. I am grateful to Ward Pieters for assisting with this section.
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Series:
Feminine Pleasures of the Four Seasons (Shiki
no kokoro onna asobi, 四季心女遊) Robinson:
Not listed Title:
Spring Description:
Picking bulrush Date:
1844-1847 Publisher:
Arita-ya Seiemon NOTE: The
individual sheets in this triptych and the three following triptychs are each
about 10 by 7 inches or 25 by 18 centimeters, a size known as chûban. |
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Series:
Feminine Pleasures of the Four Seasons (Shiki
no kokoro onna asobi, 四季心女遊) Robinson:
Not listed Title: Natsu (夏) Summer Description:
Summer at the Date:
1844-1847 Publisher:
Arita-ya Seiemon |
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Series:
Feminine Pleasures of the Four Seasons (Shiki
no kokoro onna asobi, 四季心女遊) Robinson:
Not listed Title:
Autumn (秋) Description:
Date:
1844-1847 Publisher:
Arita-ya Seiemon |
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Series:
Feminine Pleasures of the Four Seasons (Shiki
no kokoro onna asobi, 四季心女遊) Robinson:
Not listed Title: Fuyu (冬) Winter Description:
Date:
1844-1847 Publisher:
Arita-ya Seiemon |
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Series:
Pleasures of the Four Seasons (Shiki yûkan, 四季遊観) Robinson:
Not listed Title: Natsu (夏) Summer Description:
Three bijin
in boat under Date:
1843-1847 Publisher:
Ibaya Senzaburô |
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Another state of the above
print |
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Series:
Pleasures of the Four Seasons (Shiki yûkan, 四季遊観) Robinson:
Not listed Title:
Autumn Description:
Catching Fireflies in the Cool of the Evening (Suzumi no hotaru) Date:
1843-1847 Publisher:
Ibaya Senzaburô |
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Another state of the above
print |
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Series:
The Four Seasons (Shiki no uchi) Robinson:
130 Title:
Spring Amusements at the Honorable Lower Palace (Go-shita-yashiki haru
no asobi) Description:
Ladies among the cherry blossoms in the palace garden, with two on a bench
(left), three looking at them (centre), and one leaning on a tree (right) Date: c.
1850 Publisher:
Hamada-ya Tokubei |
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Title: Gathering
Plants in the Description:
Date:
1847-52 Publisher:
Fujiokaya Keijirô |
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Title:
Picture of a Wedding Ceremony (Konrei no zu) Description:
The bride is being helped out of a lacquered palanquin for the marriage
ceremony Date:
1847-50 Publisher:
Hayashi-ya Shôgorô |
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Title: Description:
A young girl breaking a spray of cherry blossoms from a tree Date: c.
1848 Publisher:
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Title: Description:
Three women by an old plum tree at night Date:
1845-6 Publisher:
Iba-ya Sensaburô |
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Title: Description:
Date:
1847-52 Publisher:
Fujioka-ya Keijirô |
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Title:
None Description:
Three women collecting plum-blossom branches by candlelight Date: Publisher:
Yorozu-ya Kichibei |
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Title: Yamino yume Description:
Three women by an old plum tree at night, the robe of the figure on the right
is decorated with paulownia leaf crests, and that of the central figure with
images of Otsu-e Date: 1847-1850 Publisher:
I am grateful to Ward Pieters for locating this image. |
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Title: The
First Plum Blossoms of Spring ( Description:
Date: c.
1848-9 Publisher:
Fujioka-ya Keijirô |
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Series:
Five Festivals (Go sekku
no uchi) Robinson:
166 Title: Mutsuki (the new year’s festival) Description:
Women celebrating the new year. In the
center is a large Daruma kite. Date: c.
1845 Publisher:
Enshû-ya Matabei |
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Title: The
First Time on a Boat in a Description:
Women and a child rowing a small boat through a landscaped garden, watching koi in the
water Date:
1847-1848 Publisher:
Enshû-ya Matabei |
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Date: c.
1832 Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya Tobei NOTE: The
gold coins were oval |
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Title:
Notes on Women’s Conduct (Fujin kokoro-e gusa, 婦人こころへ草) Subtitle:
Stretching Fabrics (Orimono,
をりもの) Description:
Four serving-women washing sash and stretching it out to dry; with child
playing in background Date: c.
1842 Publisher:
Maru-ya Seijirô NOTE: From
time to time, the authorities decided ukiyo-e prints were too frivolous. One such time was in 1842, and many artists
temporarily responded by turning their beautiful women into models of the
virtue. Here, serving-women are
washing an obi (sash) and
stretching it out to dry. The
inscription, printed over a repeating textile pattern, observes that this is
better than buying new ones. |
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Title:
Snow, Moon and Flowers in Our Midst (Yuki
tsuki hana no uchi, 雪月花の内) Subtitle:
Early Morning Snow (Yuki no ashita, 雪の朝) Description:
Bijin on veranda with snow covered pine trees Date:
1847-1848 Publisher:
Iba-ya Sensaburô I am grateful to Guy Pepermans for this image. |
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Title:
Three Important Requsities: Young Women, Bonds,
Sake (Sanbyoshi musume kenzake, 三拍子娘券酒) Description:
Three beauties playing kitsune ken Date:
1847-1852 Publisher:
Minato-ya Kohei |
“Robinson” indicates listing in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson,
1961,
