Instructive Reference-Index of All Sorts of Proverbs

Part II

	Proverb: Description: Mother offering breast to child Hiragana: Chi (ち), No. 8 Kanji: 乳 (breasts)
	Another state with a plain foreground
	Proverb: Description: Woman holding morning glories (asagao, 朝顔) standing next to a desk with calligraphy on it Hiragana: Ri (り), No. 9 Kanji: 利 (advantage, benefit or profit)
	Another state without Kuniyoshi’s kiri seal below his signature
	Another state with a plain foreground
	Proverb: Description: Woman serving tea Hiragana: Nu (ぬ), No. 10 and Ru (る), No. 11 Kanji: 温 (hot)
	Another state with a green foreground
	Another state with a plain foreground
	Proverb: Hemp in celebration of grey hair, which is used in wedding vows Description: Woman with strands of hemp (asa, 麻) Hiragana: Wo (を), No. 12[BP1] Kanji: 麻 (hemp) NOTE: “Hemp in celebration of grey hair” is used in wedding vows. It alludes to the ability of hemp to take any dye–a metaphor for a woman’s capacity to conform to her husband’s wishes. I am grateful to Ferenz Jacobs of the Hash, Marihuana & Hemp Museum in Barcelona for information about this print.
	Another state with a green foreground
	Another state with a plain foreground
	Proverb: Description: Kneeling beauty spinning silk while her cat sleeps Hiragana: Wa (ゎ), No. 13 Kanji: 輪 (wheel)
	Another state with a plain foreground
	Proverb: Description: Woman holding incense burner in shape of pig (kayari buta, 蚊遣豚) to repel mosquitos Hiragana: Ka (か), No. 14 Kanji: 蚊 (mosquitos)
	I am grateful to Taylor McNeil for this alternate state with red in the text cartouche.
	Another state with a green foreground and yellow in the text cartouche
	Another state with a plain foreground and a purple band on top
	This state is missing both the cartouche in the right upper corner and the seal of the publisher Arita-ya Seiemon. The seal in the left lower corner is probably a collector’s seal.

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