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Subject:Re: comical hiroshige print
Posted By: I.Nagy Thu, Apr 16, 2026
Title of series (Cartouche),
狂咏ねほけ百首 Kyōei neboke hyakushu
One Hundred Satirical Poems
Signature,
廣重戲画 Hiroshige giga
Hiroshige's Caricature
Publisher'mark.
Iseya Rihei 伊勢屋利兵衛
(Sealed 林 Hayashi)
Pic.1,
何なりとこのめはる雨ふり袖のしん造ましり居つつけの客
蜀山人
Naninari to konome-harusame furisode no shinzō majiri itsuzuke no kyaku
Shokusanjin
Amidst the spring rain as the trees begin to bud, young courtesans in furisode kimonos mingle, and there is a customer* who lingers for a long time
Shokusanjin**
* The kyōka poet himself
** Shokusanjin orig. Ōta Nanpo was the foremost
figure in the world of kyōka
Pic.2,
全盛の君あれはこそこの里の花もよし原月も吉原
蜀山人
Zensei no kimi areba koso kono sato hana mo yoshiwara tsuki mo yoshiwara
Shokusanjin
It is only because you are in your prime that the flowers of this village are so lovely, and the moon shines so auspiciously
Shokusanjin
(At the end of the poem, the name of the Yoshiwara district appears twice in an interesting allusion)
For technical reasons alternative kanas are represented in their modern forms.
Regards,
I.Nagy
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comical hiroshige print 
( China & Japan ) - francis minvielle - Apr 16, 2026 (12:05 AM) 
