Ichigenkin Iconography

Iconography
Below are Ukiyo-e woodblock prints, Kuchi-e woodblock prints, scrolls, and postcards depicting scenes containing ichigenkin and nigenkin. We would appreciate knowing of others.

Ukiyo-e: Woodblock prints popular from the 17th - 20th centuries in Japan, literally "pictures of the floating world".
Kuchi-e: Popular woodblock prints made around 1895 to 1915 as frontispiece illustrations of popular novels published by newspapers.
Postcards: Produced in the early 20th century, mostly posed photos.

Ichigenkin Iconography

Ukiyo-e

Kunichika, Toyohara: (1835–1900) "Kaika Ninjo Kagami" (Mirror of the Flowering Human Emotions, Customs and Manners), playing Sumagoto (ichigenkin).
(Courtesy of Artelino.com)

Kuniyoshi, Utagawa (1798-1861):
from Suikoden of Women's Customs
(use courtesy of kuniyoshiproject.com)

Toyokuni III: (1786-1864), a.k.a. Kunisada, Utagawa

Kuchi-e

Hanko, Kajita (1870-1917)

Scroll

From the Bill Malm Collection

Nigenkin Iconography

Ukiyo-e by Chikanobu, Toyohara: 1838-1912
These all contain forms of Azuma-ryu nigenkin.
Chikanobu was an important Meiji artist and a student of Kunichika.

chikanobu triptich

Current Beauties

Chikanobu vation house print

Vacation House with Stone Lantern

Chikanobu triptich Moon from the Ocean Pavilion

Chikanobu

Postcard

nigenkincard

Yakumo-goto Iconography

Postcards:

(courtesy of Okinawa Soba)

(courtesy of Okinawa Soba)

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