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"The Hours of the Yoshiwara / A Yoshiwara Clock" -

Yoshiwara tokei (吉原時計)

last updated:

new information: 12/14/24

 

A fine Kunisada bijin series designed around 1818.

 * Hour counting according to Shinkokuhō system
**Hour counting according to Tokisoba system

All prints can also be found in the MFA Boston database.

 

01; Hour of the rat*; 9 at closing (here meaning midnight, the closing time at Yoshiwara)** (ne no koku, hike kokonotsu - 子ノ刻　ひけ九ツ)

signature: Gototei Kunisada ga

 

size: ōban
censor seal: kiwame
date: c. 1818
publisher: Enomotoya Kichibei
ref.: N2

02; Hour of the ox*; 8 at night** (ushi no koku, yoru no yattsu - 丑ノ刻　夜の八ツ)

signature: Gototei Kunisada ga

 

size: ōban
censor seal: kiwame
date: c. 1820
publisher: Enomotoya Kichibei
ref.: N81

03; Hour of the tiger*; 7 at dawn** (tora no koku, ake nanatsu - 寅ノ刻　明七ツ)

signature: Gototei Kunisada ga

 

size: ōban
censor seal: kiwame
date: c. 1820
publisher: Enomotoya Kichibei
ref.: N81

04; Hour of the hare*, 6 at dawn** (u no koku, ake muttsu - 卯ノ刻　明六ツ)

signature: Gototei Kunisada ga

 

size: ōban
censor seal: kiwame
date: c. 1820
publisher: Enomotoya Kichibei
ref.: N5

05; Hour of the dragon*, 5 at morning** (tatsu no koku, asa no itsutsu - 辰ノ刻　朝五ツ)

signature: Gototei Kunisada ga

 

size: ōban
censor seal: kiwame
date: c. 1820
publisher: Enomotoya Kichibei
ref.: N5

06; Hour of the snake*, 4 at noon** (mi no koku, hiru yottsu - 巳ノ刻　昼四ツ)

signature: Gototei Kunisada ga

 

size: ōban
censor seal: kiwame
date: c. 1820
publisher: Enomotoya Kichibei
ref.: N81

07; Hour of the horse*, 9 at noon** (uma no koku, hiru kokonotsu - 午の刻　昼九ツ)

signature: Gototei Kunisada ga

 

size: ōban
censor seal: kiwame
date: c. 1820
publisher: Enomotoya Kichibei
ref.: N81

08; Hour of the goat*; 8 at noon** (hitsuji no koku, hiru no yattsu - 未ノ刻　昼ノ八ツ)

signature: Gototei Kunisada ga

 

size: ōban
censor seal: kiwame
date: c. 1820
publisher: Enomotoya Kichibei
ref.: N89

09; Hour of the monkey*; 7 at dusk** (saru no koku, yū nanatsu - 申ノ刻　夕七ツ)

signature: Gototei Kunisada ga

 

size: ōban
censor seal: kiwame
date: c. 1820
publisher: Enomotoya Kichibei
ref.: N81

10; Hour of the rooster*; 6 at sunset** (tori no koku, kure muttsu - 酉ノ刻　暮六ツ)

signature: Gototei Kunisada ga

 

size: ōban
censor seal: kiwame
date: c. 1820
publisher: Enomotoya Kichibei
ref.: N3

11; Hour of the dog*; 5 at night** (inu no koku, yoru itsutsu - 戌ノ刻　夜五ツ)

signature: Gototei Kunisada ga

 

size: ōban
censor seal: kiwame
date: c. 1820
publisher: Enomotoya Kichibei
ref.: Thanks to William Pearl for the image

12; Hour of the boar*; 4 at night** (i no koku, yoru no yottsu - 亥ノ刻　夜の四ツ)

signature: Gototei Kunisada ga

 

size: ōban
censor seal: kiwame
date: c. 1820
publisher: Enomotoya Kichibei
ref.: N15

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