Hiroshige II's series 'Thirty-six Selected Flowers' (1866)



Introduction


This page attempts to catalog all known prints in
Hiroshige II's
series 'Sanjūrokkasen (三十六 花撰
- Thirty-six Selected Flowers)'.




The series name includes typical Japanese word-play; the word for flower
(kasen), can, when written with different kanji, have other meanings,
such as 'poet' (歌仙), and the title Sanjūrokkasen
appears on many other print series, only with different kanji (e.g.
三十六歌仙 for '36 Poets').




The title of each individual print is in the square cartouche to the left of
the smaller series title cartouche.




The series dates from the end of Hiroshige II's career, when he was about forty
years old. By this point, he had already
taken up the name
Risshō, and the prints in this series are signed 'Risshō'.








Technical details




The

  Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
has two almost-complete sets of this series. One (from the Gardner Brewer
Collection, 1901; Accession Number: 01.7335.27, etc) seems to be bound in a
set; the other (from the William Sturgis Bigelow Collection, 1911; Accession
Number 11.37279, etc) seems to be in individual sheets, but seems to have
previously been bound in a set (since the prints are all cropped on their
sides).












The Prints


To see a larger, roughly full-screen, image of any print, please click on the
thumbnail; these images are sized to produce fine detail, and are only moderately
compressed.








Images
Number
Date
Title (Kanji)
Title (Characters)
Title (Romaji)
Title (English)
Description






Title Page
1866/?





  






#1
1866/7
梅屋敷臥龍梅

Tōkyō ume yashiki garyūbai
The Sleeping Dragon Plum Tree in the Plum Garden in Tokyo

  






#2
1866/7
大森山本紅梅

Tōkyō Ōmori Yamamoto kōbai
Red Plum at Ōmori Yamamoto in Tokyo

  






#3
1866/7
上野下寺つばき

Tōto Ueno Shimotera tsubaki
Camellia at Ueno Shimotera in the Eastern Capital

  






#4
1866/7
越ヶ谷桃

Tōto Koshigaya momo
Peach Blossoms at Koshigaya in the Eastern Capital

  






#5
1866/7
小金井さくら

Tōto Koganei sakura
Cherry Blossoms at Koganei in the Eastern Capital

  






#6
1866/7 
山吹の里山ふき

Tōkyō Yamabuki no sato yamabuki
Kerria Roses at Yamabuki Village in Tokyo

  






#7
1866/7
谷中天王子あさぎ桜

Tōkyō Yanaka Tennō-ji asagizakura
White Cherry Blossoms at Yanaka Tennō-ji Temple in Tokyo

  






#8
1866/7
六々梨子

Tōto Rokuroku nashi
Pear Blossoms at Rokuroku in the Eastern Capital

  






#9
1866/7
隅田川八重桜

Tōto Sumida-gawa yaezakura
Double Cherry Blossoms at the Sumida River in the Eastern Capital

  






#10
1866/7
戸田原さくら草

Tōkyō Todahara sakuragusa
Primroses at Todahara in Tokyo

  






#11
1866/7
小松川菜の花

Tōkyō Komatsu-gawa na no hana
Canola Flowers at the Komatsu River in Tokyo

  






#12
1866/7
谷中撫子

Tōto Yanaka nadeshiko
Wild Carnations at Yanaka in the Eastern Capital

  






#13
1866/7
亀井戸天神藤

Tōto Kameido Tenjin fuji
Wisteria at Kameido Tenjin Shrine in the Eastern Capital

  







#14
1866/7
大久保つつち

Tōkyō Ōkubo tsutsuji
Azaleas at Ōkubo in Tokyo

  






#15
1866/7
国寺きりしま

Tōkyō Gōkoku-ji kirishima
Kirishima Azaleas at Gokoku-ji Temple in Tokyo

  






#16
1866/7
北沢牡丹

Tōkyō Kitazawa botan
Peonies at Kitazawa in Tokyo

  






#17
1866/7
千住ゆり

Tōto Senju yuri
Lilies at Senju in the Eastern Capital

  






#18
1866/7
百花園芍薬

Tōkyō Hyakkaen shakuyaku
Peonies at Hundred Flower Garden in Tokyo

  






#19
1866/7
木下川杜若

Tōto Kinoshita-gawa kakitsubata
Rabbitear Irises at the Kinoshita River in the Eastern Capital

  






#20
1866/7
堀切花菖蒲

Tōkyō Horikiri hana shōbu
Irises at Horikiri in Tokyo

  






#21
1866/7
根津ばら

Tōkyō Nezu bara
Wild Roses at Nezu in Tokyo

  






#22
1866/7
Tokyo 綾瀬川合歓

Tōkyō Ayase-gawa nemu
Mimosa at the Ayase River in Tokyo

  






#23
1866/7
あふひ坂葵

Tōto Aoizaka aoi
Hollyhock at Aoizaka in the Eastern Capital

  






#24
1866/7
浅草花やしき紫陽花

Tōto Asakusa hana yashiki ajisai
Hydrangea at the Flower Garden at Asakusa in the Eastern Capital

  






#25
1866/7
不忍池蓮花

Tōkyō Shinobazu ike renge
Lotuses at Shinobazu Pond in Tokyo

  






#26
1866/7
巣鴨海棠

Tōto Sugamo kaidō
Aronia at Sugamo in the Eastern Capital

  






#27
1866/7
隅田河花屋敷芙蓉花

Tōto Sumida-gawa hana yashiki fuyō-bana
Hibiscus in the Flower Garden [at Mukōjima] on the Sumida River in the
	Eastern Capital

  






#28
1866/7
入谷朝顔

Tōto Iriya asagao
Morning Glories at Iriya in the Eastern Capital

  






#29
1866/7
大宮八幡おみなへし

Tōkyō Ōmiya Hachiman ominaeshi
Wild Pinks at the Ōmiya Hachiman Shrine in Tokyo

  






#30
1866/7
広尾原桔梗

Tōkyō Hiroo hara kikyō
Bellflowers at Hiroo Plain in Tokyo

  






#31
1866/7
亀戸川はぎ

Tōkyō Kameido-gawa hagi
Bush Clover at the Kameido River in Tokyo

  






#32
1866/7
染井きく

Tōkyō Somei kiku
Chrysanthemums at Somei in Tokyo

  






#33
1866/7
海案寺楓

Tōkyō Kaian-ji kaede
Maple Leaves at Kaian-ji Temple in Tokyo

  






#34
1866/7
柳しま野菊

Tōkyō Yanagishima nogiku
Wild Chrysanthemums at Yanagishima in Tokyo

  






#35
1866/7
押上水仙花

Tōto Oshiage suisenka
Narcissus at Oshiage in the Eastern Capital

  






#36
1866/7
堀の内山茶花

Tōto Horinouchi sazanka
Camellia at Horinouchi in the Eastern Capital

  















Acknowledgements


Thanks to (in alphabetical order) Peter Chiappa for help with insertion of
the kanji titles, and transcribing the dates.








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