1. Misemono
Artisti di strada nel
mondo fluttuante

2. Utagawa Kunitora
“Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryôgoku Bridge in Edo: A Great
Display of Fireworks”
(Edo Ryôgoku-bashi yûsuzumi ôhanabi no zu)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

3. Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Titolo Sconosciuto
Performance di giocoleria con palla
dell’artista Kikukawa Kunimaru.
1841
Stampa, 36x17cm (ôtanzakuban)

4. Utagawa Kuniyoshi
“流行猫の曲鞠”
Parodia dell’artista Kikukawa Kunimaru
1841
Stampa, 36x25cm

5. Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Happiness in One Style of Entertainment
(Ichiryû kyoku dokuraku)
c. 1843
Victoria and Albert Museum, Londra
Stampa, 36x25cm

6. c. 1843
Victoria and Albert Museum, Londra
Stampa, 36x25cm
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Happiness in One Style of Entertainment
(Ichiryû kyoku dokuraku)

7. Utagawa Kuniyoshi
“Takezawa Toji at the Inari Shrine” ca. 1841
Stampa, 25x36cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

8. Utagawa Kuniyoshi
“Takezawa Toji e il leone”
1842-1846
Stampa, 36x25cm
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
“Takezawa Toji e il fantasma”
1842-1846
Stampa, 36x25cm

9. Katsushika Hokusai,
“Hokusai Manga”
1819

10. Katsushika Hokusai,
“Hokusai Manga”
1819

11. Katsushika Hokusai
“Hotei e i bambini acrobati
cinesi”
Da:
“Il libro dei dipinti realistici di
Hokusai”
(Hokusai shashin gafu)
Hotei, uno dei sette déi
della fortuna, e due bambini
acrobati cinesi.
ca. 1840
Inchiostro su carta
49,8x36,6 cm

12. Torii Kiyomitsu
“Acrobata, Daruma-otoko”
(Karuwaza-shi daruma-otoko)
XVIII secolo
Inchiostro su carta
30.3 x 13.5 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

13. Utagawa Toyonobu
“Acrobati”
30.8 x 14 cm (Hosoban)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

14. Autore sconosciuto
“Acrobati” (dettaglio)
ca. 1800

15. Utagawa Kunisada
“L’acrobata Hayatake Torakichi
in tour a Osaka”
1857
Inchiostro su carta
35,5x24,2cm
Edo Tokyo Museum

16. Utagawa Yoshitora
“Acrobati su cavalli” e “Acrobati dall’India Centrale a Yokohama”
1864
Stampe, 36.2 x 24.4 cm
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco

17. Ochiai Yoshiiku
“Festa fra stranieri dei Cinque Paesi alla casa del tè Gankirō”
(Gokakoku Gankirô ni okeru sakamori no zu)
1861
38,1 x 25,4cm (ogni pezzo)

18. Fonti:
• The Carnival of Edo: Misemono Spectacles from contemporary accounts
(Andrew .L. Markus) – Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies vol. 45 n.2 (Dic. 1985)
• The Meaning of Western Perspective in Edo Popular Culture (Timon Screech) -
Archives of Asian Art, vol.47 (1994)
• I Sakariba: Fiere e spettacoli di strada a Edo (Rossella Marangoni) – Articolo per
“Zen World”
• Rivista bimestrale “Rekihaku”, n.118 “A Witness to History”
(www.rekihaku.ac.jp/english/publication/rekihaku/118witness.html)
• “The floating world of ukiyo-e: shadows, dreams and substance” Exhibition”
(www.loc.gov/exhibits/ukiyo-e/intro.html)
• Koneko no heya – Kyokumari (www.konekono-heya.com/ukiyoe/kyokumari.html)
• Kindred Subjects: Art Stories from New York City, Objects From The
Metropolitan Museum of Art (kindredsubjects.blogspot.it)
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (www.mfa.org)
• Kuniyoshi Project (www.kuniyoshiproject.com)
• Katsushika Hokusai, The complete works (www.katsushikahokusai.org/)
• Ukiyo-e Search (ukiyo-e.org/)