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「東京開化狂画名所 墨堤三圍社野狐の愉快」
Bewitching Foxes at the Mimeguri Shrine on the Sumida Embankment (Sumida-zutsumi Mimeguri yashiro nogitsune no yukai), from the series Famous Places and Humorous Images of Modern Life in Tokyo (Tôkyô kaika kyôga meisho)
「東京開化狂画名所 墨堤三圍社野狐の愉快」
Japanese
Meiji era
1881 (Meiji 14), January 6
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal chûban; 17.6 x 22.8 cm (6 15/16 x 9 in.)
Credit Line
Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2000.61.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Other prints in the series: Miyao, Nihon no giga (1967), pp. 191-2
DescriptionMounted in album 2000.61.1-21
Signed
Yoshitoshi giga
芳年戯画
芳年戯画
ProvenanceVarious dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.