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「日本万歳 百撰百笑 厚い面の皮」
A Thick-skinned Face (Atsui tsura no kawa), from the series Hurrah for Japan! One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs (Nihon banzai hyakusen hyakushô)
「日本万歳 百撰百笑 厚い面の皮」
Japanese
Meiji era
1895 (Meiji 28), February
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.3 × 25.7 cm (14 11/16 × 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2000.208
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Tikotin Mus., Winds of War (2019), pp. 140-1; Smith, Kiyochika (exh. cat., Santa Barbara, 1988), #103
DescriptionThe series title, literally "One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs," is a pun on the expression "One Hundred Battles, One Hundred Victories" (both pronounced "Hyakusen hyakushô"). Texts by Koppi Dôjin (=Nishimori Takeki, 1861–1913). 骨皮道人（西森 武城）
Signed
Kiyochika
清親
清親
Marks
Artist's seals: Kobayashi, Kiyochika
Inscriptions
ProvenanceVarious dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.