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「日本万歳 百撰百笑 清兵の冷やかされ」
Making Chinese Soldiers Shiver (Shinbei no hiyakasare), from the series Hurrah for Japan! One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs (Nihon banzai hyakusen hyashushô)
「日本万歳 百撰百笑 清兵の冷やかされ」
Japanese
Meiji era
1895 (Meiji 28), February
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.1 × 25.3 cm (14 5/8 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2000.209
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Tikotin Mus., Winds of War (2019), pp. 114-5
DescriptionThe title of this design utilizes a play on the meanings of hiyakasu, "to chill" or "to laugh at." The 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").
Signed
Kiyochika
清親
清親
Marks
Artist's seal
ProvenanceVarious dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.