A Big Headache for Li Hongzhang (Ri Kôshô no ôzutsû), from the series Hurrah for Japan! One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs (Nihon banzai hyakusen hyashushô) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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A Big Headache for Li Hongzhang (Ri Kôshô no ôzutsû), from the series Hurrah for Japan! One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs (Nihon banzai hyakusen hyashushô)

A Big Headache for Li Hongzhang (Ri Kôshô no ôzutsû), from the series Hurrah for Japan! One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs (Nihon banzai hyakusen hyashushô)

「日本万歳　百撰百笑　李鴻章の大頭痛」

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847–1915)
Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi (Daikokuya) (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

1894 (Meiji 27), September

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.1 × 24.8 cm (14 5/8 × 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2000.210

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Tikotin Mus., Winds of War (2019), pp. 88-9

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").

Signed Kiyochika
清親

Marks Artist's seals: Kobayashi, Kiyochika

ProvenanceVarious dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.