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「東京開化狂画名所 上野公園地小僧のひる寝」 「東京開化狂画名所 不忍弁財天雷蓮池へおちる」
A Shop Boy Takes a Nap in Ueno Park ( (Ueno kôenchi kozô no hirune, above); At Shinobazu Benten Shrine, the Thunder God Falls into the Lotus Pond (Shinobazeu Benten Kaminari hasuike e ochiru, below); 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 上野公園地小僧のひる寝」 「東京開化狂画名所 不忍弁財天雷蓮池へおちる」
Japanese
Meiji era
1881 (Meiji 14), January 6
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Two horizontal chûban designs on uncut vertical ôban sheet; 36.8 × 24.5 cm (14 1/2 × 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2000.302
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Other prints in the series: Miyao, Nihon no giga (1967), pp. 191-2
DescriptionMFA impressions: 2000.61.7 (lower half), 2000.61.8 (upper half), 2000.302 (uncut sheet)
Signed
Yoshitoshi giga
芳年戯画
芳年戯画
ProvenanceBetween 1985-1999, purchased by Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf from Japanese Gallery, 66D Kensington Church St., London; 2000, gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf to the MFA. (Accession date: January 26, 2000)