Soldier in a Parody of Benkei from the series Up-to-date Otsu-e

Gi Benkei (kohei)
「擬弁慶（工兵）」　今様大津絵より

Asai Chû (Japanese, 1856–1907)
Publisher: Japanese Postcard Association (Nihon hagaki kai)
Distributed by: Hakubunkan
Printer: Mitsuma Lithograph Printing (Mitsuma sekiin)

Japanese

Late Meiji era

1905

Place of Creation: Japan

Medium/Technique Color lithograph; ink on card stock

Dimensions Overall: 13.8 x 8.8 cm (5 7/16 x 3 7/16 in.)

Credit Line Leonard A. Lauder Collection of Japanese Postcards

Accession Number2002.909

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPostcards

Catalogue Raisonné Ikuta, Nihon no bijutsu ehagaki (2006), #37; MFA, The Art of the Japanese Postcard (2004), cat. #109; Barros coll. exh. cat. (Sogo Mus., Yokohama, 1992), #II-5

ProvenanceLeonard A. Lauder Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Fractional gift of Lauder (Accession date: March 20, 2002).