Trick Riders at the Shôkon Shrine (Shôkonsha umakake no meijin), from the series Famous Places and Humorous Images of Modern Life in Tokyo (Tôkyô kaika kyôga meisho)

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Trick Riders at the Shôkon Shrine (Shôkonsha umakake no meijin), 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　招魂社馬かけ名人」

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Publisher: Tsunajima Kamekichi (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

1881 (Meiji 14), January 6

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

Dimensions Horizontal chûban; 17.6 x 22.8 cm (6 15/16 x 9 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2000.61.3

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Yasukuni Jinja Yûshûkan, Tôkyô meisho nishiki-e ten (1986), #18; other prints in the series: Miyao, Nihon no giga (1967), pp. 191-2

DescriptionShôkon Shrine (Shôkonsha) is the former name of the Yasukuni Shrine (Yasukuni jinja); the name was changed in 1879.

Mounted in album 2000.61.1-21

Signed Yoshitoshi giga
芳年戯画

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