A Prostitute at a Knocking Shop in Nezu Pulls in a Chinese (Nezu no tsubone-mise [kagaya?] shôgi Nankinjin o hiku), 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　根津局見世娼妓南京人を引く」

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 Number2000.61.10

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Miyao, Nihon no giga (1967), p. 192

DescriptionMounted in album 2000.61.1-21

Signed Yoshitoshi giga
芳年戯画

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