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「動物館ニテ子牛暴狗に噛たる戯」
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In the Animal House, the Calf is Bitten in Jest by the Bad Dogs (Dôbutsukan nite, koushi waruinu ni kamaretaru tawamure)
「動物館ニテ子牛暴狗に噛たる戯」
Japanese
Meiji era
1882 (Meiji 15), August
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36 × 50.7 cm (14 3/16 × 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number2023.376a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionA political cartoon referring to the reactions of various concerned parties to the Imo Incident, an uprising and riot that took place in Seoul in 1882. The lion at the upper left is labelled "Oroshiya no shishi" ("Lion of Russia").
Signed
Gakô Kobayashi Kiyochika (in publication information on right sheet)
画工 小林清親
画工 小林清親
ProvenanceSeptember 22, 2005, anonymous sale, Christie’s, New York, lot 102, to an anonymous collector; 2023, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 21, 2023)