An Old-fashioned Guardian King at the Year-end Festival of the Kannon Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kannon toshi no ichi kyûhei no Niô), 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　浅草漢音年の市旧弊の仁王」

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 Number2000.61.2

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Other prints in the series: Miyao, Nihon no giga (1967), pp. 191-2

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.