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The Scene of Torture by Scolding from The Stinky Sleeve (Tamoto funki kogotozeme no dan), from the series Popular Cat Games (Ryûkô neko no tawamure)


「流行猫の戯 袂糞気罵責段(たもとふんきこゞとぜめのだん)」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 24.1 cm (14 1/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number17.3216.26
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Nagoya City Mus., Takaki Shigeru Ukiyo-e Collection (2001), #140
DescriptionA feline parody of the famous scene of Akoya's Torture by Koto (Akoya kotozeme) from the play Futaba gunki.
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印:村松、吉村
彫師:なし