Title Page, 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」

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

Japanese

Meiji era

1881 (Meiji 14)

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 22.8 × 17.6 cm (9 × 6 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2000.61.21

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 Taiso Yoshitoshi ga
大蘇芳年画

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