Daily life and traditions
YOSHITOSHI Tsukioka
FICHE 16295
(1839 - 1892)
The wife of Sangoro, the owner of a noodle shop in Kawaguchi, scalds her husband's face with boiling water
Woodblock print
1875
Impression on Japan paper, signed ?ju Taiso Yoshitoshi, plate from the series Postal News (Y?bin h?chi shinbun), published by Ebisuya Shôshichi. Censor's seal Boar 4.
The Y?bin h?chi shinbun was a newspaper founded in 1873. Yoshitoshi was hired in 1875 to illustrate a wide variety of subjects like political, crime, public interest and ghost stories...
Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA of Boston.
Sheet: ôban (365 x 242 mm)
Condition: laid on thick Japan paper, lack of colors in margins.
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