Catalog record · 目録番号 45697

Bats Blaming Each Other

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Kuniyoshi歌川国芳
Date / 年代: 1846
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / kruml
Digital image / 画像: 1344 × 1932 px
Published by / 公開者: 森川ミドリ

Catalog note / 解説

An uncut double chuban sheet with a title which appears to read: Yatsuatari doke komori, “Bats Blaming Each Other” but given the title “Bats Comic” by Japanese sources. A set of eight chuban prints published by Joshuya Kinzo, c. 1846. Excessively rare. The bottom design appears to show a [ bat ] Daimyo and female [ bat ] attendants. Unrecorded ? The top chuban shows Sukeroku, illustrated no. 249 in Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Exhibition to Commemorate the 200th Anniversary of Utagawa Kuniyoshi’s Birth, Japan 1996. Same impression also illustrated in Kuniyoshi, Juzo Suzuki, Tokyo 1992, pl. 435. Fine impressions and colour. Small backed binding holes and slight soil to corner. Signed Ichiyusai Kuniyos…

Image record / 画像情報

KRUML · 1846 · kruml

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