Catalog record · 目録番号 59909
An Octopus Fights Back at Nihonbashi Fish Market
日本橋魚市場大蛸の乱暴
Catalog note / 解説
Friday, 26 June 2009 東京開化狂画名所 日本橋魚市場大蛸の乱暴 “An Octopus Fights Back at Nihonbashi Fish Market,” 1881 from the series Crazy Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo Ink and colors on paper, chuban Private collection This object appears is from the Special Exhibit: From Edo to Meiji: Yoshitoshi's Strange Tales May 26?September 9, 2007 In case of discrepancy, use wall label as final authority. Here the artist imagines a large and very angry octopus refusing to be considered an item for sale. It seems to have been aroused by a spike in its head, and engages in a tug-of-war with a tattooed fishmonger while it grips two others in its tentacles. Cartoonlike series like this were often serious commercial v…
Image record / 画像情報
JAODB · 1881 · jaodb
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