Yoshiiku: Mysterious incidents - Tokyo Nichinichi Shinbun

Yoshiiku

Color newspaper insert from issue #876. Every night stones strike, teapots fly, and hotwater kettles are drawn toward the ceiling.

Some 115 prints are now associated with the Tokyo nichinichi shinbun series, the majority of them by Ikkeisai Yoshiiku. These were color inserts in certain editions of the newspaper, created in order to boost sales. The prints usually told of unusual, salacious and violent incidents.

Publisher: Gusokuya Kahei 

Size: 35.4 x 23.8 cm 

Condition: Great impression and color. Margins as shown, not backed. 

Date: 1875

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