A Performance by the Amazing Old Midget who was Twenty-One Inches Tall, Drank, Sang, and Danced, and Lived to a Ripe Old Age, No. 816 from the series The Postal Newspaper (Yūbin hōchi shimbun)

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A Performance by the Amazing Old Midget who was Twenty-One Inches Tall, Drank, Sang, and Danced, and Lived to a Ripe Old Age, No. 816 from the series The Postal Newspaper (Yūbin hōchi shimbun)

1875-1876

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892) Engraved by Horikō Hidekatsu Published by Kinshōdō

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Object Details

Titles:

A Performance by the Amazing Old Midget who was Twenty-One Inches Tall, Drank, Sang, and Danced, and Lived to a Ripe Old Age, No. 816 from the series The Postal Newspaper (Yūbin hōchi shimbun)

Date:

1875-1876

Artists:

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892) Engraved by Horikō Hidekatsu Published by Kinshōdō

Medium:

Color woodcut

Dimensions:

Sheet (ōban tate-e): approximately 15 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (39.4 × 26.7 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Gift of Sidney A. Tannenbaum, 1978

Accession Number:

1978-129-318

Geography:

Made in Japan, Asia

Context:

Period: Meiji Period (1868-1912) Reign: Meiji Emperor (1868-1912)

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