Humourous Record of Japanese History (One Hundred Devils Out at Night)

Utagawa Yoshiiku, artist

1833–1904

Humourous Record of Japanese History (One Hundred Devils Out at Night), 1894, Meiji period (1868–1912)

Portfolio/Series title: set of nine sheets

Where object was made: Japan

Material/technique: color woodcut

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): each 356 x 235 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 14 x 9 1/4 in
Frame Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 21 3/4 x 34 1/2 x 1 1/2 in
Weight (Weight): 10 lbs

Credit line: Museum purchase: Weare-West Fund

Accession number: 1984.0059.a,b,c

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Despite the variety of designs created by nineteenth-century printmakers, the original handscrolll format of the "hyakki yako" was not abandoned, but rather put to new use. Yoshiiku made this set of nine prints to commemorate Japan's 1894 vistory in the war with China. Each of the prints is divided into two sections: the upper portion depicts a handscroll entitled "A Newly Devised Hyakki yako," while the lower part shows light-hearted cartoons of Japanese soldiers defeating their Chinese counterparts.