Humourous Record of Japanese History [One Hundred Devils Out at Night], Utagawa Yoshiiku

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Utagawa Yoshiiku, Humourous Record of Japanese History [One Hundred Devils Out at Night]
Utagawa Yoshiiku, Humourous Record of Japanese History [One Hundred Devils Out at Night]
Utagawa Yoshiiku
Humourous Record of Japanese History [One Hundred Devils Out at Night]
1894, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Utagawa Yoshiiku
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 1/2 x 9 1/4 in
Frame Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 21 3/4 x 32 1/2 x 1 1/2 in
Weight (Weight): 9 lbs
Credit line: Museum purchase: Weare-West Fund
Accession number: 1984.0059.d,e,f
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Archive Label date unknown: 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.