Firefighting Geisha Print | Japanese Wood Block Newspaper Print
A woodblock print from Tokyo Daily Newspaper, #969 (Year 1875)
Subject: 火消しの装いをした芸者がお咎め
A geisha dressed as a firefighter is reprimanded by a police officer.
On March 14th, during a fire in Kofune-cho, a policeman stopped a suspicious woman wearing navy cotton Momohiki, a Zukin, Zori, and a sashiko Hanten coat.
He asked for her name and address. The woman was a geisha named Omasa, the adopted daughter of Masakiya Hotei tei in Osaka-cho. She was scolded by the policeman and had to pay a fine.
- Artist - Utagawa Yoshiiku
- Material - Ink on paper
- Meiji Period (1868-1912)
- 14.5" x 10" (length, width)
- SKU: WB-0980
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A woodblock print from Tokyo Daily Newspaper, #969 (Year 1875)
Subject: 火消しの装いをした芸者がお咎め
A geisha dressed as a firefighter is reprimanded by a police officer.
On March 14th, during a fire in Kofune-cho, a policeman stopped a suspicious woman wearing navy cotton Momohiki, a Zukin, Zori, and a sashiko Hanten coat.
He asked for her name and address. The woman was a geisha named Omasa, the adopted daughter of Masakiya Hotei tei in Osaka-cho. She was scolded by the policeman and had to pay a fine.
- Artist - Utagawa Yoshiiku
- Material - Ink on paper
- Meiji Period (1868-1912)
- 14.5" x 10" (length, width)
- SKU: WB-0980
