A Great Doctor Treating Incurable Diseases
Print
Seven figures, four are presumed to be males. Text is written across the upper portion of work. The scene appears to be in a novelty shop of some sort, table extends from the upper central left border, a lady is trying on shoes with an attendant, a woman is wearing a mask that is hanging on her head with a streamer, a man is trying on a falso nose, a man is trying on a mask, a woman shown at the bottom with a man is looking on what could be a theatre group.
From email with William Pearl, www.kuniyoshiproject.com:
Title: A Great Doctor Treating Incurable Diseases (Kitai na meii nanbyô ryôji)
Description: The female doctor Kogarashi, daughter of the quack doctor Chikusai (Yabukusushi Chikusai musume meii Kogarashi), sits in the center in front of a floral screen; her four disciples, in black jackets, apply humorous “treatments” to patients. Thought to be a political satire.
Date: 6th month of 1850
Publisher: Enshû-ya Hikobei
http://www.kuniyoshiproject.com/Comic%20and%20Miscellaneous%20Triptychs%20and%20Diptychs,%20Part%20I.htm
See folder for image of complete triptych.
1972.9.2
1972.9
Purchased from Marson Ltd. Print Dealers
Kuniyoshi Utagawa
1850
19th Century
Paper
14-1/2 in
9-1/2 in
21.25" x 16.25" framed
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