About This Print
An old farmer receives a reward. This is print number 9 out of a known 32 prints of the Osaka-based Nichinichi Shinbun (Daily News) which illustrated stories published in other papers.1The red cartouche in the upper left hand corner provides the name of the paper 日々新聞 (Daily News) and the print number 第九号 (9).
Following their introduction in Tokyo, nishiki-e shinbun made their appearance in Osaka. The Osaka issued prints differed from their Tokyo counterparts in being half-size (chuban rather than oban size).
For a summary of the brief life of nishiki-e shinbun (newspaper color woodblock prints) see the article Nishiki-e shinbun and Newspapers in Meiji Japan.
1 William Wetherall's News Nishiki-e http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/yosha/nn/almanac/Almanac_news_nishikie.html
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #487 |
| Title or Description | Old man receives award |
| Newspaper | Nichinichi shinbun 日々新聞 (Daily News) (based in Osaka but not to be confused with the "Osaka nichinichi shinbun" or "Osaka nichinichi shinbunshi") |
| Artist | Hasegawa Sadanobu II (1848-1940) |
| Signature |  |
| Seal | not sealed |
| Writer of Text | |
| Publication Date | c. 1875 |
| Publisher |  綿喜板 Wataki han [Marks. pub. ref. 579; seal similar to 25-541] |
| Carver |  |
| Printer | |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good- not backed |
| Genre | nishiki-e shinbun |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | vertical chuban |
| H x W Paper | 9 1/8 x 6 3/4 in. (23.2 x 17.1 cm) |
| H x W Image | |
| Literature | |
| Collections This Print | Kanagawa University Library; Waseda University Library 10 8070 6 |
10/11/2019
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