About This Print
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 Information supplied via email by William Wetherall
Summary in Japanese
Source: Tokyo University website http://www.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/publish_db/1999news/03/301/30111.html巡査による賭博の手入れ
東京大学法学部附属明治新聞雑誌文庫蔵
明治十四年（一八八一）に京都で発行された新聞錦絵。上半分の活字印刷の部分に書かれた四件の記事の内の一つを絵にしたのが下の画面である。絵師は木下広信。役者十一人が宿屋で車座になり、花札賭博をしていたところを踏み込まれた場面である。
Production Credits
 | 亰都上京區第廿九組 東片町六百二番地 春錦社假本局 (春錦社仮本局) Shunjinsha? Temporary Office 社長 砂川政民 [Director Sunakawa Masatami] 假編輯兼印刷 高橋宗介 [editing and printing Takahashi Sosuke] 畫工 木下広信 [drawing by Kinoshita Hironobu] |
This installation features more than 30 loans from two remarkably rich local resources, the Lavenberg Collection of Japanese Prints, and the Lee & Mary Jean Michels Collection. It was co-curated by Professors Akiko Walley (History of Art and Architecture) and Glynne Walley (East Asian Languages and Literatures) and JSMA Chief Curator Anne Rose Kitagawa. QR codes on selected labels allow visitors to access translations and explanations of the complex wordplay, imagery, and cultural context of these fascinating objects.
KINOSHITAHironobu II (木下広信,1844-?)
Japanese;Meiji period, 1881
Police Arrest Eleven Actors for Gambling, No. 7of The Brocade Picture News (Nishiki-eShinbun)
Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed “brocade newspaper” (shinbun nishiki-e) in vertical ōban format; ink and color on paper
TheLavenberg Collection of Japanese Prints, IHL.0310
This installation features more than 30 loans from two remarkably rich local resources, the Lavenberg Collection of Japanese Prints, and the Lee & Mary Jean Michels Collection. It was co-curated by Professors Akiko Walley (History of Art and Architecture) and Glynne Walley (East Asian Languages and Literatures) and JSMA Chief Curator Anne Rose Kitagawa. QR codes on selected labels allow visitors to access translations and explanations of the complex wordplay, imagery, and cultural context of these fascinating objects.
KINOSHITAHironobu II (木下広信,1844-?)
Japanese;Meiji period, 1881
Police Arrest Eleven Actors for Gambling, No. 7of The Brocade Picture News (Nishiki-eShinbun)
Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed “brocade newspaper” (shinbun nishiki-e) in vertical ōban format; ink and color on paper
TheLavenberg Collection of Japanese Prints, IHL.0310
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #310 |
| Title or Description | Police arrest eleven actors for gambling |
| Newspaper | Nishikie shinbun (Kyoto) 錦画新聞 7号 |
| Artist | Kinoshita Hironobu II (1844-?) |
| Signature | artist's name 木下広信 printed in lower left of text cartouche |
| Seal | not sealed |
| Writer of Text | |
| Publication Date | April 21, 1881 |
| Publisher | 春錦社 - unknown publisher; possible reading "Shunjinsha" |
| Carver | unknown |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | fair- soiling and light toning; thinning and rubbing lower right corner; not backed |
| Genre | nishiki-e shinbun |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | vertical oban |
| H x W Paper | 14 7/8 x 10 in. (37.8 x 25.4 cm) |
| Literature | |
| Collections This Print | The University of Tokyo: Meiji Sinbun Zasshi Bunko ID 13594 |
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