About This Print
This print is one of fifty prints from the first part of the three part series One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs. (Hyakusen hyakushô) created by the artist Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915), the writer Nishimori Takeki (1861-1923), alias Koppi Dōjin, and the publisher Matsuki Heikichi (1870-1931).
About The Series One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs
This series One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs was issued in three parts and presented parodies of the enemy, the Chinese in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and ten years later the Russians in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. The first part of the series titled Long Live Japan: One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs, consisting of fifty prints, was issued between September 1894 and August 1895. The second part of the series titled Magic Lantern Society: One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs, consisting of twelve prints, was issued between November 1895 and December 1896. Both of these parts parodied (often in a racist manner) the Chinese people, leadership and war effort. The third and last part of the series, consisting of eight-six prints, used the same title as the first part Long Live Japan: One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs. Issued between April 1904 and April 1905, the prints parodied the Russian war effort. For more information about the series see the article One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs on this site.
サア負（まけ）ました負けました、滅茶滅茶（めちやめちや）の大負（おおまけ）に負（まけ）ました、/ 何一つとして満足（まんぞく）な品（しな）も無（な）けれバ十人並揃（にんなみそろ）/ッたものも無（な）いが、どうせもう斯（か）う成（な）りやァ十把（ぱ）/一朱（から）げ二束（そく）三文（もん）の大安売（おおやすうり）。一日（にち）も早（はや）くちやん/ちやんと片附（かたつけ）て元（もと）の唐（から）ッ穴（けつ）になる覚悟（かくご）で/すから皆（みん）なドシドシと見切（みきつ）て仕舞（しまい）ます。尤（もつと）も御覧（ごらん）の通（とふ）り大連椀（たいれんわん）渤海椀（ぼつかいわん）旅順壺・（りよじゆんこ・）を/ 始（はじ）め奉天譜（ほうてんふ）北琴（ぺきん）に至（いた）るまで目星（めぼし）い処（ところ）ハ/ 荒方（あらかた）大和屋（やまとや）さんがお引取（ひきとり）に成（な）りましたが、併（しか）し重代（ぢやうだい）の寶（たから）として居（い）る頑鼓（がんこ）、変靴（へんくつ）、大法/螺（おほほら）、無鉄砲（むてつぱう）、出砲台（ではうだい）、乱棒（らんぼう）、化賃棒（けちんぼう）、半死半鐘（はんしはんしやう）/の類（るい）、まだ中々（なかなか）背負切（しよひき）れないほど沢山（たくさん）残（のこ）つて居（い）ます。サア如何（いかが）です残（のこ）り物（もの）にハ不具（ふぐ）がある 見物人「ざ/まア見たが宣（い）い。金（かね）があるの地面（ぢめん）が広（ひろ）いのと、是（これ）まで/ 餘（あま）り横柄（わうへい）な面（つら）をし過（すぎ）たもんだから、其罰当（そのばちあた）/りてとうとう清代（しんだい）も持切（もちき）れなく成（な）りやァがつた。主人（しゆじん）ハ猶（なほ）も平気（へいき）な面（つら）で「サアサア皆（みな）さん如何（いかが）/です。何品（・しな）をお求（もと）めに成りましても残（のこ）らず笑札（せうふだ）/附（つ）き、決（けつ）して開化振（かいかぶり）ハ御座いません。
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #538 |
| Title or Description | Going Bankrupt (Shindai kagiri 身代限り) |
| Series | Long Live Japan: One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs [also translated as Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs] Nihon banzai: Hyakusen hyakushō 日本萬歳 百撰百笑 [日本万歳 百撰百笑] |
| Artist | Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915) |
| Signature | Kiyochika |
| Seal | kiyo |
| Publication Date | November 1894 (Meiji 27) |
| Publisher | Matsuki Heikichi (松木平吉) proprietor of Daikokuya |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - some soiling; full size, untrimmed sheet |
| Genre | ukiyo-e; senso-e (Sino-Japanese War); giga; fūshiga |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | vertical oban |
| H x W Paper | 14 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (36.2 x 24.1 cm) |
| H x W Image | 13 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (34.9 x 24.1 cm) |
| Literature | |
| Collections This Print | The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University 012-1051 |
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