About This Print
The wedding of a 15 year old bride is protested by her ex-husband. For further information on what's transpiring here, a transcription of the kanji is provided below. This print is no. 12 out of a known 25 prints.1
The red and white cartouche in the upper right hand corner provides the date 明治八年 (Meiji 7 or 1875) the name of the paper 大阪錦画新聞 (Osaka nishikiga news) and the print number 第十二号 (12).
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) and not tied to a particular newspaper.
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/articles/ONgS_variations.html
教(をし)ゆべし婦女子(むすめ)の親(をや)。慎(つつしむ)べし情(いろ)欲の道(ミち)
東京深川御船町のことにやありけん
十五の年をむかへたる。娘に婿(むこ)と
定(さだ)めたるハ。勝田作治郎とて。けふ吉日の婚礼(こんれひ)に。表(おもて)ぐハらりと
一人リの男。誰(たれ)に遠慮(えんりよ)も媒酌迄(なかふどまで)。けちらすばかりニ上座(かミざ)へなをり
皆(ミな)さん聞(きか)れよ当家(このや)の娘。おとくと夫婦の約束(やくそく)を。したのハ
おれが一番地。清水(しミづ)といへる苗字(ミやうじ)なら。泥(どろ)をぬられた此(この)つらを
洗(あら)つてくれろと威張(いばり)けれバ。四海浪(しかいなミ)さへ津波(つなミ)のごとく
大わくらんに盃(さかづき)の。九度(くど)にハあらて三々(さんざん)こつぱい。罵(ののし)る者(もの)ハ
誰(たれ)ならんと。つくづく顔(かほ)を宮本(ミやもと)と。いへる男に覚(おほへ)えある
娘も今ハ面目(めんぼく)も。なくにもなけぬしたらなりけり 右正情堂九化誌
綿帽子(わたぼうし)き娘(むすめ)ならで媒約(なかうど)や
親の天狗の曲(まが)るはな嫁(よめ) 芳瀧
last revision:
The red and white cartouche in the upper right hand corner provides the date 明治八年 (Meiji 7 or 1875) the name of the paper 大阪錦画新聞 (Osaka nishikiga news) and the print number 第十二号 (12).
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) and not tied to a particular newspaper.
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/articles/ONgS_variations.html
Kanji Transcription
Source: University of Tokyo Ono Hideo Collection http://www.iii.u-tokyo.ac.jp/archives/digital_archives/ono_collection/contents/item.2.N016.html教(をし)ゆべし婦女子(むすめ)の親(をや)。慎(つつしむ)べし情(いろ)欲の道(ミち)
東京深川御船町のことにやありけん
十五の年をむかへたる。娘に婿(むこ)と
定(さだ)めたるハ。勝田作治郎とて。けふ吉日の婚礼(こんれひ)に。表(おもて)ぐハらりと
一人リの男。誰(たれ)に遠慮(えんりよ)も媒酌迄(なかふどまで)。けちらすばかりニ上座(かミざ)へなをり
皆(ミな)さん聞(きか)れよ当家(このや)の娘。おとくと夫婦の約束(やくそく)を。したのハ
おれが一番地。清水(しミづ)といへる苗字(ミやうじ)なら。泥(どろ)をぬられた此(この)つらを
洗(あら)つてくれろと威張(いばり)けれバ。四海浪(しかいなミ)さへ津波(つなミ)のごとく
大わくらんに盃(さかづき)の。九度(くど)にハあらて三々(さんざん)こつぱい。罵(ののし)る者(もの)ハ
誰(たれ)ならんと。つくづく顔(かほ)を宮本(ミやもと)と。いへる男に覚(おほへ)えある
娘も今ハ面目(めんぼく)も。なくにもなけぬしたらなりけり 右正情堂九化誌
綿帽子(わたぼうし)き娘(むすめ)ならで媒約(なかうど)や
親の天狗の曲(まが)るはな嫁(よめ) 芳瀧
Print Details
IHL Catalog | #486 |
Title or Description | Wedding protest (No. 12 第十二号) |
Newspaper | Osaka nishikiga shinbun 大阪錦画新聞 |
Artist | Utagawa Yoshitaki (1841-1899) |
Signature | Yoshitaki 芳瀧 |
Seal | not sealed |
Writer of Text | Ishikawaya Wasuke 石川屋和助 seal reading 石和板 Ishiwa han [Marks: pub. ref. 163; seal ref. 25-342] |
Publication Date | 1875 |
Publisher | |
Carver | unread |
Impression | excellent |
Colors | excellent |
Condition | good- not backed; minor stains |
Genre | ukiyo-e; nishiki-e shinbun |
Miscellaneous | |
Format | vertical chuban |
H x W Paper | 9 3/4 x 6 7/8 in. (24.8 x 17.5 cm) |
Literature | |
Collections This Print | Kanagawa University Library; University of Tokyo Ono Hideo Collection; Waseda University Library 10 8064 11 |
4/13/2020