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Postal Hōchi Newspaper no. 645, Englishman raping a wine shopkeeper's daughter (Yūbin Hōchi shinbun, roppyaku yonjū gogō)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Japanese woodblock print depicts a violent scene. A man wearing a brown robe is on his knees with his back to the viewer, physically overpowering a woman with black hair. The woman is on her back on the floor with her left leg raised in the air. A second woman wearing a blue robe and with black hair tries to intervene from behind the kneeling man, grasping at his shoulder. A third woman sits behind the table and appears to faint. She has black hair in a tall bun and wears a blue and gold robe. The table in the background holds various bottles. A shelf above it displays small items. The scene is framed by a border with Japanese text.

Artwork Details

Date
August, 1875
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
432 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
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