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The Badger

The Badger
by Hirokage, Utagawa (c.1859)

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Artist: Hirokage, Utagawa (c.1859) — 歌川広景
Title: The Badger
Series: Collection of Humorous Sights at Celebrated Places in Edo
Date of first edition?: 1860 (circa)
Date of this artwork?: c1860 (may not be accurate)
Publisher (first edition)?: Aeto
Publisher (this edition)?: Aeto
Medium (first edition): Woodblock
Medium (this edition): Woodblock
Format (first edition): Oban
Format (this edition): Oban
DB artwork code: 32946
Notes (first edition)?: 
Notes (this edition)?: 
The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:

Comic Print: The Badger

Artist: Hirokage
Format: Oban yoko-e: 9.5" x 14.5"

Subject: Three Peasant labourers are mimicked by a Badger as they return home at evening under a full moon.

Publisher: Aeto

Date: c. 1860

Condition: Good colors. Trimmed to image. Thin Japanese album backing paper. Minor marks and flaws. Generally good state of preservation.

Impression: Good impression with mica in the bokashi at top.

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