Two blind men being robbed of their sake pot at an inn; above, in a roundel, a kite-flying scene. Coloured woodcut by Shigekiyo, Yoshitora and Kyōsai, ca. 1870 (?).

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1870? (?)]
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565385i
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Two blind men being robbed of their sake pot at an inn; above, in a roundel, a kite-flying scene. Coloured woodcut by Shigekiyo, Yoshitora and Kyōsai, ca. 1870 (?). Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Two men are snatching a sake pot and a cup from the blind mens' tray; two maids and a dog look on

Publication/Creation

[Edo [Tokyo] (?) : [publisher not identified], 1870? (?)]

Physical description

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours ; image 34.6 x 22.7 cm

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Compare the figure of the blind man on the left with that of the blind man in the print referred to in record number 565213i in this catalogue
Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi: along the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō highway

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Wellcome Collection 565385i

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Artists: kite-flying scene by Shigekiyo; female figures by Yoshitora; male figures by Kyōsai

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