Jun 06, 2013 - Sale 2317

Sale 2317 - Lot 387

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(JAPAN--NEWSPAPER.) Picture Newspaper reproving Vice and protecting Virtue (Kanzen choaku Nishikie Shimbun). Numbers 4-19 inclusive. Together, 16 color woodblock prints showing evil deeds. Each approximately 175x245 mm (7x9 1/2 inches). Osaka, circa 1880

Additional Details

Nice run of a Japanese tabloid sheet which developed from bulletins called kawaraban. Each sheet contains a single story of murder, drownings, infanticide, violence, etc.