Yoshitoshi - Crazy Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi  The Cowardice of a Worldly Monk at Yanagiwara from the series "Crazy Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo" (okyo kaika kyoga meisho). The women strolling by the pond in Yanagiwara are amused by a monk's overreaction to a tug on his sleeve. He's probably worried that they want to corrupt him. Date:    1881 Publisher: Tsunashima Size: 6 3/8" x 8 1/4" Condition: Very good color, margins as shown, backed with Edo-era paper.  Genre: Ukiyo-e https://art.thewalters.org/detail/1329/tokyo-kaika-kyoga-meisho/