Dohomachi in Tokyo – A man trips over a tray sending a bowl into the samisen player's face
Series
Kiyochika Ponchi – Kiyochika's Punch
Date
c. 1881
Publisher
Kobayashi Tetsujiro
Format
Oban (9 3/8" X 13 7/8")
Comment
Kiyochika based this series of comical sketches on Japan Punch, a satirical journal based on the original English Punch. Japan Punch was first published in Yokohama in 1862 by Charles Wirgman.