Number
#10
Date
12/1885
Title (Kanji)
Title (Rōmaji)
Description
Chikako was the daughter of a wealthy merchant named Zeniya Gohei. Zeniya was imprisoned in after a failed business deal involving draining the marshy Lake Kahokugata in 1851. Dead fish surfaced in the lake near the construction site, and people reported becoming ill after consuming the dead fish. In this print, Chikako protests her father’s imprisonment and jumps in the snowy Asano river, committing suicide. Zeniya later died in prison in 1852.
Additional information
| Year Published | 1885 |
|---|---|
| Size | Ōban |
| Signed | Yoshitoshi, Yoshitoshi giga |
| Seals | Taiso, Yoshitoshi, Yoshitoshi no in |
| Subjects | Animals, Birds, Moon, Ocean/Sea, Snow, Women |
| Editions | First |
| Publisher | Akiyama Buemon |
| Block Carvers | Esen, Naoyama, Nigouchi Enkatsu, Unknown, Yamamoto, Yoshihisa |
