ANON. Questions and answers on the basics of gender rights.
Original woodblock, printed in Japan, c.1890. 485 x 380 mm. (Size including mount).
A parody of a sumo grading chart, called Mitate Banzuke. A sumo grading chart was a popular type of print in the Edo period, ranking famous sumo wrestlers. This print is from the Meiji period, and uses a popular template to present a Parody of Men and Women’s Rights (“Danjo Kenri Iroha Mondo”), Iroha being the Japanese order of alphabets. In other words the ABC of men and women's rights.
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