$1,000–$12,000. Common subjects: $1,000–$3,000. Key value factors: Korean and Chinese subjects tend to be more collected than Japanese scenes.
This [oban](/glossary/oban) woodblock print records a cockfight in the Philippines, a subject Keith encountered during her travels through Southeast Asia in the 1920s and 1930s. Cockfighting was deeply embedded in Filipino village culture, serving as both entertainment and social ritual. Keith renders the scene with the documentary attentiveness she brought to all her cross-cultural subjects, capturing the spectators' engagement, the birds in combat, and the outdoor setting where these events took place. The print is notable for its willingness to depict a subject that might make Western audiences uncomfortable, reflecting Keith's commitment to recording life as she found it rather than filtering her observations through moral judgment. The woodblock technique handles the crowd scene with the selective detail that distinguishes printmaking from photographic documentation.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Cock Fight, Philippines was created by Elizabeth Keith (エリザベス・キース).
Cock Fight, Philippines was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Cock Fight, Philippines depicts figures, daily life, and animals.
