YOSHITOSHI  (1839-1892). Emperor Sutoku. (Sold)

YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892). Emperor Sutoku. (Sold)

Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)
Subject: Sutoku, the 75th Emperor in exile, refusing to receive the priest Rennyo.
Series: Dai Nippon Shiraku due (A simple illustrated history of Japan)
Signature: Taiso Yoshitoshi, artist's seal Taiso.
Date: Meiji 13 (1880)
Publisher: Kobayashi
Block-cutter: Watanabe Hori Ei
Size: Oban triptych, 36,5x72,4 cm
Medium: Woodblock color print
Literature: Roger Keyes. Courage and Silence: A Study of the Life and Color Woodblock Prints of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi: 1839-1892. Ann Arbor, p. 435, no. 9.
Conditions: Good impression, color and conditions.
Item no: C 595
Price: Euro 650
Status: Sold