Daily life and traditions
YOSHITOSHI Tsukioka
FICHE 19120
(1839 - 1892)
No. 452: a rich brewer in Kamezaki celebrating the discovery of a woman's G-string found on Mt. Fuji which brought good fortune to his house
Woodblock print
1875
Fine impression on Japan paper, signed Taiso Yoshitoshi, from the series The Post Dispatch Newspaper (Yûbin hôchi shinbun), published by Ebisuya Shôshichi.
The Yūbin hōchi shinbun was a newspaper founded in 1873. Yoshitoshi was hired in 1875 to illustrate a wide variety of subjects like political, crime, public interest and ghost stories...
Sheet: ôban (372 x 251 mm)
Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA of Boston.
Condition: in generally good condition.
280 €
