YOSHITOSHI Tsukioka (1839 - 1892)
No. 19121
Description
(1839 - 1892)
No. 568: a group of blind masseurs in Niigata injured by a speeding rickshaw
Woodblock print
Technical specifications
1875
Fine impression on Japan paper, signed Taiso Yoshitoshi, from the series The Post Dispatch Newspaper (Yûbin hôchi shinbun), published by Ebisuya Shôshichi. Censor's seal Boar 6.
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 (371 x 249 mm)
Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA of Boston.
Condition: in generally good condition.
280 €
