Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)
Minamoto no Tametomo, the legendary strong warrior and archer, chases away the smallpox demons.
Title: Tametomo no bui tôkijin o o shirizoku zu (Tametomo’s ferocity Drives Away the Smallpox Demons)
Series: Shinkei sanjûrokkaisen (New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts)
Signature: Yoshitoshi
Seal: Yoshitoshi
Block cutter: Chokuzan
Publisher: Sasaki Toyokichi, Tokyo
Date: Meiji 23 (1890)
Size: Vertical Oban, 36 x 24,7 cm (overall)
Excellent impression with burnishing in the black armour details. Still very good colours, a little toned. Unbacked. Overall very nice condition.
Cf. John Stevenson, Yoshitoshi‘ Strange Tales, Amsterdam 2005, p. 100 f, No. 9.
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