Item number:#OP-16

Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1839 – 1892)

芳年武者无類 八幡太郎義家
　

"Yoshitoshi Musha Burui"
(Yoshitoshi's Courageous Warriors),

"Hachiman Taro, Yoshiie"


$499


The warrior samurai "Hachiman Taro Yoshiie"(Minamoto no Yoshiie) by Yoshitoshi (1839-1892). From the series "Yoshitoshi mushaburui: A series of Courageous warriors by Yoshitoshi. "Printed Meiji". Printer: Yonejiro Tsukioka (Yoshitoshi's real name). Publisher: Kamekichi Tsunajima. Signed: Yoshitoshi with the artist seal "Taiso" Paper size is 9 and 1/4 by 14 inches. According to my reference book, Printed Meiji 16nen 1883. This 127 year old print has still magnificent colors and embossments. A little bit trimmed on the left margin. A few micro holes which are extremely hardly noticeable unless point out under the sunlight. Very slightly toned paper from age and some minor soils. Overall an outstanding example of this hard to find print.

Minamoto no Yoshiie (1039 -1106), also known as Hachimantaro which means "Eldest Son of the God of War". Hachiman Taro was a Minamoto clan Samurai of the late Heian Period. Hachiman Taro was a handsome, fearless young man who helped quell rebellions and establish Minamoto power in the north of Japan. His passions included archery, woman, and the game of "GO"碁

Here he jumps onto the balcony of a woman he has been amorously pursuing. His rival has placed a go board in his path hoping he will stumble, but Yoshiie’s formidable leap takes him way beyond the board. His rival retreats, exclaiming "This is no ordinary man," leaving him with the woman. For good measure, the airborne Yoshiie slices through the thick wood of the game board. His heavy robes balloon in the air and the space below buoys him up as if he were feather light. The scene is suffused with moonlight.

Later he became something of a paragon of samurai skill and bravery.

Yoshitoshi is considered to be one of the greatest artists of the Meiji era. His prints are to be found in the finest museums and art galleries worldwide. His career spanned the last few years of feudal Japan and the first years of the modern Japan. He is most famous for his series "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon". There is good reason Yoshitoshi is characterized as the last great master of the ukiyo-e print.


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