Scenes eleven and twelve from the favourite kabuki play, 'The treasury of loyal retainers'. Colour woodcut by Yoshitoshi, 1880s.

  • Taiso, Yoshitoshi, 1839-1892.
Date:
[between 1880 and 1889]
Reference:
37783i
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Scenes eleven and twelve from the favourite kabuki play, 'The treasury of loyal retainers'. Colour woodcut by Yoshitoshi, 1880s. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The series exaggerates twelve major scenes from the play in the Toba-e style: the figures are characterised by long, skinny limbs, gaping mouths and wild gestures, they first appeared in print in the eighteenth century and featured in several illustrated books

Publication/Creation

Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], [between 1880 and 1889]

Physical description

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

Lettering

Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi-giga Artist's signature also bears seals

Reference

Wellcome Collection 37783i

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