A male and female 'daruma' in a domestic setting, the man reads a modern newspaper. Colour woodcut by Yoshitoshi, 187-.

  • Taiso, Yoshitoshi, 1839-1892.
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[between 1870 and 1879]
Reference:
37765i
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A male and female 'daruma' in a domestic setting, the man reads a modern newspaper. Colour woodcut by Yoshitoshi, 187-. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Daruma is an Indian priest, founder of the zen in China; the title of the print 'the enlightement of daruma', indicates that even worthy Buddhist saints modernise themselves

Publication/Creation

Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], [between 1870 and 1879]

Physical description

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

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Lettering

Yoshitoshi-giga The artist's signature also bears the seal Taiso

Notes

Yoshitoshi's rough sketches
One print from a set, the main image and signature have been cut out and laid on blue paper. For other prints in the set see this catalogue nos. 37763i, 37766i and 37767i

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Wellcome Collection 37765i

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