Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) | Masakiyo Capturing Wild Tigers (Masakiyo moko uchitori no zu) | Edo period, 19th century
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)
Masakiyo Capturing Wild Tigers (Masakiyo moko uchitori no zu)
Edo period, 19th century
woodblock print, triptych, each sheet signed Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi ga, censor's seal aratame, published by Kagaya Kichibei (Seiseido), 3rd month 1864
Vertical oban triptych:
Left sheet: 35.1 x 23.6 cm., 13⅞ x 9⅜ in.
Centre sheet: 35.1 x 25.1 cm., 13⅞ x 10 in.
Right sheet: 35 x 25.1 cm., 13⅞ x 10 in.
For another example of the same print in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), museum number M.84.31.237a-c, go to:
https://collections.lacma.org/node/191430
For a further example of the same print in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, accession number 1978-129-18a--c, go to: