Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) | The complete set of Twenty-four Paragons of Imperial Japan (Kokoku nijushi ko) | Meiji period, late 19th century
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)
The complete set of Twenty-four Paragons of Imperial Japan (Kokoku nijushi ko)
Meiji period, late 19th century
the complete set of twenty-four woodblock prints, plus the table of contents and end paper, of the series Twenty-four Paragons of Imperial Japan (Kokoku nijushi ko), bound as an album in accordion manner with paper covers embellished with mica, each sheet signed Taiso Yoshitoshi ga and sealed Taiso, published by Tsuda Genshichi in 1887
Each sheet vertical oban
The album overall: 35.5 x 24 x 1.1 cm., 14 x 9½ x ⅜ in.
The series comprising:
- Hitsu no saisho Haruhira
- Minister Kibi (Kibi daijin)
- Chujo-hime of Taima-dera Temple (Taima-dera no Chujo-hime)
- Lord Wake no Kiyomaro (Wake no Kiyomaro ko)
- Lord Sugawara no Michizane, Senior First Rank Councilor (Zoshoichi-i Sugawara no Michizane ko)
- Kusunoki Tatewaki Masatsura
- Hino Kumawakamaru
- Nawa Kotaro Saemon Nagashige
- Kesa Gozen
- Tokiwa Gozen
- Sato Shirobyoe Tadanobu
- Soga no Hako-omaru
- Hashiba Chikuzen no Kami Hideyoshi
- Torii Suneemon Katsutaka
- Kato Kazue no kami Kiyomasa
- Rokusuke, the Farmer of Keyamura Village (Keyamura no no Rokusuke)
- Okubo Hikozaemon Tadanori
- Onoe's Chambermaid Ohatsu (Onoe no heyakata Ohatsu)
- The Courtesan Miyagino and her Younger Sister Shinobu (Keisei Miyagino imōto Shinobu)
- Tamiya Botaro Munechika
- Zennojo, the Filial Child of Shinano Province (Shinano no kuni no koshi Zennojo)
- Kato Ishidomaru
- The Wet Nurse Masaoka of the Date Clan (Date-ka no chichinin Masaoka)
- Oishi Kuranosuke Yoshio
This series was very popular during Yoshitoshi's lifetime, resulting in a later posthumous edition being published by Matsuki Heikichi in 1895, with various damages including the signature not within a cartouche (as per this edition) and paler colours.