Zennojô, the Filial Child of Shinano Province (Shinano no kuni no kôshi Zennojô), from the series Twenty-four Paragons of Imperial Japan (Kôkoku nijûshi kô)

「皇国二十四功　信濃国の孝子善之丞」

Japanese

Meiji era

1893 (Meiji 26), March

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 34.4 x 24.7 cm (13 9/16 x 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the heirs of Miss Marion Olmstead

Accession NumberRES.48.17

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ing & Schaap, Beauty & Violence (1992), #41.24 (no photo)

DescriptionFrom a posthumous edition, published by Matsuki Heikichi, of a series originally published by Tsuda Genshichi in 1881 and 1887.

Signed Yoshitoshi
芳年

Marks Artist's seal: Yoshitoshi