Ôkubo Hikozaemon Tadanori, from the series Twenty-four Paragons of Imperial Japan (Kôkoku nijûshi kô)

「皇国二十四功　大久保彦左衛門忠教」

Japanese

Meiji era

1893 (Meiji 26), March

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 24.6 cm (14 x 9 11/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the heirs of Miss Marion Olmstead

Accession NumberRES.48.24

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Keyes, Bizarre Imagery of Yoshitoshi (1980), #17; Ing & Schaap, Beauty & Violence (1992), #41.13 (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