Soga no Hakoômaru, from the series Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety in Imperial Japan (Kôkoku nijûshi kô)

「皇國二十四功　曽我の箱王丸」

Japanese

Meiji era

1893 (Meiji 26), March

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 24.2 cm (14 x 9 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the heirs of Miss Marion Olmstead

Accession NumberRES.48.27

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ing & Schaap, Beauty & Violence (1992), #41.4 (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