Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (aka Yoshitoshi),
Japanese,
(1839–1892)
Tokiwa gozen and her Husband Minamotono Yoshitomo, 1881
Ink on Paper
13 1/16 in. x 8 7/8 in. (331.79 mm x 225.43 mm)
Tokiwa gozen and her Husband Minamotono Yoshitomo, 1881
Ink on Paper
13 1/16 in. x 8 7/8 in. (331.79 mm x 225.43 mm)
Object Type:
Print
Technique:
Wood-block Printing
Period:
Meiji (Japan, 1869-1912)
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Ballard
Accession Number:
93.6.40
Alternate Title:
Kokoku nijushiko: Tokiwa gozen
Full Title:
Twenty-four Accomplishments in Imperial Japan: Tokiwa gozen and her Husband Minamotono Yoshitomo
Commentary
Back to back print with 93.6.41. No. 12.
Marks
Japanese text printed in the upper part of the image. Title on mat, in pencil. Seal: Taiso. Text: Tentendo shujin. Signed: Taiso Yoshitoshi ga.
Medium
Colored ink woodblock on paper.
Object Description
Meiji period Japanese color woodblock print with an image of a man and wife, in an interior setting. Back to back print. The warrior Minamoto Yoshitomo (1123-1160) died in his efforts to overthrow the imperial chancellor Taira Kiyomori. Here Yoshitomo is shown bidding farewell to his wife Lady Tokiwa just before departing on his unsuccessful campaign. Later she will need to offer herself to Kiyomori as the only way to save her three children by Yoshitomo.
Publisher
Tsuda Genshichi.
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