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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (aka Yoshitoshi), Japanese, (1839–1892)
Yuryaku, the Twenty-second Emperor (5th c.) Killing a Boar, 1879
Ink on Paper
13 3/16 in. x 27 3/8 in. (334.96 mm x 695.33 mm)

Object Type: Print

Technique: Wood-block Printing

Period: Meiji (Japan, 1869-1912)

Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marer

Accession Number: 93.3.90

Alternate Title: Dai Nippon shiryaku zue: Dai nijuni dai Turyaku tenno

Full Title: Short Illustrated History of Great Japan: Yuryaku, the Twenty-second Emperor (5th c.) Killing a Boar While Hunting on Mt. Katsuragi in 461 A.D.

Commentary

Triptych; 3 panels are not conjoined, but are all mounted down to the mat by all four corners. Descriptive label on verso of mat.

Marks

On mat, in pencil: Yoshitoshi, Dainippo Shirguku zue "Brief Illustrated History of Great Japan, 22nd Emperor Yuryuku (5th c.) Killing a Boar While Hunting on Mt. Katsuragi in 461 A.D." Text box with Japanese text printed in the upper right of the right panel. Signed: Taiso Yoshitoshi. Artist's seal: Taiso. Carver: Hori Kame.

Medium

Colored ink woodblock on paper; oban; triptych.

Object Description

Meiji period Japanese color woodblock print with an image of a man brutally killing a caught boar, surrounded by other hunters. Yuryaku , the 21st Emperor of Japan, (reigned A.D. 456-479), was known as a mighty hunter, having great physical strength. Here he kills a giant boar during a hunting party at Mt. Katsuragi in A.D. 461. Yoshitoshi made the print look like an ancient scroll. His style in these prints is considered an updated Yamato-e style of painting.

Publisher

Tsunashima Kamekichi.

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1869-1879, Royalty and Rulers, Sports

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