Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, "Kato Kiyomasa"

Kato Kiyomasa was a military leader and a leading retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Kiyomasa is famous for leading Hideyoshi's campaign in Korea from 1592 to 1596. In this great design by Yoshitoshi, we see Kiyomasa watching Fushimi Castle burn following a large earthquake in 1596. Kiyomasa is credited with helping evacuate the castle and saving Hideyoshi. 

Yoshitoshi's "Twenty-Four Accomplishments in Imperial Japan" was a series of works produced between 1881-1887 depicting various notable leaders from Japan's long, storied history. The poems at the top of the compositions are by Ryutei Tanehiko. Tokaido Arts is pleased to present the full series of works from the second printing ca. 1893 following Yoshitoshi's death in 1892.

Series: Twenty-Four Accomplishments in Imperial Japan
Date: ca. 1881
Size: Oban 
Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi
Condition: Original album backing; light toning, otherwise excellent color and condition
Frame Shown: 16" x 24” x 1/2”, Classic Walnut, Clear Walnut

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) was a master painter and woodblock print artist whose works have made an indelible mark on Japanese art and design to this day. His most famous series, "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon," comprise some of Yoshitoshi's best known designs.