Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, "Toyotomi Hideyoshi"

Hashiba Chikuzen no Kami Hideyoshi, now known as Toyotomi Hideyoshi, served under Oda Nobunaga and was daimyo in Omi Province. He would later succeed Nobunaga in the late 16th century and unify Japan. Here, Yoshitoshi portrays the daimyo Hideyoshi in a position of power, but also in a more humble, everyman role, peeling a melon while a commoner kneels before him. 

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; 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.