Daily life and traditions
YOSHITOSHI Tsukioka
FICHE 19123
(1839 - 1892)
No. 729: Saku, a brave and intelligent girl of 13 from Tochigi who was awarded 5 yen by the prefectural office for rescuing a baby from the river
Woodblock print
1876
Fine impression on Japan paper, signed Taiso Yoshitoshi, from the series The Post Dispatch Newspaper (Yûbin hôchi shinbun), published by Kumagaya Shôshichi.
The Yūbin hōchi shinbun was a newspaper founded in 1873. Yoshitoshi was hired in 1875 to illustrate a wide variety of subjects like political, crime, public interest and ghost stories...
Sheet: ôban (371 x 250 mm)
Condition: in generally good condition.
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