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YOSHITOSHI Tsukioka

FICHE 20068

(1839 - 1892)

No. 466: Nishimura, the celebrated dealer in Fukagawa, exposing the imposter who tried to sell him statuettes of the god Daikoku in the autumn of 1874

Woodblock print

1875

Fine impression on Japan paper, signed Taiso Yoshitoshi, from the series The Post Dispatch Newspaper (Yûbin hôchi shinbun), published by Ebisuya Shôshichi. Censor's seal boar 8 (?).

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 (365 x 246 mm)

Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA of Boston.

Condition: in generally good condition.

280 €