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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1839-1892
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New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts: Sadanobu Threatening a Demon in the Palace at Night
(Shinkei Sanjurokkaisen: Sadanobu-ko yoru kyuchu ni kai o osoreshimu no zu) |
the Heian period nobleman stands in a black kimono (embellished with shomen-zuri burnishing) unflinching as a large oni looms behind his shoulder; signed at lower right, Yoshitoshi, with rectangular seal Taiso, the series title Shinkei Sanjurokkaisen along the top margin, the print title in the two-color cartouche at the upper right, dated at lower left margin, Meiji nijuninen (Meiji 22 [1889]), followed by publisher's details of Sasaki Toyokichi (Tokyo, Kyobashi-ku, Owari-cho 2-1), and by carver's seal Chokuzan
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oban tate-e 14 1/2 by 10 in., 36.8 by 25.3 cm
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References:
John Stevenson, Yoshitoshi's Thirty-Six Ghosts, 1983, p. 20, no. I
John Stevenson, Yoshitoshi's Strange Tales- New Forms of Thirty-Six Strange Things, 2005. p. 84, no. 1
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price: Sold
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