Yanagizawa Yatarō Entertaining the Fifth Shōgun, Tsunayoshi, with Courtesans

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Yanagizawa Yatarō Entertaining the Fifth Shōgun, Tsunayoshi, with Courtesans

1875

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892) Engraved by Horikō Gin Published by Yorozuya Magobei, Nihonbashidōri 1-chōme

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Object Details

Titles:

Yanagizawa Yatarō Entertaining the Fifth Shōgun, Tsunayoshi, with Courtesans
From the series Annals of the Tokugawa Administration (Tokugawa chiseki nenkan kiji)

Date:

1875

Artists:

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892) Engraved by Horikō Gin Published by Yorozuya Magobei, Nihonbashidōri 1-chōme

Medium:

Color woodcut triptych

Dimensions:

Sheet (ōban tate-e triptych): approximately 15 1/2 × 31 1/2 inches (39.4 × 80 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Gift of Sidney A. Tannenbaum, 1978

Accession Number:

1978-129-256a--c

Geography:

Made in Japan, Asia

Context:

Period: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

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