Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡芳年) (artist 04/30/1839 – 06/09/1892)
Title page for the series Sagas of Beauty and Bravery (Biyū Suikoden - 美勇水滸傳)
ca 1866 – 1867
7 in x 9.375 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Signed: Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi ga
一魁斎芳年画
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Marega Collection, Universita Pontificia Salesiana
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München
Bibliothèque nationale de France - #3 in an album "The chūban prints from this series were printed two to a block and then cut... The production of the set lasted from 4/1866-4/1867. Once completed, it was issued with an unsigned, undated title page and a contents page that itemised all fifty prints, with the signature Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi ga (picture by Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi) and the name of Kanagaki Robun in the left margin."
Quoted from: Yoshitoshi: Masterpieces from the Ed Freis Collection, page 85. The authors note that there appears to be a later edition where the publisher's seal has been left blank.
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Notice the dragon and the tiger in the border decoration - a common pairing of rivals.
Ōmiya Kyūjirō (近江屋久次郎) (publisher)
Suikoden (水滸傳) (genre)
Kanagaki Robun (仮名垣魯文) (author)