Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) | Thirteen woodblock prints | Edo - Meiji period, 19th century - photo 1
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) | Thirteen woodblock prints | Edo - Meiji period, 19th century - photo 10
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) | Thirteen woodblock prints | Edo - Meiji period, 19th century - photo 11
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) | Thirteen woodblock prints | Edo - Meiji period, 19th century - photo 12
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) | Thirteen woodblock prints | Edo - Meiji period, 19th century - photo 14
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) | Thirteen woodblock prints | Edo - Meiji period, 19th century - photo 25
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) | Thirteen woodblock prints | Edo - Meiji period, 19th century - photo 26
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) | Thirteen woodblock prints | Edo - Meiji period, 19th century - photo 27
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) | Thirteen woodblock prints | Edo - Meiji period, 19th century

Lot 62
19.12.2023 13:00UTC +00:00
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£ 10 160
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 62 | Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) | Thirteen woodblock prints | Edo - Meiji period, 19th century
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 10 000
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)
Thirteen woodblock prints
Edo - Meiji period, 19th century

the group comprising:

Eight woodblock prints from the series One Hundred Selections of Warriors in Battle (Kaidai hyaku senso), signed Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi hitsu (Brush of Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi), censor's seal aratame (certified), published by Ohashiya Yashichi (Daikyodo, Ohashido), and comprising:

- Aizu Komon Kagekatsu examining a severed head, 8th month 1868
- Shigeno Saemonsuke Yukimura giving water to a wounded soldier, 11th month 1868
- Onikojima Yataro carrying two severed heads, with artist's paulownia seal, 10th month 1868
- Shibata Iga no Kami Katsutoyo, no censor's seal on this impression, circa 1868-69
- Komagine Hachibyoe aiming a rifle, with artist's paulownia seal, 8th month 1868
- Iwama Kokuma wearing a surcoat decorated with a severed head and skull, 3rd month 1868
- Sakai Kyuzo throwing a spear, with artist's paulownia seal, 10th month 1868
- Tsuji Yahei Morimasa, 9th month 1868

Three woodblock prints from the series Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners (Fuzoku sanjuniso), signed Yoshitoshi ga (Pictured by Yoshitoshi), sealed Taiso, published by Tsunashima Kanekichi, Meiji 21 (1888), first edition, and comprising:

- Looking Refined: The Appearance of a Court Lady of the Kyowa Era (Hin ga yosaso, Kyowa nenkan kanjo no fuzoku)
- Looking Relaxed: The Appearance of a Kyoto Geisha of the Kansei Era (Shidaranasa-so, Kansei nenkan Kyoto geiko fuzoku)
- Looking Warm: The Appearance of an Urban Widow of the Kansei Era (Attaka-so: Kansei nenkan choka goke no fuzoku)

Together with two further woodblock prints, comprising:

- Lady Osasahara (Osasahara Masao no Tsubone) attacked by snakes, from the series Tales of the Floating World in Eastern Brocade (Azuma nishiki ukiyo kodan), signed Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi hitsu, censor's seal aratame (certified), published by Omiya Kyujiro (Kiyudo), 10th month 1867
- Wanting to Win (Doka kachitai), from the series Representations of Desires (Mitate tai zukushi), signed Oju Taiso Yoshitoshi (Taiso Yoshitoshi, by special request), sealed Yoshitoshi, published by Inoue Mohei (Hoeido), dated Meiji 11 (1878)

36.6 x 24.6 cm., 14⅜ x 9⅝ in. (the first)
36.1 x 25.1 cm., 14¼ x 9⅞ in. (the second)
36.4 x 25 cm., 14⅜ x 9⅞ in. (the third)
36.3 x 24.9 cm., 14⅜ x 9¾ in. (the fourth)
36.2 x 25 cm., 14¼ x 9⅞ in. (the fifth)
37 x 24.7 cm., 14½ x 9¾ in. (the sixth)
35.8 x 25 cm., 14⅛ x 9⅞ in. (the seventh)
36.4 x 25 cm., 14⅜ x 9⅞ in. the eight)
37.1 x 25 cm., 14⅝ x 9⅞ in. (the ninth)
37.3 x 25.3 cm., 14⅝ x 10 in. (the tenth)
37.3 x 25 cm., 14¾ x 9⅞ in. (the eleventh)
36.4 x 24.5 cm., 14⅜ x 9⅝ in. (the twelfth)
37.4 x 25.6 cm., 14¾ x 10⅛ in. (the thirteen)
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