Yoshitoshi: Minamoto no Yoritomo and cranes (Sold)

Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Title: Minamoto no Yoritomo and cranes
Series: Mirror of Famous Generals of Japan (Dai nippon meisho kagami)
Date: 1876

Udaishô Minamoto no Yoritomo releasing cranes on the beach. The birds have embossing on the white feathers, as does the background of the large cartouche.

Condition: Very good impression, color and condition. Surface wrinkles. Completely untrimmed and unbacked.
Dimensions: ôban
Publisher: Kumagai
Literature: See “Beauty & Violence” , series number 27; Keyes 334.07.
Seal: Taiso
Signature: Ôju Yoshitoshi

SKU: YOT736