{"product_id":"yoshitoshi-salt-maiden-at-takashi-bay","title":"Yoshitoshi: Salt Maiden at Takashi Bay","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Salt Maiden at Takashi Bay 高師の浦\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeries:\u003c\/strong\u003e Famous Places Along the Tokaido (Tokaido meisho fukei) \u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1863\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA salt maiden very reminiscent of Hiroshige carries buckets along the shoreline of Takashi Bay. The sky has a very western touch. She goes about her work, carrying her seawater buckets as her kimono catches in the breeze, and notes with mild curiosity the arrival of the shogun’s procession at far left, a few retainers shown kneeling and literally cropped out of the picture. This series was all about the importance of shogun Tokugawa Iemochi’s procession between Edo and Tokyo and projecting his power along the way. The shogunate collapsed within a few years, but at the time 16 artists were enlisted to work on the series. The more bold and creative ones, like Kyosai and Yoshitoshi, found ways to show very little of the procession itself. Yoshitoshi was still in his early twenties at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Excellent impression and color. Very good condition. Some stains near margins and margin on right side is narrow. \u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e oban 35.7 x 23.6 cm\u003cstrong\u003e Publisher: \u003c\/strong\u003eSeibundō Masakichi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterature:\u003c\/strong\u003e See MFA for several impressions. Newland, Yoshitoshi (2011), p. 11, fig. 2; Marks, \"When the Shogun...,\" Andon 81 (2007), #16A (53); Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #18-155. \u003cstrong\u003eSignature:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ikkeisai Yoshitoshi ga\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tsukioka Yoshitoshi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42372340449362,"sku":"YOT942","price":495.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0079\/3388\/6546\/files\/YOT942.jpg?v=1776691585","url":"https:\/\/egenolfgallery.com\/products\/yoshitoshi-salt-maiden-at-takashi-bay","provider":"Egenolf Gallery Japanese Prints","version":"1.0","type":"link"}