Yoshitoshi: Warrior on Horseback (Sold)

Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Title: Oyano Sakuzaemon on Horseback
Series: Biographies of Valiant Drunken Tigers (Keisei suikoden)
Date: 1874

Oyano Sakuzaemon on horseback, charging forward while a bullet whizzes over his head.  His horse has been depicted from an unusual angle, and the glimpse of his eyes show terror. Yoshitoshi sympathized strongly with the samurai who were fighting the Imperial forces with outdated equipment.

Condition: Very good impression, color and condition. Some trimming.
Dimensions: oban
Publisher: Dobashi Masadaya ban
Literature: See Beauty & Violence number 24.8; page 50. Keyes series number 289.8.
Signature: Taiso Yoshitoshi

SKU: YOT741