Yoshitoshi Woodblock from Twenty Four Accomplishments in Imperial Japan Titled Kato Kiyomasa 1880s

Yoshitoshi, full name was Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1839 –1892 was one of the top Meiji period Japanese woodblock artists. His work would become stylized and more expressive with emotion and movement more than the artist preceding him. His figures are strong, expressive and often darker than other artist before him but his art was based in tradition, his art was a continuation and progression of the Japanese woodblock art form. 

Title: Kato Kiyomasa, 1562-1611 at the fall of Fushimi Castle.
Date 1881
Description from Claremont College Website “The warrior Kato Kiyomasa stands looking back at the burning Fushimi castle. He is dressed in full armor, with a naginata in his hand; beside him his horse, which he holds by the cheek strap of the bridle, moves restively. Behind him a pine tree is silhouetted against a rising column of red smoke.”

Size: 13 1/8 in. x 8 7/8 in.

Condition: very fine striking with light wrinkle and soiling at the edges of margins. No damage to the print and the colors are strong and bold. I do not detect any fading to the woodblock. Please see the images provided for more details.

The woodblock is unframed, top left and right corners are hinged with binding tape, I have not tried to remove or alter the woodblock. I am not sure if the tape used was archival. Please see the images of this area. 

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