1839-1892

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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
1839-1892
The gardener's daughter Okiyo meeting a foreigner who desired her to be his concubine, from the series Yubin hochi shinbun (Postal News), number 661
Signed Taiso Yoshitoshi and sealed, published by Kinshodo in 1875/76 - good impression and very good colours
Oban tate-e: 35.9 x 24 cm.

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Lot Essay

This series was distributed by the newspaper Yubin hochi shinbun, describing and illustrating sensational news events. For a description of the complete series, see E. van den Ing and R. Schaap, Beauty and Violence, Society for Japanese Arts, Eindhoven 1992, p.113-114

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