TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839–1892)
TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839–1892)
TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839–1892)
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TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839–1892)

Lu Chi Sen in a drunken fury smashing the guardian figure at the temple on Five-Crested Mountain

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TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839–1892)
Lu Chi Sen in a drunken fury smashing the guardian figure at the temple on Five-Crested Mountain
Woodblock print, signed Yoshitoshi, with artist's seal Yoshitoshi no in, published by Matsui Eikichi, 1887
Vertical oban diptych: 15 x 10 1/8 in. (38 x 25.7 cm) and 10 3/8 x 10 1/8 in. (36.3 x 25.8 cm.)
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Lot Essay

This dramatic design depicts the tattooed military captain Rotatsu (Lu Chi Sen), who escaped the death penalty for killing a man in a fit of rage by becoming a monk at a temple. However, he was unable to reform his behaviour and one night staggered back to the temple drunk and accidentally knocked down part of the gate, revealing a large Nio [guardian statue]. He was startled by the looming statue and in his drunken state attacked it.

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