{"product_id":"mg0391-yoshitoshi-masaoka-holding-her-murdered-child-japanese-woodblock-print","title":"Yoshitoshi - Masaoka holding her murdered child","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTsukioka Yoshitoshi \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wet nurse Masaoka of the Date clan holding her dead child.  From the series, Twenty-four Accomplishments in Imperial Japan (Kōkoku nijūshi-kō). It consists of images of various people (mostly samurai) who played notable roles in Japanese history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt dates from towards the end of Yoshitoshi's career, when he was about forty-two. It thus dates from slightly before his well-known masterpieces such as his great series \"One Hundred Aspects of the Moon\" (1885-1892), and \"New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts\" (often called simply \"Thirty-Six Ghosts\") (1889-1892).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe series was very popular while Yoshitoshi was alive, and it went through numerous printings. Several different states may be seen of these early printings (all with a red title cartouche); in some (perhaps the earliest, since it was the most work to produce) the text panel has several inclined bokashi stripes across it; in others (perhaps later), a simple band of bokashi at the top and bottom; and in others, no decoration at all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe entire set was posthumously re-published between 1893 and 1895 by Matsuki Heikichi; paler colours were used, and some block changes were made. The easiest tell-tale for the second publishing is that the title cartouche is no longer red, but grey. The most significant change in most of the prints in that edition was the alteration of the signature: in all of them, the entire signature cartouche was removed, and replaced with a facsimile of the signature Yoshitoshi used toward the end of his life, along with a seal from that period.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003eNot backed, full borders, very good color, pinholes in top border and some dirt. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Matsuki Heikichi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1895 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ehttp:\/\/www.yoshitoshi.net\/series\/24accomplishments.html\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mie Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39567007023182,"sku":"MG0391","price":289.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0095\/7602\/2094\/files\/mg0391-Yoshitoshi-Masaokaholdinghermurderedchild-japanese-woodblock-print.jpg?v=1710718674","url":"https:\/\/miegallery.com\/en-de\/products\/mg0391-yoshitoshi-masaoka-holding-her-murdered-child-japanese-woodblock-print","provider":"Mie Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}