{"product_id":"mg1084-yoshitoshi-28-famous-murders-with-verse-japanese-woodblock-print","title":"Yoshitoshi - 28 Famous Murders with Verse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTsukioka Yoshitoshi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKasamori Osen was a waitress at the Kagiya teashop near Kasamori Inari Shrine in Yanaka, in Edo.  Osen was made famous as a local beauty by a number of famous ukiyo-e artists of the period.  Harunobu was the first artist to use her a subject in his prints. In this print, she is seen being murdered by her step-father, however other accounts say she married a palace spy and lived a long and happy life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis series dates from quite early in Yoshitoshi's career, when he was about twenty-seven, two decades 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\" (1889-1892).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe series contains text by what is claimed to be ten different writers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1867\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sano-ya Tomigorō (Kinseidō)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good color. Backed on Edo-era paper. Cropped as shown.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre: \u003c\/strong\u003eUkiyo-e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium: \u003c\/strong\u003eWoodblock Print\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ehttp:\/\/www.yoshitoshi.net\/series\/murders.html\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mie Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42391353458766,"sku":"MG1084","price":714.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0095\/7602\/2094\/files\/1084-yoshitoshi-28-famous-murders-with-verse-japanese-woodblock-prints.jpg?v=1744910105","url":"https:\/\/miegallery.com\/en-de\/products\/mg1084-yoshitoshi-28-famous-murders-with-verse-japanese-woodblock-print","provider":"Mie Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}