{"product_id":"mg1489-yoshitoshi-snow-like-falling-blossoms-by-the-water-japanese-woodblock-print","title":"Yoshitoshi - Snow Like Falling Blossoms by the Water","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1874\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Unknown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre: \u003c\/strong\u003eUkiyo-e, Musha-e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium: \u003c\/strong\u003eWoodblock Print. Triptych: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e35cm x 23cm\/sheet\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis powerful triptych dramatizes the assassination of Chief Minister Ii Naosuke outside Edo Castle at the Sakurada Gate in 1860 - one of the most consequential political killings of the late Tokugawa period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"511\" data-end=\"982\"\u003eIi had championed the succession of the young Tokugawa Iemochi as shogun over Hitotsubashi Yoshinobu of the Mito line, provoking deep resentment among the Mito faction. His further decision to sign the Harris Treaty with the United States without imperial sanction, opening Japan to Western trade, intensified opposition. These actions culminated in the Sakuradamon Incident, when seventeen Mito samurai lay in wait on a snowy morning to ambush the minister’s procession.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"984\" data-end=\"1351\"\u003eYoshitoshi captures the attack at its most visceral moment: Ii is seized by his assailants, pulled from his palanquin and grappled to the ground, while swords clash around him and his retainers fall wounded into the snow. The swirling snowfall, splashes of red against white, and the artist’s expressive, kinetic figures heighten the emotional intensity of the scene. A striking and historically significant example of early Meiji political imagery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Print color saturation and overall condition is good. Margins as shown. Stains as shown. Some sheets are backed on Meiji-era paper. 3 separate sheets.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mie Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43427487449166,"sku":"mg1489","price":411.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0095\/7602\/2094\/files\/IMG_2026_01_25_11_29_48_178.jpg?v=1770335725","url":"https:\/\/miegallery.com\/en-de\/products\/mg1489-yoshitoshi-snow-like-falling-blossoms-by-the-water-japanese-woodblock-print","provider":"Mie Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}