Yoshitoshi - 28 Famous Murders with Verse

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

A heavily tattooed fishmonger, Danshichi Kurobei, slaughtering his father-in-law, Mikawaya Giheiji, in a swamp. From the series: 'Eimei nijūhasshūku (英名 二十八 衆句 - 28 Famous Murders with Verse)', of which Yoshitoshi produced half, with Yoshiiku (1833-1904) being responsible for the others. The series contains illustrations of events which often have a historical background, and were usually well-known from kabuki and noh plays.

It 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).

The series contains text by what is claimed to be ten different writers.

Date: 1867

Publisher: Sano-ya Tomigorō (Kinseidō)

Condition: Very good color. Backed on Edo-era paper. Cropped as shown.

Genre: Ukiyo-e

Medium: Woodblock Print

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