Description
Good Woman Spirit Praying in Waterfall
Artist: Yoshitoshi, Taiso 1839-1892
Signature & Seal: Yoshitoshi
Publisher: Sasaki Toyokichi – (first edition)
Circa: 1892
Size: 13.8 x 9.2 (Oban)
Condition: very good, trimmed, thin album backing, minimal color transfer. This piece comes with the original print as well as the drawing. The drawing is signed and sealed Yoshitoshi, likely the original drawing!!
Yoshitoshi – The undisputed master of Meiji (1868-1912) period art. Yoshitoshi’s woodcuts are now ranked beside those of Hiroshige, Hokusai and his former master, Kuniyoshi. Yoshitoshi became a star pupil of Kuniyoshi at the young age of eleven and, in 1853, designed his first published woodcut print at age fourteen. Until 1860, Yoshitoshi’s art was influenced by the dominant Utagawa style, but after that date he broke out into a striking form of artistic expression that was all his own. Daring color combinations combined with dramatic and expressive postures began to lead the way, quickly influencing an entire era of Japanese art. This is all the more remarkable when one considers that through most of his life Yoshitoshi was continually afflicted with serious eye disorders and mental breakdowns. At the time of his death, Yoshitoshi’s fame was so widespread that he had over eighty recorded pupils
Choose from Unframed Original or Unframed Museum Quality Giclee on Washi Paper
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Original Second Edition Prints Circa 1902 Shown Below,
also available other works by Artist: Yositoshi
