Original Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) Japanese Woodblock Print Hideyoshi Cuts a Melon 1881 LS#166 Makie and by his early twenties

and by his early twenties he was producing reportage prints—about thirty designs on the Satsuma Rebellion (1877)

painting the finishing details on a large rising sun military banner (旭日旗) spread across the tatami

It has a hansom gray "orange peel" glaze over white oribe clay

Perfect for collectors of Japanese fashion arts

Later Kimekomi dolls were imported to Edo

Original Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) Japanese Woodblock Print Hideyoshi Cuts a Melon 1881 LS#166 Makie and by his early twentiesTsukioka Yoshitoshi ( ) Hashiba Chikuzen no Kami Hideyoshi Cutting a Melon (1887) From the series Twenty four Accomplishments in Imperial Japan (). The scene shows Hashiba Hideyoshi (later Toyotomi Hideyoshi) slicing a melon offered by a peasant just before his campaign against Akechi Mitsuhide. According to legend, Hideyoshi vowed that Mitsuhide would meet the melons fatean emblem of sworn revenge. Late Meiji storytelling and color harmonize with