| | Stockno.: | 20-068 | Artist: | Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (1839-1892) | Description: | Triptych titled A Woman Saving the Nation: A Chronicle of Great Peace (Gokoku onna taiheiki).
The fifth Tokugawa shogun Tsunayoshi (1646-1709) dreams of his favourite concubine, pictured on the right. He is unaware that his concubine's father Yanagisawa, the Lord of Dewa, has been plotting to overthrow him. To the left his wife Osame holds a dagger. She will kill Yanagisawa and then herself after saving both the nation and her husband. Extensive blindprinting and gauffrage in many areas of the design.
Published by Akiyama Buemon in 1886. | Signed: | Ōju Yoshitoshi ga | Size: | Oban triptych | Condition: | Very good impression, colour and condition | Price: | Euro 2900 | Reference: | The Bizarre Imagery of Yoshitoshi: The Herbert R. Cole Collection”, pl. 34, pg. 69. | | | |
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