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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (/) – Hashiba Chikuzen no Kami Hideyoshi Cutting a Melon (1887). 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 melon’s fate-an emblem of sworn revenge. Late-Meiji storytelling and color harmonize with Yoshitoshi’s mature draftsmanship. As Oda Nobunaga’s foremost lieutenant-renamed Hashiba Hideyoshi-he outpaced rivals on forced marches, seized castles with guile, and, after Nobunaga’s death at Honno-ji (1582), avenged his lord and outmaneuvered every contender. By the 1590s he had unified the warring provinces, raised Osaka Castle like a mountain of stone, and ruled as kampaku (regent) then taiko, reshaping society with land surveys and the famous sword hunt. A patron of culture who sparred-politically and philosophically-with tea master Sen no Rikyu, he also cast his gaze abroad, launching the dramatic but ruinous invasions of Korea. Hideyoshi died in 1598, leaving a child heir and a fragile peace that Tokugawa Ieyasu would soon claim, but his meteoric rise-from commoner to maker of emperors-remains the defining legend of ambition in the samurai age. Hashiba Chikuzen no Kami Hideyoshi Cutting a Melon. Medium: Woodblock print, ink and color on paper. Date: 1887 (Meiji period). Dimensions (H × W): Framed 18 x 14.25 in. Signature/Block info:?? (artist/design credit with residence). Notes: Legendary moment preceding Hideyoshi’s move against Akechi Mitsuhide; symbolic oath of vengeance.

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Visible print 24cn x 34cm. Framed size 38cm x 59cm. Signed and publishers circular stamp to left. Some visible creases to paper. This item is in the category “Antiques\Asian/Oriental Antiques\Japanese\Prints”. The seller is “lighthouse.eagle” and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom, Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Republic of Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Australia, United States, Bahrain, Canada, Brazil, Japan, New Zealand, China, Israel, Hong Kong, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Grenada, French Guiana, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Macau, Monaco, Maldives, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Paraguay, Reunion, Turks and Caicos Islands, Aruba, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Chile, Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Kuwait, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, Trinidad and Tobago, Vietnam.

• Antique: Yes
• Product: Print
• Region of Origin: Japanese
• Country of Origin: Japan

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