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 […]
Japanese Woodblock Print Book in the Edo-Meiji Period, 19th Century. Story of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Illustrations on Total 160 Pages by Kuniyoshi. Complete Set of 10 Volumes of Part 2. Title: Ehon Toyotomi kunkoki (Part 2). Date: Ansei 5 (1858). Estimated printed age: c. Early-Mid Meiji Period c. International Buyers – Please Note. We do not […]
SADAHIDE Childhood Hideyoshi Samurai Saga Ukiyoe Woodblock Print Picture Book. EHON HIYOSHIMARU (lit Picture Book; Hiyoshimaru) 108 pages, including the 8 woodcut images. About half have ink stains and graffiti. Picture book that summarizes the episode of adolescence from childhood of Hideyoshi Toyotomi. Hiyosimaru is supposed to be the name of the childhood of Hideyoshi […]