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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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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 mark merchandise values below value or mark items as “gifts”. US and International government regulations prohibit such behavior. Please ask us if you have any questions. Thank you for looking. This item is in the category “Antiques\Asian Antiques\Japan\Prints”. The seller is “tempuraboy” and is located in this country: JP. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Size (1 in = 2.54 cm): approx. 22.5 x 16 cm
• Region of Origin: Japan
• Featured Refinements: Japanese Woodblock Print
• Age: 1850-1899
• Primary Material: Washi Paper
• Original/Reproduction: Antique Original

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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 (there is a high possibility of being a fabrication). Author Writer: Gyokuran-sai Sadahide Painter: Utagawa Sadahide Publisher: Kawachi-ya Date: There is no mention (Speculated that the late Edo period) Size : Maximum length 8.0. This book has been registered as 716461 National Diet Library. If you want more look at the Interesting book. Please check out other items I have listed. _gsrx_vers_841 GS 7.0.16 (841). The item “SADAHIDE Childhood Hideyoshi Samurai Saga Ukiyoe Woodblock Print Picture Book” is in sale since Sunday, June 7, 2020. This item is in the category “Antiques\Asian Antiques\Japan\Prints”. The seller is “zoookiss” and is located in japan. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Origin: Asian
• Special Attributes: 1st Edition
• Binding: Japanese-style book binding (Thread)
• Print type: Woodblock print
• Condition: Good. Binding tight. All page complete.
• Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Topic: History
• Subject: Samurai Japan

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