Original Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) Japanese Woodblock Print Hideyoshi Cuts a Melon 1881 LS#166 Makie painting the finishing details on

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

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

Perfect for collectors of Japanese fashion arts

Lock plate is all hand done in a stunning Crane and Sun motif

Original Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) Japanese Woodblock Print Hideyoshi Cuts a Melon 1881 LS#166 Makie painting the finishing details onTsukioka 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