Chikanobu and Yoshitoshi Woodblock Prints

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- Ichikawa Danjuro IX in the role of Saigo Takamori, with other actors
- men (male humans); women; swords; military uniforms; hats; costume
- The theatrical traditions of kabuki were challenged by modernization, and new topics were introduced to the stage in the 1870's. Here Chikanobu provides advertisement for a play about the popular hero Saigo Takamori (1827-1877), who had just been...
- Chikanobu and Yoshitoshi Woodblock Prints
- Kabuki theater poster: battles of Coxinga
- warriors; swords; kimonos; hairstyles; hair ornaments; lanterns (lighting devices)
- The Battles of Coxinga/ Kokusenya kassen is based on the true adventures of Coxinga/ Watonai, a warrior of Chinese and Japanese parentage, who fought for the restoration of the Ming Chinese government after its defeat in the 17th c. by Manchu...
- Chikanobu and Yoshitoshi Woodblock Prints
- A Banquet in celebration of the New Imperial Palace
- men (male humans); women; dresses (garments); hats; military uniforms; chairs; chandeliers; murals (any medium); vases
- After the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Emperor Meiji moved the Imperial residence to Tokyo (formerly Edo) from Kyoto. Here Japanese men and women in European dress attend a banquet in the new Imperial Palace in Asakusa in 1888, a residence modeled on...
- Chikanobu and Yoshitoshi Woodblock Prints
- Lady Kayo holding a severed head
- women; hair ornaments; jewelry; trees
- An image of a woman holding a severed head. The beautiful but evil woman who ruined a nation by seducing its ruler away from his duties was a familiar subject during certain periods of Chinese and Japanese history. In the popular imagination, the...
- Chikanobu and Yoshitoshi Woodblock Prints
- No. 5, Mr. Eto Shinpei, 1834-1874, politician
- Portrait; men (male humans); kimonos; fans (costume accessories); flowers (plants); flower gardens; lanterns (lighting devices);
- A participant in the overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate, after the Meiji Restoration Etō Shinpei was appointed to a number of government posts, including Minister of Justice where he played a part in overhauling Japan's penal code. He resigned...
- Chikanobu and Yoshitoshi Woodblock Prints
- No. 17, Saigo Takamori
- portrait; men (male humans); kimonos; dog (animal)
- The Japanese rebel and statesman Takamori Saigo (1827-1877) was the military leader of the imperial forces against the shogunate leading to the Meiji restoration. His growing discontent with the curtailment of the privileges of the samurai class...
- Chikanobu and Yoshitoshi Woodblock Prints
- Minamoto no Yorimitsu on Mt. oe
- men (male humans); women; Japanese maple; trees; kimonos; swords; streams; mountains; warriors
- The heroic figure Minamoto no Yorimitsu (948-1021), together with his entourage called the "Four Heavenly Kings / Shitenno," was asked to clear Mt. Oe of the demon Shuten Doji, who ate men and captured beautiful women to serve him. Here they...
- Chikanobu and Yoshitoshi Woodblock Prints