Katō Toranosuke

Mirror of Great Accomplishments

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Title Katō Toranosuke Katō Toranosuke 加藤虎の助
Series title Mirror of Great Accomplishments 雅立功名鑑
Artist Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (1839–1892)
Date 1877?
Publisher Kodama Matashichi 児玉又七
City Tokyo
Signature Yoshitoshi 芳年
Artist seal Taiso 大蘇
Inscription

(in cartouche)

鍜治屋五郎助か一子幼名を虎之助といふ五才の時より秀吉と主従の結羽[?]をなす蓋十一才の折郡奉行たりし時所の悪僧野武士山ぞくかたくひ近郷を犯すと聞より直に踏込で僧戝を捕取所の愁を除く実に栴檀ハ二葉より香バしいく後年加藤肥後の守清正とて英雄四方に敵無

(in left margin)

Meiji jū nen [blank] gatsu [blank] hi otodoke 明治十年 月 日

Submitted in Meiji year 1X, month [blank], day [blank]

Technique & material Woodblock print; full colour print; pigment on paper
Format chūban
Object number SH2018-DM-104
Credit Line Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma