The Great Council of the Conquest of Chōson

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Title The Great Council of the Conquest of Chōson Chōsen seibatsu daihyōjō no zu 朝鮮征伐大評定ノ圖
Artist Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (1839–1892)
Date 1877
Publisher Maeda Shōsaburō 前田正三郎, Maruya Tetsujirō (Enjudō) 丸屋鉄次郎 (延寿堂)
Woodcarver 春星堂
City Osaka & Edo
Signature Ōju Yoshitoshi ga 応需芳年画
Artist seal Taiso 大蘇
Publisher’s seal(s) I Tōri-san Maru-Tetsu 伊通三丸鉄
Inscription

(bottom of middle sheet)

明治十年 月 日 内務卿御届 Meiji jū nen [blank] gatsu [blank] nichi naimukyō otodoke Delivered to the lord of internal affairs in Meiji year 10, month [blank], day [blank]

出版兼編輯 平野町四丁目 前田正三郎 shuppan-ken-henshū Hiranochō 4-chōme Maeda Shōsaburō publishing-and-compiling by (publisher Maeda’s address in Osaka) Maeda Shōzaburō

彫工春星堂 horikō Shunseidō carving by Shunseidō

Names (right to left)

Right sheet: 石田治部少輔三成 Assistant Minister of Civil Administration Ishida Mitsunari (1559–1600) 小早川隆景 Kobayakawa Takakage (1533–1597) 徳川家康公 Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616) 前田利家 Maeda Toshiie (1538–1599) 毛利輝元 Mōri Terumoto (1553–1625) 小西摂津守行長 Governor of Settsu Konishi Yukinaga (1558–1600) 浮田秀家 Ukita Hideie (1572–1655)

Center sheet: 豊臣太閤秀吉公 Grand Chancellor Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537–1598)

Left sheet: 黒田長政 Kuroda Nagamasa (1568–1623) 福島正則 Fukushima Masanori (1561–1624) 橘宗重 Tachibana Muneshige (1567–1643) 加藤主計頭清正 Head of Financial Affairs Katō Kiyomasa (1562–1611) 加藤左馬介嘉明 Left Minister of Horses, Katō Yoshiaki (1563–1631) 島津義弘 Shimazu Yoshihiro (1535–1619) 藤堂高虎 Tōdō Takatora (1556–1630)

Technique & material Woodblock print; full colour print; pigment on paper
Format ōban triptych
Object number SH2018-DM-149
Credit Line Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma

Description

Originally printed in Osaka by Maeda Shōsaburō, this triptych was reissued by Maruya Tetsujirō.