Yoshitoshi ryakuga

Creator Name

Funazu;
Taiso Yoshitoshi

Cultural Context

Japanese

Date

1882 (Meiji)

Source

Walters Art Museum

About the work

Walters Art Museum Object Description

On this print, the courtesan Jigokudayu sees herself as a skeleton in the mirror of hell.

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Title

Yoshitoshi ryakuga

Creator

Funazu;
Taiso Yoshitoshi, male

Worktype

color woodcuts

Cultural Context

Japanese

Material

pigments on mulberry paper

Dimensions

Technique

Language

Date

1882 (Meiji)

Provenance

Walters Art Museum, 1990, by bequest.; Robert S. Shaull [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by bequest.

Style Period

Rights

CC0; GNU Free Documentation License

Inscription

[Signature] Yoshitoshi giga

Location

Source

Walters Art Museum

Subject

Topic

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Funazu, Yoshitoshi ryakuga, 1882 (Meiji), Walters Art Museum. CC0, GNU Free Documentation License.

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