(SOLD) Imamuraskai - Yoshitoshi

No. 139, Imamuraskai, a prostitute of the Kimpei Daikoku house.

Yoshitoshi produced these prints in the 1880s as furoku, or supplements, to certain issues of the Yamato Newspaper. These prints were distributed to subscribers. While employed by the newspapers, Yoshitoshi produced numerous other prints in other formats (see Keyes series 486, 'Yamato shimbun' and earlier series such as Keyes 315, 'Yubin hōchi shimbun', 318, 'Meiyo shidan').

These prints date from late in Yoshitoshi's career, during the time that he was producing his well-received masterpiece series, "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon" (1885-1892). At this time, Yoshitoshi was well established as a great artist, and his work was in high demand.The series features illustrations of a wide variety of personalities from contemporary, and historical times. The portraits are considered exceptional in execution relative to other news nishiki-e prints.

Seal: Taiso

Publisher: Yamato Shimbunsha

Block carvers: Suntetsudō Enkatsu, Yamamoto

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

Estampe 1887 - 37 x 23 cm