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View at the museum ↗General Tamichi, from the series A Mirror of Famous Japanese Generals
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi1880
- Attribution
- Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Japanese, 1839-1892
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Physical dimensions
- 35.5 × 23.4 cm (14 × 9 3/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Gerald Gidwitz
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Source rights statement: Public domain
View the museum record ↗From the museum
This print depicts the ghost of Tamichi, a 4th-century hero who had been buried near Japan’s northern frontier. During a raid tribes tried to loot his tomb, only to find that it was protected by a giant poisonous snake. Known for his prints of historical figures, wars, legends, and social customs, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi is often considered the last master of ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world), a Japanese art style that flourished from the 17th to the 19th centuries. He produced his first signed print when he was 14 and became an independent artist at age 20.
Description: Art Institute of Chicago · CC BY 4.0