Original woodblock print triptych – Paper – Samurai – Migita Toshihide (1863-1925) – Imagawa yoshimoto Okehazama ōgassen no zu 木下藤吉郎 市松の怪力に驚く図 (Kinoshita Tokichiro Surprised by Ichimatsu strength)- Japan – 1894 (Meiji 27)

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Original woodblock print triptych – Paper – Samurai – Migita Toshihide (1863-1925) – Imagawa yoshimoto Okehazama ōgassen no zu 木下藤吉郎 市松の怪力に驚く図 (Kinoshita Tokichiro Surprised by Ichimatsu strength)- Japan – 1894 (Meiji 27)

The signature is Ouju Toshihide-e 応需年英画
This ukiyo-e has stains here and there.

This picture depicts an episode from “Taikoki” (a biography of Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Taiko).
Tokichiro Kinoshita, who was an ashigaru (foot soldier) at the time, was surprised at the strength of the two-year-old Ichimatsu when he saw him playing by dragging a millstone. This ukiyo-e depicts that scene.
Taking this opportunity, Toyotomi Hideyoshi set his sights on Masanori Fukushima and made him his retainer.
Masanori Fukushima, the son of Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s aunt Shounin, served Hideyoshi Toyotomi from an early age.
At the Battle of Shizugatake in 1583 (Tensho 11), he became the head of the “Shizugatake no Shichihonyari” (the seven spears of Shizugatake) and performed military deeds.

(memo)
A disciple of Yoshitoshi Tsukioka. Born in Usuki Village, Ama District, Bungo Province (currently Oita Prefecture). His name is Toyohiko. He used the surname Ichi Asai(梧斎),Bansuirou(晩翠楼),Ichigosai(一穎斎), etc. At first he studied ukiyo-e in Yoshitoshi. He also attended Kunisawa Shinkuro’s painting school and is studying oil painting. He drew illustrations such as “Tokyo Asahi Shimbun”, and in Nishiki-e, he drew three consecutive beauty paintings such as “Shunyu Sanbijin” (Meiji 23) from around 1887, but after that, Nisshin He produced war pictures such as the War and the Russo-Japanese War, newspaper illustrations, and actor pictures. He has also exhibited “The Figure of Standing with a Fukujo Dan Fan” at the Youth Painting Co-Promotion Society in 1889.In 1916, he collapsed due to cerebral hemorrhage,
In 1921, he founded the “Toshihide Essay Publishing Association(年英随筆刊行会)” and printed “Toshihide Essay(年英随筆)” in order to preserve the traditional woodblock prints Nishiki-e produced by painters, caverd, and print masters for posterity. There is. Up to now, 14 kinds of works are known for this “Bob essay”. Throughout his life, he continued his efforts to pass down traditional woodblock printing techniques to posterity, and died in 1925 at the age of 63. His younger brother is Migita Nobuhiko(右田寅彦), and his younger brothers are Hirezaki Eihou(鰭崎英朋) ,Kawai Hidetada(河合英忠) ,Ito Hikozo (伊藤彦造),Ito Hideyasu(伊東英泰), Yamamoto Hideharu(山本英春).