“The Battle of Kagoshima, Satsuma Province Kenka no kyōzoku higokumamoto-jō kyū jōka o kōgeki shi kangun ōsen no zu” 薩州鹿児島征討記之内 県下の凶賊肥後熊本城旧城下を攻撃し官軍応戦之図 (The Battle of Kagoshima, Satsuma Province Attacking the old castle of Higo Kumamoto Castle, a Rebel molecule in the prefecture)

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Original woodblock print – Paper – Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) –  “The Battle of Kagoshima, Satsuma Province Kenka no kyōzoku higokumamoto-jō kyū jōka o kōgeki shi kangun ōsen no zu” 薩州鹿児島征討記之内 県下の凶賊肥後熊本城旧城下を攻撃し官軍応戦之図 (The Battle of Kagoshima, Satsuma Province Attacking the old castle of Higo Kumamoto Castle, a Rebel molecule in the prefecture) – Japan – 1877 (Meiji 10),

As it is an old ukiyo-e, it has stains and it is considerably trimmed.

The signature says “Ouju taiso Tsukioka Yoshitoshi”応需太蘇月岡芳年”.

Publisher:Kumaya Shousichi 熊谷庄七

memo
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡 芳年; also named Taiso Yoshitoshi 大蘇 芳年 1839 – 1892) was a Japanese artist.
He is widely recognized as the last great master of the ukiyo-e genre of woodblock printing and painting.
He is also regarded as one of the form’s greatest innovators.

In addition, Bob studied not only Ukiyo-e but also Kikuchi Yosai’s style of painting and Western painting. He also studied historical paintings, bijin-ga, genre paintings, and classical paintings.
Many of Bob’s works are famous, including his muzan-e(無惨画).

Famous disciples include Toshikata Mizuno(水野年方), Toshihide Migita(右田年英), and Toshitsune Inano(稲野年恒).
There are Toshinobu Yamazaki(山崎年信) and others.

memo (Satsuma Rebellion )
The Satsuma Rebellion is an armed rebellion that occurred in 1877 (Meiji 10) in Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Oita, and Kagoshima prefectures under the leadership of Saigo Takamori. This is the largest rebellion of samurai in the early Meiji era, and the last civil war in Japan.