Description: FOUR WOODBLOCK PRINTS TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI
From the series, 'Kinsei Kyogiden' - Biographies of modern men, Dates: 1865 (10) - 1866 (4). The first, Shirataki Sashichi holding a rifle; the second, Kogakureno Kiritaro standing by a smoking hearth; the third, Kurihara Saisuke dodging a bullet; the forth, Mizushima Umon holding a pistol while standing by bundle of spears. All Oban size and signed: Taisai Yoshitoshi hitsu with a Kiri Seal. Publisher: Iseki (of Manyodo), Block carver: Hori Ota Tashichi, Printer: Korai.
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Each 36cm high, 24cm wide