Art Institute of Chicago
General Tamichi, from the series A Mirror of Famous Japanese Generals
Tsukioka YoshitoshiLinkedCulture matchlcp-0caca39c7835
- Date
- 1880
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 102077
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.
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- Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Gerald Gidwitz
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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