Fine Japanese Prints

Fine Japanese Prints

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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) | Yamauba and Kintaro breaking open the Storehouse (Kura biraki) | Meiji period, late 19th century

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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

Yamauba and Kintaro breaking open the Storehouse (Kura biraki)

Meiji period, late 19th century


woodblock print, triptych, left sheet signed Yoshitoshi, sealed Yoshitoshi no in, published by Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido) in 1891

Here Kintaro is shown cracking kagamimochi (mirror rice cake), Yamauba beside him.


Vertical oban triptych: each sheet approx. 37 x 25.2 cm., 14½ x 10 in.