Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-92)Meiji era (1868-1912), 1890
An oban tate-e triptych of Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Benkei in the play Kanjincho, dated 1890, published by Akiyama Buemon, signed Oju Yoshitoshi ga (on the left sheet) (3)
14 1/2 x 9 3/4in (36.8 x 24.7cm) each approximately注脚Another impression is illustrated in in Shinichi Segi, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi gashu, Tokyo: Kodansha, 1978, p.21, pl.28; and in the English translation Alfred Birnbaum tr., Yoshitoshi, The Splendid Decadent, Tokyo/New York/San Francisco: Kodansha International, 1985, p.99, pl.104.