JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT, YOSHITOSHI
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)
The Village of the Shi Clan on a Moonlit Night
100 Views of the Moon series
image 13 by 8.75 in., matted, framed under glass
From the private collection of a prominent Worcester, MA couple.
The tattooed man is Shi Jin, one of the 108 bandit heroes of the "The Water Margin", a 13th c. Chinese novel translated into Japanese in the beginning of the 19th c., titled Suikoden. His tattoo is a pattern of nine dragons, hence his nickname Kumonryu, "Nine Dragons".
Estimate: $500 - $700
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Lot 268 : JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT, YOSHITOSHI
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