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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Ghost of Akugenta Yoshihira Attacking His Executioner Namba Jirō at Nunobiki Waterfall1889, December

Not on view
Japanese woodblock print of an armored warrior with wild hair gripping a weapon inside a dark swirling vortex, with orange flames behind him

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, The Ghost of Akugenta Yoshihira Attacking His Executioner Namba Jirō at Nunobiki Waterfall, 1889, December, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Herbert R. Cole Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Title
The Ghost of Akugenta Yoshihira Attacking His Executioner Namba Jirō at Nunobiki Waterfall
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1889, December
Period
Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 13 5/16 × 8 15/16 in. (33.81 × 22.7 cm) Sheet: 14 1/8 × 9 1/2 in. (35.88 × 24.13 cm)
Credit Line
Herbert R. Cole Collection
Accession Number
M.84.31.127
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Keyes, Roger and George Kuwayama. The Bizarre Imagery of Yoshitoshi: The Herbert R. Cole Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1980.