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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Two Heroes Fighting atop Hōryūkaku1885, 10th month

Not on view
Tall, narrow Japanese woodblock print of two warrior figures on a red lacquered rooftop, one a blue-green demon with a sword, the other an armored figure in billowing white, with birds in a stormy sky
Artist or Maker
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Japan, 1839-1892
Title
Two Heroes Fighting atop Hōryūkaku
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1885, 10th month
Medium
Diptych; color woodblock prints
Dimensions
Image: 28 5/16 x 9 15/16 in. (71.9 x 25.2 cm); Sheet: 29 5/16 x 10 5/16 in. (74.4 x 26.1 cm)
Credit Line
Herbert R. Cole Collection
Accession Number
M.84.31.136a-b
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.