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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Powerful Thief Kobayashi Masashichi Fighting Policemen1875, April

Not on view
Japanese woodblock print with text panel above and nighttime fight scene below, showing a bare-chested man in a plaid robe wrestling a staff against two black-robed figures under a starry teal sky

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, The Powerful Thief Kobayashi Masashichi Fighting Policemen, 1875, April, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Herbert R. Cole Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Japan, 1839-1892
Title
The Powerful Thief Kobayashi Masashichi Fighting Policemen
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1875, April
Period
Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 13 5/8 × 9 1/4 in. (34.61 × 23.5 cm) Sheet: 13 5/8 × 9 1/4 in. (34.61 × 23.5 cm)
Credit Line
Herbert R. Cole Collection
Accession Number
M.84.31.186
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art