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Collections

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Ōkubo Hikozaemon Tadanori Rescuing Tokugawa Ieyasu1881, December

Not on view
Japanese woodblock print of an armored warrior in crimson-laced armor twisting dramatically amid swirling dark smoke, with a large red banner streaming above
Artist or Maker
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Title
Ōkubo Hikozaemon Tadanori Rescuing Tokugawa Ieyasu
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1881, December
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 13 3/16 × 8 7/8 in. (33.5 × 22.54 cm) Sheet: 14 5/8 × 9 7/8 in. (37.15 × 25.08 cm)
Credit Line
Herbert R. Cole Collection
Accession Number
M.84.31.128
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Curatorial Notes
This image depicts Ōkubo Hikozaemon (1560-1639) carrying the future shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu from a battle field, disguised in the print by clouds of smoke and explosive fire. Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616) was the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate which ruled Japan from about 1600 after the battle of Sekigahara until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. Ōkubo Hikozaemon was a direct vassal to Ieyasu, from the fifth generation of the Ōkubo family to serve the Tokugawa clan, and became an advisor to the first three Tokugawa shoguns.
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.