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Collections

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Yūten Swallowing the Sword of Fudō1885, May

Not on view
Japanese woodblock triptych print with bold flat color on cream paper, depicting a skeletal demon amid swirling flames, a dark-skinned warrior with a sword over a fallen figure, and a floating woman with long black hair
Artist or Maker
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Title
Yūten Swallowing the Sword of Fudō
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1885, May
Medium
Triptych; color woodblock prints
Dimensions
Image: 14 1/8 x 29 in. (35.8 x 73.6 cm); Sheet: 14 5/8 x 29 1/16 in. (37.1 x 73.8 cm)
Credit Line
Herbert R. Cole Collection
Accession Number
M.84.31.133a-c
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.