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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Story of the Courtesan Jigokudayū and Priest IkkyūFebruary, 1886

Not on view
Japanese woodblock print, two-page spread, depicting a bald man holding a pole with a dangling mask on the left and a procession of elaborately robed women on the right, with Japanese text columns

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, The Story of the Courtesan Jigokudayū and Priest Ikkyū, February, 1886, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Herbert R. Cole Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Japan, 1839-1892
Title
The Story of the Courtesan Jigokudayū and Priest Ikkyū
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
February, 1886
Period
Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Diptych; color woodblock prints
Dimensions
Image: 14 x 19 9/16 in. (35.5 x 49.6 cm); Sheet: 14 5/16 x 19 9/16 in. (36.3 x 49.6 cm)
Credit Line
Herbert R. Cole Collection
Accession Number
M.84.31.41a-b
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art