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Date : 1881
Size : O-ban
Impression : Good
Condition : Good
Detail : -
This series is the depictions of the crazy scenes at the famous places in Tokyo. The cultures also changed suddenly when the Tokugawa shogunate changed to the Meiji government.
The boy is sleeping at the Ueno park although he is on the way home from an errand. He looks that he doesn't notice the thief dog. The passers‐by are astonished looks.
At the Shinobazu Pond, the thunder god looks that he fell into the water. People are surprised to see it.
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839 - 92) is a Ukiyo-e artist who was active from the end of the Tokugawa shogunate to Meiji-era.
He had created various types of artworks, and we can see his unique expression styles in each genre of the works.
He was one of the most important and popular Ukiyo-e artists in the Meiji-era and also had a lot of pupils who became famous not only in the Japanese painting field but also western painting field. Sometimes he is called "The last Ukiyo-e artist".
He was also loved by a lot of writers, for instance, Tanizaki Junichiro, Mishima Yukio, and Edogawa Ranpo. The beautiful and fascinating artworks that were kept creating even he was in the mental disorder enthrall people from all around the world.