Ise Saburo
Artist/Culture
Migita Toshihide
(Japanese, 1863–1925)
Date1898
Mediumoban tate-e diptych, color woodblock print
Dimensions35.5 x 48.4 cm (14 x 19 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineSarah C. Garver Fund
Terms
Object number1989.137
Label TextThe Japanese have always enjoyed tales that salute the bravery and loyalty of the military class (samurai). In the Meiji period (1868-1912), the "way of the samurai" of earlier times became everyman's code, and the heroes of past eras, such as Ise Saburo, became devices for defining a modern nation. A new historical consciousness developed that viewed the past as the history of a Japanese people and appropriated it to develop a sense of nationhood.
Migita Toshihide studied with the Japanese Western style painter Kunizawa Shinkuro (1847-1977), who has studied oil painting in London. Toshihide frequently depicted historical scenes and representations of ancient and modern heroes. A wood block artist and illustrator for books and newspapers, Toshihide is best known for his Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese war prints.On View
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