Portrait of Yoshitoshi

Artist Kanaki Toshikage (Japanese, active about 1890)

Publisherpublished by Akiyama Buemon (Japanese)

DateJune 1892

Mediumwoodblock print; ink, color, embossing, and burnishing on paper

DimensionsOban: 36.3 × 24.5 cm (14 5/16 × 9 5/8 in.)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineAlexander H. Bullock Fund

Terms

Object number2002.262

DescriptionOne of Yoshitoshi’s students produced this memorial portrait immediately after the artist’s death, and includes an inscription of Yoshitoshi’s own death poem. The background has been texturized in imitation of silk in order to simulate the appearance of paintings used in Buddhist funerary rituals. The publisher, Akiyama Buemon, issued many of Yoshitoshi’s most iconic series during the last decade of the artist’s life. They reportedly had a close relationship, with Akiyama supporting Yoshitoshi financially through his final illness.

Yo o tsumete Holding back the Night
Terimasarishi wa With its increasing brilliance
Natsu no tsuki The summer Moon

Label TextOne of Yoshitoshi’s students produced this memorial portrait immediately after the artist’s death, and includes an inscription of Yoshitoshi’s own death poem. The background has been texturized in imitation of silk in order to simulate the appearance of paintings used in Buddhist funerary rituals. The publisher, Akiyama Buemon, issued many of Yoshitoshi’s most iconic series during the last decade of the artist’s life. They reportedly had a close relationship, with Akiyama supporting Yoshitoshi financially through his final illness. Yo o tsumete Holding back the Night Terimasarishi wa With its increasing brilliance Natsu no tsuki The summer Moon ProvenanceKatie and Scott McDonald, Rochester, NY

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