100 dogs of war : Samurai art by Yoshitoshi / illustrated by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taiso, Yoshitoshi, 1839-1892, artist.

Contributor:

Gilbert, Shirley, and Marilyn Luber Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Ukiyo-e master specials.

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Taiso, Yoshitoshi, 1839-1892.

Samurai in art.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly colour illustrations ; 28 cm.

Other Title:

One hundred dogs of war.

Hundred dogs of war.

Place of Publication:

London Shinbaku Books, 2014.

Summary:

ORIENTAL ART. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi's triptychs and portrait series of the 1860s were predominatly musha-e ("warrior prints"), often with added mythological elements, and invariably drawn from Japanese military history, mostly from the 12th to 16th centuries. Yoshitoshi's major musha-e series, in terms of both its scope and its dynamic visual experimentation, remains Kaidai hyaku senso, or 100 Dogs Of War. Yoshitoshi was reputedly driven to create this series in 1868 after witnessing first-hand the bloody Battle of Ueno, a decisive clash of the civil war in Japan. Although inspired by recent events, the series again depicted warriors from Japanese history, showing some clasping bloody severed heads as trophies of war, others with their own viscera spilling out from the "belly cut" of seppuku (ritual suicide), others in the heat of battle firing guns, hurling spears, wielding swords or dodging bullets. Every aspect of war is represented.

ISBN:

9781840683165

1840683163

OCLC:

902744783