48, Tanaka Tsurukichi
by Inoue Yasuji
- Date:
- February 1889
- Medium:
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 35.6 × 23.8 cm
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Description
A portrait print of Tanaka Tsurukichi, published in February 1889 — one of the final months of Yasuji's brief life. Executed in nishiki-e polychrome woodblock technique with ink and color on paper, the work exemplifies the artist's facility with figure subjects alongside his more celebrated cityscapes. Tanaka Tsurukichi was a prominent Meiji-era military and political figure, and this print likely belonged to a series of contemporary portrait subjects that Yasuji produced alongside his landscape documentation of Tokyo.
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Frequently Asked Questions
48, Tanaka Tsurukichi was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治) in February 1889.
48, Tanaka Tsurukichi depicts figures and portraits.
48, Tanaka Tsurukichi measures 35.6 × 23.8 cm (Oban format).