11, Chikamatsu Kanroku Minamoto Yukishige

Date:: 1868, 6th lunar month
Medium:: Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Format:: Oban
Dimensions:: 36 × 24.5 cm
Source:: Minneapolis Institute of Art

Typical Price

Scarce or exceptional Yoshitoshi composition in fine condition: $1,500–$8,000
Good condition print: $400–$1,500
Later impression or common subject: $200–$600

Description

Chikamatsu Kanroku Minamoto Yukishige was one of the forty-seven ronin, the loyal retainers who avenged their master Lord Asano in 1703. This 1868 print, numbered 11 in its series, depicts him in the manner of the [musha-e](/glossary/musha-e) warrior portrait, rendered with the fierce concentration Yoshitoshi brought to all his commemorations of samurai loyalty. The forty-seven ronin remained one of the most popular subjects in Meiji-era popular culture, endlessly retold in print, kabuki, and fiction as a model of bushido.

More Prints by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Shunkan Watching Enviously from Kikai Island as Yasuyori Returns to the Capitol after Being Unexpectedly Pardoned (Shunkan sozu Kikaigashima ni oite tamatama Yasuyori no shamen senbo kito no zu)

Looking as if She Wants to Go for a Walk: The Fashion of a Married Woman of the Meiji Era (Yūho ga shitasō, Meiji nenkan saikun no fūzoku), from the series Thirty-two Appearances of Fashion (Fūzoku sanjūni sō)

Slovenly (Shidaranasaso), from the series "Thirty-two Aspects of Women (Fuzoku sanjuniso)"

1888

Color woodblock print; oban

Four PM, from the series "Twenty-Four Hours in Shinbashi and Yanagibashi"

n.d.

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Frequently Asked Questions

11, Chikamatsu Kanroku Minamoto Yukishige was created by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡芳年) in 1868, 6th lunar month.

11, Chikamatsu Kanroku Minamoto Yukishige depicts figures, warriors, and portraits.

11, Chikamatsu Kanroku Minamoto Yukishige measures 36 × 24.5 cm (Oban format).