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Saigo Takamori with his Dog

Saigo Takamori with his Dog by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi — Japanese Woodblock print, 1888

Saigo Takamori with his Dog

by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Meiji/Taishō Prints Ukiyo-e

Date:: 1888
Medium:: Woodblock print
Format:: Oban
Source:: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

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

"Saigo Takamori with his Dog" (1888) presents the legend of the Meiji era's greatest tragic hero in an intimate domestic guise: the warrior-statesman who led the Satsuma Rebellion is shown not in battle but in quiet companionship with his beloved hunting dogs. Saigo had died in the rebellion's final defeat in 1877, but his reputation had been rehabilitated by the late 1880s, and he had become an object of popular veneration as the last embodiment of samurai spirit. The dog imagery emphasizes his loyalty and his love of the hunt.

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) 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) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

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)" by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

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" by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

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

n.d.

Color woodblock print

More Animals Prints

Snake Charmers (Hebizukai) by Hiroshi Yoshida

Snake Charmers (Hebizukai)

Hebizukai

1932

Color woodblock print; oban

Hoshifuri Pine at Zen'yoji Temple in Edogawa (Edogawa-ku Zen'yoji Hoshifuri matsu), from the series "One Hundred Views of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era (Showa dai Tokyo fukei hyaku zue hanga)" by Kishio Koizumi

Hoshifuri Pine at Zen'yoji Temple in Edogawa (Edogawa-ku Zen'yoji Hoshifuri matsu), from the series "One Hundred Views of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era (Showa dai Tokyo fukei hyaku zue hanga)"

1935

Color woodblock print; oban

Drawing for Rabbit and Boy by Jun'ichiro Sekino

Drawing for Rabbit and Boy

1964

Acrylic paint and oil pastel with oiled charcoal and ink over an ink and graphite underdrawing on paper

Rabbit and Boy by Jun'ichiro Sekino

Rabbit and Boy

1964

Color lithograph with relief block and hand coloring; edition 35/36

Frequently Asked Questions

Saigo Takamori with his Dog was created by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡芳年) in 1888.

Saigo Takamori with his Dog depicts animals.