Yamamoto Kansuke Killing a Wild Boar
- Date:
- 1868, 4th lunar month
- Medium:
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 37.2 × 24.3 cm
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Description
"Yamamoto Kansuke Killing a Wild Boar" (1868) depicts the Sengoku strategist Yamamoto Kansuke in an act of hunting rather than battle—the wild boar hunt was a traditional test of warrior courage and physical power in Japanese martial culture. Kansuke served as the chief military advisor to Takeda Shingen and died at the Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima in 1561, reportedly charging alone into the enemy lines when a battle plan he devised failed. Yoshitoshi renders him at the moment of the hunt's violent climax, his spear or blade driving toward the charging animal.
More Prints by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
More Animals Prints
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)"
1935
Color woodblock print; oban
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
1964
Color lithograph with relief block and hand coloring; edition 35/36
Frequently Asked Questions
Yamamoto Kansuke Killing a Wild Boar was created by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡芳年) in 1868, 4th lunar month.
Yamamoto Kansuke Killing a Wild Boar depicts animals.
Yamamoto Kansuke Killing a Wild Boar measures 37.2 × 24.3 cm (Oban format).