Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 59940

The Advancement of Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Artist / 作者
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi月岡芳年
Date / 年代
1869
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / robynbuntin
Digital record / 画像記録
504 × 275 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Robyn Buntin of Honolulu
Published by / 公開者
朱雀ハル
Rights / 権利
No commercial-app permission documented
Attribution / 表記
Robyn Buntin of Honolulu

Catalog note / 解説

A triptych of a highly detailed historic scene depicting the great unifier of Japan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, in the 16th century. Toyotomi Hideyoshi is considered the great unifier of Japan, and his rise to power was one of the most striking examples of upward social mobility in premodern Japanese history. He was born into a peasant family and by intelligence and intuitive understanding of military strategy, became the most powerful man in Japan. According to Roger Keyes: This triptyche is one of 3 in a set entitled \"Toyotomi Shoshinroku\" (A Record of Advancement of Toyotomi Hideyoshi) done in about 1869. Hideyoshi is pictured here during a ceremony at Daitokuji Temple held for the advancemen…

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