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THE SERIES COLLECTION · KEYES 134

One Hundred Ghost Stories of China and Japan

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Wakan hyaku monogatari
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi · 1865

1865PUBLICATION DATES
28 entriesIN THIS CATALOGUE
TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI · 月岡芳年
Kayo Fujin, the consort of Prince Hanzoku of India, with a severed head
#01 Kayo Fujin, the consort of Prince Hanzoku of India, with a severed head
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About the Series

This page catalogs all known prints in

Yoshitoshi's series 'Wakan hyaku monogatari (One hundred ghost stories of China and Japan)'.

This series dates from early in Yoshitoshi's career. It was one of his first major series, and his first to illustrate ghosts. It was an ambitious attempt by Yoshitoshi, but only 26 of the 100 prints were ever published.

The series was based upon a game where fearsome stories are told by candlelight - one light being extinguished after each story told (note the candle on the title page). The series demonstrates Yoshitoshi's ability to deal with gruesome material at an early stage.

Publication details
  • Dates: 1865 (2) - 1865 (9)
  • Size: Ōban
  • Signed: Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi ga
  • Seal: Kiri
  • Publishers: Daikin
  • Text by various authors: Kanagaki Robun, Sumida Ryōko, Kikuyōtei Rokō, Sankanjin Korai.
Catalogue references and numbering

Print numbers follow Keyes. The title page and alternative state retain their separate entries.

Listed in Keyes' thesis: 

	Roger. S. Keyes, "Courage and Silence: A Study of the Life and
		Color Woodblock Prints of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 1839-1892",
		Cinncinnati, 1982
where it appears as series #134; 
	Eric van den Ing, Robert Schaap, "Beauty and Violence: Japanese
		Prints by Yoshitoshi 1839-1892",
		Havilland, Eindhoven, 1992

where it appears as series #10 (pg. 35); 

	Shinichi Segi, "Yoshitoshi: The Splendid Decadent",
		Tokyo, Japan, 1985

where it appears as color plates 2-4, pages 28, 103, 112.

 

We use the Keyes numbers to order the prints below. 



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