THE SERIES COLLECTION · KEYES 482
Sketches by Yoshitoshi
芳年漫画
Yoshitoshi manga
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi · 1885–1886

THE SERIES COLLECTION
SKETCHES BY YOSHITOSHI芳年漫画
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The demon of Rashomon visits Watanabe no Tsuna disguised as an old woman to retrieve her severed arm.VIEW PRINT ↗482.01The demon of Rashomon visits Watanabe no Tsuna disguised as an old woman to retrieve her severed arm.12/1885
Oto no Miya, Prince Morinaga, the third son the Emperor Godaigo, reading the Lotus Sutra during his imprisonment in the cave in Kamakura.VIEW PRINT ↗482.02Oto no Miya, Prince Morinaga, the third son the Emperor Godaigo, reading the Lotus Sutra during his imprisonment in the cave in Kamakura.1/1886
Urashima Taro returning home from the palace of the Dragon King. Republished by Hasegawa in September 1887.VIEW PRINT ↗482.03Urashima Taro returning home from the palace of the Dragon King. Republished by Hasegawa in September 1887.2/1886
Sakata Kintoki lodges in the chambers of Minamoto no Raiko to capture the monstrous spider which was tormenting him.VIEW PRINT ↗482.04Sakata Kintoki lodges in the chambers of Minamoto no Raiko to capture the monstrous spider which was tormenting him.5/1/1886Image: British Museum
Chunagon Yukihira Ason meets the divers Murasame and Matsukaze during his exile at Suma Bay. Printed date appears on rather late impression without series title.VIEW PRINT ↗482.05Chunagon Yukihira Ason meets the divers Murasame and Matsukaze during his exile at Suma Bay. Printed date appears on rather late impression without series title.12/14/1886
The greedy woman leaving the three sparrows.VIEW PRINT ↗482.06The greedy woman leaving the three sparrows.1886
Young Yoshitsune learns the martial arts on Mt. Kurama. Republished by Hasegawa in September 1897.VIEW PRINT ↗482.07Young Yoshitsune learns the martial arts on Mt. Kurama. Republished by Hasegawa in September 1897.9/1/1897Print numbers follow the archive’s Keyes catalogue order. Dates and reissue notes retain the existing catalogue information.
About the Series
Yoshitoshi manga (芳年漫画), Sketches by Yoshitoshi, is catalogued as Keyes #482: seven diptychs published by Kobayashi, with the series dated 12/1885–1886 in this archive.
The designs draw on legends, history and folktales. All seven catalogue entries are presented here, with the existing dates and reissue notes retained in each title.
This diptych series is distinct from the 1882 Yoshitoshi ryakuga, also translated as Sketches by Yoshitoshi.
Publication details and image credit
Publisher: Kobayashi. Format: diptych series (7). The catalogue date for 482.07 refers to its recorded later reissue; it is retained unchanged.
482.04 image: British Museum, museum number 1906,1220,0.1512.1–2. The complete two-sheet composition is shown. Other images retain the archive’s existing scans.