Woodblock Print

Item number 795/9 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Man in a black kimono in front of two trees. The man is facing forward with his head turned to the left side. The kimono has three yellow and red hexagon shapes on a black background lined with red and blue. His left hand is holding a cloth covered bottle ? in front of him with a frog resting on his hand while his righ arm is reaching down to hold the lower of his two swords. The background is black. The print is vertically rectangular.

Narrative

The print is signed Toyokuni ga (豊國画). From around 1850 on, almost all his prints have the signature enclosed in a Toshidama waku (年玉枠) or cartouche. By around 1860 most prints were only signed with Toyokuni ga (豊國画) in these cartouches (mostly red but sometimes yellow).