Assassination
of Ii Naosuke, Great Councilor to the Tokugawa Shôgun.
Angry at his assistance in opening Japan to the West,
a group of samurai from Mito attacked Naosuke in his palanquin
as it traveled through the snow outside the Sadakura gate.
Signature:
Taiso
Yoshitoshi
Date:
mid-1870s
Format:
ôban
triptych, each sheet c. 25 x 37 cm
Condition:
Very
good impression and color. Evidence of having been joined,
faint water stain along right edge of right sheet; generally
good condition.
