Japanese Print By Migita: Samurai

Fine impression with fresh coloring, some soiling, part of the right outer edge re-marked.
Oban
Nishiki-e
Meiji period

Toshihide Migita was born in Oita-ken, Shizuoka Province. At the age of 17, he took up Western-style painting and became a student of the famous Meiji woodblock artist Yoshitoshi (Taiso) Tsukioka. Toshihide Migita was both a painter and woodblock printmaker, specializing in the traditional ukiyo-e style, but also made a name for himself with battle prints (senso-e) depicting the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese Wars. His repertoire also extended to actor prints (Danjuro) and a limited series of bijin-e (images of beautiful women). He was also a mentor to many artists of the Taisho and Showa eras, including Terukata Gyokudo (Ikeda) (1883-1921), Shoen Ikeda (1886-1917), Kiyokata Kaburagi (1878-1972) and Eiho Hirezaki (1881-1968).

Wood width: 245.00
Wood height: 335.00
Leaf width: 253.00
Leaf height: 354.00