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Donald D. Walker Collection,
JAPANESE WOODCUT PRINTS
Taiso, Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

Yoshitoshi is represented in the Walker collection by a single composition dated 1860. Widely considered to be the last master of the ukyio-e tradition, Yoshitoshi was also a great innovator whose career spanned the reigns of two Japanese emperors.

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Print (1):

Taiso print Mage o naosu yūjo 
Title: Mage o naosu yūjo
Title Translation: A courtesan fixing her hair
Date: 1860