Photo of collection object Matsunaga Hisahide About to Commit Suicide, from the series "Yoshitoshi's Courageous Warriors"
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi. Matsunaga Hisahide About to Commit Suicide, from the series "Yoshitoshi's Courageous Warriors", 1883. Color woodblock print on paper, 14 x 9 9/16 in. (35.6 x 24.3 cm). Bequest of Dr. Eleanor Z. Wallace, 2007.31.6. No known copyright restrictions.
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum

Matsunaga Hisahide About to Commit Suicide, from the series "Yoshitoshi's Courageous Warriors"

1883

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

1839-1892

Asian Art

Yoshitoshi’s Courageous Warriors was the artist’s last series based on historical subject matter. The compositions depict famous warriors from Japan’s past with an intensity and detailed care that demonstrate Yoshitoshi’s reverence for the role long played by warriors in the formation of Japan. Matsunaga no Hisahide (1510–1577) was a warrior who, when faced with certain death, defiantly broke a treasured tea utensil sought by his enemy and then killed himself.
Original Source
Maker/Artist
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Classification
Print
Formatted Medium
Color woodblock print on paper
Medium
color, woodblock, print, paper
Locations
Place made: Japan
Period
Meiji Period
Dimensions
14 x 9 9/16 in. (35.6 x 24.3 cm)
Departments
Asian Art
Accession Number
2007.31.6
Credit Line
Bequest of Dr. Eleanor Z. Wallace
Exhibitions
Utagawa: Masters of the Japanese Print, 1770–1900
Rights Statement
No known copyright restrictions
Museum Location
This item is not on view
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