Artist
Yoshitoshi Taiso 1839-1892
Title
First Law Enforcer - Kinsei Jimbutsu Shi - no. 5
Description
"Kinsei Jimbutsu Shi" (The Stories of Today's People) This print was made for the insert no. 5 for Yamato Newspaper. Eto Shinpei (1834 - 1874). He advocated the new judicial system in the Meiji constitution. He had ideologies of the equality and the human rights which were very foreign to the still class-oriented Meiji government officials.
Technique - Woodblock print
Period- Meiji 1868-1912
Width Item -9.3 inches = 23.5 cm
Height Item - 13.6 inches = 34.5 cm
Impression/Colour/Condition: Good/Good/Good
Date: 1887