Original woodblock print triptych - Paper - Tsukioka Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) - 'Tokugawa kō Toyotomi shokō kyōō zu' 徳川公豊臣諸侯饗応図 (Lord Tokugawa Entertains Toyotomi and other Feudal Lords) - Japan - 1876 (Meiji 9) The signature is ‘Ouju yoshitoshi ‘大蘇芳年 Very good condition, trimmed margins Around the Meiji era, it became possible to draw things related to Tokugawa, which had been prohibited before. This work is one of them. The scene is that after the Battle of Sekigahara, in an era when the power changed from Toyotomi to Tokugawa, Tokugawa Ieyasu held a tea party and tried to poison Kiyomasa Kato, a loyal retainer of the Toyotomi family. It doesn't have the flashiness of Yoshitoshi's paintings of warriors or monsters, but it conveys the unique atmosphere of political scenes. memo Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡 芳年; also named Taiso Yoshitoshi 大蘇 芳年 1839 – 1892) was a Japanese artist. He is widely recognized as the last great master of the ukiyo-e genre of woodblock printing and painting. He is also regarded as one of the form’s greatest innovators. In addition, yoshitoshi studied not only Ukiyo-e but also Kikuchi Yosai’s style of painting and Western painting. He also studied historical paintings, bijin-ga, genre paintings, and classical paintings. Many of Bob’s works are famous, including his muzan-e(無惨画). Famous disciples include Toshikata Mizuno(水野年方), Toshihide Migita(右田年英), and Toshitsune Inano(稲野年恒). There are Toshinobu Yamazaki(山崎年信) and others.