芳年 Yoshitoshi

芳年
『近世人物誌』
やまと新聞附録第八
某少将の妾
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Artist:Yoshitoshi 
Series:
Lives of Modern People 
Published :1887 (Meiji)
Size: 36.2×24.5cm
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The sheet signed:
𝒀𝒐𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒔𝒉𝒊
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This is the story of a 𝐠𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚 in the 𝐦𝐞𝐢𝐣𝐢 period who followed her lover to 𝐊𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐨, a major general to the city however he died in civil unrest. 
She stayed in the city with a new lover but times were difficult for everyone. 
These woodblock prints were the equivalent of newspapers with stories of life in the times of 𝒀𝒐𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒔𝒉𝒊.