Yoshitoshi: The Splendid Decadent by Shinichi Segi translated by Alfred T. Birnbaum Jar This tsuba is made with

This tsuba is made with all hand forged steel and is in the shape of a nagamarugata originally engraved with a leaf motif

the scale of the landscape dwarfing the human figures in a way more reminiscent of classical Japanese landscape painting than of battle journalism

and minor surface marks from use

a radiant emblem of enlightenment and indomitable spirit

1920's three piece clothing chest or Ishodansu

Yoshitoshi: The Splendid Decadent by Shinichi Segi translated by Alfred T. Birnbaum Jar This tsuba is made withAn early and still valuable survey of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (18391892), the last great master of the ukiyo e woodblock tradition, by Japanese art historian Shinichi Segi. The text covers Yoshitoshi's biography, artistic development, and major series, situating his work within the cultural turbulence of the Meiji period. More than 150 works are reproduced in black and white, with 67 works reproduced in color as a separate plate section. A foundational