A riot of samurai, their heads replaced by objects. Colour woodcut by Yoshitoshi, 1859.

  • Taiso, Yoshitoshi, 1839-1892.
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Month 8, 1859
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37760i
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A riot of samurai, their heads replaced by objects. Colour woodcut by Yoshitoshi, 1859. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The objects replacing the heads of the samurai include: tea-pot, mirror, sake bottle, sake cask

Perhaps a satire on the strife ridden politics of Japan in the aftermath of the forced 'opening' of the country in the mid-1850s

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Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], Month 8, 1859.

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1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

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Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi gi-hitsu Bears publisher's mark and censor's seal

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Wellcome Collection 37760i

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