Japanese Print "Heroine Toragozen" by Ishikawa Toraji
Artist:Ishikawa Toraji
Title:Heroine Toragozen
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Title Tora Gozen - Chikamatsu Series Artist Toraji Ishikawa 1875-1964 Seal tora Dated 1922-26 Technique/Medium Woodblock print . Description From supplement of "Dai Chikamatsu Zenshu" (The complete Works of Chikamatsu), The heroine, Tora gozen in the play, "Soga". She laments her lover, Soga-no-Juro-Sukenari who was killed in the revenge battle. Width 17.5 inches = 44.5 cm Height 11.4 inches = 29.0 cm Literature Newland, Amy R.; and S. Hamanaka, "The Female Image: 20th Century Prints of Japanese Beauties", Leiden: Hotei, 2000, ISBN 90 74822 20 7, - pg. 203, pl.7
