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Preparatory drawing of Sakuma Dennai by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi — VisualArtsDB

Preparatory drawing of Sakuma Dennai

Preparatory drawing of Sakuma Dennai

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

1868

Medium: Preparatory drawing for a print, ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 12 3/4 × 9 13/16 in. (32.39 × 24.92 cm) (sheet, Vertical ōban)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Minneapolis Institute of Art

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This preparatory drawing of the Sakuma Dennai print was sketched by Yoshitoshi on one side of a thin sheet of paper. On the other side he sketched the decapitated head of a man which appears in the portrait of Saginoike Heikurō of the same print series.

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Railway Line at Takanawa (Takanawa tetsudō no zu)

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