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TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839–1892)
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TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839–1892)

Lu Chi Sen in a drunken fury smashing the guardian figure at the temple on Five-Crested Mountain (Rochishin ransui Godaizan kongojin o uchikowasu no zu)

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TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839–1892)
Lu Chi Sen in a drunken fury smashing the guardian figure at the temple on Five-Crested Mountain (Rochishin ransui Godaizan kongojin o uchikowasu no zu)
Lu Chi Sen in a drunken fury smashing the guardian figure at the temple on Five-Crested Mountain (Rochishin ransui Godaizan kongojin o uchikowasu no zu)
Woodblock print, signed Yoshitoshi, with artist's seal Yoshitoshi no in, published by Matsui Eikichi, 1887
Vertical oban diptych (each sheet 38.1 x 26.2 cm. and 38.1 x 26 cm.)

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This dramatic design depicts the tattooed military captain Rotatsu (Lu Chi Sen), who escaped the death penalty for killing a man in a fit of rage by becoming a monk at a temple. However, he was unable to reform his behaviour and one night staggered back to the temple drunk and accidentally knocked down part of the gate, revealing a large Nio [guardian statue]. He was startled by the looming statue and in his drunken state attacked it.

For a similar impression in the collection of the Waseda University Theatre Museum, go to:
https://archive.waseda.jp/archive/index.html (item number 201-4667 - top sheet) (item number 201-4668 - bottom sheet).

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