Daito no miya, prince Morinaga, by Yoshitoshi

An image of Picture of Daitô no miya, prince Morinaga, the third son of Emperor Go-Daigo, reading the lotus sutra during his imprisonment in an underground dungeon at Kamakura (Godaigo tennô daisan ôji Daitô no miya Morinaga shinnô shôtoku ni oite Kamakura tsuchiro hokkekyô no zu), from the series Sketches by Yoshitoshi (Yoshitoshi manga). Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka (Japanese, 1839-1892). Ôban diptych; Publisher: Kobayashi Tetsujirô; Block-carver: Horikô Noguchi Enkatsu. Woodcut, colour printing with blind embossing (karazuri). blackened red lead, 1886. Acquisition Credit: Purchased from the Rylands Fund with a contribution from the National Art Collections Fund.

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Picture of Daitô no miya, prince Morinaga, the third son of Emperor Go-Daigo, reading the lotus sutra during his imprisonment in an underground dungeon at Kamakura (Godaigo tennô daisan ôji Daitô no miya Morinaga shinnô shôtoku ni oite Kamakura tsuchiro hokkekyô no zu), from the series Sketches by Yoshitoshi (Yoshitoshi manga). Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka (Japanese, 1839-1892). Ôban diptych; Publisher: Kobayashi Tetsujirô; Block-carver: Horikô Noguchi Enkatsu. Woodcut, colour printing with blind embossing (karazuri). blackened red lead, 1886. Acquisition Credit: Purchased from the Rylands Fund with a contribution from the National Art Collections Fund.

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Accession Number: P.25-2003
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Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
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