Catalog record · 目録番号 59325

New Selections of Eastern Brocade Pictures - Sakura Sogoro and Family

Artist / 作者: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi月岡芳年
Date / 年代: 1886
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / artelino
Digital image / 画像: 1349 × 1000 px
Published by / 公開者: 朝倉レン

Catalog note / 解説

From the series "Shinsen Azuma Nishiki-e" (New Selections of Eastern Brocade Pictures). Sakura Sogo (historical name was Sakura Sogoro), the village head from Iwahashi. Sakura led a group of village leaders who tried to take their complaint directly to the shogunate in Edo. Their local daimyo, Hotta Kozuke, was taxing them beyond their ability to pay.

Image record / 画像情報

Artelino · 1886. · artelino

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