Original woodblock print - Mulberry paper - irezumi/tattoo - Tsukioka Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) - Kirishima Matsugorō 桐島松五郎 - From the series "Kinsei kyōgiden" 近世侠義伝 - Japan - 1865 (Genji 2/Keio 1)

Original woodblock print - Mulberry paper - irezumi/tattoo - Tsukioka Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) - Kirishima Matsugorō 桐島松五郎 - From the series "Kinsei kyōgiden" 近世侠義伝 - Japan - 1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1) Tattooed Kirishima Matsugorō with a sickle on a bamboo pole 1865 Ōban tate-e woodblock print From the series 'Biographies of Modern Men' ('Kinsei kyōgiden') Publisher: Iseki (of Manyō-dō store) Block carver: Hori Ota Tashichi Printer: Kōrai Tears, creases, backed, horizontal fold See Tokyo Metropolitan Library: https: //archive. library. metro. tokyo. lg. jp/da/detail? tilcod=0000000003-00009960 The Art of the Japanese Tattoo: Irezumi