Posted by Andrew (76.193.17.211) on September 22, 2010 at 09:46:10:
In Reply to: Re: Obscure Yoshitoshi series posted by Noel Chiappa on September 22, 2010 at 03:48:47:
I have seen several of these before (as individual chuban prints). The Ushiwakamaru, the Uesugi Kenshin, Oniwakamaru with the carp, the Saito underwater fighting scene. Others I think I have never seen.
They are well-known stories that Yoshitoshi illustrated a number of times, and in a similar way. For example the pose of Ushiwakamaru in the Gojo Bridge triptych
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gojo_Bridge.jpg
The year of the series is Meiji 10 (1877). The seal on that final print is complicated, it might say 'roku' (6th month) but that is only a guess.