Category Archives: Toshidama Gallery.

Michizane and the Inner Demon

Posted on February 1, 2024 by toshidama

The chuban woodblock print above is of an actor in the role of the medieval courtier and diplomat, Sugawara no Michizane. There’s very little to go on when teasing information from it… the cursive script in the cartouche doesn’t tell … Continue reading →

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Telegraph Poles and Marcel Duchamp, Yoshimori and Puvis de Chavannes

Posted on October 19, 2021 by toshidama

The enigmatic picture above by the Japanese artist Yoshimori, is something of a favourite. It belongs to a long series of prints by various artists celebrating the many post stations along the long Tokaido Highway that connects the administrative capital … Continue reading →

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Kabuki All-Stars #5 Nikki Danjo

Posted on April 22, 2020 by toshidama

Download this Nikki Danjo Kabuki card as a PDF by clicking this link.

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Kabuki All-Stars #4 Ishikawa Goemon

Posted on April 21, 2020 by toshidama

To download this Ishikawa Goemon Kabuki card as a PDF, click this link.

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Kabuki All-Stars #3 Benkei

Posted on April 20, 2020 by toshidama

To download this Benkei Kabuki card as a PDF, click this link.

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Sugoroku Magic – Narukami shonin

Posted on August 22, 2019 by toshidama

Below the great rat of Yoshitaka on the sugoroku board we are featuring, is this splendid figure in feiry robes and clouds of smoke. It is the magician Narukami. Narukami lived in a hermitage near a waterfall in which he … Continue reading →

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Sugoroku Magic – Shimidzu no Kwanja Yoshitaka

Posted on July 30, 2019 by toshidama

What a spendid rat! The magician riding along here is not Nikki Danjo – the great kabuki villain who transforms into a rat in order to steal a valuable scroll – this chap is Shimidzu no Kwanja Yoshitaka. He was … Continue reading →

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Sugoroku Magic – Jiraiya

Posted on July 25, 2019 by toshidama

A series of magicians and ghosts all taken from squares on a nineteenth century sugoroku board by the artist Kunichika Continue reading →

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Sugoroku Magic – Unryu-kuro

Posted on July 12, 2019 by toshidama

This tremendous image of a magician floating on a magical cloud-dragon is the neighbour of the image of the Ghost of Seigen – the previous entry- from the stunning supernatural Sugoroku board we are showing at the Toshidama Gallery… the … Continue reading →

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Sugoroku Magic – The Ghost of Seigen

Posted on July 12, 2019 by toshidama

The picture above is the first detail in our series taken from the stunning supernatural Sugoroku board showing at the Toshidama Gallery. It is a sort of compendium  of ghosts, magicians, magic creatures and so on. This is the ‘last … Continue reading →

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