{"id":1714,"date":"2026-03-03T02:25:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokyoharry.com\/product\/kumamoto-denpo-zuga-1876-yoshitoshi\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T02:25:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:25:19","slug":"kumamoto-denpo-zuga-1876-yoshitoshi","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/tokyoharry.com\/en\/product\/kumamoto-denpo-zuga-1876-yoshitoshi\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumamoto Denpo Zuga (1876) \u2014 Yoshitoshi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Artwork Details<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cKumamoto Denpo Zuga\u201d (1876; Meiji 9) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839\u20131892). Based on news transmitted via the telegraph\u2014then cutting-edge technology\u2014this highly journalistic work depicts the situation in Kumamoto on the eve of the Seinan War (Satsuma Rebellion) of Meiji 10 (1877). Yoshitoshi\u2019s superb realism, capturing movement in an almost photographic instant, is on full display, vividly conveying the tension of the early Meiji period. A print of high historical and documentary value.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Artwork Details<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kumamoto Denpo Zuga&#8221; (Picture Transmitted by Telegraph from Kumamoto, 1876) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839\u20131892). This remarkable print captures the tense situation in Kumamoto on the eve of the Satsuma Rebellion (Seinan War, 1877), based on news transmitted by telegraph \u2014 a pioneering form of visual journalism. Yoshitoshi&#8217;s extraordinary ability to freeze a moment in time, almost photographic in quality, is fully on display. A work of significant historical and documentary value, providing a rare visual record of this pivotal period in Japanese history.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Artist:<\/strong> Tsukioka Yoshitoshi<br \/><strong>Year:<\/strong> 1876 (Meiji 9)<br \/><strong>Technique:<\/strong> Multicolor woodblock print (ukiyo-e)<br \/><strong>Category:<\/strong> War prints \/ Meiji-period news nishiki-e<\/p>\n<p>Yoshitoshi really captures the moment like a photograph.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Condition:<\/strong> Note: creases, waviness, folds, repairs, traces of paper backing on the reverse, and writing on the reverse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artwork Details Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839\u20131892)\u2019s 1876 (Meiji 9) work \u201cKumamoto Denpo Zuga.\u201d Depicting the situation in Kumamoto ahead of the Seinan War of Meiji 10 (1877), it is a strongly journalistic work based on news transmitted via the telegraph, then the latest technology. Yoshitoshi\u2019s outstanding realism, capturing movement like a photograph, is fully on displa\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_angie_page":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[125032],"product_tag":[125030],"class_list":["post-1714","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-war-prints","product_tag-yoshitoshi","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokyoharry.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokyoharry.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokyoharry.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokyoharry.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tokyoharry.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=1714"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tokyoharry.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1714"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tokyoharry.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}