A riot of samurai, their heads replaced by objects. Colour woodcut by Yoshitoshi, 1859.

The objects replacing the heads of the samurai include: tea-pot, mirror, sake bottle, sake cask

Perhaps a satire on the strife ridden politics of Japan in the aftermath of the forced 'opening' of the country in the mid-1850s

Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], Month 8, 1859.

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi gi-hitsu Bears publisher's mark and censor's seal

Wellcome Collection 37760i