Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

Namikiri Jūzaborō with Drawn Sword

From the series "Kinsei kyōgiden (​Biographies of Modern Men)"

It dates from quite early in Yoshitoshi's career, when he was about twenty-six, two decades before his well-known masterpieces such as his great series "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon" (1885-1892), and "New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts" (often called simply "Thirty-Six Ghosts") (1889-1892).

Japanese print for sale.