THE LOYAL RETAINER TAKANAO (Utagawa Yoshitora)
€285.00
Object: original Japanese woodblock print
Genre: ukiyo-e 浮世絵 pictures of the floating world
Artist: Utagawa Yoshitora 歌川芳虎 (active ca. 1836-87), signed Yoshitora ga 芳虎画
From the series: The Story of the Faithful Samurai in The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers 忠臣義士銘々伝
Print title: The Syllable Ke, Muramasu Sandayu Fujiwara no Takanao け 村増山太夫藤原高直
Print subject: the revenge of the forty-seven ronin 四十七士
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi 若狭屋与市 (Jakurindo 若林堂)
Censor’s seal: Rat 5 aratame 子五改
Material: washi 和紙 Japanese paper
Technique: nishiki-e 錦絵 multi-coloured woodblock printing
Year: 1864, 5th month
Condition: good, small restoration on binding hole, partially trimmed margins
Dimensions: 18 x 24,5 cm
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