A samurai with his sword raised about to strike at the spear of an unseen attacker. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1866.

  • Utagawa, Yoshitora, active 1850-1870.
Date:
Month 5, 1866
Reference:
36372i
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Description

Yata Goroemon Suketake depicted

Publication/Creation

Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], Month 5, 1866.

Physical description

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

Contributors

Lettering

Kinchōrō Yoshitora-ga Bears publisher's mark and censor's seal Text above is a short biography by Nansōtei

Notes

Individual biographies of the sincerity of the loyal retainers

Reference

Wellcome Collection 36372i

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