A samurai seated on a camp stool holding a drum and stick, with a spear over his shoulders. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1847/1848.

  • Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861.
Date:
1847/1848
Reference:
36226i
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Description

Ōboshi Yuranosuke Yoshio, the leader of the forty-seven samurai

Most popular of Kuniyoshi's sets of forty-seven loyal samurai, which are often reprinted

Publication/Creation

Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], 1847/1848.

Physical description

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

Lettering

Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi-ga Bears publisher's mark, censor's seal and set title Biographical text by Ippitsu-an; phonetic symbols (furigana) to the right of each row of text make the text accessible to those not literate in chinese characters

Notes

Stories of true loyalty of the faithful samurai (no. 1)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 36226i

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