A samurai making a stroke with his naginata. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1847/1848.

  • Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861.
Date:
1847/1848
Reference:
36228i
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Description

Isoai Iuroemon Masahisa

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

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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. 10)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 36228i

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