Asano Takuminokami kerai Ōishi Kuranosuke Yoshio (Ōishi Yoshio, Chamberlain, Retainer to Asano, Head of the Imperial Construction Bureau), from the series Gishi shijūshichi zu (Pictures of the Loyal Forty-seven Retainers)
Ogata Gekkō, Asano Takuminokami kerai Ōishi Kuranosuke Yoshio (Ōishi Yoshio, Chamberlain, Retainer to Asano, Head of the Imperial Construction Bureau), from the series Gishi shijūshichi zu (Pictures of the Loyal Forty-seven Retainers), 1897, color woodblock print with embossing on paper; ōban nishiki-e, Museum Purchase: Margery Hoffman Smith Fund, with additional funds provided by Mrs. James Stevens and a gift from Chris Uhlenbeck, public domain, 90.1.5
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- Title
Asano Takuminokami kerai Ōishi Kuranosuke Yoshio (Ōishi Yoshio, Chamberlain, Retainer to Asano, Head of the Imperial Construction Bureau), from the series Gishi shijūshichi zu (Pictures of the Loyal Forty-seven Retainers)
- Related Titles
original language: 浅野内匠頭家来大石内蔵助良雄
series (original language): 義士四十七図
series (translated): Pictures of the Loyal Forty-seven Retainers
series (transliterated): Gishi shijūshichi zu
translated: Ōishi Yoshio, Chamberlain, Retainer to Asano, Head of the Imperial Construction Bureau
transliterated: Asano Takuminokami kerai Ōishi Kuranosuke Yoshio
- Artist
- Related People
publisher: Takekawa Risaburō (Japanese, active ca. 1886-1897)
- Date
1897
- Period
Japan: Meiji period (1868-1912)
- Medium
color woodblock print with embossing on paper; ōban nishiki-e
- Catalogue Raisonné
Graybill 2011, cat. 129
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 12 3/4 in x 8 1/4 in; sheet: 14 5/16 in x 9 7/8 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
publisher's mark: 印刷兼発行者 / 芝区柴井町二十一番地 武川利三郎, printed in black ink, left margin, bottom Transliteration (Translation): insatsu-ken-hakkōsha / Shiba-ku Shibai-chō nijūichi-banchi Takekawa Risaburō (printer-publisher Takekawa Risaburō [at] Shiba-ku Shibai-chō 21-banchi) Language: Japanese Description: Tokyo publisher active ca. 1886-1896
series title: 義士四十七圖, printed in black intaglio within rectangular cartouche, upper right Transliteration (Translation): Gishi shijūshichi zu (pictures of the loyal forty-seven retainers) Language: Japanese
date; censor's mark: 明治三十年九月一日印刷仝年仝月一日発行, printed in black ink, left margin, center Transliteration (Translation): Meiji sanjūnen kugatsu tsuitachi insatsu dōjō nen dōjō gatsu tsuitachi hakkō (printed Meiji 30 [1897], 9th month, 1st day; published the same year, month, and day) Language: Japanese
title; inscription: 執事千五百石 // 浅野内匠頭家来大石内蔵助良雄 // 忠誠院夊定浄剣居士元禄十六癸未二月四日行年四十五, printed in black within rectangular cartouche on white reserve ground, upper right Transliteration (Translation): Shitsuji roku sengohyaku koku // Asano Takuminokami kerai Ōishi Kuranosuke Yoshio // Chūsei-in Tōkūjōken koji Genroku jūroku mizunoto hitsuji nigatsu yokka yukutoshi yonjūgo (Steward. Annual stipen, 1500 koku of rice // Ōishi Yoshio, Chamberlain, Retainer to Asano, Head of the Imperial Construction Bureau // Lay monk Chūsei'in Tōkūjōken. Genroku 16 [1703], water-rabbit year, 2nd month, 4th day, age 45) Language: Japanese
artist's seal: 月耕, printed in red relief within oval cartouche, lower right Transliteration: Gekkō Language: Japanese
signature: 月耕, printed in black ink, lower right Transliteration: Gekkō Language: Japanese
- Collection Area
Asian Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
Japanese Traditional Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Margery Hoffman Smith Fund, with additional funds provided by Mrs. James Stevens and a gift from Chris Uhlenbeck
- Accession Number
90.1.5
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
- Exhibitions
2011 The Artist's Touch, The Craftsman's Hand: Three Centuries of Japanese Prints from the Portland Art Museum Portland Art Museum
