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| Artist: | Gekko Ogata (1859-1920) — 尾形月耕 |
| Title: | Rikiya |
| Series: | 47 Faithful Samurai - Gishi Shiju-Shichi Zu |
| Date of first edition?: | 1903 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Not Set |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Not Set |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 33179 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
47 Faithful Samurai
Artist: Gekko
Format: Oban tate-e: 14" x 9.5"
Subject: Although Oboshi Yoshio's son Rikiya was a youth of only sixteen years, he was taller and stronger than most and expert in the martial arts. When the house of Akao fell and the determined confederates gathered at Kagakuji to take the vendetta oath, his father left him of the roll, because he was a mother's boy.
Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi
Date: 1903
Condition: Fine colors. Full size. Japanese album backing paper. Minor creases, marks and flaws. Generally fine state of preservation.
Impression: Fine impression with gauffrage and silver pigment.
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