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Horse Robber

Horse Robber
by Toshihide Migita (1863-1925)

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Artist: Toshihide Migita (1863-1925) 年英
Title: Horse Robber
Series: 
Date of first edition?1887
Publisher (first edition)?Tsujioka Bunsuke
Publisher (this edition)?Tsujioka Bunsuke
Medium (first edition): Woodblock
Medium (this edition): Woodblock
Format (first edition): Oban
Format (this edition): Oban
DB artwork code: 36756
Notes (first edition)?
Notes (this edition)?
The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:

Title Horse Robber
Artist Toshihide Migita 1863-1925
Signature oju Toshihide ga
Dated ca. 1887
Publisher Tsujioka Bunsuke
Technique/Medium Woodblock print
Impression excellent ... strong wood grains visible on the background
Colors very good ... lacquer-shomenzuri
Condition very good ... paper toning, slight soil, lower areas lightly wrinkled. Right Sheet: slight mottled discolorations on the lower right area.
Description Sasaki Takatsuna took a horse back from a thief when he was in the eastern province. Later, he and his famed white horse, Ikezuki raced against his rival, Kajiwara for the first warrior to reach the opposite bank of the Uji-gawa River where their enemy had a stronghold.
Format 3 Oban tate-e
Width 29.5 inches = 75.0 cm
Height 14.8 inches = 37.5 cm

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