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| Artist: | Kobayashi Shuko (Meiji litho artist) — 小林習古 |
| Title: | The Adventures of Kinokuniya Bunzaemon — 紀伊国屋文左衛門の冒険 |
| Series: | Education for a Successful Life — 教育立身画 |
| Date of first edition?: | 1902 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Shoseido — 東京松聲堂 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Shoseido — 東京松聲堂 |
| Medium (first edition): | Lithograph |
| Medium (this edition): | Lithograph |
| Format (first edition): | Double Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Double Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 41334 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Thursday, 8 May 2008
石版画・教育立身画「紀伊国屋文左衛門の冒険」、明治３５年
「‥一挙に巨万の利を得た蜜柑船の図‥」、４６×６１センチ、小林習古画、松声堂、上及右欄外に裂
Kinokuniya Bunzaemon (紀伊国屋文左衛門)(1669-1734) was a Japanese merchant of the Edo period, specializing in citrus, lumber, and salmon, among other goods. He enjoyed the favoritism and protection of shogunal advisor Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu and shogunal minister of finances Ogura Shigehide, and made a sizeable fortune as a result. When these two retired, so did Kinokuniya. |
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| Artist Bio: |
This artist may be either Kobayashi Kiyochika or Tsuchiya Koitsu publishing under a different name. Both Kiyochika and Koitsu had strong relationships with the publisher Shoseido. The third kanji "習" means "to learn" and would be very appropriate for Koitsu who studied under Kiyochika. The dating also alludes to Koitsu, because this is in the period when Koitsu published many lithographs via Shoseido.
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