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Blind Man Game - 47 Ronin

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Blind Man Game - 47 Ronin
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Artist: Unknown
Title: Blind Man Game - 47 Ronin
Series: Pictorial Japanese History
Date of first edition?1925
Publisher (first edition)?Unknown 不明
Publisher (this edition)?Unknown 不明
Medium (first edition): Lithograph
Medium (this edition): Lithograph
Format (first edition): Double Oban
Format (this edition): Double Oban
DB artwork code: 41102
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 Blind Man Game - 47 Ronin
Artist Unknown
Dated 1925.
Medium/Technique Lithograph.
Impression Very good.
Colors Excellent - very good.
Condition Good … Light toning; foxing and discolorations, spots on the margins; margins lightly wrinkled, a vertical tear (ca. 1/8 inch long) on the top edge. (Image area is in very good condition).
Description Multi colored lithograph prints for the Pictorial Japanese History. This one depicts the scene of Oishi Kuranosuke, the leader of 47 Ronin of Chushingura Vendetta, playing the Blind Man Game in the plush Ichiriki Tea House. He was trying to give the impression to the enemies that he had forgotten the vendetta.
Width Item 21.3 inches = 54.0 cm
Height Item 15.5 inches = 39.3 cm

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