Akiba Daisuke Ricksaw Improvement — 秋葉大助の人力車改良
by Kobayashi Shuko (Meiji litho artist)

	Artist:	Kobayashi Shuko (Meiji litho artist) — 小林習古
	Title:	Akiba Daisuke Ricksaw Improvement — 秋葉大助の人力車改良
	Series:	Education for a Successful Life — 教育立身画
	Date of first edition?:	1903
	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
	Format (this edition):	Double Oban
	DB artwork code:	41333
	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: Thursday, 8 May 2008 石版画・教育立身画「秋葉大助の人力車改良」、明治３６年 「‥外国人と取引を為す図‥」、４６×６１センチ、小林習古画、松声堂、上欄外に裂
	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.