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Miyamoto Musashi Masana
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| Title | Miyamoto Musashi Masana Miyamoto Musashi Masana 宮本武蔵政名 |
| Date | 4/1867 |
| Publisher | Ōmiya Kyūjirō (Kiyūdō) 近江屋久次郎 (亀遊堂) |
| Woodcarver | Katada Chōjirō 片田長次郎 |
| City | Edo |
| Signature | Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi hitsu 一魁齋芳年筆 |
| Censorship seal(s) | aratame, Hare 4 改卯四 |
| Publisher’s seal(s) | Kin-Kyū 近久 |
| Blockcutter’s (and/or) printer’s) seal(s) | horikō Chō 彫工長 |
| Inscription | (in inscription cartouche) 石川軍東斎厳流の高弟にしてよく両刀を遣ふ諸国修行の時山路に迷ひ凶器に至るに妖物にあふ宮本手練の切先？なく是を打世に云野衾也とぞ He was the top pupil of the Ishikawa Guntōsai school, using two swords. One time, when he was training in the various provinces, he got lost on a mountain road and stumbled upon a great evil. Miyamoto dealt with the threat with great dexterity, killing the thing called Nobusuma (野衾) with the tip of his sword. (on offering box) 慶應三卯歳吉日 願主近久 Keiō san u sai kichinichi ganshu Kin-Kyū Temple petitioner Kin-Kyū, on an auspicious day in Keiō 3, the year of the hare |
| Object number | SH2018-DM-147 |
| Credit Line | Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma |
| Provenance | Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma |
