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Night Attack of the Loyal Retainers

Night Attack of the Loyal Retainers

A New Selection of Eastern Brocade Pictures

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Title	Night Attack of the Loyal Retainers Gishi youchi no zu 義士夜討之圖
Series title	A New Selection of Eastern Brocade Pictures 新選東錦繪
Artist	Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (1839–1892)
Date	14/12/1885
Publisher	Tsujiokaya Tsunajima Kamekichi (Kinkodō/Tōsendō) 辻岡屋綱島亀吉 (錦亀堂/島鮮堂)
Woodcarver	Watanabe Yatarō 渡辺弥太郎
City	Tokyo

Signature	Yoshitoshi 芳年
Artist seal	Taiso 大蘇
Blockcutter’s (and/or) printer’s) seal(s)	hori Yata 彫弥太
Inscription	(in left margin) 御届明治十八年十二月十四日 otodoke Meiji jūhachi nen jūni gatsu jūyon nichi Submitted in Meiji year 18, month 12, day 14 浅草須賀町二バンチ Asakusa Sugachō 2-banchi (Yoshitoshi’s address) 画工月岡米次郎 gakō Tsukioka Yonejirō Image created by: Tsukioka Yonejirō* 馬喰町二丁目十四番地 Bakurochō 2-chōme 14-banchi (Publisher’s address) 出版人綱島亀吉 shuppanjin Tsunajima Kamekichi publisher Tsunajima Kamekichi *Yonejirō was Yoshitoshi’s official name

Technique & material	Woodblock print; full colour print; pigment on paper
Format	ōban diptych

Object number	SH2018-DM-123
Credit Line	Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance	Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma