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Ōkubo Hikozaemon Entering the Castle in a Tub
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| Title | Ōkubo Hikozaemon Entering the Castle in a Tub Ōkubo Hikozaemon tarai no tōjō no zu 大久保彦左衛門盥登城之圖 |
| Date | 22/3/1886 |
| 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) 御届明治十九年三月二十二日 otodoke Meiji jūkyū nen san gatsu nijūni nichi submitted in Meiji year 19, month 3, day 22 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 |
| Object number | SH2018-DM-171 |
| Credit Line | Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma |
| Provenance | Gifted to Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma |
Description
Ōkubo Hikozaemon, also known as Ōkubo Tadataka (1560–1639), was a samurai who served the Tokugawa clan. He protested a ban on entering the shogun’s castle ground in a palanquin by having his men carry him to the castle in a bathtub, much to the amusement of onlookers.
