Stories of Modern Chivalrous Men
Title | Habakari Yūkichi Habakari Yūkichi 羽斗勇吉 |
Series title | Stories of Modern Chivalrous Men |
Artist | Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (1839–1892) |
Date | 10/1865 |
Publisher | Iseya Kisaburō (Man’yōdō) 伊勢屋喜三郎 (万葉堂) |
Woodcarver | Ōta Tashichi 太田多七 |
City | Edo |
Signature | Kaisai Yoshitoshi hitsu 魁齋芳年筆 |
Artist seal | paulownia |
Censorship seal(s) | aratame, Ox 10 改丑十 |
Publisher’s seal(s) | Nantenma 2 Ise-Ki 南てん馬二いせ喜 |
Blockcutter’s (and/or) printer’s) seal(s) | hori Ōta Tashichi 彫太田多七 |
Inscription | 勇吉は羽斗の出生髭藏いまだ壮年時祖父にわかれ暫時羽斗に来ッて勘右エ門が食客たりしがいつしか娘みよと馴染倶に羽斗を走りしかば勘右エ門怒心頭より発せしかど今は詮なしとてみよを勘當なしぬ後笠川にもねげり仁藏が跡を継て数十人に冠として侠客遠近に軣かせり勇吉元来業をいとひて腕立を好み髭藏とは兼ての知己なるをもて笠川へ来ッて子分となる其頃親分髭藏諏訪の社内に角力興行なせしより捨五郎と障ありしが叓を好まぬ性なれば御下の利七を笠川へ送て和平を結ばんとせしを勇吉物にこらへぬ癖あれば利七を詈しより終に呉越の思ひをなし度々飯岳へ切入り高名をあらはしけるとぞ |
Technique & material | Woodblock print; full colour print; pigment on paper |
Format | ōban |
Object number | SH2018-DM-140 |
Credit Line | Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma |
Provenance | Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma |