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Miyamoto Musashi Masana

Miyamoto Musashi Masana

Suikoden Tales of Beauty and Bravery

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Title	Miyamoto Musashi Masana Miyamoto Musashi Masana 宮本武蔵政名
Series title	Suikoden Tales of Beauty and Bravery 美勇水滸伝
Artist	Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (1839–1892)
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

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

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