Tomochidori

Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series Instructive Models of Lofty Ambition

Date1886

Artist Kuniaki (Japanese)

Publisher Matsuki Heikichi

CultureJapanese

MediumWoodblock print; ink and color on paper

DimensionsSheet: 14 x 9 1/2 in. (35.56 x 24.13 cm)

Credit LineGift of Justine Lewis Keidel, class of 1937

Period19th c (Meiji period)

Classification(s)

SignedOn recto, lower left, artist's signature in block: 應需国明 (Ōju Kuniaki)

InscribedOn recto, upper left, inscription in scroll:　「谷風梶之助ハ奥州仙臺（仙台）の産にして彊勇（強勇）天下に敵なく而も仁義を以て我心とす當時（当時）友千鳥といへる力士あり天性至孝母に事（つか）ふること比（たぐひ）なし然（しか）れども軽薄不孫の人情常に友千鳥を評するもの賢愚相半ばせり谷風獨（独ひとり）其志を深く愛す嘗て友千鳥と取組の時龍戰（戦）虎争終に勝を友千鳥に譲る爰に於て世人歎稱（歎称）名望一時に高く翌年幕の内へ昇進せり至孝の徳豈天人を感ぜしめたる者にあらずや　十五代目木村庄之助記」 On recto, lower margin, publishing and printing date:御届明治十九年 (notification delivered, Meiji 19th year) On recto, lower margin, series number 四十 (40) On recto, lower margin, publisher's information:画工兼出版両国吉川町二番地松木平吉版 (artist and publisher Ryōgoku Yoshikawachō 2-banchi Matsuki Heikichi han)

MarkingsOn recto, lower left, seal in block: manji

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