Author: Ogata Gekkō (尾形月耕).
Subject: Ishogai Jurozaemon (磯貝十郎左衛門).
Series: Forty-seven pictures of loyal retainers (Gishi yonjūnana zu, 義士四十七圖).
Number: 8/48.
Genre: musha-e (武者絵), chūshingura (忠臣蔵).
Size: large (ōban, 大判) 35,4cm x 24cm (13,93 x 9,44 inches).
Publisher: Matsuki Eikichi (松木平吉).
Period: c. 1902.
Trimmed: no
Backed: yes
Code: OGK01007
Condition: the print is in good condition. The colors are clear and vivid. There are no noticeable stains nor halos.
There are no signs of damage, folds, or repairs. However, it has been backed.
This print depicts the warrior Ishogai Jurozaemon, taken from a version by Ogata Gekkō dedicated to the events of
the forty-seven loyal retainers.
It is probably a second edition published in June 1902 by Matsuki Eikichi, released following the first
edition produced in 1896 by the publisher Takegawa Risaburō (武川利三郎).
According to sources or various accounts, also known by the name Ishikawa Jurozaemon (石川 十郎左衛門), Ishoga was one of
the youngest warriors to take part in the Akō revenge. As understood from the cartouche in the upper right, he was 27 years
old at the time of the event.