Image: Oishi Yoshio Gishi Seppuku No Zu Painting

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Description: Title: "Gishi seppuku no zu" (義士切腹之図). Meaning: "Loyal Retainer Seppuku Illustration." (Gishi "義士" means loyal retainer) . The name Oishi (大石) is written above the seated man. So this is Oishi Yoshio (1659-1703) the leader of the Forty-seven Rōnin who was sentenced to commit seppuku in 1703. Notes: 68.6 x 98.5 cm (External dimensions: 144.2 x 105.0 cm), Box title: Ako Gishi Seppuku, partly colored on paper in red, scroll binding, stamp: Hanho Shoya Tosho no Ki (?), former collection of Sanae Takada.
Title: Oishi Yoshio Gishi Seppuku No Zu Painting
Credit: Waseda University Library - https://www.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kotenseki/html/chi04/chi04_01955/index.html
Author: Unknown - possibly Kanō Shōsen'in (狩野勝川院, 1823–1880)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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