Compliments of Formosa Oolong Tea: Muramatsu Kihei, from the series Forty-seven Ronin; based on No. 42, The lay priest Ryûen, Uramatsu Kihei Hidenao, from the series Stories of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai (Seichû gishi den)

村松喜兵衛　絵葉書　（誠忠義士傳　浦松喜兵衛秀直人道隆円　四十二）

After: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ôno Banzaikan (Japanese)

Japanese

Late Meiji–Taishô era

Place of Creation: Japan

Medium/Technique Color relief print (wood engraving?); ink on Japanese paper adhered to card stock

Dimensions Overall: 13.8 x 8.8 cm (5 7/16 x 3 7/16 in.)

Credit Line Leonard A. Lauder Collection of Japanese Postcards

Accession Number2002.12814

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPostcards

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画

ProvenanceLeonard A. Lauder Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Fractional gift of Lauder (Accession date: March 20, 2002).